About two weeks ago, I started a happiness project. Inspired by a book with the same name, I decided to embark on a mission to improve my life and work to become just a bit happier. While I have a wonderful life - a fantastic partner, good friends and family, a job that I enjoy - there is always room for improvement. I will be tackling a different goal every month, continuing to build on previous goals each month so that it is a cumulative effort.
My first goal? Improve my mental and physical health.
I can be a bit of a ball of stress, have a bit of a coffee addiction, and need to get off my lazy butt most days. I am working to exercise fives time a week, meditate and/or count to 30 when I'm stressed or anxious about something, remind myself of five things for which I am grateful on a daily basis, and limit myself to one cup of coffee a day.
So far, I'm doing OK. I've been exercising four times a week (trying to get to that five!) and I've been sticking to my one coffee drink a day. I am trying to go to bed earlier, so that I'm not as exhausted the next day (and so I don't need as much coffee!), and that has been hit or miss. Some days I'm able to fall asleep by 10:30, while the next day I'm up until midnight. As a night owl, this will be the hardest goal for me to achieve, but I think it will be the most satisfying.
I've been doing yoga again and I'm not sure why I stopped doing it in the first place. While it's hard to drag my butt off of the couch, I feel so much better after a class. Working out more has been lowering my stress level, which is incentive enough for me to continue practicing yoga. This week, I am going to start running frequently and I hope that will only continue to improve my mood.
In other news, I continue to be obsessed with my sweet baby Nicco. Tom and I have been taking advantage of the warm weather and bringing Nicco to the dog beach. When Nicco goes to the dog beach, he thinks it's the best day of his life. We're able to take him off the leash and let him run around with the other dogs, and he's sporting a serious doggy grin on his face the entire time. My only wish is that we could find a dog beach or a huge dog park a bit closer to us, although it's been a ton of fun meeting other dog owners up at Montrose.
Can we talk about the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion? Momma Joyce is just drunk the entire time now, right? I seriously thought she lost her mind on tonight's episode. And why does Nene seem to think she's so above these women? Is it because she's been on a couple of episodes of Glee? Does she seriously turn down acting roles? Because last time I checked, she seems to just be playing herself when she's on a TV shows besides Housewives.
I just can't watch this show after the reunion. This season was ridiculous to watch and I just need to cut a Housewives series from my TV lineup.
THANK YOU to everyone who has donated to my Team PAWS page! I am overwhelmed by all of the support and I am just incredibly grateful. I am halfway to my target and it's still early, so I think I'm on track to have a party in the fall for all of the fabulous donors :)
See you in two weeks!
-LC
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