132. Overwhelmed

Whew!!!!

I had such grandiose plans for the evening, guys...

I was going to post the 5th installment of the Juilliard Drama Audition series...and start writing my Yale Drama Audition post...and clean my room... and do laundry for the coming week... and get to bed before 11pm.

Oh! And did I mention that I auditioned for Yale at 10am this morning?

I know!!!! Am expecting myself to be able to accomplish waaaaaay too many things, or what?

So rather than half-assing everything...I'm just going to admit to you all...

I am overwhelmed.

I will be posting the 5th installment of the Juillard Auditions...but it won't be tonight...and I will be posting about my experience about the Yale Auditions...but it probably won't be 'til later this week. Gotta get all my thoughts together on that one.

I'm keepin' it real with ya'll.  I am POOPED!

I have got to detach myself from this computer and go to sleep, like, pronto!

Sending you all sooooo much Super Bowl love...Gooooooo team!...(Whichever one you happen to be cheering for. I will cheer for them too...while I fall asleep on my pillow.)

Loves,
V

"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it." - John Ruskin, author, art critic & social reformer (1819-1900)

 

104. Electric Blanket Healing

'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

- Henry David Thoreau

This cold is kicking my boo-tay. Gotta go to bed early. It's IMPOSSIBLE to concentrate when my head feels like it's filled with rocks, standing up too fast makes the room spin and I'm annoyed at the sound of my own sniffling.

The body needs:

Rest.

Fluids.

Warm electric blanket.

Sorry, guys...The body needs what it needs... So I'm going to cut this blog short tonight. But I'm saaaad about it...'cause I have something really amazingly awesomely cool I want to share with you all...A FANTASTIC resource I came across yesterday online.

But blogging about it today will end up sounding like blah, blah, blah...And I want it to sound like HIP HIP HOORAY!

Soooooo it'll have to wait 'til tomorrow...or when I'm feeling a little more coherent. I promise it'll be worth the wait.

Zzzzzzzzz...recharging...recharging...recharging,
Virginia

"Knowing ignorance is strength.

Ignoring knowledge is sickness.

Only when we are sick of our sickness

shall we cease to be sick.

The sage is not sick but is sick of sickness;

this is the secret of health."

- Tao Te Ching, Verse 71

26. Happy Hour

In the interest of being self-loving, I gave myself what I knew my body really needed this morning, I allowed myself one more "HAPPY HOUR" of sleep rather than getting up early to write. 

Sometimes the best thing to do is to NOT DO so much. To know when you need to rest, when to slow down, it’s all part of the cyclical nature of life. There’s a time for being awake and there’s a time for sleeping. There’s a time for working and there’s a time for resting. There’s summer and then there’s fall. 

Listen to your body. It will tell you what you need. And if you don't listen... you're going to end up having a lot of unhappy hours.

Soooooo....Since I got to enjoy a “happy hour" of sleep, I thought I’d give you all sort-of “happy hour” too!

A happy-hour-inspirational-quote-cocktail! 

Enjoy responsibly.

Mix this up in yo’brain…

“You get to be HAPPY; you get to have what you REALLY want. Because it is by following your true desires that you best learn the lessons that life has to teach you – for we do live in a perfect universe.” – Kathryn Bild, Acting From A Spiritual Perspective 

“Just keep this fact in mind, and remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure. It may only mean that your plans have not been sound. Build other plans. Start all over again… Your achievement can be no greater than your PLANS are sound.” – Napoleon Hill, Think & Grow Rich

 “Be kind to yourself as you learn.” – Peter Pamela Rose

 “Those who label others as selfish are actually concerned with their own well-being… depending upon others to live “unselfishly” is still depending upon others.” – Mike Dooley, Tut’s Universe

 “Be compassionate and understanding, patient and loving with the body as it is trying to adjust to new belief systems and patterns of vibration… Get enough rest, believe in your health, exercise and stop worrying.” – Lena Stevens, The Power Path

 “For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.” – Jean Paul Richter, writer (1763-1825)

Wishing you all many, many happy hours today and in the days to come.

Take care,

Virginia

14. Take Care of #1

“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.” – Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer & orator (1833-1899)

On Sunday, I shared with you all my Five Daily Practices That Lead to Happiness.  Number one on my list is “Sleep: Get 8 hours every night.”

Have I been doing this, you ask???? Noooope. Have I been happy about it? Noooope.

And yet, I am continuing to choose to prioritize other things over sleeping. Why? It seems silly to have to miss out on awake-things that I’d like to be doing in order to have some quality time with my pillow.

But in reality, when I don’t get enough rest, I am not really enjoying my life while awake anyway, not as much as I would if I was well-rested.

Also, “Take Care of Yourself First” is number one of my Personal Process Guidelines (see the side-bar of the blog page). And getting plenty of sleep is definitely in-line with proper self-care. (Wow! Is that me or my father speaking? LOL!)

Number One... On two separate lists... Clearly, I am trying to teach myself a lesson… Will I ever learn it? 

Maybe. Maybe not.

At least, I’m aware that my lack-of-sleep-choice leads to unhappiness for me. That awareness helps me to... 

A. Not stress-out about why I feel cranky

B. Not blame others for my own choice not to prioritize sleeping

If I don’t sleep enough, then I can’t really be fully present in my relationships or fully engaged in my work… and that’s just sad.

So, go to bed earlier, Wilcox!!!!

Ugh! I know. I know. I will.

Tonight… I will be in bed at 10:30pm… NO EXCUSES! (And no Facebook.)

;-)

ZZZZZZzzzzz,

Virginia

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed." - George Burns