Love is an Open Door

I slept in this morning and woke up to my usual Facebook/text/email checking self. I know deep down inside that I should start my day with gratitude and a smile, and I am grateful a smiley-faced, but my urge to immediately connect with the world outside world somehow always wins out. So inevitably, the  "thank you's" always come after the phone checking. But this morning, a different sensation took over. I mean, I still checked my phone first, but this morning I decided to stop judging myself for it. Now this wasn't my way of giving myself a "get out of jail free" card, I just wasn't gonna beat myself up in my mind anymore. Instead, I was gonna action. 

So I put my phone down, slapped the biggest grin on my face, and yelled out twenty one "thank you's" (The Secret Scrolls say you only need to say it seven times in a row, so I was off to a good start). Then I jumped out of bed, greeted the amazing sunshine, drank a tall glass of water, took a hot shower, did some light stretching on my mat, meditated, then settled down to write it all down. And the whole time, played the Disney Pandora Station. 

Usually I would mentally kick my butt and analyze my day for a significant amount of time before getting out of bed, but I've decided that this take action route is going to yield more results. What those results are you ask? I don't know yet. All I know is I spend too much time in my head and not enough time actioning on the things in my head. For example, I have a million blogs and ideas lined up in there, just waiting to be shared, but because I sound so much time perfecting them in my head, they never get typed (so I actually have no idea where all of this is going, all I know is that it's going). So here's a starting list of things I want to write about:

-My mommy's February in NYC and LA

-Lizzie

-An almost daily Happiness Project free-write

-documenting my Positive Psychology Youtube lectures with Dr. Tal

-How to let go

-Yoga and why it's awesome!

So there's my start. I've spent too much time on trying to perfect my life (in my head) and how I put myself out there, but not enough time just "going for it!" And maybe I even care too much of what people think. Well, I hope we can all think positively of each other. Period.

Okay UNIVERSE!! This is my first entry of my "Love is an Open Door" philosophy (Thanks 'Frozen')! I'm ready! Let's do this!

*It's in my nature to start things on significant dates, so it's perfect that tomorrow is the first day of Lent. So I'm giving up my self judging and over-analytical mind for forty days (hopefully longer). And while we're at it, I'm going to give up trying to control the future too! =) I'm going to commit to the goals I've set for myself, and stick to it as best I can!