You gotta start somewhere…
Yesterday on Twitter, the question “where do you see yourself in five years” was posed. I, for one, don’t play that game. I don’t extrapolate out too far into the future. I believe in letting one experience lead to the next.
Of course, I believe that I am already a lawyer during that time (full faith!), but where I really am in five years is out of my hands. Only God knows how I will be during that time, and what things have changed. All I know is that whatever it is in five years that I’ll be encountering and having, God is already helping me prepare for it here in the present.
(Source: blush-on)
11:07 am • 22 May 2012 • 1 note
“Life is not a dress rehearsal, you have to go for it. But it takes hard work & dedication and you might not always get what you want or what you ‘think’ you deserve. It doesn’t matter. Handle yourself with professionalism and remember in this business, it might be who you know that gets you there, but it’s what you know that keeps you there. Mind your personal brand and the rest will come.”
—
Aliza Licht, SVP Global Communications, Donna Karan
…”it might be who you know that gets you there, but it’s what you know that keeps you there.”
Very important to remember when I finally reach my career-woman age. :)
(Source: blush-on)
9:06 pm • 17 May 2012
Life’s Awesome Surprises :)
I don’t wanna mention the main thing about the ‘awesome surprise’ I’m talking about. It’s just that sometimes, you follow someone. Ordinarily, you unfollow that someone if he/she is not related to you or your self-schema at all. I was about to ‘unfollow’ this person when I noticed that he/she’s kinda interesting. (Haha! I know, I know, I’m so talking cryptic!) I almost did what shouldn’t have been done, so thank God I noticed that. So I’m happy! I feel like it’s a big, big coincidence. Out of all the people in the world, I ‘discovered’ you there. It’s so freakin’ awesome.
Anyway, for one more surprise, I saw McDonald’s mascot a while ago at McDo Katip! There was a party there and I spotted him when I looked at my left side. He was waiting for the signal to come in the party room. I stole a snap! It’s been some time since I saw a McDo mascot. Haha! :))
(Source: blush-on)
9:06 am • 5 May 2012
iamsuperbianca: “Letting Go”
posted by bianca at 2:46 PM
have you ever had that feeling that things get a little too crazy, everywhere around you seems a little too noisy, so much so that you can hardly hear yourself think?
it has been wonderful to be able to get some quiet time even just for one day.
i realized one important thing, that we actually all know already, but just need to be reminded of..
let go of clutter in your life.
whether it be material or emotional clutter, we gotta learn to let go. there are too many things in life that stress us out already - work, errands, duties, bills, traffic, issues among friends, relationship issues, family problems. there are many things in life we have no control of, so what we can control, we must.
let go of envy.
why does she have this and i don’t?
why can’t i go where they go?
why her and not me?
whatever it is you see in or with others that you wish you had, take comfort in the fact that you also have something that they do not have. you set of experiences, your struggles, the people who love you, no one else has that but YOU. let go of envy and take pride in the things you have that others do not.
let go of pretensions.
you’re too shy to do this cause people might judge you.
you’re afraid to talk to her because she might not like you.
you don’t want to share your talent cause you might get embarrassed.
if you yourself hinder yourself, if you yourself stop yourself, if you yourself judge yourself, then what is left for you? how can you expect others to believe in you if you don’t believe in yourself? nobody is perfect. stop worrying about what others might think and go for it. you are the only one getting in your own way.
let go of closed-mindedness.
each and every one of us are different. we have different ideas, values, opinions, likes, dislikes, and biases. you cannot force your beliefs on anyone. if you are going to stress yourself because others do not share your thoughts, then you will be stressed forever. avoid thinking that your way is the only right way. learn more and be happy with your life by being open to how different people think.
again, these are things we all know already.. but sometimes, with all the distractions around us, we tend to hold on to these unnecessary things that hinder our happiness and peace of mind.
and we all want happiness and peace of mind, don’t we? :)
(Source: blush-on)
12:01 pm • 1 May 2012 • 2 notes
1. Leaving You - Session Road
2. Turn Me On - H2O ft. Bruno Mars
3. Who’s That Girl - Guy Sebastian
4. For the First Time - The Script
5. Dahil Ikaw - True Faith
6. The Man Who Can’t Be Moved - The Script
7. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift
8. Safe and Sound - Taylor Swift
9. Fidelity - Regina Spektor
10. Ngiti - Ronnie Liang
11. The Way I Loved You - Selena Gomez
12. Hit The Lights - Selena Gomez
13. We Found Love - Glee Cast
14. It’s Gonna Be Love - Mandy Moore
15. What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
16. 214 - Rivermaya
17. You Make Me Feel - Cobra Starship
18. Young, Wild and Free - Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg
19. Domino - Jessie J
20. We Are Young - Glee Cast
Basically, I love party songs and cheesy love songs in my playlist - most likely the latest ones in the American Scene. I listen to OPM songs when I feel senti and kind of just tired listening to english songs.
I like this activity! I’m gonna do this again some time, and again another time, and in another time.
Any suggestions for new music to add in my playlist? Just message me. :)
10:26 am • 26 March 2012 • 1 note
Why do I feel like I never fit in anywhere?
vivatregina:
You know, like when I try, I feel like I’m not really wanted there and people are just kind of trying to include me to be polite, and when I don’t try, because I’m awkward and shy and generally a quiet person (the loudness is kind of just a front, really), I think people think I’m a snob. I just can’t win, you know?
More importantly, why do I still feel like that at [almost-nineteen]? I’m way too old for this. You’d think I would have found “my people” by now.
(Source: blush-on)
2:31 am • 8 March 2012 • 125 notes
Getting Your Life Together
JAN. 30, 2012
By RYAN O’CONNELL
You’ve been sad for a long time now. 30 days, six months, four years. You know it. Your friends might know it. Your parents certainly don’t know it. Every day you wake up hoping and praying that something will change. It can’t be the weather or the location. You’ve already tried to change those but it was all done in vain. You learned that you were just as miserable when you were surrounded by palm trees as you were in a blizzard. Isn’t that a cruel joke? Ha. Ha. (Shh, no one is laughing.)
No, no, it needs to be something much bigger than that, something you’ve never experienced before, that will make you return back to normal. You’ve already tried all your usual tricks and they failed you miserably. Desperately, you rummaged through your “Things That Make Me Happy” bag and came up short. Whaaaaaaaaaat?! This has never happened before! You don’t quite understand how you could still feel so low after you ran for five miles at the gym, had the best date of your life, and climaxed around two in the morning.
You must need some moment of clarity, some divine intervention that will put you back on course. But, um, hello, when will that come? You’ve been waiting for months now and things just keep getting worse. Moments of clarity must not be very punctual. They like to take their sweet time, don’t they?
You know one thing for certain though. You can’t have another year like the one you just had. You honestly don’t have it in you. The fight is gone. You just have to start resigning yourself to the fact that this is how things are and you can’t strive for anything better. Lock yourself in your room and listen to sad music in bed. Become comfortably uncomfortable. Think to yourself “This is it. My life will be like this forever. I’ll watch others pass me by and get married while I’m sitting on my couch watching episodes of 30 Rock. So sad but oh well!” There’s almost a relief in giving up. You spent so long trying to fight off what was going to overtake you anyway. It feels good to finally just let it win. You want me, sadness? You got me.
Then it happens. You have the change, the coveted moment of clarity. Maybe it arrives right after you have a fun night out or lay in bed with someone till two in the afternoon or go home to your parents for a long weekend. Whatever it is, it makes you realize that this is the realest thing that has happened to you since forever. Pathetic, right? You used to always have moments like this, moments when you felt plugged in and like an active participant in your own life. Now every moment you have just feels like a dull blade that’s poking against your skin, trying to draw blood but ultimately failing to make any kind of impact.
This acts as a jolt of electricity and brings you back to life. It reminds you of what you’re capable of having and, more importantly, what you deserve to have. It teaches you that you need to respect yourself. Your mind and body aren’t a garbage can and you have to start taking care of them. You have to be a doting parent who waters the plants.
Maturity often develops over time, but in some instances, it can quite literally happen overnight. It’s not necessarily about hitting a rock bottom. You don’t have to be crying in the middle of the day for no reason, or sleeping with the 400th person who doesn’t mean a thing to you, or freebasing heroin in an alleyway to realize you need to get your life together. It can happen when the bad things are still subtle, when the choppy waves are chafing against your skin but not swallowing you whole. Things don’t always have to get worse before they get better. Sometimes they can just stay regular run of the mill “ugh.”
Who knows what your life will look like in ten years? It’s pointless to think about it. All you have to remember is that you don’t have to resign yourself to anything. You don’t have to be lying on your couch while everyone moves on without you. Instead, you can just DVR that episode of 30 Rock and leave with everyone else.
(Source: blush-on)
6:40 am • 31 January 2012 • 3 notes
