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Music:
Shinedown, Nickelback, Evanescence, 80's rock, rock, hard rock, metal, Staind, Foreigner, classic rock, Les Miserables and Phantom Of The Opera, musicals from the 50's and 60's, pretty much anything I can sing!
Books:
Mostly fantasy. I have a huge library full of books. Fav authors: Sharon Green, Barbara Hambly, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Jude Devereaux, Holly Lisle, Robin Hobb, ... Most favorite book of all time: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Favorite Places:
My backyard, walking in the provincial park, my town, anywhere camping with my family, White Rock beach...
I Want To See:
The Amazon River in Peru, Scotland, Terme Turkey, Rome, Machu Pichu, any old ruins that will inspire my imagination, a NASCAR race or two or ten!
Hobbies:
Reading, singing, playing drums on Rock Band, journaling, writing novels, drawing/painting, acting (when I get to!), puzzles, quizzes, researching ideas...
Activities:
Taking care of my 4 kids, keeping house, walking when I can to places, shopping, karaoking, writing, researching for writing.
Sports:
I LOVE NASCAR Sprint Cup races. Nobody better be in my way on Race Day! Other than that, I can't really do any sports because my hip injury from a car accident 4.5 years ago.
Movies:
Star Wars, Spaceballs, Terminator, Die Hard, Ever After, The Music Man, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers... I like a lot of movies. I've seen a LOT of movies. The only kind I don't like are horror.
TV:
Criminal Minds, Heroes, CSI (all), Bones, Canada's Worst Driver/Handyman, races, Dollhouse. I'm going to check out Lost and House on dvd once the season finales all finish up.
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Purrrkitten's Life List:
| I'm going to finish my novel and get it published. Then I'm going to finish all the other ones and publish them too! |
| I'm going to build an acting group with the same desires and goals as myself. |
| I'm going to go to a Sprint race in Las Vegas. |
| I want to go traveling. I'd like to see Scotland, Terme Turkey, the Amazon rain forest tree walk, Machu Pichu. |
| I want to keep my relationship/marriage good and constantly growing. |
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says: Hmmmm...Interesting question! I'm thinking of all the excuses I make, and how I try to validate them! In my cas, I somewhat realize, that I'm making an excuse, but counter-validate it! Striving to get over the habbit! :D So in answer to your question, I think there's no fast-and-trigger method, but just some sort of practice and self analysis :D
says: I was actually coming back here to write a blog entry on that (my own experiences with doing it).
says: WOW! hard one to answer, I know the feeling about rationalizing everything aka (making excuses). I like the statement " Be impecable with your word" what that means is that you tell yourself the truth and others the truth, not only in verbal conversations but in what you think inside about others and yourself, in the constant stream of self-talk. This is of course no easy task and I am not there yet! Am working on it though!
says: I made a commitment to myself to take a NO EXCUSE approach to my life. And now things are so much better. I look for solutions and don't indulge into complaints, gossip, being helpless... activities that are not helping me.
says:
I guess, like any permenent change you hope to make, it isn't easy -- and it involves looking at yourself honestly and paying attention.
I would start, though, my noticing any time the words, "The only reason I did that (or didn't do that) was..." come out of your mouth...or out of your brain...write those down...and see what you can do about them.
Most of my excuses boil down to "not enough time...not enough money" -- which are really pretty boring excuses and sometimes so very not true....