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I’m a mover, a do-er, nervous energy is my constant companion. If I’m not doing something I’m thinking about the next thing I need to do. Going to sleep at night can be a battle between my exhausted body and my ever running mind. I’ve got things to do, people to see, places to go. If I’m not busy then I feel guilty – this is inherited from my parent’s crazy work ethic (thanks mom n’ dad!).

Today in my net travels I stumbled across this little site called Do Nothing for 2 Minutes. It was a challenge to sit and watch the screen for 2 minutes without doing anything (I failed about 4 times before making it through). Give it a shot and let me know how ya do ;)

P.S. The parent site is calm.com which is also pretty neat and worth a look-sie.

Positive thinking has always been a stumbling block for me. I know that our thoughts have a major impact on our response to life and sometimes the outcome of situations. Still the “Negative Nelly” in me tends to turn my mental space into a minefield of nay-saying and worst case scenarios.

I’ve written before about the things I’ve tried to help me help myself in this regard. In some cases I’ve gotten better but I know that there’s a long way to go. One of the things that I’ve found that has really made a difference is my daily email from The Universe. Each weekday morning I wake up to a note from The Universe sitting in my inbox, they are non-denominational and encourage positive thinking, remind me of the good in life and just generally make me smile. My weekday ritual is to wake up and before doing anything else I read my email from The Universe and try to commit to memory what lesson it’s trying to convey so I can reflect on it during the day. If you’d like to sign up (it’s free) simply click here. It’s a nice moment of the day and hopefully it does as much good for you as it has for me :)

Last night I was given the best news I have heard in awhile! That scum sucking douche bag finally got his.

Yeah, I’m an eye for an eye – what goes around – karma – kinda girl…homeboy had it coming.

My hat is off to the fine soldiers that were involved in the mission :)

It’s late, I’m tired but had to throw in my 2 cents…sorry I’m not more eloquent.

Go America!

I’ve been smoking an “e-cigarette” for almost two months now and have only had one “real” cigarette in that time – yay me! (If you have no idea what that is click here to see it on Wikipedia then come back.) I did some reading prior to buying them and although they aren’t FDA regulated at this time I don’t see how it could be any worse than smoking and it does appear that it’s a helluva lot better than actually smoking a full blown tobacco cigarette…I’m not a scientist so don’t crucify me if I’m way off base here. I’m going off of my own experience with the stuff.

The kit that I originally purchased from a “chain store” supplier came with disposable vapor cartridges but I’ve since found a local smoke shop that sells a refillable set up complete with custom nicotine levels and custom flavoring options. Where before I was spending $50-$70 a week on cigs I’m now only spending about $5 a week on my “e juice”.

It’s been wonderful so far and I haven’t had a single craving for a real cig this whole time. The one time I did smoke was just to see if I missed it and I didn’t. All the smelly-ness and coughing and hacking from smoking is gone. My hair/breath/clothes/truck no longer stinks and I’m not going outside all the time to smoke. My eyes don’t hurt and I’m feeling overall tons better! I may try and use this method to quit eventually by stepping down the levels of nicotine I use but for now I’m just happy with the positive change this has brought me.

(By the way – this post is not a paid advertisement or review but if you want to check out the locally owned smoke shop I’ve fallen in love with that I now get all of my product from you can visit them here: Freedom Smoke USA. They will ship worldwide ;) )

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