Lately with the hot weather I have been
Stay tuned, I will be posting again soon on some of the other things I am obsessing loving these days!!
xoxo
A
Friday, June 28, 2013
Welcome Friday... Welcome
ahhhhh it's that time of the week again ...FRIDAY !!! I welcome this day with open arms every week. Man do I wish we didn't have to work on Fridays and always had a 3 day weekend every weekend. Go ahead, call me a dreamer :)
Lately with the hot weather I have beenobsessing loving a nice Iced Coffee . I used to limit myself to Starbucks only on Fridays, but lately I've been rewarding myself whenever I see fit (every.single.morning)! Along with my iced coffee, Starbucks came out with this new super yummy Morning Bun . I highly suggest the next time you are contemplating what to get a Starbucks, try one of these babies out. You won't be disappointed!! Starbucks never lets me down, no matter what locatin I go to, I can count on them.
Lately with the hot weather I have been
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Everyone Has to Start Somewhere
Where to start ....
When you are a child, you learn habits and behaviors based on situations you grow up with. Every parent wants to give their children more than what they got as a child. My parents did just that. My life has a child growing up was almost perfect on paper. My mom stayed at home with us, my parents owned a business, my sister and I were never really denied anything as children. But... what I didn't know growing up was that this "perfect" life I thought I had growing up, would make my adult life so much harder.
What I mean by this is my parents grew up in households where the negative was more the focus then the positive and because they grew up that way, that's the way it was in our household. Not their whole childhood was negative, nor was mine by any means. It was more so that negative things were made a much bigger deal than positive things. For instance, birthdays & holidays were never a big thing in our house. No huge traditions, not streamers or yearly cakes to look forward to. These situations were overlooked and almost "expected". Where as little things like not picking up toys, fouling out of basketball games, missing curfew, and many more things, were viewed as horrible and worst case scenario situations. When I look back, I always remember hearing "Just remember, if you do _____, this (insert terribly bad thing) _______ could happen. Instead of hearing "Oh just try it, you never know, something great could happen".
So because I lived in a household that was very focused on the negative, bad things that could happen, I tend to always think "worst case scenario" of every situation. I 100% own up to this. I do not blame my parents for this as they didn't know any better. They did the best the could with what they knew. I am more thankful that over the years they have helped me realize that just because it was one way, doesn't mean it ALWAYS has to be that way. But the only person that can change that, is ME. We all have choices, I try to thank God for that everyday, that he gave me the free will to make my own choices.
Just as my parents had to start somewhere as parents and what they taught my sister and I. I have to start somewhere on how to change my negative thinking to positive thinking. Trust me, this is not easy! But I know, if you ever want to be something or do something, you have to start somewhere.
Here I start on this blog, starting somewhere, in hopes of through this journey of life, I am able to see all the great things that fill up my glass, instead of focusing on the little hole at the bottom of the glass that makes it 1/2 full. I am going to try and worry less and enjoy more. My husband always tells me "worrying is a down payment on death" and he is right. Why waste my time worrying about all the terrible things that could happen and trying to "prepare" myself for them when I really could be enjoying all the amazing things right in front of my face!
Goal for today: Find one positive thing in this 24 hours of the day!
xoxo
A
When you are a child, you learn habits and behaviors based on situations you grow up with. Every parent wants to give their children more than what they got as a child. My parents did just that. My life has a child growing up was almost perfect on paper. My mom stayed at home with us, my parents owned a business, my sister and I were never really denied anything as children. But... what I didn't know growing up was that this "perfect" life I thought I had growing up, would make my adult life so much harder.
What I mean by this is my parents grew up in households where the negative was more the focus then the positive and because they grew up that way, that's the way it was in our household. Not their whole childhood was negative, nor was mine by any means. It was more so that negative things were made a much bigger deal than positive things. For instance, birthdays & holidays were never a big thing in our house. No huge traditions, not streamers or yearly cakes to look forward to. These situations were overlooked and almost "expected". Where as little things like not picking up toys, fouling out of basketball games, missing curfew, and many more things, were viewed as horrible and worst case scenario situations. When I look back, I always remember hearing "Just remember, if you do _____, this (insert terribly bad thing) _______ could happen. Instead of hearing "Oh just try it, you never know, something great could happen".
So because I lived in a household that was very focused on the negative, bad things that could happen, I tend to always think "worst case scenario" of every situation. I 100% own up to this. I do not blame my parents for this as they didn't know any better. They did the best the could with what they knew. I am more thankful that over the years they have helped me realize that just because it was one way, doesn't mean it ALWAYS has to be that way. But the only person that can change that, is ME. We all have choices, I try to thank God for that everyday, that he gave me the free will to make my own choices.
Just as my parents had to start somewhere as parents and what they taught my sister and I. I have to start somewhere on how to change my negative thinking to positive thinking. Trust me, this is not easy! But I know, if you ever want to be something or do something, you have to start somewhere.
Here I start on this blog, starting somewhere, in hopes of through this journey of life, I am able to see all the great things that fill up my glass, instead of focusing on the little hole at the bottom of the glass that makes it 1/2 full. I am going to try and worry less and enjoy more. My husband always tells me "worrying is a down payment on death" and he is right. Why waste my time worrying about all the terrible things that could happen and trying to "prepare" myself for them when I really could be enjoying all the amazing things right in front of my face!
Goal for today: Find one positive thing in this 24 hours of the day!
xoxo
A
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