Hi Guys! 🙂 Merry Christmas! I won’t keep you long today because I know you’re celebrating with your family & friends.  Well, enjoy the Noche Buena and worry about shedding the holiday pounds later!  *I really hope none of my Plana Forma teachers get to see that line.*  But, if you’re waiting for 12 midnight for the family bingo or something, read on. 😉
Anyway, I was buying some gifts the other day and I just realized I didn’t actually buy any gift for myself.  Well, I was just thinking, I already bought a lot of watercolor paper and postcards during our recent trip so I might as well give myself something intangible.  What are they?
1/ A Cleaner Workspace – I’m so happy I finally had the time to clean some parts of the house this morning! Â Days and nights and midnights of not being able to go home because of endless parties just made our home messier than usual. Â Our schedule has been crazy ever since we got home!
2/ Time to Read  – I was buying some workshop materials yesterday and picked myself up a copy of Senator Miriam Santiago’s Stupid is Forever.  I started last night before waiting for my workout class and finished the rest this morning.  It’s an easy read and it definitely has a bunch of lines that shall help us get through the new year!
“The second important lesson that life has taught me is this: there is no template for the meaning of life. Â Instead, the meaning of life is that you choose to make it mean.”
You’ll find that on page 118. 😉 I know, I still earmark my books and underline my favorite lines until this day.  Well, I’m not really a big reader but in this day where everything is instant with status updates reduced to 140 characters and a peek into someone’s life summed up by a square photo you get to double-tap, I miss being able to read someone’s thoughts.
3/ Precious Time Offline – You don’t have to be a blogger by profession to understand this. Â You have to admit thirty minutes just passes by unnoticed with us scrolling down on our social networking accounts. Â When I got home last night, I didn’t even check my phone. Â I slept and took a peek at my phone this morning and that was it. Â I ended up painting and cutting paper and wrote down really fast my goals for 2015. Â I also made sure that I ignored all the rules I knew about watercolor because that would only make me frustrated.
I was actually surprised why I was so contented with my life lately. Â Then, I realized, I haven’t been online as much as I was compared to the days before & I’ve been spending more time with the people I love. Â Of course any blogger, Instagrammer would want you to spend more time online so you could see or like their posts but I say try becoming less dependent on your phone and it’ll do wonders about how you see your life. Â You’ll start becoming more grateful about what you have an you’ll start comparing less with what is being presented to you by the internet.
Well, that’s it guys!
Have a meaningful Christmas!
XOXO,
Tipsy 🙂
More Christmasy Reads:
The Thing With Holidays
What Not to Give This Christmas
My Grown-up Christmas List
Last Christmas I Gave You My…
Christmas Season: Mixed Reactions
…and some stuff to prepare you for 2015:
Make Things Happen
Why You Should Travel Alone