We are 43.9% through 2012. Can you believe it? Time has gone by so fast. Wowee.
According to Brené Brown, you need to be vulnerable to live life to the full. When you stop yourself from feeling vulnerable, you also numb your receptors of happiness and other feelings.
This has made me realise:
- I'm pretty on guard all the time- emotionally and I try not to let things get to me easily.
- I am harsh to myself and not compassionate enough to other people.
- If Brené asked me about love, I would tell her about heartbreak, if she asked me about belonging, I would tell her the most excruciating experience of
HSC Englishbeing exluded, and if she asked me about connection I would most definitely talk about disconnection.
This is something I will be working on. To be a better person to myself and everyone else around me.. and all that shizzzzzz :)
Yeah, I know I normally don't talk about this sort of stuff - but it's actually worth sharing and I'm sure 20 minutes of listening to her won't do you much harm. I like to think about this stuff - it is stress free and so much better than finance. Haha.
In other news, I went back to my "must read" books post and realised that I haven't made much progress this year. All the books I have been reading this year are more... contemporary, I guess and aren't really in the Penguin Popular Classics range. So, I went to the book depo and purchased The Scarlett Letter, Heart of Darkness, and Little Women. I'm sure I've read the last book before, but I recall really enjoying it so... adding it to my collection! At ~$3 a pop, it doesn't add up to much at all. I also added A Walk to Remember in my cart because A) apparently it's well written and B) because I loved the movie.
Considering purchasing a Lonely Planet guide to the US, but I think I might check that out at the library first. Ideally, I would like to purchase a guide for each city I'm visiting, but I don't think that's very cost effective.
WHT:
Cleaned my room THOROUGHLY (pre-exam time ritual) moved out EVERYTHING, flipped and smacked the mattress, washed all my non-washed clothes (you know that pile of unclean - can't say dirty- clothes that you just haven't washed because you want to wear it again? Yeah, that pile), vaccumed, steamed, wiped, tossed out a pile of crap, and wow my room feels livable again.
Also got a chance to study solidly for a 5 hours, which is always good, but I feel pooped out now. Ten more days until my first exam. Eighteen more until my last.
Use your time productively! I may not be posting regularly over the next few days (maybe a few pictures).
Adios Amigos/Amigas.
