I'm a list maker. I'm a write-things-down-er. Give me a computer with a Google calendar on it and I'll turn the screen back to you and ask if you can please pass me the orange Moleskine day planner I don't leave my house without. As much as I enjoy blogging--I really do and it's great to be back at it more regularly--I can never give up my own personal journaling. I fill them up like you've never seen! I don't know what it is about the act of putting pen to paper to clear my head of its thoughts but I definitely get much more enjoyment out of that than typing my life into technological memory cards. (Are memory cards even what's used in these things anymore? Clearly, the most I can say is that I'm a Mac, not a PC, and I love my iPhone. Beyond that, I have no idea what I'm talking about!)
But like I said, I'm a list maker. I think lists are great because they provide an organized visual so it's a little easier to process all that happens and all that needs to happen during these crazy and busy days. The practical lists like the to-do's and the grocery lists and the assignments due are always great to have on hand and most of us, whether we know it or not, keep tabs on those daily necessities mentally. (Sometimes we don't even know what we're thinking when life starts to get crazy, but subconsciously our brain is actually trying to keep us in line and figured out!) I'm definitely a fan of these daily lists, because without them I know that I would personally be a little bit of a frazzled mess.
Along with these things, and perhaps even more importantly, I've gotten into the practice recently of jotting down the things that make me happy. If I'm out and about and don't have access to the tools to do so at any given time I take a mental note and try to remember to do it later. I do a lot of walking around this city and every time I step onto the street is another chance to breathe for a second and think, and waiting for late trains, for example, are the perfect times to acknowledge the things that have made my day uniquely awesome instead of dwelling on how frustrated I am because of how late I now am to wherever it is I've got to be.
Here's a short excerpt of what I've come up with most recently:
1. I love being a morning person.
I never thought I'd see the day! If there's one thing in life that I'm most grateful to have learned while at school it's how to enjoy being up in the morning and getting the day started on the early end of the clock.
2. I love my morning music jam sesh.
Any day that starts off with some catchy Top 40 hits is bound to be a good one!
3.I love my morning coffee.
Again, I never thought I'd see the day! But I've seen it, I'm loving it, and I ain't never going back! :) And look! This morning I got another misspelled name (which I actually secretly also like because it's always a great laugh!), but I got a star along with it! :)
4. I love ballet class.
When ballet is in my regular dance routine, that's when I feel most at ease. I've found it to be so therapeutic. (But it will kick your butt EVERY time, I promise you that!)
5. I love wearing "real people" clothes.
It may sound silly, and I didn't realize this fully until recently, but when you leave your house in jeans and a real top instead of a leotard and sweats you will truly feel differently--and present yourself differently--than if you're in sweats and a cut t-shirt. (Though it's another wardrobe option that, of course, I am totally for!) But yes Michaela, you can look like a real person and just change into dance clothes when you need to! AND you don't have to walk around in sweaty clothes all day after! HUH! Fancy that! ;)
6.I don't leave home these days without all my jewelry on.
I've always been a jewelry person--I'm definitely a sterling silver kind of gal--and for some reason these days even if it is a sweatpants and cut t-shirt with no makeup kind of a day, I still have to make sure all my earring are in, my rings are on, my watch is on my wrist, and I have a necklace or two, that may or may not actually match what I'm actually wearing, but that part doesn't matter all that much!
7. I love doing pushups.
All day every day. Can't get enough.
8. I will never not be a chocoholic.
It's a fact of life I've just had to accept ;) Dark chocolate with either orange or sea salt is really hitting the spot at the moment.
So I don't know if this post really has much meaning at all, but if anything maybe take this from it: It doesn't matter how small the small things are. If they make you happy, let yourself smile :)
Also, unrelated, but if you want to, check out my updated dance reel here!
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