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Wrote this for SparkPeople originally, but felt it was appropriate to share across the board. Yay... I bought a few books at Barnes and Noble recently. 101 Ways to Stress-Free Living Your Body, Your Gym and a fitness and nutrition journal. I'd previously bought the Spark book too. I'm really making an intelligent, mental effort to become a physically active person. I feel if I educate myself on best practices, purposes, and new ideas, I'll be more inspired to execute them myself. The 101 Ways to Stress-Free Living has really influenced me recently. I've learned that while to-do lists are often effective they can contribute to my rather frequent overwhelming feeling. Solution: need to write less lists by being more productive in the moment. Also, I'm considering a detox period to help cleanse my mind and body. Focusing on consuming only the most purifying, gratifying foods for 3 - 4 days seems like a logical, uplifting way to clear my mind and my body in one fell swo...

Jon-Michael and I want to be married. Surprise? We had a talk over brunch yesterday that consisted of us coming up with a 12 month shared goal set. It's kind of wild, honestly. I don't know who reads this anymore, and frankly, I don't care. About three days before our brunch, we had lunch together between my shifts and it occurred to me, and brought me to tears, that for the second time within 14 months, I am fighting for my financial stability. January of 2010 I was laid off from a job I thought I could have possibly turned into a career. In hindsight, that would never have satisfied me and I was probably only considering making it a career because I heard on so many occasions at that job that I 'better not' make it a career. I don't like people telling me what I can and cannot do. But, looking back, I suppose he was right. Now I'm being settled back into a part-time position at SunTrust. I say 'back into' because for a short time, I was elevated to...

My best friend deploys in a couple weeks. My friend is currently stationed in Afghanistan. I miss them. I can't even put it into words. My friends should be home. My heart hurts watching this movie. And I want to keep my friends safe and warm and close to me.

I plan to blog about in the not-too-distant future: 1. The 2010 Fest 2. My home with Jon-Michael 3. My career(s) 4. My friends visiting all the way from Austria 5. My parents 6. My top personal goals for 2011 7. 8. 9. 0. ... okay, okay. Maybe I can only think of six right now. So sue me. I'll be back.

There are people in this world too kind to turn a blind eye when they know they have the potential to help. Adversely, there are people in this world too devoid of conscience to stop themselves from milking that compassion for all its worth. It sickens me to hear about people taking advantage of the kindness of others. The pure thought of using someone for their willingness to give is immoral and wrought with greed and the idea of deservedness (which, ironically, is seldom the case). Most people willing to abuse someone's pure-hearted goodness generally aren't deserving of it to begin with. The sad thing is, this happens all the time. I gave money to a homeless person once on my way home. I was a bit richer that day than usual because I hadn't had lunch. The next week, things were financially tighter for me -- I couldn't even afford to eat lunch, and he asked me again. This time I politely said, "sorry, I can't afford it today," and he scoffed at me. As if...

One of my greatest mentors passed away last month. And as sad as it was for his family -- and myself, it was also eye-opening for me. In my head, this man, my fifth grade teacher, and one of my greatest role models in school, was unstoppable. He was a military man, with a stern, no-nonsense policy, a kind heart, a strict classroom, and a penchant for making his students want to learn. It broke my heart to hear of him passing away -- especially to hear something as malicious as cancer had taken him. Though it was no surprise he'd fought a long, hard battle with it before finally succumbing. He was a brilliant, inspirational man. And, as an adult, I never told him that. (Also, I'm sure I never told him as a child either.) His passing truly opened my eyes. Who else had I also not told of their impact on my young life? Of my other mentors and teachers, who had the greatest impact, and who did I feel needed to know. At a point when I was extremely impressionable, Mr. Mielnicki put h...

I'm just going to bypass the whole where I've been and why I've been M.I.A. mumbo jumbo. I ran out of things to say, my life got boring, things didn't happen, things DID happen, whatever. I wasn't around. Now, here's why I'm writing today. 1.I still have multiple paying jobs because none of them will offer me full time. 2.Business endeavors. 3.I just moved in with my boyfriend, future husband, and soul mate. Let's talk about number three. We just took the plunge. No, not marriage, although our phone company seems to think so – I received a rebate check address to Alison Scott Soracchi. It's a damn good thing I work at a bank. They deposited it, no problem. We moved in together. We took that step. After four and a half grueling years of battling the side effects of living a long distance relationship, we actually moved in together. And I can say without question now, that getting laid off from the labor union was the best thing to ever happen to my li...