Every day…I would do the same thing.  Wake up, get dressed, go to work, come home, eat dinner, go to bed…theeeen do it allll over again!  Underneath the smile, I felt like a robot.  Then one day I actually started to look like a robot…I just looked mean and bored and just UGH!  That’s when I started thinking to myself, “THIS CAN’T BE LIFE!!!”  Is my purpose to really live out the same routine every day?  Am I going to head into my 30’s thinking that I should have done more in my 20’s???

Then I started to look around at my closest friends/family.  I have a Dad who turned his life around…became goal oriented, got his Bachelor’s AND Master’s in less than 6 years!  REALLY?!?!  I have a best friend who started her own company (Embellished Affairs)…another close friend who is making it BIG in L.A. (yup, you C!)…a brother who is ALSO making it big in L.A. (love you E!)…like really?!?!  I’m surrounded by people who are DOING THE DAMN THING!!!  That’s when I knew!  I’m not supposed to be a robot! I want to feel what all of these people feel!  I want to smile “just because”…basically, I wanted to get a life and do something fun…something that would make a difference and make me feel proud (and also not waste my dad’s spent money on my expensive English degree)!

It’s never good to get complacent…never good to just BE comfortable with the bare minimum.  I’m in the beginning stages of my “new life”, but boooy oh boy…I am loving this feeling!  I am learning to stay grounded with God and become motivated by my FOUNDATION of family and friends.  PEOPLE, don’t be bored…get out there and LIVE LIVE LIVE!!!

THOUGHT: In order to live, you have to die first! Get rid of the “old” you and move forward into your purpose!  Look at me…I just started doing something I love…which is WRITE and talk a whole lot!!!  And if no one else loves it, I DO and that is what fulfills me!!!

I will admit…I’m a bit of an emotional creature when it comes to expressing my feeeeeelings!  However, in my journey through life I am realizing that it’s O.K. to say what’s on my mind…I just have to realize that NOT everyone processes their feelings in the same way.  It can be somewhat of a “turnoff” to others (as I’ve been told by a certain Bostonian) to constantly want to say what’s on your mind.

I’ve learned this lesson so very often!  It’s not always necessary to SHOUT your thoughts to the highest rooftop!  Be easy and relaaaax (I hate when ppl tell me to do this lol) and be CONFIDENT that your friends and family will know deep down when they have done something to offend you.  It’s not always your job to “let em know!”

THOUGHT:  It’s been proven that a more calm approach to situations is way more effective.  When you begin to argue about everything, the focus starts to become your attitude as opposed to what you are really feeling!  And in return, NOTHING gets resolved.

What better way than to find true “self” than to indulge in some Oprah?!?!  I must say, I tried and tried and tried to deny the Oprah power, but recently I’ve given in and it feeeeels gooood!

Like a lot of people, I worked when Oprah came on and I found myself always being that ONE person who would catch a snip-it of what was on that day and it seemed like I was just plain and simple MISSING OUT!  As her career came to a close, I just chalked everything up to a loss!  I missed the Oprah Boat…right?  Nope, she actually outdid herself and began her “Oprah Lifeclass” and I swear this series was meant for ME!  Well, at least I’d like to think so.

Set some time aside and WATCH her lessons: http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/oprahs-lifeclass.html

In order to get to the right place in life, you have to open yourself up to new things OUTSIDE of what you have been doing!  Then you will be in a happier place and inviting of the “dream flow” !!!