I realized last night as I wrapped up my post that we really are in this together. We all are trying to make our days a little bit brighter. And with Joe Wilson vs.Obama, images of war, and the regular run down of car crashes and homicides constantly on your local news we all know it's needed.
So, here we go. I thought about finding a hope filled story to share, or a recipe that magically dissolves 5 pounds of fat, and although those may be posts for the future, I wanted to start off more simply. Today's 60 Second tip to a new you and a better day is a simple one. It's a lesson from Doctor turned Journalist, Allan K Chalmers, (perhaps the year 1834's version of Dr. Phil.) Regardless of his history, Dr. Chalmers most famous statement is your 60 second lesson of the day, "The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
So simple, so true and so possible. Don't get me wrong, easier said than done for sure, but just because it takes some effort doesn't mean it's not worth trying. I am the Queen of excuses. I have been jobless for months, but always am "too busy," to get coffee with a friend, how is that possible? I don't like making plans or having something to do if I don't have work, but I need to stop and get out of the house. Maybe my "having something to do," is meeting friends for coffee, at least for right now. It doesn't matter what your something to do is, SO JUST DO IT!
Something to love could be seen as daunting for many, especially us girl, becuase when you see the statement most people read it as "someone to love," or at least I did. Then my mind quickly wanders to how I'm in my late 20's, watching my friends have babies and I'm not even married, but it doesn't say somebody, its says something. If that something is a person, that's great. I personally love to love people, but if it's not a person that's okay too. SO JUST LOVE!
The last is my favorite. I have so many dreams there isn't enough time in the universe to fulfill them all, but the quest for them has been the only thing keeping me going. Whether your hope is for a job, a new dishwasher or a new husband, whatever it is, don't give up on it. Hope is what keeps the world moving, it's what keeps us growing and reaching. SO JUST HOPE!
JUST DO IT - JUST LOVE - JUST HOPE - That's your 60 second lesson to a better day:) Try and see how it goes, I promise it will be worth it! See y'all Monday:)
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
60 SECOND DAILY TIPS FOR A BETTER DAY!! (From The Chronicles of an Unemployed Single Girl, Who Somehow Still Has Hope!)
That got your attention huh?
Ive been spending my last nine unemployed months searching for a job from about nine in the morning until five at night, just like the experts I watch on the "Today," show in my PJ's each morning suggest. "It will pay off, Lucy." That is what my father keeps saying, but as I sit here months later with a peanut butter hangover and an email box filled of rejections, I question his words of wisdom. The prognosis seems grim and it's times like these that optimisms seems as out of date as having a myspace account. Smiles have faded, bank accounts have emptyed and even the girl at the grocery store won't smile back at me anymore. But inspite of a changing world I have to believe in something else, (and my myspace account.) As all my unemployed and unhappy cohorts scream, "Give Me Something To Believe In, " I answer, "Okay." I will.
That is my challenge. I don't have the answer to life, but I do have 60 seconds each day to come up with something that will make your life better. Maybe a deal I found on-line to save some cash, the perfect shirt to hide your un-perfect abs, a way to make your abs perfect, or just a saying I found to make you smile.
I guarentee that in sixty days of my 60 seconds cures, you will be cutting off less people, smiling when you pull into the work parking lot or unemployment office and you will most defintely not be eating as much peanut butter.
So come along and tell your friends, what do have to lose besides 60 seconds a day of reading something that might just help you out?
And if you don't like it, feel free to leave a comment below, I know you will:)
Ive been spending my last nine unemployed months searching for a job from about nine in the morning until five at night, just like the experts I watch on the "Today," show in my PJ's each morning suggest. "It will pay off, Lucy." That is what my father keeps saying, but as I sit here months later with a peanut butter hangover and an email box filled of rejections, I question his words of wisdom. The prognosis seems grim and it's times like these that optimisms seems as out of date as having a myspace account. Smiles have faded, bank accounts have emptyed and even the girl at the grocery store won't smile back at me anymore. But inspite of a changing world I have to believe in something else, (and my myspace account.) As all my unemployed and unhappy cohorts scream, "Give Me Something To Believe In, " I answer, "Okay." I will.
That is my challenge. I don't have the answer to life, but I do have 60 seconds each day to come up with something that will make your life better. Maybe a deal I found on-line to save some cash, the perfect shirt to hide your un-perfect abs, a way to make your abs perfect, or just a saying I found to make you smile.
I guarentee that in sixty days of my 60 seconds cures, you will be cutting off less people, smiling when you pull into the work parking lot or unemployment office and you will most defintely not be eating as much peanut butter.
So come along and tell your friends, what do have to lose besides 60 seconds a day of reading something that might just help you out?
And if you don't like it, feel free to leave a comment below, I know you will:)
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