100 Ways to Uncomplicate Your Life

I found this on a site and thought we all could take some to time to read over this to make our lives just a bit easier

1. Don’t try to read other people’s minds
2. Get up 30 minutes earlier so that you don’t rush/get a ticket while driving too fast/have to explain why you’re late/get fired
3. Get 8 hours of sleep per night so that you think more clearly
4. Stick to your budget
5. Start saving and investing every week, no matter how little you can spare
6. Balance your checkbook
7. Don’t try to be friends with everyone. Cultivate closer relationships with fewer people.
8. Don’t try to do business with everyone. Identify your target client and take very good care of them.
9. Before getting angry, ask yourself if it will really matter in 20 years
10. Focus on being a good person, not on pleasing others
11. Stay home this Saturday, and finish off that nagging chore that you need to finish
12. Kiss and make up
13. Make a weekly menu, and shop for only those items at the market
14. Ask your grandparents the best way to uncomplicate life, and try it for a month
15. Fill up your gas tank when it’s half full
16. Don’t drink alcohol when you’re tired, sad or mad
17. Pay your bills on time
18. Get an annual physical examination
19. Say “I love you” to your significant other and to your children. Studies show that more marriages last, and fewer kids use drugs, when these words are spoken every day.
20. For just one day, imagine everyone’s intentions are good because most people’s are
21. Give away clothes that haven’t been worn in two years
22. Throw out clothes that are in disrepair, and can’t be mended
23. When you have a conflict with someone, talk it out. Don’t let it turn into more than it is.
24. Know what your priorities are in life, and act as if they are your priorities
25. Tell the truth
26. Don’t cheat
27. Don’t steal
28. If you’re holding a ridiculous grudge, let it go
29. Clean your house weekly, so that it doesn’t become too large a chore
30. Do your best at work, or at school
31. Don’t eat when you aren’t humgry
32. Eat when you are hungry
33. Be yourself
34. Say no unapologetically
35. Cook simple meals
36. Don’t try to keep up with the Joneses
37. Pay off your car before buying a new one
38. Organise your desk at the office
39. Change your smoke alarm batteries when the clock springs forward, and when it falls back
40. Organise your important paperwork
41. Take only half the clothes that you planned to take with you on holiday
42. Help your children with their homework every night, and have an open dialogue with their teachers
43. Have white sheets and white towels in children’s rooms, because they’re easily bleached
44. Spend your time with nice people
45. Avoid drama
46. Don’t text or talk on the phone while driving
47. Turn off the television/video games/computer; they’re time consumers
48. Don’t engage in office politics
49. Refuse to gossip, or talk behind other people’s backs
50. Do the dishes right after dinner
51. Never go to sleep angry
52. Ask nicely for what you need and want
53. Walk 10,000 steps per day to help your heart
54. Do 20 push-ups before speaking in anger
55. Leave work at work
56. Don’t befriend anyone that isn’t trustworthy
57. Don’t envy others
58. Have your oil changed
59. Take vitamin C before you catch a cold
60. Don’t work more than 8 hours per day
61. Weed your garden weekly
62. Wash your car weekly
63. Have a spring cleaning month every year, and do one room at a time
64. You don’t need to be best friends with work colleagues, but build respectful partnerships
65. Don’t drink and drive
66. Don’t look for reasons to be angry or sad, look for reasons to be happy. You’ll always be able to find plenty of each.
67. Be friendly with your neighbours
68. Return emails and phone messages promptly
69. Schedule in free time
70. Don’t procrastinate
71. Do what you say you’ll do, when you say you’ll do it
72. Be more flexible when you’re able to be
73. Forgive and forget. End of story.
74. Break the consumerism habit…put a three month moratorium in place on buying anything not deemed a necessity
75. Start your diet on September 1, rather than January 1, so that you won’t also have holiday pounds to lose
76. Take care of any health issues or concerns
77. Have your tires rotated
78. Have your brakes checked
79. Have your eyes checked
80. Don’t let your imagination run away with you
81. Let go of perfection in others
82. Let go of perfection in yourself
83. Don’t try to help those that refuse to help themselves
84. Find a way to reduce your commute to work
85. Have an alloted amount of worry time per day/week, that you strictly abide by
86. Drink more water
87. Eat more salmon
88. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill
89. Wear your hair in a classic, easy to care for style
90. Finish what you start
91. Wear classic clothes and shoes that never go out of style
92. Create a daily routine
93. Have a 1, 5, 10 and 20 year plan for your financial and life goals
94. Slow down
95. Eat out less often
96. When you ask your husband which outfit looks best, thank him for his answer and wear the one he liked
97. Allow your children to grow up
98. Clean out your garage, and donate anything that hasn’t been used in the past year
99. Stretch every day
100. If a relationship is over, let it go

Crazy Weekend

our chocolate fondue

I feel like I'm still sleep deprived from Friday and Saturday. It was girls weekend and we kept things going for pretty much all weekend. IT was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again. Next time we said we'll need to make an itinerary. Friday night was spent eating dinner at the melting pot and then we went dancing out in Broad Ripple , that's in Indianapolis for those of you not from Indiana. It was great for once being able to wake up the next morning not feeling like crap and actually remember everything that we did. Then Saturday we went shopping had lunch at Buca Di Beppo then we decided to go see the movie No Strings Attached. We had about an hour to kill so we ended up going to  a store, well my one friend decided to lock her keys in her car. So we went out on an adventures to make it to the movie on time. The movie theater was only across the street and behind the mall so we walked through snow mounds, across 4 lanes (i think it was only 4) of traffic, the mall, and the mall parking lot to get to our movie only to get to the movie theater right at the start of the movie and see a huge line. Luckily the next showing was only about 30 minutes away so we went to that one instead of walking in late. But at t least we walked off some of our lunch. Now it's time to get back to studying and eating healthy but I can't wait until the next girls weekend.

Life Got In The Way

I haven't posted in forever and life is to blame. After working full time last week and getting ready for classes to start, which started Monday posting something was the last thing on my mind. I can barely keep up with my picture of day on Facebook. I really wanted that to be something interesting but it's turning into just things in my life that I take a picture of at the last minute. I really need to work on that. 


As for weight-watchers, I lost 1 pound last week which if I go off of when I first started WW way back in the day (Jan. 2009)...I have lost a total of 20 pounds...not sure if I really believe that since my scale changed back in August but it's great to see my clothes fitting right again and being able to buy new cute clothes!  I think I'm also going to start going to classes with my aunt starting next week. This week is to crazy to try and work anything else into it. So far she is doing Zumba and Dance Fusion it will be great to get to the gym and get more of this weight off. 


As for  this semester, its going to be a tough one. I have 5 classes, 1 is my senior capstone which is an online class and I have another on-line class. I think those 2 classes will be the toughest to deal with but I can do it. I'd have a tough schedule now than in my spring semester of my senior year! Well I should get back to studying! I'm going to try and get a schedule down to where I can post more but we will see if that happens. Until next time


-M

New Year......New Me

I'm going to take the time this year to focus on myself and become the person I want to be in life. I have a few mini goals I would like to achieve along the way which are:

1. I would love to start running..which comes with me becoming healthier

2. Spending more time with my friends and getting that closer relationship back

3. And my weight watchers goals - cook one new recipe a week, track everything even if I go into the red, stay on plan and try to work out 3 days a week.

The past year (2010) I had many ups and downs and I wasn't happy overall. I want to take some time to find my happiness again and be that spunky girl I use to be. Also find things I like to do that makes me happy because I realized the other day that when I ended my relationship with my ex of 3 years back in August the things I so called loved to do were the things he wanted to do. For example he wasn't into sports so I never got to watch any teams plays. It might be petty but I don't care anymore, I'm going to do things I LOVE to do and find my happiness. But one thing that does make me happy is SHOES :)

Cookie Making

One of my favorite things in the world are Penguins, reason I renamed my blog to "The Penguin Diaries" anyways Saturday my mom and I spent the day making cookies. Everything from sugar cookies, gingerbread, oatmeal raisin, and even some chex mix. I saw these cute cookies on-line and knew I just had to make them....We used a gingerbread cookie as the base but we think that next time we'll do sugar cookies instead. These little guys were not all that hard to decorate. Next time i'll do a step-by-step on how to make these cuties!

Weekly Wi

Since Saturday is my normal WI day I WI again this morning. I was still at 155 which I'm very happy with now. Since I'm back on track I need to go plan my menu for the week and look up what I'm going to eat tomorrow when I go out with my mom and grams. We'll probably go to Panera so I can stay within points there plus I think they have a good website for looking up their nutritional information.

 http://www.paneranutrition.com/

It's Been A Long Time

Wow I can't believe it's been so long since I've WI, tracked, and posted. I actually didn't do as bad as I thought knowing I had gone off track. I weigh-in this week on a random day but I was at 155..I can't remember the last time I've been at that number and it feels wonderful. My mom said the other day that she is gaining the weight I'm losing, its not true but she is doing WW too and needs to get back on track as well. We'll I will WI again on Saturday for my normal and and I will post as soon as i step off the scale..until then