Do You Think Crying Is a Sign of Weakness or Strength?
Neither. Crying helps to release energy. Sometimes, the only way you can let go is to cry. Crying can sometimes be misused or abused, but it’s not a binary. What do you think?
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If The Average Lifespan was 40 Years, How Would You Live Your Life Differently?
Shit, forget how I would live life differently. Today is the day to start living like I only have less than 10 years to do the damn thing. And that means a life without fear and regret. Who’s with me?
What’s a Belief That You Hold With Which Many People Disagree?
Eating well takes too much time, money, and eating healthy doesn’t taste good. When I cook for myself I make very simple meals and they take less than 30 minutes to prepare. I probably spend more of my budget on food than most people, but most people also don’t include how much they spend eating [...]
Who Do You Love & What Are You Doing About it?
Wow! I LOVE the way this question is framed. I never understood how people could turn love on and off like a switch, so it’s hard for me to just hone in on one person and be like, this is s/he and this is what s/he means to me. I’ve come to realize that love [...]
Do You Ask Enough Questions or Do You Settle for What You Know?
This always depends on the situation, but I probably just settle for what I know most of the time. I tend not to ask enough questions, assuming that I have all the resources I need to see something through. I do have to work on that.
What Do You Wish You Had Spent More Time Doing Five Years Ago?
Saving money and socializing more. Not sure how the two of those could possibly go together – especially in NYC, but I could have saved more money and I could have had a more dynamic social life. These are the only two things I think about the most. Just where did all that money go [...]
What Life Lesson Did You Learn the Hard Way?
Trust in my ability and just be myself. Still learning that.
What Gets You Excited About Life?
Good food. Sex. A breakthrough. A long sensual kiss. The Sun. The smell of lavender. Chocolate. Any song I can dance to. A deep belly laugh with a friend. Confirmation that I’m on the right path. The endless possibilities.
Who Do You Sometimes Compare Yourself To?
My mother. It’s her voice I hear when I use certain expressions; when I talk about the way certain dishes are supposed to taste, when I think about what she was doing when she was my age. When you’re young, you try very hard to be anything but your parents. And then you grow up [...]
What’s The Most Sensible Thing You Heard Someone Say?
You are not on anyone else’s schedule. Someone told me this several years ago when I was in that What should I be doing with my life? phase. I had dropped out of art school, I was about to quit whatever job I had at the time, and I was aimless. I had gotten really [...]
When Was the Last Time You Tried Something New?
Does this exercise count? It’s an exercise in writing everyday, even if it’s just for 5 minutes. About a month ago I tried goat milk Kefir in my green smoothies. I can’t like it. A few weeks ago I was experimenting with polyphasic sleep. Things were going fine until the boyfriend spent the night. Now [...]
Asking the Right Questions
The folks over at Marc and Angel Hack Life published a post earlier this month on 365 Thoughtful Questions to Ask Yourself This Year. Part of me thinks this is self-indulgent and a useless first-world attachment, but, what the heck, it’ll make for good reading and encourage me to write more everyday. I’ve decided to [...]
Why Can’t You Just Have a Bad Day?
I was reading a friend’s FB status message the other day and she was venting about the bad week she’d been having. A friend of hers responded by reminding her of the recent Japan tsunami and earthquake (check out how my school is helping the relief efforts) and how it trumped whatever she was going [...]
Monday, WTF
I don’t believe in coincidences, so what is the Universe trying to tell me? I rarely have bad Mondays, and while today wasn’t bad, it certainly had its WTF moments. Twice I told my boyfriend something only to have him repeat it to me in a way that suggested he either wasn’t listening or was [...]
Eating Love
Last Saturday I watched J’s son while he was at a class. When I asked him what he wanted for breakfast, he paused for a bit, then replied, “I just want to eat Love.” I smiled and said that I would be more than happy to make him a Love breakfast, but that it had [...]
Food for Thought: August 1, 2010
“To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.” ~Rudolf Steiner
Food for Thought, July 25, 2010
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~Flora Whittemore
Food for Thought, July 18, 2010
“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” ~ Bruce Lee
Food for Thought, July 11, 2010
I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. -Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)
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