January 2012
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“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless...”
– Dr. Frank Crane
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Awesome Log 1/26/12
Figured out how to import my iTunes library onto my new computer (which is also my very first Apple!)
Learned how to copy/paste photos on a Mac
Painted my fingers and toes in OPI’s “Wocka Wocka”
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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
– Joseph Campbell (via suzannexie)
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Awesome Log 1/25/12
Wore new pair of shoes.
Jumped rope for 20 minutes and added 10 jumps to each interval.
Got rid of pants that didn’t fit anymore.
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The Awesome Log
“New Year, New You!” is a popular slogan in January, but it’s really more like “New Second, New You!” Every day, every hour, every minute, we get a chance to make dynamic decisions about what we do with our lives. Being actively engaged in our existence is not only a mindset, but a habit. To cultivate that, I decided to start keeping an “Awesome Log”....
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“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via reluctantbuddha)
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“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but...”
– Lance Armstrong (via quote-book)
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“Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
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“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.”
– Albert Camus (via quote-book)
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“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via julie911)
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“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild...”
– Buddha (via quote-book)
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“Discipline for me is about respect. It is not even about self-respect; it is...”
– Robert Downey Jr., 2010 (via harm0nianecterepassus)
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“It’s always a mistake to settle on any explanation for anything, because...”
– From screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s fantastic BAFTA lecture (which you can watch in full here)
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“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
– Napoleon Hill (via kari-shma)
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“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or...”
– Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth)
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“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not...”
– John Steinbeck on falling in love, a wise, heart-warming, and timeless letter to his teenage son circa 1958. (via curiositycounts)
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“Go as far as you can see. When you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.”
– Thomas Carlyle (via kari-shma)
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“Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don’t have the...”
– Chuck Close
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On Dance Moms
My roommate is, in her own words, “OBSESSED with Dance Moms”. I finally got to see what all the fuss was about last night because Lifetime was running a marathon of Season 1. HOLY GOD. I tried to practice being non-judgmental, but man, some of those women are crazy. They are more moody and stubborn than their elementary school-age daughters. For the sake of the children, I hope the...
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“Don’t aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you...”
– Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (via quote-book)
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“I do love to learn. It’s all I feel like I’m ever doing. It’s really the best...”
– Hi I’m Louis C.K. and this is a thing : IAmA (via whydoihaveablog)