I'm talking to you! (づ￣ ³￣)づ + Health

Recently my focus has been on communicating with others and communicating with myself. I don't think this is coincidental. Perhaps it's for me to understand that the effort I put in towards others, is something I should give myself. I mean, if you got it, use it, right?

Beyond this I have nothing better else to do than to play video games, read a book or work on some stuff from Digital tutors. I'm not saying my summer break is boring, I enjoy being able to lounge around. It's  better to do it now than to wait until I go back to school. During that time I put myself into gear and push forward...or rather, it's my goal!

What I'm saying is that I'm currently feeling under the weather. At the moment I have a cold. I've had it for the past four days,and yet I've been telling myself "It's not a cold!" lol Well, it didn't change the fact. So I've been kind of isolating myself from my mom and sister because I don't have a mask to wear around. At this point I'm at the runny nose stage! Darn it.

I've seriously felt all stages. At first I didn't think it was a cold because I had a bad sore throat at first. It was to the point that I didn't want to speak because it hurt and all I wanted to do was cough. Then the next day the sore throat wasn't so bad. And the day after that the sore throat was gone, but I still felt very stuffy. Now today I'm still stuffy with a muffled voice and a runny nose. I've honestly never had a cold in the summer. Actually, I rarely catch colds.

My mom gave this to me lol darn her. I haven't had a cold for maybe two to three years at least. I'm often quite cautious and I look out for sick people and watch to see if they touch anything after they cough on their hands. But regardless, I haven't gotten sick until now.

Oh! Also on Saturday I went to the library in my old neighborhood with my mom. Surprisingly they had a book sale! My heart started to go nuts with excitement lol Unfortunately a lot of the books were old and weren't very interesting to me. Yet I did purchase one book. We ended up getting two books, one of my nephew and one for myself and the total was surprisingly low. Only 65 cents! I thought that was a steal seeing as the original price on the book I have is 23 dollars.

I've been trying to be a bit active despite my slight fatigue. Such as going for a walk with the dogs, or doing a short exercise routine with Cassey Ho from Blogilates (Love her channel!). I'm actually happy to have workout this week. I've cut down to doing absolutely no workout for the past three months. Yet I've been telling myself that if I don't work out than I won't eat junk food. Ha! I told myself lol Also, coughing while having a sore tummy from a workout is not fun at all lol that or laughing.

Now I see what people mean when they're out of high school. They say something along the lines of "well, I would exercise, but I don't have time" when in reality it's really like "I would exercise, but I just don't feel like it, and no one is forcing me to do it!" On the weekends when my mom isn't working, I'd ask her if she wants to work out with me and she says no lol Then a few days later she'll make the statement that she's gonna sign up to the gym/workout club. I'm always amazed by this.

If you really want to do something, you'd do it. The thing is that the particular thing you want to do seem nearly impossible, despite the fact that you want to do it. When it reality, it's not impossible, it's just your will is a little weak.

Don't worry. I'm not making this statement to say that certain people are not strong enough, I mean I have my days where I just want to be lazy, but my mind won't allow it. It won't shut up with it's persistent nagging of keeping in shape, working on my portfolio, the important stuff. If we just do a bit at a time, I feel that it can satisfy us.

So even if you workout for about five minutes per day, or fifteen minutes for three days out of the week, there is still a benefit. I tell myself this often, so I'm sharing this with you as well :) This is how I get through my classes as well. So be kind with yourself. Treat yourself as a student learning and understand that sometimes we just aren't feeling up to things. That's perfectly fine. Just don't try to make it a habit.

Well, that's all for now. I'm gonna rest a bit and have some tea.

Take care.

Mon

The Art of Character

I recently started reading this book by David Corbett titled The Art of Character. I've run into quite a few interesting lines that he's written, but the one I'll share is the one I just read. In chapter three there are questioned targeted towards the reader of the book. It prompts the reader to dig within themselves and write about either, some of the most troubling points of their lives, or the most rewarding. He mentions how reaching deep within ourselves, as it's one of the things most of us try to avoid, can help enliven our characters.

The line I liked was this:

"Heartbreak is a gift---it's self-pity that's poison."

It all started with Hands

Hi!

A very late blog today. I'm wondering if it's really the two cups of coffee I had at around 10 p.m. that's keeping me up...or is it my own will. Perhaps it's both!

I felt like talking about where all my questioning started....Hm...I was going to say it started with my hands, but honestly I've always been like this. Since I found out I could check out books for free at my elementary school library, I've been seeking and reading about just about anything. I remember reading a lot of my older sister's Goosebumps books. I had two that I enjoyed the most. I didn't start reading those until I was in middle school though. Back to elementary school! I once checked out a cat book. It was all about cats, and it even had images of a cat giving birth. Now that I think about it, as highly educational as it is, it's a strange book to have in an elementary school lol

I also checked out a hand painting book. I remember this one because of the colors and the faces that were drawn on the book.

Let's move beyond this simple thing! My truly deep questions started during my last year of high school. I was in art class, feeling completely silly, and I was going to talk to a friend of mines who was working on an art piece in this back room, when I suddenly stopped, looked at my hands and asked him "who's eyes are we looking through?" lol

During that time I was seriously mesmerized by my hands and sight lol I remember one of the art teachers was coming into the room behind me and she made this face that said "Really?" of course my friend and this teacher were use to my strange ways, but I was dead serious.

I think this was when my deep moments started...or rather it's the one I remember best. I don't ever want to stop asking questions, I'm sure there's so much to ask, but I'm not sure exactly where to continue from, or if I'm really searching for an answer rather than just to entertain myself from getting bored lol

I picked up the habit of asking questions just to be asking them from Socrates. My mom says he's annoying, but gotta say he seemed like an interesting man! He had a way of opening people's eyes to seeing themselves. To see that we aren't as "correct" as we like to think we are! When I took a Philosophy class about 3 years back, I remember being super excited for Ethics and Philosophy class. I honestly don't get excited for any class besides art and choir! This is a fact. So to be excited about this class was a big deal.

Anyway, since that time in high school, I've continued seeking questions to ask. I actually think I would rather not know the answer to any of the question, or rather, if I'm given an answer, I want to ponder over that answer with another question. Just because :) ya know. No particular reason lol

To be, it's similar to going into a library full of books. Can you imagine reading all the books in the library! That thirst for going on an adventure by being devoured by written ink would be weakened if I would have to be forced to read the same books again and again. What's new!

Of course, I'm sure life isn't like that. There's always something new. Different cultures, languages, people. Actually, you know what. I have this habit when I feel as if I'm getting to the end of something, I stop lol Recently I've been forcing myself to complete what I've started, but I will say that I do this. For example, I started learning Japanese during my senior year of high school. I stopped studying suddenly when I learned more about the Japanese culture and the behavior of Japan. After a while I thought "it seems to normal" and I've moved into reading about metaphysics lol Of course I'll still pick up a new Japanese word, or I'll pick up my language book and study a bit, but I use to have so much zest when I approached it in the past.

The same goes for singing, and...well, just about anything I take an interest in. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get married at this rate lol Dear future husband, you must be a very VERY interesting person so I won't lose interest xD

With that, I'm heading off.

Mon