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my easter promise...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have made a promise to myself...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC63-2U8T3nS9rj0hxKquZp8EFn0mKYgGNHHGHM8u_j2wD4mM4eT99r9Je7Qrj0IMRETfqQz11FIqY0tqs9k0oGH2E-nNiOlVitBOAuZayyZvPE0XcIkJT_uPHNlB0B50ULfif8DyMC0b2/s1600/promise+weheartit.com-entry-7602434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC63-2U8T3nS9rj0hxKquZp8EFn0mKYgGNHHGHM8u_j2wD4mM4eT99r9Je7Qrj0IMRETfqQz11FIqY0tqs9k0oGH2E-nNiOlVitBOAuZayyZvPE0XcIkJT_uPHNlB0B50ULfif8DyMC0b2/s640/promise+weheartit.com-entry-7602434.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[i know this picture has no relevance except that it has the word 'promise' in it...but I loved it...so I used it]</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that over the easter/anzac day break...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAhbczLDKGb9Jt7jXF7xH7FLs3_ZmP6Rm3ed9JkaRDas7zjIeDbcnQaz0aRNqXObk0fcpntKhXYZrwlVn6dclqBwNLwMaw1i2UeZQS7jTfpkB5V_aBiyi7XqtRIDDgEeZbektxsZNogcY/s1600/easter+egg+we+heart+it+8833534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAhbczLDKGb9Jt7jXF7xH7FLs3_ZmP6Rm3ed9JkaRDas7zjIeDbcnQaz0aRNqXObk0fcpntKhXYZrwlVn6dclqBwNLwMaw1i2UeZQS7jTfpkB5V_aBiyi7XqtRIDDgEeZbektxsZNogcY/s640/easter+egg+we+heart+it+8833534.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will do a couple of things.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qr5UGkblQvjOx1mbLP7ybqVIIB-Df2xpdixQ7UgJ9Tpw7cuzzTp9nFm4YhdAvnlQMRP_IfVASQLhXlB-EKS23RkVc9bh9V4oIpBD7L2kJ8oBCA6Uo9iZpAhOGBIox2RZfpg1zESQD3Og/s1600/to+do+list+we+heart+it+6148216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qr5UGkblQvjOx1mbLP7ybqVIIB-Df2xpdixQ7UgJ9Tpw7cuzzTp9nFm4YhdAvnlQMRP_IfVASQLhXlB-EKS23RkVc9bh9V4oIpBD7L2kJ8oBCA6Uo9iZpAhOGBIox2RZfpg1zESQD3Og/s640/to+do+list+we+heart+it+6148216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No. 1 - some serious navel gazing. I overwhelm myself with stuff, things I 'have' to do, obligations to others, wanting to try a whole heap of things, saying yes when I should say no, thinking I can fit in more than is reasonable or realistic...you know how it goes don't you? I need a better plan. Scrap that...better plan implies I already have one. I just need a plan full stop!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mSmP6hTg6CdUOtALv5CTTak9VdiU29RoG7X7AQJlRcaN5fN9LIaKiieIUWjfNiF8A5tmcz6QgVIp5fX3e1FHtDWg4UYtVQcYhUAcylp5gSg1kF_-7o0UO553fw2Drsfxse4RpjyRfwO8/s1600/thinking+we+heart+it+8905477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mSmP6hTg6CdUOtALv5CTTak9VdiU29RoG7X7AQJlRcaN5fN9LIaKiieIUWjfNiF8A5tmcz6QgVIp5fX3e1FHtDWg4UYtVQcYhUAcylp5gSg1kF_-7o0UO553fw2Drsfxse4RpjyRfwO8/s640/thinking+we+heart+it+8905477.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No. 2 - some serious reading time. I've been neglecting my reading. Which feels like cutting off my right arm. I have a pile of unread magazines I can't jump over. Many still in their plastic wrappers. Seriously. That's just ludicrous. And a stack of books that taunt me every time I look at them. READ ME they yell!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk98aoWN3oOkCLHFqgreGnx5WH_evyLd17wDwUp-lOa84i8LXNa22IJ6C7Ht2mMM7ivwsGyxSwMuc9VPct5ctlo-r1U4T2hi287-Il19-ZAxHLmrbl7QUzdwIbXvuE1jg3Aih7Q6fNQU_/s1600/books+we+heart+it+8931211.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk98aoWN3oOkCLHFqgreGnx5WH_evyLd17wDwUp-lOa84i8LXNa22IJ6C7Ht2mMM7ivwsGyxSwMuc9VPct5ctlo-r1U4T2hi287-Il19-ZAxHLmrbl7QUzdwIbXvuE1jg3Aih7Q6fNQU_/s640/books+we+heart+it+8931211.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[my pile is much bigger than this but not as pretty]</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, when the break is over I will come back to you with my plan...how I'm going to make my life easier, more productive, less challenging, more fulfilling, less manic, more organised, less ...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you believe that you might quite possibly be the easter bunny :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTuCbCbBsII_mSIrX3QD78-RyZe3Psh8nlPAwDqQV-bjitDgCql0hbY_nLV3aArJC3EyOVwbLaqyEmvPLkdw2fSzPLiHRxVhbIBfOOMK_XwFBSLpt2kJ9l8pob-1_k-VR7VrQGMkyyjTv/s1600/easter+wishes+we+heart+it+4618631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheTuCbCbBsII_mSIrX3QD78-RyZe3Psh8nlPAwDqQV-bjitDgCql0hbY_nLV3aArJC3EyOVwbLaqyEmvPLkdw2fSzPLiHRxVhbIBfOOMK_XwFBSLpt2kJ9l8pob-1_k-VR7VrQGMkyyjTv/s640/easter+wishes+we+heart+it+4618631.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to try though. It'll be good to give it a go.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A very happy easter break to everyone...and bless xx</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope someone gives me some chocolate :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">all images from <a href="http://weheartit.com/">weheartit</a>: entry nos 7602434, 8833534, 6148216, 8905477, 831211, 4618631</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

my easter promise...

I have made a promise to myself... [i know this picture has no relevance except that it has the word 'promise' in it...but I loved i...

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1000 awesome things by Neil Pasricha

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I went to bed last night with images of the devastating floods in Queensland searing my brain I wondered whether I should 'unschedule' this post.  But sometimes we need a distraction don't we? This is mine...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I may have been living under a rock, but I only became aware of<a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780399156519/The-Book-of-Awesome"> this book</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNq4DEwt-tPaP_9BP6_e8mntTLc-3Dr8YKZHr1RyP1ddo3262pZMLgKlGXHuWZKz_VoVLnOiTOi3sjtjs8dwR5bPDwjlnhZSJVCRLKex3Wd1dockpkHt0NOR6T7o5X8PcsmCaUBOfIoc0/s1600/The_Book_of_Awesome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNq4DEwt-tPaP_9BP6_e8mntTLc-3Dr8YKZHr1RyP1ddo3262pZMLgKlGXHuWZKz_VoVLnOiTOi3sjtjs8dwR5bPDwjlnhZSJVCRLKex3Wd1dockpkHt0NOR6T7o5X8PcsmCaUBOfIoc0/s400/The_Book_of_Awesome.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(which is apparently a worldwide best seller) and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1000awesomethings.com/">this associated blog</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (which apparently has won blog of the year) yesterday through reading an article on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/">The Happiness Project</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> blog...oh my, the ways that blog surfing can eat into your time...when you're not watching the flood coverage...but hey, I'm on holiday :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Happiness Project led me to this TED talk (below) and I was completely and utterly mesmerised for the 17 or so minutes it took to watch the author Neil Pasricha talk about his take on 'awesome'. I like his philosophy. It's simple. We're not talking rocket science here (that would be boring anyway). But it's simple because it's about simple pleasures, and appreciating them...which is sometimes not so simple. Not when we're in pain, or sad or weighed down by grief. Or dealing with a force of nature. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But as Pasricha says, how awesome is it to crawl into clean sheets, hit a string of green lights on the way home, have a supermarket checkout line open and you get to be the first one through...people in parts of Queensland would certainly think those pleasures were awesome right about now I suspect.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do take the time to view this if you can. I bet it'll put a smile on your dial :)</span><br /><object height="326" width="446"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/NeilPasricha_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/NeilPasricha-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1048&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome;year=2010;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=master_storytellers;event=TEDxToronto+2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/NeilPasricha_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/NeilPasricha-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1048&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome;year=2010;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=master_storytellers;event=TEDxToronto+2010;"></embed></object><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For me one of those simple awesome things is waking up thinking it's a work day and then realising it's actually not! Or walking outside into my little courtyard and finding that the first gardenia of the season has blossomed. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What simple things (apart from donating to the <a href="http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html">flood relief fund</a> and watching Premier Anna Bligh's graceful handling of this tragedy) do you find awesome?</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

1000 awesome things by Neil Pasricha

As I went to bed last night with images of the devastating floods in Queensland searing my brain I wondered whether I should 'unschedule...