Remember that awful movie? With Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron trying to make the most of their one bittersweet month together? It may be corny but it seems surprisingly fitting as my own love affair with London has only one more month to survive (at least this time around).
I've been trying to focus on what my priorities should be for the next 4 or 5 weeks of my life, and have come up with some truly inspirational mantras, such as: Rest Is Important Too, Don't Focus on Work, Money Isn't Everything and my most original one - One Day At A Time. Hopefully with these guidelines in place I will be able to enjoy the next month without allowing myself to get too overwhelmed.
Without trying to get TOO serious in one week, I've also been trying to embrace that old philosophy of loving yourself. In particular, loving the way you handle things. Most of the time, I'm ok with how I handle things. But sometimes I drive myself crazy with the way I choose to handle things and how I react to certain situations by getting too worked up or worrying needlessly. I had one of these moments this week after getting the run around by London once again. I can definitely change the way I handle things in future situations, but once I was lost in London without bringing a phone number or address with me the only thing to do was stop and really love how I had handled the situation. Just smile at Past Amanda and her lack of foresight and then have a little laugh at the current situation.
I don't know how I'm going to fit all this in-the-moment living and loving into one singular day as I've already spent half of it sleeping and lying around, but let's not forget mantra #1 (Rest Is Important Too). However it turns out, at least I will be Doing My Best during the month of November (mantra #5?).
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