Chasing Noodles

Guess it depends how you take this. For someone like me that is “in between jobs” at the moment, working hard each day would be referring to me working on myself and finding what it is I love, then I can work hard each day at doing what I love. Or if you are fortunate enough to have a job, you should work hard each day to keep it and be grateful for it. But it could also mean work hard each day on making yourself a better person, on making yourself happy and others around you. Either way, it’s a good rule. So from tomorrow, start working hard.

..... or that you tried to bargain over the price. Loving this one cause I have been practicing my bargaining lately for when I go to India with Knitting Nancy. I picked up a couple tips from the Indian tourists that are out here at the moment, and know you have to be as persistent as possible, talk as fast as you can and I’m working on the head motions. No seriously, if there is something you have wanted for a while, and end up not getting it, it really is possible that you didn’t really want it, maybe you thought you needed it, but didn’t really want it. I thought that this thing I wanted was the be all and end all, and I didn’t end up getting it and now when I look back, I realise that it was because even though I thought at the time that I couldn't live without it, it really wasn’t what I was actually looking for. So now I’m looking for something I REALLY want, like seriously want, and I’m not bargaining anything this time.

Okay, so you've found yourself in an unfortunate situation. Finances in a less than ideal way, broken heart, family issues or feeling like you not where you want to be at this stage of your life. You could lock yourself in your bedroom and listen to Adele until you have cried out every last tear, or drink till you blind and pass out on someones couch, then there is the brave face you can put on and pretend that nothings wrong. Or you can stop for a moment, take a deep breath and then start where you are, right now. Look around you and see what you have in your life, the good stuff. There will be good stuff, you may have to search a little harder cause it's easier to think of all the bad things than it is to realise the good. Then take the good and build on that. Before you know it, your attitude towards things will change, making it easier to think straight and be more positive. Yes, easier said than done, but if you start with the small stuff, the big stuff will get easier to...

A hundred million rand. Hmmm, half to my parents, some to my siblings, family and friends. Investments, a house, new wardrobe, new car, makeover, teeth whitening, massive night out in a limo, and then travel, travel, travel, till I cant travel anymore. This was all paid for and done before I even bought the ticket. Needless to say, I didn’t win. A fellow from Welkom did though, apparently. Was it because I spent it before I even had the ticket in my hands? Maybe, it would make this rule true then. But it’s so hard not to dream about how amazing it would be to never worry about money ever again. Tomorrow is lotto day again. I’m gonna go buy a ticket before I even find out how much it is, that way, I cant start spending it. Sorted.

Tricky to write about this, seeing as though I have been up, eaten, had some tea and then snuck back into bed to write. And my bed is warm, soft and big, and I do struggle to get out of it. It’s my safe place, my comfort zone, where I can simply go to sleep if something is eating at me cause I can’t feel sad or hurt or angry when I’m sleeping. I might have mad dreams, but I can always say it was just a dream, not real. But at some point, I have to get out of bed, into the shower and start my day. Hopefully with a smile on my lips and a giggle in my heart. Bed is recouping time, reflecting time and resting time. It shouldn’t be taken for granted. I went through a stage when I was working three jobs. Exhausted and empty, when I got home I fell into bed only to get up like a robot in the morning and start all over again. Now I sleep with my curtains ever so slightly open so I can see the sunrise, watch the rain, see the birds getting the morning started and feel the excitement of a new ...

Just because you like Jennifer Aniston’s hair, doesn’t mean you should go get the same cut. Just because Twiggy said it’s cool to be skinny, doesn’t mean you should starve yourself. Just because Justin Beeber has a trillion fans, doesn’t mean you have to be one. No, I’m serious about the last one. You really don’t have to be a fan. No seriously, I could go on for hours with the “just because” but basically, how I understand it, is its simply a rule that states, be yourself, stop trying to be like others. Maybe I got it all wrong, but that’s how I’m taking this one. I think I have been finding out more and more about who I am lately thanks to the gorgeous Angel Camael and Bambino. Sometimes I get so caught up in my life and all the drama, but going there makes me feel peaceful and happy. It’s as simple as hearing Bambino giggling to make everything better, or the 7 th cup of tea shared with Camael. I can be me there, flaws and all, and I never get judged. I cry there, laugh, finis...

Oh Oprah, what a good rule. I used this rule the other day. I’m going through some stuff at the moment and suddenly I got an offer from Knitting Nancy to go with her to India for a holiday. Being between jobs makes this a little complicated, but then I remembered the money that I put away in case of emergencies. I took a deep breath, I let go, and I said “lets do it”. Who knows what’s going to happen tomorrow, or the next day or the next. All I know is that I want to travel. I want to see as much of the world as possible and I need to take a risk or two. So I am going with Knitting Nancy next month and I could not be more excited. White tigers, elephant rides, churches, beaches, boat rides, spicy food, dirty rivers and delibelly, here we come. So breathe. Now let go. And love this moment that you are alive and do everything you can that you know makes you happy.