in the moment memorial day weekend
I have some random insights for this week.
I always say I like to be spontaneous. I love to do spontaneous things with my husband, think of spontaneous things to do with my friends, eat out somewhere fun, do a surprise something...at other times, for me, being spontaneous is totally exhausting. I feel like it takes so much effort and usually means being social...which is always a love/hate relationship am I right?...but I always feel so much better after I choose to get out of my little box for a little while.
I have found over the past year or so of my life that inspiration comes in many forms. There are things in my life that make fire to something inside me, I feel like things that drive me are sometimes really awesome influences while other influences maybe not so much.
Quick Rant...Its taken me while to get in the habit of asking myself before I do something the WHY...am I doing it because I really want to, or am I being influenced by something else?
It would be ridiculous to say we should do only something ONLY because you yourself only came up with the idea but we have a lot of things nowadays helping make the decisions for us. Instagram, facebook, comparisons to friends/family/random people, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses mentality are ways that I have found me feeling left out. But then I realized, its okay to simply be content and happy with WHERE you are at :) and thats what I felt this weekend.
Feeling jealous or resentment are ugly feelings that rear their ugly head sometimes, I find strength when I don't give into them. Let them come in (because not letting them in almost makes it harder), pass over, and then show them the door to let them leave. Rant is over...
In regards to being spontaneous..a surge of energy to get out of our little boxes is totally worth it no matter how inconvenient it is. I got a call from a girlfriend who invited me to go to St. George and I thought of every reason why I couldn't go...jack couldn't come cause of work, I had family things planned for the weekend...but then I just said yes. And was it too bad getting the worst sunburn ever?! TOTALLY. Did I have to be social?! YES Did I have to spend time without my husband?! Mmmhhmm. But I learned that I took a leap to get out of my box and I DID it :) Great weekend spent with great people, I love awesome influences that help me get out :)
I always say I like to be spontaneous. I love to do spontaneous things with my husband, think of spontaneous things to do with my friends, eat out somewhere fun, do a surprise something...at other times, for me, being spontaneous is totally exhausting. I feel like it takes so much effort and usually means being social...which is always a love/hate relationship am I right?...but I always feel so much better after I choose to get out of my little box for a little while.
I have found over the past year or so of my life that inspiration comes in many forms. There are things in my life that make fire to something inside me, I feel like things that drive me are sometimes really awesome influences while other influences maybe not so much.
Quick Rant...Its taken me while to get in the habit of asking myself before I do something the WHY...am I doing it because I really want to, or am I being influenced by something else?
It would be ridiculous to say we should do only something ONLY because you yourself only came up with the idea but we have a lot of things nowadays helping make the decisions for us. Instagram, facebook, comparisons to friends/family/random people, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses mentality are ways that I have found me feeling left out. But then I realized, its okay to simply be content and happy with WHERE you are at :) and thats what I felt this weekend.Feeling jealous or resentment are ugly feelings that rear their ugly head sometimes, I find strength when I don't give into them. Let them come in (because not letting them in almost makes it harder), pass over, and then show them the door to let them leave. Rant is over...
In regards to being spontaneous..a surge of energy to get out of our little boxes is totally worth it no matter how inconvenient it is. I got a call from a girlfriend who invited me to go to St. George and I thought of every reason why I couldn't go...jack couldn't come cause of work, I had family things planned for the weekend...but then I just said yes. And was it too bad getting the worst sunburn ever?! TOTALLY. Did I have to be social?! YES Did I have to spend time without my husband?! Mmmhhmm. But I learned that I took a leap to get out of my box and I DID it :) Great weekend spent with great people, I love awesome influences that help me get out :)
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