Day 8 was a pretty plain boring day. Work rushed by but nothing exciting happened, my apartment was like a sauna due to the heat. So I was starting to think my happiest part of the day was the cold shower I took after a 6km run. It was a nice shower, refreshing and cool. But then I found Pineapple Express on the movie network. I was like oh, I guess I can watch this for a bit...then go lie in bed with my air conditioner on and all the lights out to cool down. But then I got into it....seriously funny movie. Made me laugh so much that at one point I was taking a sip of water and I spit it out.
It just made my night and really my day. To be able to sit back and enjoy a funny stupid movie on a day so hot your brain melts.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Day 6 & 7
This was a great weekend for THP. I went to centre island with Amy on Saturday and we had a picnic on the beach and then spent the afternoon lying on the beach tanning and relaxing. I was so impressed with this beach....I can't believe that i have never been to this beach before, it is so close for me and it is a beautiful beach. I have managed to get a little bit of a tan....not that anyone would really notice because my tan is other people's skin tone in the middle of winter....pasty and white.
I am so happy about spending Saturday on the beach. It was one of my favourite days of summer.
Then on Sunday I went to my parent's house to help them finalize their film festival picks...and take advantage of another nice day in the sun. Seriously...the sun this weekend was insane. And I took every opportunity to get a tan!
Sun is suppose to make you happy right because you are getting like vitamin d or whatever. Well I must say the sun and the relaxation, worked wonders for me. I am giving myself an A+ for THP this weekend.
Sometimes all you need is sun!
I am so happy about spending Saturday on the beach. It was one of my favourite days of summer.
Then on Sunday I went to my parent's house to help them finalize their film festival picks...and take advantage of another nice day in the sun. Seriously...the sun this weekend was insane. And I took every opportunity to get a tan!
Sun is suppose to make you happy right because you are getting like vitamin d or whatever. Well I must say the sun and the relaxation, worked wonders for me. I am giving myself an A+ for THP this weekend.
Sometimes all you need is sun!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Day 5
So day 5 continues the obsessive reading of the hunger games series. I bought book two and I am more than half way through.
Don't you love when a book just sucks you in and you get so attached to the characters and what is happening. I mean...i went on wikipedia and read the plot for each book already...but reading the actual book....it just transports me to a different place. It keeps me interested!
I haven't bought book three yet because i know as soon as i do...i will not stop reading until i am finished everything...and i really really need to get through my tiff picks
Don't you love when a book just sucks you in and you get so attached to the characters and what is happening. I mean...i went on wikipedia and read the plot for each book already...but reading the actual book....it just transports me to a different place. It keeps me interested!
I haven't bought book three yet because i know as soon as i do...i will not stop reading until i am finished everything...and i really really need to get through my tiff picks
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Day 4
Now....this THP made me happy....but I am paying for it today.
Ever since the whole twilight incident I have become very hesitant about young adult fiction. I normally love any book as long as it's a good story but young adult is just as good and the books are usually cheaper so that is like an extra bonus. A long time ago I bought a book about vampires and I got all excited because well I am crazy and love vampires. But after reading this book i was so disappointed, the characters had no substance or soul....they were cardboard. But then all this craziness happens about the twilight series and how great it is and i decided all YA's are crazy and although cheaper they are not worth it.
But this gossip blog i read and love, Lainey Gossip, also loves young adult when done correctly. So she recommended this series called "The Hunger Games". I saw it at Cole's on sale for 9.99, so i thought i should give it a chance. While yesterday I started.....AND....finished the book. I loved it, it was well written and interesting. I was up until 1:30 finishing it. I just had to finish it, i couldn't stop...although i am crazy tired and exhausted today. I am dying to go to Cole's and buy the 2nd and 3rd instalments.
It is surprising sometimes how much something small like reading a book can make your day.
So...THP day 4 - successful, and each day I am feeling happier than before. I know there will be back sliding moments. But it is a lifetime battle to be happy...but this is one battle I am going to win!
Ever since the whole twilight incident I have become very hesitant about young adult fiction. I normally love any book as long as it's a good story but young adult is just as good and the books are usually cheaper so that is like an extra bonus. A long time ago I bought a book about vampires and I got all excited because well I am crazy and love vampires. But after reading this book i was so disappointed, the characters had no substance or soul....they were cardboard. But then all this craziness happens about the twilight series and how great it is and i decided all YA's are crazy and although cheaper they are not worth it.
But this gossip blog i read and love, Lainey Gossip, also loves young adult when done correctly. So she recommended this series called "The Hunger Games". I saw it at Cole's on sale for 9.99, so i thought i should give it a chance. While yesterday I started.....AND....finished the book. I loved it, it was well written and interesting. I was up until 1:30 finishing it. I just had to finish it, i couldn't stop...although i am crazy tired and exhausted today. I am dying to go to Cole's and buy the 2nd and 3rd instalments.
It is surprising sometimes how much something small like reading a book can make your day.
So...THP day 4 - successful, and each day I am feeling happier than before. I know there will be back sliding moments. But it is a lifetime battle to be happy...but this is one battle I am going to win!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Day 3
So...Day 3 was a good day.
I had the day off from work and it was tiff pick up day. So me and my mom decided that we would make a day of it. So she came to my apartment and we went to the gym and worked out. Not always fun but it is good for the body to get in shape. Then off we went to pick up the TIFF stuff and then...BRUNCH. and you know how i feel about brunch...favourite meal of the day.
Then the rest of the afternoon we had a pool party at my parent's house with Farrah, Andrea and the kids. it was fun and relaxing. And i even got a tan.....well not a tan a burn...but it will turn into a tan. And getting a tan is one of my goals of the summer.
Day 3 was a successful day
I had the day off from work and it was tiff pick up day. So me and my mom decided that we would make a day of it. So she came to my apartment and we went to the gym and worked out. Not always fun but it is good for the body to get in shape. Then off we went to pick up the TIFF stuff and then...BRUNCH. and you know how i feel about brunch...favourite meal of the day.
Then the rest of the afternoon we had a pool party at my parent's house with Farrah, Andrea and the kids. it was fun and relaxing. And i even got a tan.....well not a tan a burn...but it will turn into a tan. And getting a tan is one of my goals of the summer.
Day 3 was a successful day
Day 2
There are few people that fully understand me. One of those people is my best friend Will. Life gets away from us sometimes and we don't get to see each other as much as we would like. So Monday night we went for tea and caught up. It was a great second day to THP because I am starting it off with the two people that know me better than anyone else and who i know will always be in my corner - Andrea and Will.
Catching up and talking with Will really made my night and picked me right up.
Day two down, and still a lifetime left!
Catching up and talking with Will really made my night and picked me right up.
Day two down, and still a lifetime left!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Day One
Yesterday the Jersey Boys performed their last performance on the Toronto Arts Centre Stage. I went last summer and had the greatest time. The music is fun and happy and makes you want to sing-a-long. My older sister loves this show so much. So we decided that we needed to see the last performance ever. She has a bucket list and seeing a show on closing night was one of them.
So off we go to have dinner and enjoy the show. And enjoy it we did. The energy was so much different than the last time I saw it. Everyone in the audience, on stage, and in the band knew that this was the last performance ever and everyone was reved up. The songs were sung with more heart and energy than ever before, the crowd cheered and clapped at a level that bordered on rowdy. And I laughed and sung the songs and enjoyed the show. It is a great start to THP.
I was able to enjoy myself a lot and seeing how happy and how much fun Andrea had....added to my enjoyment. I was taken back to when we use to go to film festival together. That was one of my favourite things to share with her. She has this excitement that is contagious and when she is happy...how can you not be happy too.
One day down. A lifetime to go.
So off we go to have dinner and enjoy the show. And enjoy it we did. The energy was so much different than the last time I saw it. Everyone in the audience, on stage, and in the band knew that this was the last performance ever and everyone was reved up. The songs were sung with more heart and energy than ever before, the crowd cheered and clapped at a level that bordered on rowdy. And I laughed and sung the songs and enjoyed the show. It is a great start to THP.
I was able to enjoy myself a lot and seeing how happy and how much fun Andrea had....added to my enjoyment. I was taken back to when we use to go to film festival together. That was one of my favourite things to share with her. She has this excitement that is contagious and when she is happy...how can you not be happy too.
One day down. A lifetime to go.
About Me and my Project
So, my name is Erin and I am absolutely miserable. I wasn't always. I mean, I have never been satisfied with my job but not in the sense that it is a horrible job and I hate it, it's not horrible and I don't hate it. My work has been very good to me and I have made wonderful friends and I am proud of my work...But I feel like I am missing something. Like there is something out there for me, I am not fulfilling my true purpose.
I took a risk last year and accepted a one year maternity leave contract and they didn't hold my old job. I knew it was a risk but I felt that I needed the change, something new and exciting. And it was a great change but the end of the contract is in less than a month and the girl is coming back. So I will be out of a job. I have been getting quite depressed at the fact that I am 30 and I feel like I have no direction or career. Then there is the thing that put me right over the top from depressed to miserable. My sister and her husband and me had this huge and horrible fight over the stupidest issue. It wasn't good....hurt feelings all around....I went from talking to my sister and the rest of my family everyday to talking to no one at all. It wasn't because I was mad at all of them...I just didn't want to drag my other family into the drama, they love both of us and it is not fair to put them in the middle. I also wanted some time to figure things out on my own.
Somehow...I have wandered off and lost my happiness. I use to be a very happy person and now I have become angry and bitter about things. I am despondent about life and I don't know how I lost my happy.
So a small idea popped into my head. What if I did one thing everyday to make me happy. What if I spent time on me. It is easy to say these things but to follow through...sometimes impossible. So what if I create something that forces me to follow through. Thus the Happiness Project was born....THP from now on.
I took a risk last year and accepted a one year maternity leave contract and they didn't hold my old job. I knew it was a risk but I felt that I needed the change, something new and exciting. And it was a great change but the end of the contract is in less than a month and the girl is coming back. So I will be out of a job. I have been getting quite depressed at the fact that I am 30 and I feel like I have no direction or career. Then there is the thing that put me right over the top from depressed to miserable. My sister and her husband and me had this huge and horrible fight over the stupidest issue. It wasn't good....hurt feelings all around....I went from talking to my sister and the rest of my family everyday to talking to no one at all. It wasn't because I was mad at all of them...I just didn't want to drag my other family into the drama, they love both of us and it is not fair to put them in the middle. I also wanted some time to figure things out on my own.
Somehow...I have wandered off and lost my happiness. I use to be a very happy person and now I have become angry and bitter about things. I am despondent about life and I don't know how I lost my happy.
So a small idea popped into my head. What if I did one thing everyday to make me happy. What if I spent time on me. It is easy to say these things but to follow through...sometimes impossible. So what if I create something that forces me to follow through. Thus the Happiness Project was born....THP from now on.
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