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1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a DVR, tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, my purpose is to __________ today.’

5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6. Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.

7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, or prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.

18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

23. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’

26. Forgive everyone for everything.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

31. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

33. The best is yet to come.

34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

35. Do the right thing!

36. Call your family often. (Or email them to death!!!) Hey, I’m thinkin’ of ya!

37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

May your troubles be less,
May your blessings be more,
May nothing but happiness come through your door!

I jumped on the vonage band wagon earlier this year and up until a few weeks ago,I was genuinely happy with my service.Okay maybe I grumbled a little when my monthly fee totalled up to $32 instead of the $24 I signed up for but I can live with that.Anyway,a few weeks ago,I started experiencing lots of static that made making phone calls a nightmare.Those issues mysteriously resolved themselves.Then last sunday my vonage device suddenly decided it didn’t feel like working anymore.I spent all day monday on the phone with vonage reps trying to troubleshoot and nothing helped until an independent tech looked at the device and informed me it was useless.I had to get a new one.

I got back on the phone with vonage and told them what the tech had said.The rep I spoke with was nice and assured me that since my old device was still under warranty,she was going to order a replacement for me.She didn’t order the replacement.A week went by and all my calls were being forwarded to my cell phone but I still had no device and no actual functioning phone despite the fact that my account and phone number were still active.So long story short,last sunday,I called vonage back really frustrated,they decided to overnight me a device and in the process managed to screw up my card by charging me for the new device.This was an error on their part that took 2 more phone calls on my part to fix.Anyway,today I finally got my vonage device in the mail and instead of a reconditioned device,they actually sent me the rather cute upgraded version with the LCD display and they gave me a credit for the 10 days I was without a functioning device.It sucks though that they are making me pay shipping to return their faulty device to them but I wont fight with them about that.Its just not worth the stress.I am just glad my phone is working again!

I won advance screening passes from FHM magazine to see Tropic Thunder and I wasn’t going to go because well,it looked like a silly movie but I’m glad I went.I laughed so hard I actually cried.
If by now you haven’t seen the movie,you really need to put it on your must see list.Yes its silly but you will laugh.You will laugh really hard.If you need a reason to go see the movie,go see it because of this guy.He literally steals the spotlight from everyone.He is funny.He is very funny.He is very,very,very funny in Tropic Thunder.

Weigh down and cast off excess definitions,prohibitions,inhibitions.
Take a vacation from being co-worker,boss,room mother,chef,breadwinner,volunteer,designated driver,housekeeper,caregiver.
Ditch the one-piece for a none-piece
Get rid of every map you’ve ever followed
Use your ESP instead of a GPS
Stop checking your image in your inside-view mirror
Talk to the stranger in the seat next to you.
Adopt toddler-size eyes to see the world as a new toy.
Try on an exotic pseudonym in Starbucks.
Who’s the new carefree you-
Lourdes (sultry and mysterious)
Dusty (drives a pickup and plays in a band)
Kiki (normadic siren with a past)?
Life is not a lap lane
sometimes you need to put an umbrella in your drink and float while the rest of the world flails.
Bon Voyage!

Kiss friends and family goodbye
Go solo
Go sabbatical
Buy a one-way ticket for one
Get in a hostel mood.Be seaside in Seaside
Or Sea Island
Or Sea Grove
Search your outer limits in the Outer Banks
Surf,ski,scuba
Spread your wings while no one’s watching

Ari-zone out in the desert
Charge a trip to Bali (first class)
Mind dump at Canyon Ranch
Just “be” on Tybee Island
Get “far out” in Cali’s Badlands
There’s nothin’ to feel blue about in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Its time to take a variation vacation

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh
when care is pressing you down a bit
rest if you must but don’t quit

Life is queer with its twists and turns
As everyone of us sometimes learns
and as many a failure turns about
when he might have won had he stuck it out
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow

Success is failure turned inside out
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt
and you never can tell just how close you are
it may be near when it seems so far
So stick with the fight when you’re hardest hit
Its when things seem worst that you must not quit.