Last day of appreciation project!

1. Saw this guy on a car intena. I think he and I should be friends. What about you?

2. We viewed two REALLY amazing apartments, that'll both allow our cats. You can bet that when we get our place, and are able to see our cats, we'll be jumping for joy.

3. Ryan got two on the spot interviews, and most likely a job!

4. I had the most fun job interview ever! Playing the "knot" game, hand dancing games, memory games. This is my job, I swear it!

5. The support that is around me is amazing. Best friends and family ever.

Positivity gets you somewhere. See? Yay! This was a great experience for me, and I hope you enjoyed my journey as well.

Until next time!

K.

Being grateful project day 6

1. I had a date with my lover last night. We went to see brave and it was SO lovely! We saw a rainbow, and came home to a beautiful moon.

2. I learned some tips on how to pay my loan back faster.

3. That I got to talk to my friend practically all day yesterday! 

4. The discovery that my feet are smaller! Hurray! Means more options for nicer shoes.

5. I met a guy from the same hometown as me at school, nice to have familiarity! 

Grateful day 5 - All about my love.

Right from the beginning, he's been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

1. I'm grateful that he has been so patient and kind. He's proven not only that there are good guys out there, but that it would be possible for me to love someone fully and not get my heart broken.

 2. I'm grateful that he's so encouraging. He support me in everything I do.

3. I'm grateful for the joy and laughter that he brings into my life.  

I'm grateful that I've been able to learn so many things, like trust with him. 

5. All around, I'm just grateful that he still chooses to spend the rest of his life with me, and that I get this loving man.

Being Grateful Project Day 4

1. My best friend called me this morning. It was the greatest!

2. I'm grateful for a very nice person who gave me some blueberries this morning. HEAVEN!

3. Some might be surprised by this, but I'm very grateful for my Mormon upbringing today. Without it, I probably wouldn't have the same morals that I have now. I'd be a very different person. So although I don't believe in it, I'm grateful for my raising in it.

4. My youtube account can gain money now! I have some awesome videos on the way.

5. I'm grateful that I'll be able to go back to being vegan soon. So grateful for the knowledge I have about veganism, health and healing! 

Being grateful project day 3

Yesterday was just a grateful kind of day.

1. A sparrow came to see us! The door was open a little bit and it hopped in. Unfortunately, it felt like it was trapped.. so had quite an interlude with the window, but then we set it loose again! It was nice to have that little reminder of nature.

2. At school we're having a clothing exchange and now I have actual NICE clothes! Now all I need are more pants and a pair of flats! 

3. I got to hear an inspiring story from my new friend. She had pretty well nothing, and then through creating a shrine to money (haha), realizing what she really did have, and dancing through her life she has gained abundance. I'm grateful for the inspiration!

4. I got a computer.. for free! It's an old-ish computer, but I've been wanting to get a computer for writing. This is what I got! A computer for writing! It might not be able to do much else, but that is what it functions for. They were originally going to charge money but then didn't.. oh happy day! 

5. Look at how amazing this is? HOW CAN I NOT BE GRATEFUL? 

Being grateful project day two.

1. That some wonderful homeless person returned my phone (as can be seen in the image). There is beautiful people in this world still. I am so grateful for this particular thing!

2. The guy who is watching over Ryan and I's cats. We both were just about crying to be able to see our cats, who are soon to be reunited with us! Keeping those cats has shown that ANYTHING can happen. Being able to see them, even for a few seconds, was amazing... technology is amazing.

3. To have a pair of sandals that I can wear to school (business school), instead of just wearing my runners. I feel much more like I'm dressing the role of my not-too-far-off profession!

4. I made a friend in school yesterday. I've been feeling rather lonely as of late, and it's nice to have finally made a new friend in our new home.

5. Reading the last link that I posted. There IS hope for amazing humans. What's more beautiful is that all of us have the potential to do that for each other.

Today I'm just very grateful!

Is the 'why' productive?

Quite possibly.. I'm one of the most curious people out there. One of my ex's, while I was dumping him said that he was happy I was dumping him because I reminded him way too much of a scientist. (As you can imagine, I was deeply insulted. *sarcasm* *rolls eyes*) The reason he said that, is because I always ask questions. I always do. I just like knowing the answers to things. Probably because I have a socially awkward personality where I don't know when to sensor what I should and should not be saying, most of what comes out of my mouth is questions.

Not surprising, today I started asking a lot of why questions. It sent me on a downward spiral. "Why didn't I do this?" "Why isn't this happening?" etc. As you can see, it was sending me on a downward spiral.

Then I started questioning (ha) the productivity of the question "why." I think it honestly depends on if you're looking at it as a motivation to move forward, or if you're using it as something to stay in the past (much like everything).

For example, I'm sure inventors ask lots of why questions. The questions that got somewhere. We wouldn't be as technologically advanced as we are today if they hadn't asked 'why'?

Sometimes I have to wonder if they ever asked negative "why's". I'm sure that if they did, it was replaced with positive. "Why did this surge not work?" would be a way more productive question than "Why am I doing this?" Although that could theoretically be a positive thing too...

I think this is a break-through for me. Discovering my thought processes in something so simple as the 'why' questions that I'm asking could very well lead me to be a very different type of person... the type of person who moves ahead instead of reverting backwards. I realize now that I get so caught up in questions, that I forget to live. "Why are we here? What is my purpose?" (Yes, I'm moving on to other questions... because they can all be productive or unproductive.) I think it's more important to enjoy my time here, and create my purpose.

As a matter of fact, I did that today while talking to a lady at my school.

That, however is a story for another day.