i did get motivated...

Just a quick little update. I got motivated. I had a shower, got dressed and went to Coles.

Came home, baked cookies. They're amazing! Thanks to Nigella - http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/totally-chocolate-chocolate-chip-cookies-29

So, it really is that easy to be motivated. You just actually have to get up and do something. Anything. It actually doesn't matter what it is. You could be motivated to make your bed, but if you do it then you've won! (Just so you know, I love a made bed! I try and make my bed every day!)

But that's off topic. I just wanted to say, that if you're feeling unmotivated - bake some cookies. It helps! 

D xx

how to be motivated...and other impossible pursuits...

Motivation is a funny thing. Sometimes you have and sometimes you don't.

Today, I don't have motivation. I slept in until 1pm - rare occurrence. I'm still in my pyjama's. I only had toast for breakfast and a cup of black tea (the tea was black because I couldn't find the motivation to go out and get milk!). And on top of all this, I'm just sitting in the kitchen doing nothing.

Why is it that some days you wake up and you're ready to face the world with all it's challenges and obstacles, and other days you just can't be arsed? My guess is that it is all a big balancing act. I have a girlfriend of mine who must be the most motivated person in the world. She always has a list going, something to clean, someone to see, some meal to cook, some clothes to iron, some cleaning to do, some movie to watch, a book to read, a pair of shoes to buy...anyway, you get the idea. She NEVER stops and she is so motivated to do it all!

But I wonder, does she every just stop and sit around all day in her PJ's doing nothing? I actually don't think she does....she's missing out on a lot I think!

But in the spirit of this blog, I'm going to be motivated today! I've decided to do some baking! I'm going to bake Nigella Lawson's Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies! I haven't baked in a long time and I miss it. I used to bake all the time. So, look out Coles, here I come! And look out body, here come the Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies!

YUM!

So, in answer to my question - how to be motivated? Well, you just get motivated. You get up of the chair, shower and go to Coles. It's that simple.

As for other impossible pursuits...lets leave that for another day.

D xx

People who you haven't seen for years...

Moving back to the Gold Coast certainly was a hard decision. You see, when you live in Melbourne you get spoilt for choice - and on top of the choice, you can actually eat dinner after 6.30 at night - I know this is a foreign concept for Queenslanders...

There is so much food. So much so that in the first 12months of living in Melbourne I ballooned 20kgs! That was a quite a shock, but I'm happy to say that I'm now more than half way to losing the weight that I found in Melbourne...but that's another story...

The point of this post is that moving back to the Gold Coast, after you've grown up here makes you realise what a SMALL place it really is. Sure you bump into people in Melbourne but no where near as often. So far I've run into about 20 people that I know. And it's both been great and not so great running into them, but the reality is we are all different people - if you think about when you were in Primary School how much it mattered that you weren't having Tuckshop and ALL your friends were - or that your sports shoes weren't the latest Nike's around - it was like the world was going to end. But now that we're 'all grown up' these HUGE things really are insignificant.

Anyway, I'm really off topic now - what I wanted to say was - a friend of mine from Primary School wrote me an email in response to a recent post - and it was really insightful. It made me stop and think and really listen - afterall I hadn't seen her for a decade and a half - how could she have this insight? I was perplexed but so pleasantly surprised at the same time.

So don't discount what anyone says to you. It may be just what you need to hear at that time in your life. Like Sarah Wilson says - (www.sarahwilson.com.au) - you have to listen to what the world is saying to you - the world sends you messages - and it's up to us to listen and action. Sarah is a big believer in 3's - if she hears something three times then she does something about it - as hard as that may be! I on the other hand have been known to ignore the world sending me messages until they come up and smack me right in the face!

I know that was a whole lot of jumble words but hopefully there is some meaning in it for someone - even if you haven't read my blog before - maybe, just maybe that will be what you needed to hear...

August is here...there are no rules!

I was reading a post on www.reasonstodatecourtneybeck.tumblr.com and she has decided that in August, there are no rules. You see, she is a gorgeous girl living in this beautiful world who can't seem to find someone to date and has set up this blog to help - it really is a great read!

So in August, there are no rules. No thinking about texting if you want to text, or calling if you want to call or even showing up on someone's door step with a mix tape in hand declaring your love for them - it's simple - in August, if you want to do it, then do it.

I actually think this would be a great way for us to live our life everyday, but we get so worried about what others may think or what they may say that we stop and cower in the corner of life and don't step out of our comfort zone. If we don't follow our hearts/guts/instincts then what have we got? Living in fear is no way to live.

So I'm embracing NO RULES AUGUST. And to be honest, I can't wait. I'm not going to let anything stop me. Look out....