Hump Day Thought

What's the best piece of advice you ever received? Likewise, what's the worst advice?

I think it's good to get as much advice as possible - that being said I think that like, 70% of what other people advise you to do is bologna and won't get you very far. It's just good to hear advice so you can find out what works for you, and you can learn to separate the good from the bad for yourself.

1. The best advice I ever heard...this is a tough one because I think there are so many. The best advice I ever heard was to do what makes you happy, and that anything worth doing is worth doing right. We need to be happy, hello!? We have no reason not to be. Just find your happy wherever you can. As far as anything worth doing is worth doing right, I find it to be really true. If you're going to make the decision to do something and put your time and energy into it, then you might as well do it to the best of your ability. Otherwise, why do it all?

2. The worst advice I ever heard was that you have to finish what you started. I just think it's so untrue and vague! If you don't want to finish, don't. Unless it's super important and life changing, things aren't that important and they can be left undone.

Such a short post, sorry guys!

XOXO, Rosie

Life's Little Instructions

Hey guys! I found a picture entitled "Life's Little Instructions." They were all kind of clustered together, but after reading them they were just so sweet and I think they definitely needed to be shared. Surprising how many of them are so simply, yet we ignore them so much each and every day. Maybe we could all start to try and do one or two of them everyday, and it could catch on and become a habit. I know I'm definitely going to try, and it's pretty cool to think that if everyone else tried to do the same then the world could get a little bit brighter every day. I typed them up below so you could read them easier, hopefully you love them just as much as I did. Amazing how such little things have the ability to make you and the people around you a little bit happier.

1. Sing in the shower

2. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated

3. Watch a sunrise at least once a year

4. Never leave a toilet seat in the down position

5. Never refused homemade brownies

6. Strive for excellence, not perfection

7. Plant a tree on your birthday

8. Learn three clean jokes

9. Return borrowed vehicles with the gas tank full

10. Compliment three people every day

11. Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them

12. Leave everything a little better than you found it

13. Keep it simple

14. Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures

15. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know

16. Floss your teeth

17. Ask for a raise when you feel you've earned it

18. Be forgiving of yourself and others

19. Overtip breakfast waitresses

20. Say "thank you" a lot

21. Say "please" a lot

22. Avoid negative people

23. Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yards

24. Wear polished shoes

25. Remember other people's birthdays

26. Commit yourself to constant improvement

27. Carry jumper cables in your trunk

28. Have a firm handshake

29. Send lots of Valentine Cards, sign them "someone who thinks you're terrific"

30. Look people in the eye

31. Be the first to say hello

32. Use the good silver

33. Return all things you borrow

34. Make new friends but cherish the old ones

35. Keep secrets

36. Sing in a choir

37. Plant flowers every spring

38. Have a dog

39. Always accept an outstretched hand

40. Stop blaming others

41. Take responsibility for every area of your life

42. Wave at kids on school buses

43. Be there when people need you

44. Feed a stranger's expired parking meter

45. Don't expect life to be fair

46. Never underestimate the power of love

47. Drink champagne for no reason at all

48. Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation

49. Don't be afraid to say "I made a mistake"

50. Don't be afraid to say "I don't know"

51. Compliment even small improvements

52. Keep your promises, no matter what

53. Marry only for love

54. Rekindle old friendships

55. Count your blessings

56. Call your mother

There's a daily dose of reading for you! But really, I hope you found one or two of those that you're going to commit yourself to doing every day. Make it a habit, then the habit will become a routine. Plus, you'll be happier in the long-run if even one of those becomes a part of your day. And you can never have too much happy, right?

XO, Rosie

Sweet Words

Hello, hello! Before I venture off into the last hours before my final exams (dreading them...), I thought I would put up some nice quotes I found - just to make it easier to get through the day. It's amazing the power that words can have on people, they really do speak to the soul in ways that nothing else really can. These quotes all are very sweet and special to me, so I hope they brighten up your day or night a little bit. If only we all could remember to live by these on a daily basis! Maybe an extra resolution for 2012? I'll talk to you all soon!

XO, Rosie

All About Me Survey!

Everybody needs a few minutes a day to focus solely on themselves, right? We need to make ourselves happy too in order to keep our sanity! We all can learn more about ourselves each and every day, and I think it's important to always get to know yourself a little bit better than the day before. I found this survey and I thought it was pretty unique, so I decided to take a few minutes to fill it out, and I hope that as you read my answers you'll be inspired to re-post the survey on your own blog with your personal answers, or at least think of your own answers as you read through mine! Enjoy :)

1. I am... a college student, figuring things out along the way as I go and loving every minute!

2. I want... to be happy, no matter where I go or what I do.

3. I have... the greatest family and friends I could ever dream of.

4. I wish... people would act their age, but not take themselves too seriously.

5. I hate... that people in the world can be so cruel and twisted.

6. I fear... the people I love getting hurt.

7. I search... for inner peace and serenity amongst the daily hustle & bustle.

8. I wonder... what is on everyone else's mind all day long.

9. I regret... some of the guys I've dated in the past, but I guess you learn from mistakes.

10. I love... my boyfriend and best friend Kyle, he's the greatest guy a girl could ask for!

11. I ache... after a long & grueling workout at the gym.

12. I always... want the people around me to be as happy as possible.

13. I usually... make homemade treats, unless I'm too exhausted to stand in the kitchen.

14. I am not... ashamed of who I am at all, we're all meant to be beautiful & unique.

15. I dance... alone, while I get ready to go out! Very nerdy!

16. I sing... in the car, unless there's a car next to me - then I try to play it off.

17. I never... drink soda, the carbon bubbles are spicy to me, if that makes sense?

18. I rarely... get in fights, I prefer everything to be calm and easy.

19. I cry... like a baby when I do! Especially when I'm sick, it's bawl city over here.

20. I am not always... talkative when you meet me, I'm very shy in person at first.

21. I lose... focus as soon as I get on my laptop to work - Pinterest calls my name!

22. I'm confused... about why people are mean to each other sometimes. What's the point?

23. I need... to focus on the future and how to get there while still enjoying the present!

24. I should... be studying for finals right now, but I was due for a posting!

25. I dream... that one day, every single person will find their piece of happiness and embrace it. Life is too short to live in boredom or sadness. Find what makes you happy and go for it, whatever that means to you.

XO, Rosie