Day off work

The day is almost over since my last post and although this morning's incident still bothers me slightly, I did not let that stop me having a productive and fulfilling day.

• Met a couple of friends for lunch. That was nice.
• Got my friend to test and format a hard drive thats been giving me problems.
• Bought a new USB case for the hard drive and now problems are gone.
• Bought Madagasgar the animated movie.

So a bit of retail therapy and a social component.

Now to watch that movie and play with my new USB hard drive :)
Who knows I might still have time to go out tonight as well.

Playin the Blues

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Originally uploaded by telljoolz.

I'm feeling a bit down today. I don't really wanna talk about it suffice to say that I had planned something today and it didn't work out. So now I'm feeling a little bit 'meh'.

Not that it worries me. It's ok to feel down sometimes. My strategies for combatting the blues include the following:

Firstly if you got something bothering you or pulling you down be sure that you avoid dwelling on it. Self analysis can be a killer that spirals you back or further into a low.

Cover your body's basic needs like good food, be well rested and freshen up.

Psyche yourself back up in preparation for something to do. Even if you don't have anything to do that day, get outta those PJ's and put on some going out clothes and be ready to greet the world. Part of psyching up is music.

Play some angsty tunes, some melancholic tunes and then some good vibes to raise your energy levels so you can enjoy the day on a high.

Finally DO SOMETHING! Something social is best but it doesn't have to be. If you set your self a goal or task and you accomplish it. You can feel good about your achievement.

Ok have a nice day! I know I will :)

Momentum

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Originally uploaded by telljoolz.

The last week and a bit has been busy for me. Let's see. It went something along the lines of:

Friday: Salsa at Southbank
Saturday: 1degree Cafe
Sunday: Livewire comedy
Monday: Latin
Tuesday:Latin
Wednesday:Nacho Libre
Thursday: Fearless
Friday: Valley Fiesta
Saturday: Tim and Craig visited
Sunday: Livewire Comedy
Monday: Latin


Ever since Latin started and Comedy, the momentum of activities building up has been really consistent. This weekend will prove to be fully booked as well.

So why the snowboarding picture I hear you ask... Well I guess life's like snowboarding in a way... the more you do the more you try the faster it all goes and it just builds up momentum.

But the less you do the less further you travel and you dont get very far or do very much.

The trick is to find the edge of the board so you can control it a lil better and make sure it doesnt get outta hand or stop completely and guide it where you want before it goes too fast and you got no time to take a break. Otherwise you might stack it.

Will expand/refine on this metaphor later. As you can see I'm big on the metaphors.