08-31-12 - "Gia and the Wonderful, Amazing, Not to Shabby, Very Great List"

As I conclude this week, I can't help but think thank goodness Labor Day Weekend is just around the corner...  If I could publish this week as a book, I would title it "Gia and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week."  On the positive side of things though there is always lessons to be learned which I in return am thankful for.  This weeks exercise:  Turning negative outcomes into reminders, not personal attacks.

"From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.” - Anais Nin  

After a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week," I decided rather than dwelling on it and then just simply moving on, I should reflect and take something useful from the given situations.  I stumbled upon this quote from French-Cuban author Anais Nin and thought it fit perfectly.  "You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead," she exclaims. Of course, if something goes wrong that results in a negative effect, us as human beings are not going to react with complete and utter happiness right away.  I often can take negativity as a personal attack.  I can jump to a sudden conclusion with a blink of an eye, smack a label on myself and then call it done.  This is me needing to learn the right way to take charge of my reactions as Anais mentions.  However I have come discover that just taking a step back from the negative outcome and asking, "How can I apply positive reinforcement to not only make the circumstances better at the moment, but to prevent this situation in the future?" can really take its toll as well as personal pressure off of me.      

I actually wrote down some thoughts about applying this act of positive reinforcement.  When stressful situations arise, I intend to refer to this "Wonderful, Amazing, Not to Shabby, Very Great List."  My intentions are to walk through the list with the incident as my companion, and once our walk has reached the end of the briefing, we will simply part ways and move on from one another.  "Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life."  I feel as if creating this list and more so thought process is my form of taking control and of course focusing on what is more important in my life.  That of course if positive vibes and happiness.  A theory of mine is that if you are not constantly happy with yourself and life, you are not living.  And as Anais mentions, "Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life."

Lesson learned:  Don't destroy yourself upon negativity, but rather take charge of your response to execute sheer happiness and positive occurrences for the future.    

 

08-24-12 - My very simple and very first blog post ever

To be completely honest, I have always wanted to start one of these and can honestly say I am very excited to be doing one now.  I look forward to sharing my thoughts, feelings, views, outlooks and realizations I come to find in my life through my every day experiences.  You will discover that I am a very simple, yet full of a wide variety of interests, little girl.  I say little because I am only of 5 foot 3 inches and hold about 90 pounds to my name.  I may be little but I am an individual of big hopes, dreams and ambitions to come.

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo Da Vinci
One of my absolute favorite quotes and one that I live by.  I have always been an individual who sticks to their own interests, dislikes, passions and knowledge.  I can talk your ear off about anything that I find intriguing and has made an impact on my life.  Aside from speaking my mind though, I thoroughly enjoy listening to others stories.  I find attraction in hearing new faces speak their monologues and it only inspires me more to write and create a fable out of it.  I love quotes, quoting people and coming up with my own interpretations of them. 

I'm a straightforward and never looking backwards kind of girl.  I enjoy the small meaningful things life has to offer and am simply content with it.  I don't need to be someone I am not only to surround myself with the wrong crowd that defies everything I am.  You will find I am open minded but stick to my word if there is passion behind it.  Which in the grand scheme of things, everything you do in life should be done with passion.  There's one view of my mine for you to gander at already.  All in all, I hold myself to my own values that I set on my own.  I am always in the works of creating and adding to my collection rather than just branding myself.  I am a lucid girl with a tiny bit of sass but none the less class.  After all, as Leonardo Da Vinci said, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."