I am another step forward...

I kinda wish I was doing this right now...I get sleepy at about 2PM everyday at work...it's like clockwork. Even if I get a lot of rest. How challenged am I right now? he he he


Before I go on, congratulations Belle and Lou! Thanks for having such an awesome wedding! Also a happy belated to Lena B! It was good seein you at your surprise party this weekend girl! welcome to 30'dom! :)

Of milestones and occurences
Holy crap, this is my 1000th post! Wow, 1000 posts. "That's quite a waste of time." he he he. That's a big milestone. Speaking of milestones...don't you think it's great when you can climb slowly up the proverbial mountain of life and look back and say to yourself, "Wow, I've come a long way." Well, that's how I've been feeling lately...that I really have come a long way and I can look back at the path behind me and appreciate the journey I've been on so far.

Of things I had I never knew I had
You know what's weird...songs I never knew I had on my ipod. I was listening the other day to my Itunes at work - I have my Itunes set to on shuffle all the time so I just heard different songs all the time. At one point, Oasis was playing and I was singing along when I thought, "I have this song?!?" Weird. So I open my Itunes...and lo and behold, the entire ALBUM is there!!! ha ha ha, I love surprises like that. Music rocks...pun intended :)

Of the lowest common denominator and simplication...
Remember fractions and simplifying fractions to make adding and subracting them easier? Those were fun. It was easier to simplify the parts of the equation to make solving it easier. Otherwise, there was a lot more work involved. Anyway, Chris and I were talking yesterday about making life more simple. Coincidentally, I read an article today about being happy, and simplifying your life was one of the things you needed to do in order to acheive said happiness. In my life, I think I can slow down a bit, not take on so much, spend time w/ the people I really love, and pursue my passions more intensely. I think all of us could use a little more simplification in our lives...we could really eliminate a lot of the things that make life so complex, stressful, and just downright frustrating...check out the article here.

55 small things you can always do
18. Forget the Joneses.
My themes seem to all be intertwined...I kinda knew what this meant...vaguely...at first. So I had to look into it, just so I knew I had a concrete idea of exactly what the "Joneses" meant. According to Wikipedia, the definition is as follows:

"'Keeping up with the Joneses' is a popular catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. It refers to the desire to be seen as being as good as one's neighbours or contemporaries using the comparative benchmarks of social caste or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to 'keep up with the Joneses' is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority."

So the small thing to do here is to just forget about the Joneses. Well, I couldn't agree more. We really need to quit comparing ourselves to our neighbors, specifically in the case of socio-economic standing and all that. There are more important things in life than trying to keep up with said Joneses. Things like, spending time with your loved ones, making a difference, etc. Do you really make a difference in this world by proving you make as much money as the family next door? My answer to that would have to be a resounding, "NO!" Now, yes, I will be completely honest in saying, yes I want the finer things in life too...shiyoot, I drive a 328i, I like expensive sunglasses, and I like grey goose opposed to absolut and popov, he he he. However, I didn't buy it(the car, not the alcohol) because my peers had the same things, or I don't use it to prove my status to anyone. There's nothing wrong with enjoying the finer things...but to use it as a measure of your social status is just empty and shallow to me. Anyway, forget 'bout 'dem Joneses kid!!! To stay in step with today's theme....simplify your life!