Happy New Year!!!

I'm sooooo excited! Tomorrow starts a BRAND NEW YEAR!!! I made it...another year....and I'm so grateful for everything...my family, my friends, my health, my career, my possessions, & last but not least....my sanity! lol

For the new year, I'm fixing some things....and no, I dont want to call this a resolution....why?....because I have never seen one person fulfill their resolution....they just dont work! (hey, I'm being honest...)

"I Don't do newyears resolutions! I have SOLUTIONS 4 last years problems cause u will face them again. Live n learn baby. Then u learn 2 live! -Deion Sanders"

I'm feeling Mr. Sander's statement...and lately I have been overwhelmingly motivated to make changes like never before.

I want to be better, all around & let me tell ya something, this new-found motivation is a force to be reckoned with! Just watch me work in 2011!

PS. Sorry Reverb10....I got to Atlanta with my family for the holidays and I totally neglected everything that has anything to do with the internet! Anywho.......
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

reverb10.day 20

Day 20- Beyond Avoidance

What should you have done this year but didn't because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Author: Jake Nickell)

To be very vague on this topic...I should have let go of a certain situation in my life before I allowed myself to get tangled up in confusion, the past, & crazy people! Damn that heart...always getting in the way of those intelligent thoughts my brain comes up with! :)

no regrets though. never a failure, always a lesson....

Wooo! Backed up on Reverbs! Day 17,18, & 19

Between work, sleep, & preparing to go home for the holidays I've gotten a little backed up on my daily exercises....so while I have a moment, lets go!

Dec. 17 Lesson Learned

What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward?

I've learned that I am a very mild-mannered respectful individual w/ alot of self-control....to everyone. I know that doesn't seem like much but you'd be surprised how many people don't know how to control themselves...how many people are stuck in their ways and dont know how to adapt their personalities to different situations. I'm just glad I know how to compose myself.


Dec 18th Try

What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did/didnt go for it?

Next year I want to go to school...its actually something I wanted to do this year but I found myself complacent in the life I was living (aka lazy!!!) But I wasn't to upset with myself because it was just another year I got experience in a hospital working....not a total lost!


Dec 19th Healing

What healed you this year? Was it sudden, or a drip by drip evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2011?

*deep breathe* okkkayyy lets see........ *after 10 min of thought*
This year, I don't think there was one event that actually "healed" me...To say "healed", I believe that I would have been broken in some way beforehand. I look at this past year more as a growing experience....one that took me from a more child-like irresponsible life to living an self-sufficient kind of life! (grown baby!)

reverb10 day 16

December 16 – Friendship
How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? (Author: Martha Mihalick)

One of my besties has had a worldspin of a year and watching her go through so many ups & downs has taught me alot about this world & myself....

(with respect to her business, i wont go into too much detail....)

but she has dealt with certain things from racism at work to a pregnancy w/ twins w/ drama attached....

I went from listening to her having daily emotional breakdowns on the phone to the point where she realized she had to get it together (for herself and her children)...
She started to prioritize all the things and people that truly mattered. She turned her whole attitude around...fought for her happiness. She made me realize that things might not always go as expected but "hope" and "faith" can take you a long way and you gotta be positive...even when the world is telling you you have no reason to be.

I have been trying to take a page out of her book by ignoring the madness of the world and just being thankful for what I have & positive no matter what the issue is....the process is gradual but it feels good to just be happy.

reverb 10. day 15

December 15 – 5 Minutes

Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010. (Author: Patti Digh)

Alrighty! This should be fun! ***sets clock for 5 min**

-quiet mornings on the beach looking in the sky (still can't believe I live 5 min from the beach)

-spring break with mo, shirnelle, b, and me! good times

-both weddings this summer

-finding out one of my close friends was really pregnant! (WOW!)

-watching my bro win his championship game! MAC champs 2010! I saw him screaming his lungs out on ESPN!!

-my first baby code, & twin C-section at work...talk about sweating and high heart rates...wooo!

-Homecoming 2010!!!

-Southbeach Miami with Maya....

-wedding dress shopping with my coworkers (1st time I actually went out during the day to hang with people....sad I know!)

-dying my own hair....and still having a head full when I was done. lol

-my many trips to ATL

-Orlando getaway with B

reverb 10. day 14

December 14 – Appreciate

What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? (Author: Victoria Klein)

When I was younger, my addiction was tv...A teen, my addiction was hanging out with friends...college student, my addiction was freedom....
now even though I love my family a hell of alot, it seems that I have always put other things before them when deep inside, they are truly the center of my world.
I guess I never noticed how much I appreciated them until I got out here on my own. (Sounds like some stuff my mom said to me during a argument in my teens lol)
People are so fair-weathered nowadays....full of disappointment, hate, & ulterior motives. Finding genuine people to become an addition to your life is difficult.
What it all boils down to for me is family is everything. They are the ONLY people that are ALWAYS there for me. I don't have to worry about acceptance, I don't have to worry about being thrown under the bus, or deceit & lies from them, they always have good intentions for me....and for that I am thankful.

reverb 10. day 13

So I missed a day....day 12- body integration, and after reading the prompt I would have struggled with the topic anyway so here we are at day 13!

December 13 – Action

When it comes to aspirations, it’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step? (Author: Scott Belsky)

In 2011, I will be entering a pharmacy school in the southern region of the states. Working my first job has been an experience but I'm ready to continue on my educational journey. I will be signing up for a Physics 2 course first and after that, I'll be done with all my pre-reqs & prepared to enter the pharmacy school of my choice.