Re:solution 2011

On my 4 hour drive back to Chicago from Wisconsin yesterday morning, I thought quite a bit about happiness and what it is. What is happiness? I know it's not a goal to strive for, because you'll never attain that state of "happiness." For me, I think happiness comes more in moments that are either created or just by taking the time to recognize the little things that ARE happiness. That is why for 2011, rather than resolve to do things that will make my life more happy (because isn't that the only reason we make resolutions anyway -- to make our lives better?), I'm simply going to list the things that make me happy and try to recognize them as they are happening more often, or to create those moments more often.

Here are my top 10 Happies, not in any particular order:

1. Bubble baths

2. Good food - especially oatmeal with berries, seared ahi tuna nicoise salads, fajitas, homemade pizza

3. reading a good book by the fire (less TV)

4. kissing & snuggling (I guess this depends on whether I have someone to kiss & snuggle with, but dating means there are always options! ha!)

5. Meditation/yoga

6. Journaling/writing (ok, 1 resolution - buy a screenwriting program and write the script I've had in my head for months)

7. dancing in my room and singing into my hairspray can microphone :)

8. Being present in the moment -- i.e. stopping for a moment to recognize the beauty of simple things like the snow, having "me" time that many people don't have, the softness of Fabi rabbit's hair, the sky, even the neon Vegas sign behind my condo. Someone must have thought it was beautiful to make it a pharmacy sign.

9. Running to stupid pop songs, doing sprints to feel fast, lifting heavy weights and feeling strong.

10. Girls' night out.

The grass isn't greener on the other side ... it's greener where you water it. I'm going to try my best to focus on watering the grass where I stand by making more of these little happy moments.

To watering the green pasture you've got,

Jaime