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Take charge of your own happiness

For 2012, take charge of your own happiness. As Maria Robinson said, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” But before you can begin this process of transformation, you must stop doing the things that have been holding you back. Here are some ideas to get you started: 1. Stop spending time with the wrong people. Life is too short to spend with people who suck the happiness out of you. If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you. You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot. Never, ever insist yourself with someone who continuously overlooks your worth. And remember, it’s not the people who stand by your side when you’re at your best, but the ones who stand beside you when you’re at your worst, who are your true friends. 2. Stop running from your problems. Face them head-on. It won’t be easy. There is no person in the world capable of flawlessly handling every punch thrown at them. We aren’t supposed to be able to instantly solve problems. That’s not how we’re made. In fact, we’re made to get upset, sad, hurt, stumble and fall. Because that’s the whole purpose of living—to face problems, learn, adapt and solve them over time. This is what ultimately molds us into the person we become. 3. Stop lying to yourself. You can lie to anyone else in the world, but you can’t lie to yourself. Our lives improve only when we take chances, and the first and most difficult chance we can take is to be honest with ourselves. Read “The Road Less Traveled.” 4. Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special, too. Yes, help others; but help yourself, too. If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now. 5. Stop trying to be someone you’re not. One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that’s trying to make you like everyone else. Someone will always be prettier, smarter, younger, but they will never be you. Don’t change just so that people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you. 6. Stop trying to hold on to the past. You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading your last one. 7. Stop being scared to make a mistake. Doing something and getting it wrong is, at least, 10 times more productive than doing nothing. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading toward success. You end up regretting the things you did not do far more than the things you did. 8. Stop berating yourself for old mistakes. We may love the wrong person and cry about the wrong things, but no matter how things go wrong, mistakes help us find the person and things that are right for us. We all make mistakes, have struggles and even regret things. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come. 9. Stop trying to buy happiness. Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free—love, laughter and working on our passions. 10. Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness. If you’re not happy with who you are on the inside, you won’t be happy in a long-term relationship with anyone else, either. You have to create stability in your own life first before you can share it with someone else. 11. Stop being idle. Don’t think too much or you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place. Evaluate situations and take decisive action. Making progress involves risk. Period! 12. Stop thinking you’re not ready. Nobody ever feels 100-percent ready when an opportunity arises. Because most great opportunities in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones, which means we won’t feel totally comfortable at first. 13. Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons. Relationships must be chosen wisely. It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company. There’s no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen—in the right time, with the right person and for the best reason. Fall in love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely. 14. Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work. In life, you’ll realize that there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, others will use you and still others will teach you. But most importantly, some will bring out the best in you. 15. Stop trying to compete against everyone else. Don’t worry that others are doing better than you. Concentrate on beating your own record every day. Success is a battle between you and yourself only. 16. Stop being jealous of others. Jealousy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own. Ask yourself this: “What’s something I have that everyone wants?” 17. Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself. Life’s curveballs are thrown for a reason—to shift your path in a direction that is meant for you. You may not see or understand everything the moment it happens, and it may be tough. But reflect back on those negative curveballs thrown at you in the past. You’ll often see that eventually they led you to a better place, person, state of mind or situation. So smile! Let everyone know that today you are a lot stronger than you were yesterday, and you will be. 18. Stop holding grudges. Don’t live your life with hate in your heart. You will end up hurting yourself more than the people you hate. Forgiveness is not saying, “What you did to me is okay.” It is saying, “I’m not going to let what you did to me ruin my happiness forever.” Forgiveness is not just for other people, it’s for you, too. If you must, forgive yourself, move on and try to do better next time. 19. Stop letting others bring you down to their level. Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs. 20. Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it, anyway. Just do what you know in your heart is right. 21. Stop doing the same things over and over without taking a break. The time to take a deep breath is when you don’t have time for it. If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. Sometimes, you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. 22. Stop overlooking the beauty of small moments. Enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and discover they were the big things. The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you. 23. Stop trying to make things perfect. The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists, it rewards people who get things done. Read “Getting Things Done.” 24. Stop following the path of least resistance. Life is not easy, especially when you plan on achieving something worthwhile. Don’t take the easy way out. Do something extraordinary. 25. Stop acting like everything is fine if it isn’t. It’s okay to fall apart for a little while. You don’t always have to pretend to be strong, and there is no need to constantly prove that everything is going well. Cry if you need to—it’s healthy to shed your tears. The sooner you do, the sooner you will be able to smile again. 26. Stop blaming others for your troubles. The extent to which you can achieve your dreams depends on the extent to which you take responsibility for your life. When you blame others for what you’re going through, you give others power over that part of your life. 27. Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Doing so is impossible, and trying will only burn you out. But making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus. 28. Stop worrying so much. Worry will not strip tomorrow of its burdens, it will strip today of its joy. One way to check if something is worth mulling over is to ask yourself this question: “Will this matter in one year’s time? Three years? Five years?” If not, then it’s not worth worrying about. 29. Stop focusing on what you don’t want to happen. Focus on what you do want to happen. Positive thinking is at the forefront of every great success story. If you awake every morning with the thought that something wonderful will happen in your life today, and you pay close attention, you’ll often find that you’re right. 30. Stop being ungrateful. No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs. Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing

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First Week of 2012

So this week I didn't meet my goal of running 5 times a week, but i think i still did pretty well considering how it started...

Monday: Ran (28min) / walked (10min) 3 miles - 38 min

Tuesday: Off

Wednesday: Off

Thursday: Ran 9 min/walked 1min twice and then ran the rest of 3 miles - 38 min

Friday: Off

Saturday: Ran 9 min/walked 1 min twice then ran the rest of 3 miles - 36:20

Sunday: Ran 9 min/walked 1min three times - 10 push ups - 10 dips - 50 Jumping Jacks - 10 ice skaters - 80 side shuffles - 1:45 min of Tennis.

So i know it wasn't that much! but i think i'm just pumped about today.. plus i've been eating super healthy all week! :) let's keep it up!!!

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My 50-Book Challenge

One of my 2012 resolutions is to read more. It came to me with the realization that in the past year, I have read around, if not less than, ten books. That is a downright measly number for a self-proclaimed book lover (working at Chapters no less)! Luckily, as the realization came right at the end of the year, it can then become an excellent resolution; so here it is, in 2012 I resolve to read more. A lot more.

The idea of a 50-book challenge was one I saw floating around Tumblr for a while, and it seemed too good to pass up. Generally the challenge is meant to last one full year, complete with a month-by-month schedule, however I will give myself an additional four months to complete it (so, until April 2013), due to the black-hole-esque nature of the last four months of school - during which I may or may not be doing any reading at all.

And now, without further ado, my 50 BOOK CHALLENGE: (in no particular order)

1. A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin 2. A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin 3. A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin 4. A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin 5. A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin 6. Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami 7. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 8. Year of The Flood – Margaret Atwood 9. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins 10. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins 11. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 12. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K. Dick 13. READING Serious Men - Manu Joseph 14. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell 15. World war Z – Max brooks 16. Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Saks 17. A movable feast – Ernst Hemmingway 18. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh 19. The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova 20. Interview With a Vampire – Anne Rice 21. Muses, Madmen and Prophets - Daniel Smith 22. Farenheit 451 – Ray Bradburry 23. Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut 24. The Portrait of a Lady – Henry James 25. The Life of Pi – Yann Martel 26. Born to Run - Christopher McDougall 27. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kasey 28. The Bell Jar – Sylvia plath 29. Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess 30. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky 31. Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen 32. In Cold Blood – Truman Capote 33. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 34. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov 35. In the Skin of a Lion – Michael Ondatjee 36. Beloved – Toni Morrison 37. An Abundance of Katherines – John Green 38. Into The Wild – Jon Krakauer 39. On the Road – Jack Kerouac 40. A Confederancy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole 41. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino 42. Looking for Alaska– John Green 43. Burry me Standing – Isabel Fonseca 44. The Global Soul – Pico Iyer 45. An Underachiever’s diary – Benjamin Anastas 46. Planet Walker – John Francis 47. Places in Between – Rory Stewart 48. The other – Ryszard Kapuscinski 49. Wayfinders – Wade Davis 50. The Great Railway Bazaar – Paul Theroux

Completed: 22/50

My GoodReads !

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Pheromones

In 8th grade, when we stood there, I knew there was something about you and I didn't know what it was. And until this moment, four years and 16 days later, I have found out part of what I think it is.

Pheromones.

Most scientists hypothesize that pheromones have nothing to do with human socialization, but I disagree. In fact, many scientists don't know much about pheromones and how they affect humans, so their assumptions are based on very little information.

There are many people that are just as cute and just as sweet as him that I know, but I hate their pheromones, and I'm convinced that's part of the reason that I will never feel the same way towards them as I feel/felt about him.

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Dream with my eyes open Sleep when I'm dead Love who my hearts chosen Conquer what lies ahead - Chestpiece Ryan Keith Follese'

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Media Challenge!

In the past I've done a 365 movie challenge, which left me drained, but also up another 325 movies I hadn't seen before. I don't believe enough in my stamina to assume I could do another 365 movies, so instead I am going for a media challenge (something I'm creating on my own).

Each week I will attempt to (assume when I say "new" I mean "new to me"):

play a new video game (hopefully beating it)

read a new book (sans pictures)

read a new graphic novel (yay! pictures!)

watch a new movie

check out a new tv show

try out a new podcast

listen to a new artist (musical tinglings)

At the end of each week, I will create a blog entry (maybe moving into a video blog format) detailing the media I have consumed during the week.

It seems like a lot, but it also seems like a fantastic way to expand my knowledge base (just like with the movie challenge). It's one of those things that even if I fail, I will still be winning in some capacity.

I can try to have themes each week, but I'm just going to give the first month a freeform shot and see how it goes.

If anyone would like to join me, you are more than welcome, I would love to have a sort of "book club" approach to the whole thing. A video game club... now that's a good idea.

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