This is week 2 of A & M & my Happiness Project. You may remember from a previous post, this month's theme is "energy" and last week's goal was "get more sleep". Considering that the week started out with New Year's and then my birthday party and then my actual birthday all day and night at Disneyland, the "get more sleep" directive was actually hard to do during the first half of the week.
I've augmented mine to "get better sleep" which will hopefully help me go to bed at a more reasonable time. Also, even though I don't necessarily have to get up at any particular time each morning (the joys of not having a job), I've started setting my alarm for a certain time each morning, and I'm hoping that throughout this month I can train myself to actually start my day when my alarm goes off and then by proxy go to bed at a more reasonable hour, instead of my normal 2 or 3 a.m.
This week's goal toward January's "energy" theme is "get more exercise". Particularly poignant for me considering I tried to go hiking on Friday and couldn't make it up the backside of Cowles Mountain. I'm blaming it on my 5 weeks and counting bout of bronchitis, and even though I knew when we started out that I wouldn't be able to make it all the way up I'm really frustrated with this whole lack of breathing thing my body is doing. My goal this week is to start getting back into a place where my lungs will work again without pushing myself to relapse. I am also frustrated because bronchitis has put me a few weeks (and at this rate even more than that, maybe) behind on training for our next Grand Canyon trip in June.
So, hopefully I'll be able to kick this bronchitis thing soon-ish and in the mean time, baby steps with exercising.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
It's Complicated
Three of us went to see It's Complicated last night - and I am going to have to add it to my list of movies that made me laugh *a little* too loud in the theater.
It was chalk full of humor, well delivered lines, and fantastic characters. Meryl Streep is, as always, amazing! She plays against both Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin in such a natural, non manipulative way that I feel like any woman can relate to her character Jane and the situation she is in. Also, I love Alec Baldwin's character, Jake, its almost like Baldwin's Jack Donaghy character on 30 Rock but with a lot more depth. My absolute favorite character is Harley, played be John Krasinski - he definitely held his own against 3 acting giants and had some hilarious scenes. We're pretty sure the role was written for him, and he nailed it.
The movie is set in Santa Barbara, and I'm totally jealous of Jane's house and garden. Watching the movie made me a tiny bit homesick for the central coast.
It was refreshing to see a "complicated" set of relationships that are not malicious. I feel like the majority of real "exes with benefits" relationships are the way they are portrayed in this movie, and that this is rare in tv/movie relationships.
If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
It was chalk full of humor, well delivered lines, and fantastic characters. Meryl Streep is, as always, amazing! She plays against both Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin in such a natural, non manipulative way that I feel like any woman can relate to her character Jane and the situation she is in. Also, I love Alec Baldwin's character, Jake, its almost like Baldwin's Jack Donaghy character on 30 Rock but with a lot more depth. My absolute favorite character is Harley, played be John Krasinski - he definitely held his own against 3 acting giants and had some hilarious scenes. We're pretty sure the role was written for him, and he nailed it.
The movie is set in Santa Barbara, and I'm totally jealous of Jane's house and garden. Watching the movie made me a tiny bit homesick for the central coast.
It was refreshing to see a "complicated" set of relationships that are not malicious. I feel like the majority of real "exes with benefits" relationships are the way they are portrayed in this movie, and that this is rare in tv/movie relationships.
If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Eat local!
This chart is the product of collaboration between www.Good.is, Whole Foods and Always With Honor, two pretty spif sites and one pretty spif store.
Anyway, its from the article "What to Eat" on Good.is and highlights fruits and veg that are in season in a few select states in the USofA during each season. This should help you if you live in one of these states and aren't sure which fruits and veggies you can get locally - and after all, one of the best things to do eco friendly shopping is to shop locally. Enjoy!
Anyway, its from the article "What to Eat" on Good.is and highlights fruits and veg that are in season in a few select states in the USofA during each season. This should help you if you live in one of these states and aren't sure which fruits and veggies you can get locally - and after all, one of the best things to do eco friendly shopping is to shop locally. Enjoy!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The 3/50 Project
Want to get a start on doing good this year? Help local businesses stay afloat! Check out The 3/50 Project and see how easy it is to support people in your community. Many people are starting their own businesses now or trying to keep the ones they have open, and obviously, every purchase counts.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy 2010!
Welcome to 2010. May it kick some serious booty.
While we weren't able to ring in the new year at the Buddhist bell as planned, and no bay fireworks (because the city of SD is lame) our evening was still nice and relaxing last night. I did get to send 2009 off with very yummy tequila shots with my parents, sister, and best friend A - so all in all a successful night.
Many of you know that I am not into new year's resolutions, thinking them silly and not effective. In fact, some studies are starting to come out showing that making new year's resolutions actually negatively affects people's disposition through out the year.
However, this year A and M and I are doing something new - its called "The Happiness Project" and we're really excited about it. Essentially, its a (free) guided approach to managing small and helpful goals to get more out of your every day life. Normally I don't go for this kind of stuff because I think its pretty much all hocus pocus, but this seems pretty realistic and actually helpful. Also, the three of us are doing it together to hold ourselves accountable, and I'll be posting things on here to that end.
How it works: Each month there is a focus, for example January is "energy", and each week there is a tip/ goal / idea to help you with the focus (for example, week 1 is "get more sleep"). See - pretty simple stuff.
So here is to a year where we start taking better care of ourselves!
While we weren't able to ring in the new year at the Buddhist bell as planned, and no bay fireworks (because the city of SD is lame) our evening was still nice and relaxing last night. I did get to send 2009 off with very yummy tequila shots with my parents, sister, and best friend A - so all in all a successful night.
Many of you know that I am not into new year's resolutions, thinking them silly and not effective. In fact, some studies are starting to come out showing that making new year's resolutions actually negatively affects people's disposition through out the year.
However, this year A and M and I are doing something new - its called "The Happiness Project" and we're really excited about it. Essentially, its a (free) guided approach to managing small and helpful goals to get more out of your every day life. Normally I don't go for this kind of stuff because I think its pretty much all hocus pocus, but this seems pretty realistic and actually helpful. Also, the three of us are doing it together to hold ourselves accountable, and I'll be posting things on here to that end.
How it works: Each month there is a focus, for example January is "energy", and each week there is a tip/ goal / idea to help you with the focus (for example, week 1 is "get more sleep"). See - pretty simple stuff.
So here is to a year where we start taking better care of ourselves!
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