The simple things
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
Woops, bad blogger! I’ve had a busy couple of days. Good busy, but busy and had to put The Kim Challenge on the back burner for a minute. I don’t want to sound completely insane, which often I do, but I really feel like when you decide what you really want, the universe sort of helps you get it. There’s definitely something to positive energy. I’m not going to go into specifics, but there are just a lot of little things in my career and personal life that have just started to fall into place in the last week and it feels good.
I’ve been working on the big things in my life: career, outlook, getting to that happy-body place, but there are all these other things that make me happy that I don’t ever really cop to. I’m not sure why, perhaps because they seem simple, or self indulgent, but why not? So, whenever my mind is about to go to a dark place I start thinking about what I want, what makes me happy for no other reason than it just does. Here’s the list I’m working with so far:
- I love cardigans. They’re like the security blanket of clothes.
- I prefer local trains over express. More seating and more reading time. I’ve given up my express train in the morning and opted for a less stressful ride into work.
- I love sleeping alone; all the pillows, all the blankets, the ability to sleep diagonally. Now that I’m single again I don’t have to feel guilty about hogging the blankets.
- I actually need to be the center of attention sometimes. I’m going to stop fading into the background when I need the spotlight. Luckily, one of my editors helped me a long with that this week by publishing this. Seeing everything I’ve done in the last couple of years made me feel really confident.
- If it were socially acceptable I would wear a towel or robe all the time. It’s not socially acceptable but since I currently live alone I can lounge around in a towel to my hearts content.
What little things make you happy that you never really think about or tell anyone?
As per usual for me, my fridge was lacking which made for quite the hodge-podge of eating Thursday:
Breakfast
Whole grain bagel with reduced fat cream cheese
Tea
Lunch
A motley lunch of refrigerator strays:
Activia peach yogurt
Babybel Cheddar
Hard boiled egg
Dinner
Tonight I decided to splurge on some of my favorite unhealthy takeout items.
Wanton soup and chicken wings.
So bad, but soooo good.
Kim
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I’m really happy that you’re in a happy place
I am going to try your trick of thinking positive before my mind can wander into the negative/worry territory!
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Wow! That’s very inspiring! I’m going to try to think positive a little more often myself
You rock Kim!
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Kim,
Your meals always look so wonderful and you have so much variety in what you eat. How do you plan your meals? Do you make a weekly menu, or cook up whatever you want to eat at mealtimes? I have tried the latter option- but then I end up with too much prepared food that I end up throwing away four days later. I’ve also tried the former, but for me that ends up being less variety and lots of similar looking weekdays meal-wise.
I think you are a genius.
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Kimberly Rae Miller Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Thanks so much Asha! I’m excited to be elevated to genius status!
I don’t plan my meals as a general rule, but when I go grocery shopping I definitely think about how certain foods will go together and if I’ll have time to cook them during the week. Most nights what I end up eating for dinner has a lot to do with whether or not I really have time to cook, and what I think will balance out my food choices from the rest of the day. I think meal planning is a great idea, I just generally don’t have time to think that far ahead. Thanks for reading!
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