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....

Take a chance this week...

Today's Sunday. I know, not a huge newsflash, but for some it is considered the beginning of the week. For me, it's what I like to call the end of the week that was and the opportunity to look forward into the week that is to come. That's actually what I say to people when on a Sunday they ask me what day it is...haha.

But in all seriousness, whether you think Sunday or Monday is the start of the week, my challenge for myself this week is to take a chance. Taking a chance on something that I wouldn't normally. I'm not sure what that is going to be just yet, but I'll make sure that it is something that truly challenges me.

Maybe it'll be a chance on love. Maybe it will be a chance on a friendship. Maybe it will be a chance on myself.

Can't wait to take that step, into the unknown and see what happens. Life is about living and what is living if we don't push ourselves that little bit further....so, here we go....

take control...

I've spoken here before about how I'm that person in my family that everyone comes to. The 'glue' that holds us together. And I said that I liked it. I think a big part of this is because I've learned over the years to take control of situations. Both professionally and personally. It's something that I'm still mastering, but in short, I think we all have the capacity to take control of our own situation....and we need to!

If we have something in our life that is seemingly taking control, this is when stepping up and taking back that control is so important. We need to be proactive. We need to understand that we have the power to change the direction our life is taking if we don't like it. Of course there are things that we can't control, but not being the victim is the most important lesson I've learned.

So today, change something that you don't like in your life. Change the course you're on if it's not that one you want to be on. You CAN do it!

Things are harder when you're grown up...

Have you noticed how easy it is for children to make friends? They just walk up to the kid that has the coolest toy and instantly they're friends. As adults, it seems to be much harder.

After high school is one of those opportunities where you form a new circle of friends. And then again maybe after university. But what are you supposed to do when you're nearing the ripe old age of 30? I know that's not old, but making new friends and becoming part of a friendship circle seems so much harder when we're 'all grown up'.

I've recently moved back to Qld, and I'm so glad that I have. But I can't help but think, will I be able to make new friends, or will I sit at home on my days off and will my nights consist of watching Masterchef while eating a Weight Watchers microwave meal and downing half a bottle of NZ's finest Sav Blanc? Cos this isn't what I want....

I want a group of friends to have dinner with, to go to the movies regularly with, to have birthday celebrations where we all bring amazing presents. I want that group of friends that you know will be there for you no matter what the crisis - and at times they'll make the crisis seem worse, but it'll be ok because you'll always have them.

So this is what I want. I want my Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha. And I want to be the best friend I can be to them. So lets see how I go....