122 - My New Hero

Having a bad day, guys?

061 - Rainy Mood

Best. Website. EVERRRR

RainyMood.com

You do need sound for this, by the way. As if you couldn't guess...

I've also decided to just buy a new phone instead of complaining about how bad my old one is.

045 - Life's Lessons

I've learned that life doesn't need to be flamboyant or extravagant to be exciting and enjoyable. Adventure comes in all shapes and sizes, most of them legal. If you're having a boring day, or a dull week, do something different, something small that you haven't done before. So try some food you haven't before, or do something different with your hair or clothes, or wear a dress if you haven't in a long time, or jump in a puddle, or buy something small for someone else. It'll make you smile.

Today, I tasted papaya fir the first time ever. It was a mostly insignificant thing to do, but it was new and different. Fruit Roulette might become a regular thing!

-Edit: 21/4/10 - I made this chart...

026 - Persuit of Happiness?

Sometimes, things just work.

You probably wont be expecting anything, and you might even be just content in whatever situation you're in... and then BAM! It happens. Something good, and right and it makes your day or your week or if you've had a really bad month, that too.

The real happiness comes when you least expect it, I think. You don't have to fight for it, you don't have to create it... it just happens. Because if you have to fight or search for something to make you happy, it has already lost some of it's magic while you were hunting for it.

You really cherish the thrill and elation that the unexpected happiness brings. In fact, I doubt you could resist the urge to smile if and when it happens.

018 - The F*ck It Philosophy

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

- Abraham Lincoln

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Every time I try to live by the F*ck It Philosophy I only follow it until it works, then I forget about it and revert to my old ways.

For anyone really seriously interested in what I'm talking about, find a book called 'F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way' by John Parkin. It basically tells you how letting go and saying "F*ck it" to things that bother us and stress us out too much and just take life for what it is. It says to just stop caring so much, because if you stop caring so much there's less of a chance to get hurt.

I know it sounds terrible, but it really does work.

Say there's something you're nervous about to the point of stress. Try saying f*ck it, letting go and just getting on with things, whether thats doing whatever it is you're nervous about or forgetting about doing it altogether. F*ck it.

It applies to relationships too, where if you stop freaking out over the little things that really don't matter, say f*ck it, take a deep breath, chill out and let it go. Realise it really doesn't matter. Even with the worst case scenario the world is not going to end. Life moves on and sooner or later it all works out, whether how we thought it would or not.

So this is me, saying f*ck it to whatever negativity comes my way and in turn I'll enjoy the good stuff, whatever and whenever that may be. Bring it on.

001 - Superstar D.J.!

'I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world. But that private world, once it is dramatised, doesn't live again until it finds a reader.'

- John McGahern (1934-2006)

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So here it is. Day one in the life of an unemployed girl in the best city in the world! I may be slightly biased there though.

I feel like I should be making some sort of a pledge to go along with this new-start-new-year thing (yes, I know it's March, but I'm starting a bit late). Maybe I wont cut my hair for a year. Maybe I'll get back on track with my weight loss. Maybe I'll stop saying "maybe". I have a book to write, that's for sure. And I have a city to explore and conquer.

I'll keep you all updated with my adventures.