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LISTS Things I can get done by following the one-minute rule

  • Hang up my coat
  • Wash the dishes after each meal
  • Make the bed
  • Clear my desk (a surface)
  • Take the garbage out
  • Water and pulverize my plants
  • Mop or sweep the floor
  • Prepare plaster and cast a few molds
  • Empty the hamper and start the washing machine
  • Sort/fold/put away laundry
  • Tidy up in our room
  • Put groceries away

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Oftentimes the universe doesn't have the same things penciled into its social calendar that I do :)

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My recycling post about how to make butterfly plant stakes got featured on the Cool2Craft blog http://bit.ly/czq6eQ :)

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Babying my plants :) time for their new, fresh diapers... I mean soil :P

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Accident-prone? Oh, maybe just a touch :P http://bit.ly/9YZHw9

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Attended my very first handmade fair!

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Giraffes - one million of them ;) http://bit.ly/cyQwy9 Come on everyone, join in the fun!

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May need to stop #editing now, #fridayflash only seems to be growing past 1030 words instead of shrinking :P

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I think knowing what will happen to the characters can sometimes stop any of us from parting with them from our endless imagination where so many things could still change, and finalizing (so to say) their fate by giving them life on paper...

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Don't think there's anything quite like reading an actual book :)

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Love how the rain freshened the midnight air...

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I won the National Poetry Month Blog Tour 2010 blog post contest!

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Oh my gosh, I looove book fairs!!! (Just came home with 10 books and will be going back tomorrow for a few more!)

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Among other things, I may be tempted to move to a small, virtually unpopulated island on the other side of the world. I'll try to wait a week or so before acting on any major impulses...

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The whole opposable thumbs thing is totally wasted on my roommates... ;)

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Want to help? Here's an amazing poetry book which raises money for Greenpeace http://bit.ly/agjjDL

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Perfect timing: it’s National Poetry Month and I just became a published poet. My poem, “Special”, is now in the poemblog at Vox Poetica.

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It's National Poetry Month! Here's a schedule for the National Poetry Month Blog Tour @SavvyVerseWit started http://bit.ly/aDvGN5 I'm getting interviewed :)

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April Fools Day was something alright: made my fiancé search for an imaginary spider for 15 minutes & scared my mom with a rubber mouse tucked safely under her covers...

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Cheerful announcement: “Friday Night Dates” is up at Flashes in the Dark! http://bit.ly/bomA8p

LISTS Estrella Azul's - Happiness is in the small things

  • A flower, note, etc. ‘Just because’ from my fiancé.
  • Hearing “I love you!” each and every day and seeing the faces of the people who say it.
  • Being able to laugh even at hard times.
  • Kindness.
  • When I can make someone else smile and forget about their own problems even for just a bit.
  • Writing and reading (even better when I have a whole day to do these uninterrupted).
  • Being considered and acknowledged as a writer by other writers.
  • Getting my creative writing published.
  • Cuddling up on the sofa with my fiancé watching movies, series, etc.
  • My pets: my sweet little fur ball of a bunny and all 3 cats who let me share the bed with them sometimes.
  • Being surprised with the exact food I was craving for but didn’t mention it cause I didn’t want to cook myself (sweets, pizza, cup of cocoa with a tad of milk, etc.)
  • A bright sunny morning.
  • Lying quiet and cozy in bed under warm blankets when outside is pouring or cold.
  • Good hair days.
  • Things I find fun/funny.
  • The smell of snow, walking on fresh, white, crunchy snow and snowfall (during Winter).
  • Every night massages.
  • Being home or taking a walk alone (sometimes).
  • A phone call to ask when I’ll be home.
  • An unexpected kiss.
  • Sleeping in.
  • Emails (tweets, texts, etc.) from friends who are far away.
  • Christmas lights.
  • Traveling.
  • Lovely decorations in my tidy room/house, flowers, plants, crafts, etc. and the color blue.
  • Cleaning, cooking, baking, etc. most household chores.
  • Occasional warm, flavored, relaxing bubble bath.
  • Saying/hearing “Thank you!”
  • Finding/buying new dinnerware (different plates, bowls, cups, etc.) (Yes, I know I’m weird.)
  • Time spent with loved ones.
  • Being asked for my opinion and people actually following through with them.
  • Seeing cute babies or couples holding hands.
  • Taking great photographs.
  • Rainbows and warm weather.
  • Getting anything I started done and right.
  • Making everyone I love happy while not forgetting about my own happiness.
  • Listening to music and singing (along)
  • Compliments when I least expect them
  • The snow globe from my fiancé
  • Cool wallpapers (can give me such a mood uplift when I’m feeling blue)
  • Happy memories from the past
  • The perfect writing-time (including nice weather, a cool breeze, etc.)
  • A view (of the Lake, from the rooftop, from the Fellegvár hill, etc.)
  • Sunsets
  • Politeness and respect
  • Blogging

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Mood boosters

I strongly believe the small things that generally go unnoticed in our lives are the ones that genuinely keep us happy.So here are the things that don’t just give me temporary bliss,but which serve as a reminder of how much beauty there is in my life

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I strongly believe the small things that generally go unnoticed in our lives are the ones that genuinely keep us happy.So here are the things that don’t just give me temporary bliss,but which serve as a reminder of how much beauty there is in my life

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Life can really blur up everything from time to time… And so I started reasoning again… no matter how hard life is at times, I still have so much to be thankful for.

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Wrote my first ever 55 word story yesterday :) So happy about it!

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So excited: "Fading Day" a photo by me up on Soft Whispers http://ow.ly/1g2uZ

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"Friday night dates" has been published on 6S today http://bit.ly/dg2vvF I'm so happy!!!

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Stepped on the cat last night by accident, apologized to him and then it hit me: Oh yeah, HE's the one who can see in the dark!

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In the middle of writing flash fiction and very devoted to it... trust me nothing will break my concentration... Ooh, lookie a cookie! ;)

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Excited that one of my poems will be published in one of the upcoming issues at Vox Poetica.

INSPIRATION BOARD

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

— Don't know...if anyone does, let me know.

INSPIRATION BOARD

http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/the-year-of-happiness-challenge.html

Gretchien Rubin’s - The 2010 Happiness Challenge: http://www.happiness-project.com

Trying to keep up with this, very inspiring challenge!

INSPIRATION BOARD

http://www.happinessprojecttoolbox.com/manifesto.html

Gretchen Rubin’s - A Happiness Manifesto: http://www.happinessprojecttoolbox.com

Love this!

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

If you do things for yourself not for anyone else you won’t be disappointed by any lack of appreciation.

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So, so honored and happy that one of my flash fiction submissions for BOFF has been accepted!

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OCD isn't that bad up until you realize you're cleaning someone else's house :P (It dawns on me that no matter what I want to do, I first have to clean up after the roommates... The trick should be to throw everything in a corner and turn around.)

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Grateful to have finished my new blog page for the plaster crafting business and for being able to set up the new My Happiness Project page on my personal blog. Many exciting and new things have happened and have been tackled this week!

SECRETS OF ADULTHOOD

You really can be anything you want to be if you set your mind to it and don't give up!

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Creativity & writing

Crafting can be very relaxing and boosts your happiness when in the end you have a nice product of your creativity to show off :) Same goes for writing!

HAPPINESS HACKS On: Clutter

Cleaning really can make you happy if you keep up with it.

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I'm still in my blog building cave to get my plaster crafting business page up and running, still lots more work to do, but I'm thrilled that it's beginning to get this cute and fuzzy shape ;)

INSPIRATION BOARD

http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/2009/12/10-habits-of-successful-authors.html

WordPlay http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com

Helping writers become authors, a great website for writers, love how full of inspiration and advice it is!

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Love that it's snowing, I always get very happy for basically no reason when it does!

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” A snowflake’s simple perfection is much like life; even the simplest life can change history exactly the way one snowflake piled on another can give winter its beauty.” – Estrella Azul

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Getting distracted reading #fridayflash instead of working on my new blog to advertise my plaster crafting business (but I love reading too).:)

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I love my roommates when they're not home!

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So happy that my fiancé loves me and helps to clean up even though he doesn't really like to.

LISTS Estrella Azul's Life's a stage - WebBlog posting schedule

  • Mondays and Tuesdays – weekly post of something homemade with instructions/recipe on how you can make it yourself
  • Wednesdays and Thursdays – random post
  • Fridays and Saturdays – weekly, a new piece of fiction (or poem) for #fridayflash
  • Sundays – Recipe of the month, and random posts on the other Sundays
  • Throughout the week whenever I have some additional interesting topic to write about, you’ll find those too aside from the scheduled stuff :P

RESOLUTIONS: Estrella Azul's Resolutions

General resolutions I'll try to keep this year, and update with new ones as I go.

July 25 - July 31

title 25 · sun 26 · mon 27 · tue 28 · wed 29 · thu 30 · fri 31 · sat
Read more - weekly
500 words a day
Keep my blog posting schedule
Eliminate toxins from my life and body - weekly
Keep in touch - weekly
Prepare plaster castings ahead of time to have less trouble on a busy day
  • average this week: 0% positive!
  • all time average: 19% positive!

PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS Estrella Azul's Personal Commandments

  • Dare to dream and dare to live
  • Be flexible, be willing to compromise and make course corrections
  • Be determined and diligent -> stay positive and maintain my optimism as much as I can
  • Listen carefully so I can learn something new as often as I have the chance to
  • Know my weaknesses -> embrace them, and learn how to overcome them
  • Enjoy Life more -> decide to ‘Go For It’ when I have a good opportunity, and remember to have fun and enjoy the journey
  • Be grateful for all I have and all I am -> ‘give back’ with kindness and charity, help others!
  • Notice the little things
  • Be creative
  • Write every day -> and also read so I can further improve my writing
  • Leap and the net will appear!
  • Know that it’s okay to follow someone else’s lead from time to time.

ONE-SENTENCE JOURNAL From: Estrella Azul's One-Sentence Journal

I received today one of the best compliments an emerging writer can get: a fellow writer friend told me she was still thinking of my last week's flash fiction.