I think people have forgotten to wake up in the morning and tell themselves: "I am going to do something awesome today".
At least, I know I have. Of course, it has nothing to do with a lack of confidence in my abilities or anything like that. It has more to do with the fact of my attitude in regards to mornings. My mornings usually consist of me absolutely hating my alarm clock, stumbling out of bed at some point and somehow getting ready for work. I just go. I don't enjoy my morning or take a moment to be annoyingly positive and Disney-princess-like, welcoming all the woodland creatures into my bedroom and inviting them to help me do my hair. What can I say?
It all comes down to this basic concept: I actually don't like mornings. I have made myself accustomed to not liking mornings. Why should I? They disrupt the most precious activities that I have and those are sleep and dreaming. Of course, there's also a little bit of help from the culture that I live in.
I don't know, though, what there is to truly dislike about mornings. And here I go, being super gushy and positive again...
When you stop and think about it, mornings bring even more important things: sun, life, and, oh yeah, COFFEE. Why, again, should I hate mornings?
I'm definitely going to have to starting to work on my morning attitude. But how????? I've grown so accustomed to hating it. Trying to enjoy mornings would be like trying to enjoy kickboxing with a kangaroo... I will have to keep people updated on how this goes. Perhaps I could try something like playing crazy fun music in the morning... try and get my blood pumping by forcing myself to dance along with it, when all I want to do is sneak back under my covers and enjoy the random sun spots that peak through the window shades. Ahhhhhh.... sun spots.
But now I'm straying from my original point: People have forgotten how to wake up and say "I am going to do something awesome today."
In my definition, it doesn't have to be something big, incredible or ground-shaking. It could be as simple as making someone smile. Not to mention, it doesn't always have to be for someone else. Maybe just wearing a new perfume that makes you feel good every time you smell it on yourself is awesome... particularly for you!!
I think I'm going to start telling myself that... continuing to live positive and wonderful... like Jess/Zooey on my new favorite show "New Girl". I mean, I still like my dark artist self that occasionally comes into the scene, but I have a feeling that what makes me "me" is my color. So, on to my next step:
"I am going to do something FRICKIN' AWESOME today"
My new mission statement, I guess. I thought I couldn't come up with one. I thought that "Glamour" article by Bethany Frankel (WHO is that, anyway??) was stupid but, I think I made one without meaning to....
.... how awesome is THAT??
