Life Is Too Short to Stop and Stare at the Blank Page

     What's that saying "in rain, sleet or snow?"  I'm pretty sure yesterday, Olive Branch got a little of everything--even freezing rain.  However, that did not stop me from being productive.  It's amazing what one can accomplish when: 1. you aren't extremely tired (because you didn't have to wake up super early, i.e. before 9) and 2. you can focus your energy on your personal life and not work.  To get everything I want/need to done this month I'm really going to have to push myself to the limit.  I don't think I realized what I was getting myself into when I started any of these projects, but I can't stop now.

Title: "Hold On" by Phillip Phillips

Heavy Your Heart, Weary Your Soul

     January is always a time of new starts.  This month I am hoping will be no different for myself.  Even though I'm having a hard time thinking anything but "I'm freezing" this month could possibly be the start of something fresh and new for myself, if only I can crank up the willpower.  It can be done.  I've set goals for myself, "researched" how to make achieving goals more attainable, and all that is left is the actual doing.  I'm thinking that the first week after my internship is over is going to be very telling as to if I will meet my goals, but even if I'm not too successful in the first days, I'm not going to give up. (P.S. can you tell this is my small pep talk to myself?)
     I'm super excited about what's coming up in January, even if I don't sound like it.  Sometimes I have a hard time reconciling both the idea of an issue and work load it will entail.  I have to focus on one or the other.  Usually, I get excited about the idea and then a little overwhelmed by the work I have to do to accomplish the idea.  They obviously work hand in hand, but in my mind it's more of a Peter Pan's shadow type thing, where I have to sew the two together to make sure I really get things done.

Title: "Winter Trees" by The Staves

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Let's Do This One More Time

     It's the second day of the new year, which pretty much means it's time to get back into the routine of things.  I have about three more days of work after this one and then my internship is over.  Honestly, I feel as though my life has just come full circle back to where I was a year ago--with me feeling ill at least 80% of the time and hunting for a job (or more like keeping an eye out for job opportunities).  That in and of itself can be depressing.  I have come to strongly dislike winter.  It used to be my favorite time of year but now all I really want to do is hibernate Yogi-bear-style.  I mean I could have some really awesome dream-adventures and it would be like it really happened then I'd have a whole season's worth of dream-memories--almost like in Total Recall, but kinda not.  Then again, my family and puppies would definitely miss me so instead I think I'll just have to bundle up and not go anywhere farther north (until March, then I'll just have to brave Colorado weather so I can join in on some family memories).
     Since it's a new year, I have a new mashup to share with you from my buddy DJ Earworm.  He takes the most popular songs of the year and smashes them all together to make one crazy song. Sometimes I'm not so crazy about the mashup, but this one is pretty awesome.

Title: "United States of Pop 2012 (Shine Brighter)" by DJ Earworm

'Cause If It's the Same As Yesterday, You Know I'm Out

     On cold days like yesterday (and today) I like to remember those warm days.  While I have a hard time coming up with favorite days to be outdoors and most of my most nostalgic memories are indoors, I think I like those days in the beginning of fall where the air is brisk and fresh but not freezing and the sun is shining.  If I could find a place that had a winter like that I'd be a happy camper.  I'm not sure I'd enjoy moving somewhere that was summer all year long--mostly because of my love-hate relationship with the sun.  It really has to go away sometimes so I can appreciate it.

Title: "Yesterday Was Hard on All of Us" by Fink