Words of Wisdom

I just finished reading the autobiography of Kris Jenner, the mom of televisions most famous (or infamous) family…the Kardashians. I have to admit it was a really good read, very light and there wasn’t any ‘fluff’. It made me realize a couple of things about this woman; 1) She’s a fighter that’s for sure and 2) She was born with a brain for business.

As I continued to read through all the different stages of her life I soon realized that she really has come a long way. I could read the changes in the person she had changed to once she had a taste of the money…that seems to happen to a lot of people. Fortunately for her, she was forced to rebuild herself and her family again. In doing that she had some very poignant quotes that I was hoping to share with you all as they really do hit home for me. So here they are and again these are all quotes taken directly from Kris Jenner’s autobiography; Kris Jenner and all things Kardashian.

• The power of friendship, the power of love, and the power of feeling complete.

This one really hits home for me as I continue to struggle with feeling like I am missing a few key friends in my life.

• I never knew my environment could have such a powerful impact on my happiness.

I’ve been saying this for years and I’m glad that there is someone else out there who feels the same way.

• Don’t ever discount your environment. Where you live, work and play have a powerful effect on your happiness & productivity.

Again another mantra that I live by and will continue to live by knowing that it’s perfectly normal.

• I have to have everything in my life completely organized and perfect – otherwise, I am a complete mess. I can’t think straight if my home isn’t just right. My environment is my energy. I thrive in order of what I create.

This one really stuck with me as I need to feel that same way in order to move on with projects etc.

Overall the book was an easy read and I would recommend it to people who just want something to “fill the void” of their normal genre of reading. The main reason for writing this blog was to share these very important quotes that I was able to pull out from the book and hopefully others can relate to them as well.

Who Keeps a New Year's Resolution?

We all know I seem to get the writing bug around the beginning of the year; if you look back at all of my ‘Resolutions’ blogs…I don’t know what it is, maybe I get cabin fever and just need to feel like I am accomplishing something. I don’t know, either way I’m wondering who keeps these silly resolutions anyway.

 I know last year or the year before I stated that I would make more realistic resolutions and I did. I was able to fulfill 85% of them; which is pretty amazing considering that 90% of the population breaks their resolutions within 2-3 days. Anyhow this year, I decided to write out another list of (realistic) resolutions to see if 1) They could make me a better person and 2) I could actually complete all of them at least partially. So here is my list of resolutions:

• Read a book once a month (notice I don't specify how big or what kind)
• Blog Regularly (again I don't say how often, I just say regularly
• Get onto Blogger and post old blogs - CHECK
• Get into a routine to touch up or paint my nails every week or two (again no set date)
• Get into a routine of washing my face, working up to every night
• Cook recipes from unused cookbooks that I have (again not how many times)
• Take daily vitamins - CHECK
• Learn more about digital photography

These all seem do able, I don’t think that they’ll be too hard to keep; I like how I’ve set out what I want to do but there isn’t a set time frame. I think I am finally getting the hang of this resolutions thing. So for now, I am successful in keeping these resolutions in check…I just hope I can continue to for the entire year.

Only the Lonely

How is it on the most romantic day of the year (according to Hallmark), I am feeling most lonely. Don’t get me wrong I am still with the Mr., but I seem to be missing one key ingredient in my life…friends.

I’m not sure when it all happened as I’ve always been social and had a lot of friends. I know moving so much in my life has played a major role in me not having ‘lifelong’ friends but I thought I had some friends. I know when my ex and I broke up he took a lot of the friends I had with him and I don’t think I ever really replaced them. Not that you can so easily but I don’t think I ever filled that void that I’ve been missing for quite a while now.

I read a book recently and a quote in that book was “…the power of friendship, the power of love, and the power of feeling complete.” I think I am missing that; I don’t have a whole lot of friends and I really wish that I did.

As we get older it seems that it’s getting harder to make any new friends as we seem to have all made the friends that we wanted to. With the time constraints that we have placed on us it’s hard to make the time with our girlfriends. In my case I lost some in a separation and the others had kids and left me in the dust. I tried, believe me I tried but if you don’t have anything in common anymore it’s like “…thanks for being my friend and have a good life.”

I don’t think that I’ve been the only person this has happened to; I have to believe that I’m not alone in my crusade. Maybe I’m too picky, maybe I’m a bad friend…I don’t know? I always thought I was a good friend…but now I am definitely having my doubts.