Don't worry be happy!

I am back. I have a million things to do and what a better way to avoid them then to blog about all the things I have to do. Seriously though, this blog post is about managing stress and trusting in the universe.

I would like to start off by saying I may have booked myself a little tight for June. I will just give you a little glimpse into my upcoming month. Today I am headed to Toronto for a meeting, then celebrating with friends who just bought their first business, tomorrow is early Father's day, Wednesday I leave for a week to Pittsfield Vermont to help crew for a friend who is racing a truly insane race, then that Sunday I am moving out of my house and briefly living with my folks, 3 days later I leave for Rothbury to attend an amazing music festival for 5 days, when I return I get the keys to my new house, start painting, that weekend I move in, and then the following weekend I do my 100 km walk. Somewhere in there I need to pack for my move, pack for both my trips, raise $250 more dollars for my walk, workout 3 days a week, run once a week and somewhere in there try to keep to a budget and eat healthy. None of this is including the fact that we are launching a huge new project at work and I have a new/old boss. I would like to note that I am fully aware that I booked all of this in and LOVE it.

Well here is where the actually "stressful" part kicks in. I have been having trouble nailing down a contractor to give my a quote on renovating the basement of my new house. I need to get it before I move so I can have that amount rolled into my mortgage. I also need that done so I can have a rental unit and be able to afford the house I bought. I have had a tough start with this, which I thought had passed once I had someone through last week to give me a quote. Very nice guy, was actually very excited that the other ones hadn't come through because he seemed like the perfect person for the job. Now he is not returning my calls. Did I mention I leave for a trip out of the country Wednesday?

Anyways I have lots of choices at this point. I can stress out, cry, break down, try to push my stress onto others, be grumpy or on the flip side I can roll with it.  I am not going to lie a month ago this all stressed me out, I cried and had a melt down. Luckily my realtor is also an amazing friend of mine who coached me wonderfully through my moment of weakness. Today I have decided not to let this get to me. It will all work out. Maybe it will turn into a huge mess but that mess must be something I need or the universe wouldn't have ordered that up for me. If I can get through this month everything from here out should seem like a breeze right?

Trusting in the universe is hard. There will be times when you will confuse that trust with giving up or not taking action. Don't let this doubt fool you. Do what you can and let go of the rest. By the way I am not saying do nothing, I am saying take ownership of all the things you can control and trust that the rest will take care of itself.

Now I am off to enjoy my crazy busy life :)

My Best Life - Day 30

Well it is the last day of the challenge.... SAD FACE. 30 days went by so quickly, it is hard to believe. First off I need to say thank you to anyone who followed this project, sent me thoughtful encouraging notes, liked my fb posts, or even read this blog without me knowing. Out of all the challenges I took on for thirty days this is the only one I stuck to religiously and it is because so many people held me accountable to this. It was an awesomely wonderful experience. HAHA... this blog sounds like I am accepting an award. I am a nerd.

Welp this picture today is of my back yard. Can you believe it is February in Canada? Like seriously, it looks like Spring. I am on the fence about whether to love or hate it. Obviously the warm weather is great but I am just wondering at what cost?

Moving right along as I mentioned in yesterday's blog I am starting a new picture challenge for the month of February and posting it to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. I am really excited about it because so many people have joined in with me to do it :). Life is better when shared.

That being said I am sure I will be on here once a week maybe doing a weekly round up of some sort. Maybe just the highlights. A lot of people asked me if I liked this project or if it was stressful to add another thing to my "to do" list everyday. To be honest, I loved writing it and the hard part for me was to find something to write about every day. As much as I get a kick out of having my coffee order right and getting a piece for fruit that is at it's peak taste it probably isn't much of a topic that people are going to want to read about daily. My mother has honestly always told me that I get great joy out of the littlest things in life and it is absolutely true.

Cheers! Chat ya soon.

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My Best Life - Day 29

Well a lot of goodness happened today so I think I will just make a list of all things awesome. Then you can kind of get an idea of why I am happy a lot. It is the little things in life that make it great.

1. I am on a good coffee streak. Tim Hortons usually serves me weird burnt coffee but the last 2 days in a row have been actually decent.... in comparison to what I am usually served.

2. We had lots of phone calls today at work. I take this as a really good sign for future things to come.

3. I got really great service today at Meat Land, they even held the door open for me. (I buy two pounds of bacon from there every week Mmmmmm.)

4. I realized a couple things that I didn't acknowledged people for recently and sent out thank yous! Appreciating people always feels good.

5. It was outrageously warm for January.

6. I found a shirt I really liked on Etsy and turns out they had it on sale for $14.99 because it had a little make-up stain on it that will wash out. It has a weird looking werewolf on it. I think what excited me most about this is that I think I have really started to find a style for myself. I love buying stuff that you can't get at the mall.

7. I made a date with my friend Beth at Manhattans. They had a wag jag where you get two steak dinners and desserts for $37. Ummmm that is just plain awesome.

8. I went to the gym and PR'd my clean and jerk, 110 pounds. Body weight, here I come! I also didn't do as good as I wanted on the wod but everyone really cheered me on which was soooo great. I love my crossfit family. My post wod pic of me about to walk home is the picture today. Love my new socks and boots.... very stylish combo if you ask me.

9. My drunk kitchen came out today and it was soooo good. Watch it here. Seriously hilarious.

10. A bunch of my friends agreed to do this challenge with me.

11. Ohhh I found out when the Chamber dinner awards are here and I am very pumped to go to those. I want to meet more people in the area and I get to dress up. Win/win.

12. I bought some organic meat from a local farm today. Yummmy. Had amazing service too. Check them out online. Well I ordered it, I buy it Thursday. 

13. I ate half a bag of chocolate chips today as a side dish with dinner.... with chicken. Weird and yummy.

14. I got some really nice messages today about my blog, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! :)

15. I remembered it is exactly two weeks away until front row City and Colour. Also it is two weeks away from us finding out if our newspaper was nominated for any awards. I submitted an ad that I am really hoping gets nominated and Editorial submitted lots of other nice projects we did this year. Fingers crossed.

Well so I can think of 15 things off hand, pretty awesome day if you ask me :)! I know more then a few of those involved buying things but I got everything on sale, even the organic meat. I don't like to pay full price for things. So this is a day in my life..... my best life! Ohhhh cheesy...

My Best Life - Day 28

Awwwww..... only 2 days left. Maybe I will do a weekly round up of awesome after my 30 days. I haven't decided yet what I am going to do with it.

Anyways, I love taking baths in the winter. It is my favourite thing. Sometimes I even eat my dinner in the tub. Kayla and I have an ongoing joke that I need to hire a butler who will make and serve me dinner in the bath. How great would that be? I also love having the temperature so hot that it makes me sweat. Nothing like sitting in a pool of water mixed with sweat for an hour and then eating in it. I should probably just purchase a hot tub at some point. It seems less creepy to eat in a hot tub for some reason.

My Best Life - Day 27

If you don't watch Californication.... YOU NEED TO. Don't start in this season though, start at episode 1 of season 1. It is the best show going, period. Needless to say I watched the latest episode last night, HILARIOUS.

If you get offended easily and don't like a lot of sexual content maybe just disregard everything I said above....

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My Bert Life - Day 26

What can I say? I have the most awesomest friends on the planet! I was so sad when I moved to Midland (Ya I whole 45 minutes away, big deal) because I thought that I wouldn't get to see them very much. Turns out I see them pretty much every weekend, which is great! Weeeeeeeeeee. Anyways I don't know what I would do without these peeps. XO

PS..... Can you guys finish the challenge soon so we can have a real party? THANKS :)

My Best Life - Day 25

I love being me. Lots of people find it really awkward to go out in public places by themselves but I actually love it. Today I took myself out on a date. I wore my favourite outfit and even shaved my legs so I could take myself out for dinner and drinks. I went to see Brett Caswell on a recommendation from a friend and it was fantastic. I highly recommend you catch him next time he is in town. It boggles my mind that I can catch such great talent FOR FREE. Anyways I have to get up in 4 hours but the point is I am comfortable enough in my own skin to hang out by myself and I think that rocks. For Valentines Day I bought myself a front row ticket to City and Colour and took the day off work so I could catch up with myself and see what's up. I think it does the soul some good. :) Good Night!