sooner or later, everyone goes to the zoo...

animal prints

I am totally smitten by these gorgeous animal photographs by Sharon Montrose.

30 things

30 things that will improve your life.  I got them here.

1. Start spending time with the right people. – These are the people you enjoy, who love and appreciate you, and who encourage you to improve in healthy and exciting ways.  They are the ones who make you feel more alive, and not only embrace who you are now, but also embrace and embody who you want to be, unconditionally.
2. Start facing your problems head on. – It isn’t your problems that define you, but how you react to them and recover from them.  Problems will not disappear unless you take action.  Do what you can, when you can, and acknowledge what you’ve done.  It’s all about taking baby steps in the right direction, inch by inch.  These inches count, they add up to yards and miles in the long run.
3. Start being honest with yourself about everything. – Be honest about what’s right, as well as what needs to be changed.  Be honest about what you want to achieve and who you want to become.  Be honest with every aspect of your life, always.  Because you are the one person you can forever count on.  Search your soul, for the truth, so that you truly know who you are.  Once you do, you’ll have a better understanding of where you are now and how you got here, and you’ll be better equipped to identify where you want to go and how to get there.  Read The Road Less Traveled.
4. Start making your own happiness a priority. – Your needs matter.  If you don’t value yourself, look out for yourself, and stick up for yourself, you’re sabotaging yourself.  Remember, it IS possible to take care of your own needs while simultaneously caring for those around you.  And once your needs are met, you will likely be far more capable of helping those who need you most.

new year's resolutions

This year I only have two.

1.  Shop at farmer's markets more often.  Here in San Diego there is one every day in a different community, so I really have no excuse to not follow through with this.  The more I shop at farmer's markets the more fruits and vegetables I eat and the more cooking I do at home.

2.   Do more yoga.  Currently I am trying out Ginseng Yoga.  I always walk out of yoga feeling more centered, grounded and at peace and know this one thing will make this next year the best one yet!

What are your new year's resolutions?