I'm Pasty & My Hair Is Brown

It's been a weird few months. I haven't been posting and I'm not sure exactly what I have been doing. I know that I've been cleaning houses and babysitting, volunteering a lot and, now that things have slowed down a bit for my friends in grad school, I've been able to hang out with them more. But I haven't been as driven when it comes to increasing my business or pursuing my personal goals.

I got so off-track and confused this week that I went out and bought tanning lotion and bleach. I wasn't feeling fulfilled and, as all of my research on happiness and what makes people the most satisfied in life empirically proves, becoming tan and blonde would solve all of my problems. I told my sister and a few friends about these purchases and their very honest, disappointed and confused reactions were enough to make me change my mind and focus on more important goals.

Ok, ok. The input of my family and friends was very influential but that's not how it actually happened. So, what really happened was that I looked up how to do highlights by yourself at home last night and... it seemed pretty hard. And after a tragic bleaching that I totally botched for Halloween last year, I was skeptical about the possible results. Then, today, I went to Sun Tan City where I had started a "Free Tour of the City" a few weeks ago (I was only in there for 8 minutes the first time) and I found out the offer had expired. So THEN I decided I should focus on more important things in my life. I returned the lotion and hair dye, got $15 back and treated myself to a fancy, $7 Chipotle dinner.

I'm not tan and I'm not blonde, so I had to figure out something else I could be...

"Be Happy, Be Healthy, Be Productive"

This has become a sort of personal mantra for me this year. It's especially useful for when I feel like there's so much to focus on, I don't know what the bigger picture is. I just remind myself of these three, simple goals, and I feel like I know where I'm at. So, today, after returning the dye and lotion, I took a piece of chalk and wrote this in big letters on my quote wall next to my bed. 

That should help keep things in perspective :)

THANKS FOR READING

PS- I should be posting a lot more this week, I miss blogging...