It’s when you least expect it that you are vulnerable enough to be open to profound experiences. And for me, it seems to notoriously be on an airplane, crammed into a window, next to a stranger, attempting to quietly read a book.
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Create your happiness
I’ve been thinking about Life Lists a lot lately. Not only do some of my favorite bloggers have them, I’m always looking for new things to do and new goals to reach, and I’ve been picking up several subliminal messages about starting a Life List of my own.
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Delivering Happiness, written by Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay), the CEO of Zappos.com, is about much more than one of Fortune magazine’s top 25 companies to work for. It’s about more than Amazon’s acquisition of the company valued at over $1.2 billion. It’s about more than making money and starting a company. In fact, this book is about starting from scratch. It’s about trusting strangers. It’s about taking giant leaps, and hoping for success. Most importantly, it’s about happiness. Discovering it, and distributing it around the world.
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One year ago today I drove over the San Francisco Bay Bridge in a bright yellow Penske truck and lost my breath. As the skyline came into view, I thought to myself: “this is my new home – amidst the skyscrapers – this is my city.”
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I was a little late on the bandwagon of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, but I did hop on. And it was quite a ride.
A brief synopsis: Elizabeth went through a terrible divorce, which she doesn’t divulge much about. It almost came across as if she woke up one morning crying in the bathroom and wanted a divorce. There is no backlog as to why this marriage was so miserable – but it laid the foundation for her journey around the world to find “a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.”
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I love to read. I love navigating my way through a thick plot, losing myself in the characters, flipping pages uncontrollably, without even realizing. I can travel the world and take a walk in any shoes while reading a book.
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I’ve said it a million times. “Create your reality.” You are in charge of your life and where it goes. Create your happiness. You are in control of what you do, who you associate yourself with, how hard you you work, what you achieve. You are in control of your life. Your destiny. Except one little part.
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I spent my Saturday night this weekend reminiscing with the lovely Kaci. It may sound silly, but it was all brought on by me considering highlighting my hair again like I used to do. I was showing her pictures that I had found on the Internet of pretty highlighted hair, and next thing we knew, I was sending her old pictures I have of myself with long, almost blonde hair. That was definitely, “back in the day.” But when I really think about it, it wasn’t that long ago.
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If you’re anything like me, this question made you stop and think. Hmm. What exactly does that mean? Am I?
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Today. Was a bad day. I knew it was going to be a bad day when I left my apartment this morning, forgot my breakfast, went back up, got my breakfast, came back down, it was pouring, went back up, got my umbrella, and walked to work.
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It’s been almost nine months to the day since I made the big move out to San Francisco. It’s pretty remarkable how quickly the time flies when you’re having the time of your life chasing your dreams.
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It’s time for spring-cleaning! Normally I would be rolling my eyes and doing everything possible to procrastinate. This year, however, I have an entirely new outlook on the art of spring-cleaning.
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