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5 Things I Don’t Have Time To Tell You

5 Things I Don’t Have Time to Tell You

I’m sure if I went to a therapist and described how I spend my time, I would be diagnosed with adult ADD. I’m not making fun of anyone with that diagnosis. I just know that I can make a solid plan for my day and then I’m too easily blown off course.

The other morning I was on facebook and saw this picture.

crazy houses

My whole family took a look and declared that it was the BEST-EST housing situation ever. I’m sure this has something to do with the fact that there are 7 of us crammed into a 3 bedroom/1 bath starter home. We discussed plans for building our own trailer mansion some day. Don’t be surprised if I throw a picture of a similar pile of trailers up on my facebook page some day and say it’s my new home. You never know with my family.

I thought about how much I enjoyed the craziness of that home and went off in search of images of other crazy houses on Pinterest. I’m sure an hour slipped by, possibly more. I loved every minute but then I felt guilty for wasting time.

This morning, my goal was to sit down and write. We have a Girl Scout event to be at later today but I HAD plenty of time to sit down and write a well thought out, hopefully encouraging blog post. I started my morning by watching the video that I’ve dubbed The Self Care Video. I felt interconnected with everyone and full of love and all of the warm fuzzy feelings that go along with taking time to do Self Care.

I would’ve been able to move on to writing a blog post had I not caught a glimpse of a parody of Frozen’s Let It Go, called It Is Cold. That was it. Time disappeared as I watched several more parodies. My favorite one was Do You Want To Be My Boyfriend?

do you want to be my boyfriend
You WILL NOT regret taking a minute to watch it. It’s so funny and well done.

And that’s all I have time to share today.

I don’t have time to tell you 7 ways you could love yourself more

OR

about the awesome conversation I had with the librarian that started because she liked my new shirt! (Click on the picture to see more styles.)

I Am A Powerful Woman shirt

and her thoughts on what it means to be a woman…and she used my favorite word, BALANCE.

I don’t have time to tell you how I cleared off the National Women’s History Month book display in the children’s section because ALL of the books were AMAZING!!! I did give the other moms a shot at them (I really did) or about Amelia Bloomer who saved us all from having to wear corsets and 40 pound dresses.

And I don’t have time to tell you about Liz Ferro’s book Finish Line Feeling.

I will. Just not today.

Enjoy the Laugh

Enjoy the Laugh

Sometimes you just need to laugh. When life feels too serious or grim even, laughter can be much needed relief from all of those negative emotions you’ve been experiencing.

With the internet, a good laugh is just a click away. There are facebook pages dedicated to jokes. I stumble upon a post that makes me laugh and I get completely obsessed and sidetracked looking for similar available laughs.

One day I stumbled across funny church signs. A good hour was spent joking and laughing with my sons. Just Google funny church signs and you too can while away an hour.

funny church signs

More recently, I got sidetracked looking at pictures of people planking.

Planking Olympics

This baby planking cracks me up. More planking laughs available at the URL on the photo.

If you are surrounded by negative people, if circumstances beyond your control (which all circumstances are) have you worried, if the laughter is not coming to you, seek it out. There is NO shortage of laughter in this world. Sit down and have a conversation with a 3 year old. They’ll have you in stitches.

Laughing is so good for us. I’m sure there is all kinds of scientific data to back this up, but since I’m a quote lover, we’ll go with those instead.

Here are 3 AWESOME quotes that illustrate my point beautifully.

“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”
― Veronica Roth

“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.”
― Robert Frost

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.”
― Audrey Hepburn

Christina Bianco is just such a person for me. She delivers joy and lots of laughs in this hilarious rendition of the song Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Enjoy the laugh!

I really love her Kristin Chenoweth impression. Who do you think Christina best captures? Comment below or tell me over on fb.

Feel free to share this post with someone you know who can use a laugh today!

Laughter is a great form of Self Care, but be sure not to neglect the other.

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Sarah Boucher happily encourages women to find their power daily at I Am A Powerful Woman. Come join the conversation there.