Christmas is not about being boring, not about being too cool and being mature! Christmas is about getting excited about the little things, laughing at lame jokes and having fun with your friends and family. On Monday night me and my girlfriends got together and had a blast, we drank a few margaritas, played some cranium and attempted dancing to single ladies by Beyonce.
My challenge for you today is to have some silly fun, do something you want to do like run around the house dancing, singing some Christmas carols as you wander around, smiling like a crazy fool or actually saying hello and merry Christmas to people. If your not the silly fun type how about something else that makes you feel good, like a Christmas movie (love actually anyone?) or doing some yum baking. There are so many different options!
Take the time to do something for YOU today. Do something that’s lots of fun, something that makes you laugh hysterically or just feel happy inside.
Today let’s mix it up a bit! I challenge you to join with me in spreading the Christmas joy by… wait for it…this will blow your mind…being NICE to people! And to stretch it even further, people you don’t know!
When and why did Christmas become about the rush, about who had the best presents and who hosted the best Christmas party. Christmas for me is about the most important thing we all have the ability to do... LOVE.
My challenge for you today, is when you are out, rushing around, getting your last minute presents, (like im about to head out and do in an hour) smile at people you walk past, be patient when the little old man walking in front of you seems to be going at his slowest pace, be pleasant with the people serving you maybe even take the time to say merry Christmas to them and tell them that they are doing a good job. Think about how you want to be treated, treat people that way!
Going along the same lines as yesterday, it doesn’t have to take much effort, you don’t need to do much, you just need to shift your thinking and your attitude a little and your good to go, and just remember, it’s not their fault you left all of your shopping to the last minute!
Have a wonderful day, be patient and kind to people
This year I am feeling filled with joy for Christmas. I’m excited, I don’t mind looking like a dork wearing a Santa hat and I can’t get the giddy smile off my face.
Maybe it’s because I’m not working these holidays so I have noting better to do. It could be because my best friend got married yesterday so I am filled with Cheesy love, or maybe it’s because this year has been a year of so many ups and downs for so many people that I am learning how important it is to lap up the good days, embrace the lessons learnt from the bad ones and truly appreciate the people you love.
So this week I’m going to try and write a few posts prompting you to get into the Christmas Spirit with me. How about we start today by doing something for somebody else. Something that is selfless, maybe even anonymous. How about,
- dropping a homemade present around to someone you love,
-leaving a card in the mailbox for someone who has really impacted your life this year
or
-doing something for somebody like mowing the lawns or taking in the washing.
Whatever it is big or small it doesn’t matter. You don’t need to spend money, it doesn’t need to be flashy, all it needs, is to be done with love.
Now why the sudden outpouring of love for Percy you ask? Well he has in fact always been faithful; especially considering I’m slack and still do not have my licence. But the last few days I have realised just how handy he is. Here are several reasons
1) In the last 3 days I have biked to poly tech I have save $16.80!!
2) Instead of having to leave my house to catch the bus at 6:45 I can now leave after 7 and still get there faster and earlier than taking the bus.
3) I’m awake and more focused in class
4) If I don’t have time to do any more exercise that day then I’ve at least done about 20km of biking
5) I can zip past all the afternoon traffic in the magical cycle lanes
So here is a song to go along with the silly blog in tribute of Percy the faithful Ole bike :)
I am 5 weeks into my Bachelor of Nursing and absolutely loving it so far. I forgot how much I loved school, how much I love people and being around them and as nerdy as it is how much I love learning. The last few weeks we have been learning a lot about Culture. What culture is, what it means to people and how we need to be considerate of all different cultures to be good nurses. Were also learning that to be considerate of other cultures we also need to know what our own culture is.
All of this has got me thinking about my own culture and about the things that make up who I am. Some people hear culture and they think skin colour or where someone is from. Sure that plays a part but it doesn’t define the person. For me culture is all the pieces, big and small that mean something to me and make up the person I am.
Who am I?
I am a Kiwi, I'm a daughter, a sister, a friend, a girlfriend I love my family, my friends are like my family. I try to have a positive outlook on life. I love God and try to live my best for him, I love going to church, I take things too personally sometimes, I cry in cheesy movies but often not in real life, I like to smile, I hate being told what to do, sometimes I’m too stubborn for my own good, I like to encourage, I like to sing and dance (both of those not always well), I like country music, I love to laugh. There are countless things that make up who I am.
When we are around the people we know really well, it is sometimes easy to get comfortable and actually forget who we are and what it is we stand for and believe in. However when we put ourselves out there and step into a new place it stretches our thinking and shapes and moulds us.
I have really enjoyed being around a brand new group of people. I think it challenges you to reflect on yourself, on your beliefs and helps us know if what we believe is because we believe it or if those we are usually around do. The things we truly believe in will stick and the things that don’t matter or that we haven’t placed enough importance on even if we do care about them will be washed away.
Here's a song I really love by Jessie J about being "Who You Are"
Just a random little blog from me, it’s a bit all over the place but I challenge you to check yourself, ask yourself who you are and what pieces make you the person you are. Sure circumstances and perspectives change as our eyes are opened to the world, but I believe it’s so important to know and identify what’s important and hold onto it, other wise who we are can be broken apart.
What were the things that you loved when you were a kid? The things that made you happy and made you smile. My favourite thing in the whole world was animals. Even when my friends were being mean or even if I maybe didn’t feel like I had a friend the thing that could always cheer me up and make me feel loved were animals. I thought that I was an animal whisperer and that I could talk to animals so I used to try picking up bees and when they stung me (which they did) I thought it was just because I hadn’t learnt how to talk to them properly yet.When I grew up I either wanted to be a farmer or a vet.
I have memories from when I was a child of spending weekends and holidays in central Otago, where my dad grew up as a child. We would spend time going and visiting our friends who lived on farms and had animals and it was always the best part of being there.
When I was 7 and we moved to Christchurch one of the bribes to try and make me not hate it so much was my kitten. She made me so happy and I spent hours spending time with her, pushing her around in a dolls pram and training her to jump through a hoola hoop in the staircase.
When I was a kid my dad used also spend time driving me around all the different pet shops so that I could look at all of the animals and day dream.
Animals for me relate to so many good memories of my childhood and growing up but somewhere along the way I forgot about them. I forgot how much they meant to me I got too old and too cool to love animals and spend time with my cats and enjoying being around them. I have started reading a book that has reminded me of my love for animals and rekindled it for me. It’s helped me to remember all the good memories that animals are associated with from my childhood.
Another thing I have recently remembered my love for is baking, and that’s not just because of the yummy taste but because it reminds me of doing it with my mum and helping her for as long as I can remember
Now there is definitely some things from our childhood we need to let go of like that imaginary friend or my belief that I could talk to animals, but what is something that you have accidentally forgotten about or left behind that used to make you so happy.
Dig it out and see if it still has the same effect.
I know my last blog was on snow so I'm sorry for the repeat but thanks to the snow Polytech is closed . I am rather happy about this because it means instead of getting up at 6am to truck through the snow and get to class it is 9am and I am still warm, still cosy and still in bed. In honour of that, here are some snow photos.
Christmas is not about being boring, not about being too cool and being mature! Christmas is about getting excited about the little things, laughing at lame jokes and having fun with your friends and family. On Monday night me and my girlfriends got together and had a blast, we drank a few margaritas, played some cranium and attempted dancing to single ladies by Beyonce.
