GLOBAL STREETS
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Corn looks delicious! Not frowning at the margaritas either. :)
25by:
Because on a hot ass day like today only margaritas and Mexican corn...
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Things you absolutely need to know about me ...
- No matter how sure you are of my love, please, do not propose to me with a public spectacle. As...
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Countdown is on....
88 days left to reside in the lovely state of Michigan…
62 working days left….. (I did not subtract for holidays and travel...
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Happiness Record: Day 17
The quiet moments.
Sometimes being alone is preferred.
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25by:
Day 5: Ode to Milo: Because sometimes the craving is greater than one could ever imagine. (Or, sometimes it’s bringing me closer to...
Until I go home to Jamaica, I’ll have to settle for indoor pools and hot tubs. Grateful for early morning swims and sauna/steam rooms with friends and family.
In just a few days my company will host its Annual Conference and Awards Dinner. It’s a joyful pain. I’ve spent 7 years (of the organization’s 10 yr existence) working intimately with our clients to design, implement, manage and scale up their health programs and I feel proud to recognize them for their efforts. But it’s exhausting sometimes…incredibly fun, but exhausting!
So to help calm us all, we have invited alternative-medicine-turned-meditation-guru-turned-my-dream-yoga-practice-buddy DEEPAK CHOPRA to speak to us about the connection between health, wellness and the brain. And, of course, to lead us in a 30mins meditation practice. I was psyched. I adore Deepak. Had to meet Deepak. After all, we kinda share a yoga teacher. Wouldn’t that count for something?
Well thanks to my awesome CEO, we met and had a conversation. I think there are some cool things in the making…whoot! Whoot! (Forgive the obvious “star-crazy” look I have…it’s Deepak, man!)
xoxo,
—EssDee
Pescetarian diet in high gear.
Dinner: Fisherman’s Pot @ Putnams. Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
After that weird chat I shared in my previous post, I had to go watch one of the most powerful TED Talk videos I’ve consumed to-date. When you strip away all the bells and whistles, Dr. Brene Brown is absolutely correct. It’s the raw emotions that are left which we are afraid to face let alone express (and conquer!).
Bless the heavens for TED. This was definitely an idea worth spreading and guess what, I got an online therapist in the process…for free. I love technology when it’s a force for good!
—EssDee
- Male Virgo: :) so u married now?
- Female Virgo: why? you have a prospect for me?
- MV: Me?...nah you're my prospect....
- FV: sweet mouth
- MV: I don't know what to do...
- FV: about what? talk to me
- MV: Me...can't seem to get it together
- FV: what do you mean?
- MV: do the right right thing...
- FV: like what? {clearly, FV knows what MV is struggling with but wants him to say it....WOMEN!}
- About an hour passes, then...
- MV: U won't understand...you're the kinda girl that should be my girlfriend..
- FV: you're right...I don't understand....
- {FV, thinking to herself, "was that a compliment? was I supposed to say "thank you"?}
Because this post from 25By of Loneraine’s Happiness Record was too wonderful not to repost. If you know us, it’s the simple pleasures that mean the most - a luxurious bath or shower ranks high on that list. {we’ll save another blog post for the others!}
The scent of my bath soap, lifting my spirits one shower at a time.
—EssDee
25by:
You might remember from my previous post that I have had a tough time keeping up with my GOALS list. And even though I would like to think it’s on account of my [grandiose attempt at] “saving the world”, what it really boils down to (these past 3-4 years in particular) is plain LAZINESS.
{sigh}
Unless you’re a mentally deranged psychopath, the majority of us are on a quest to find deeper meaning in our lives. As a Jesus Groupie, I rely heavily on my Faith in God and try to read the Bible frequently. But I LOVE self-help books, websites, blogs….whatever the platform I will consume. Purpose Fairy.com is everything I hate and love about self-help. It’s annoying in that colicky sort of way…you know, like after you’ve stuffed your face with very food item at the Atlantic City buffet line? At first so tasty then downright disgusting you break out into cold-sweats and feel shaky? Yeah, pleasure principle 101. That’s me and Self Help. But I digress, go check out the link and read the article “15 Things You Can Learn From A Child”. Think I’m gonna try these things.
