The Desire Map

Last Saturday, my friend Ciara asked if I would like to go to a workshop with her. It was something called The Desire Map. I like a good workshop, so I said sure, why not!

Best reason to get dressed in 2016 so far. It was an introductory class, because the desire map is a program that takes a little while, but I am definitely hooked.

Leading this three-hour-workshop-that-turned-into-four, was Kate. You know those people who’s light shines bright, making everything around them glow and sparkle? Well, that’s Kate. Her love and passion for this process were present in each step she guided us through.

So many of the words she spoke have been swirling around my head for the past few days. I feel inspired. 

She also led us through a meditation. To be honest, meditation is not my favourite thing. I’ve never been invested enough to practice, so I’m not very good at it. This meditation, however, was set to music, and it was beautiful. When I picked up my journal to write after it was done, I realized I was smiling. I was happy. Because of meditation! All I had felt before was grumpiness.

I’d heard of Danielle Laporte before, because a few years ago, I stumbled onto this quote and I thought Can it really be that simple?

Turns out, she created The Desire Map. It’s about generating your core desired feelings, and pretty much finding out what makes you feel good. Sounds simple, right?

I feel excited about this. This is something I want more of. The excitment, the happiness, the joy.

Thank you Kate!

50 happy things

I’m not really one of those “new year, new me” people. I like to think I’m pretty awesome, so I’ll just keep on doing that.

However, I do like lists, and I like looking back at the year I just left behind. When I read Julie‘s blog post about 50 happy things, I decided I would do it too. You should read it, she’s hilarious! Apparently, you’re supposed to list 50 things in 10 minutes, but I don’t like being told what to do, so I’m going to take as long as I want.

This is not in any particular order.

1. Becoming an aunt.
2. Baby kisses.
3. Baby laughter.
4. Watching my sister be a mom.
5. Going on a road trip with my best friend.
6. Driving to a monastary for cheese, while on this road trip.
7. Being creeped out because it was in the middle of nowhere.
8. Running away from a nun (or other religious person). I don’t think she saw us.
9. Making (and eating) scones.
10. Trying Crossfit.
11. Falling down because of Crossfit.
12. Yoga.
13. Going to Costa Rica for the third time.
14. Seeing a volcano.
15. Hiking up a volcano in flip-flops because the airline lost my backpack.
16. Being at Peace Retreat.
17. Stand-up paddle board.
18. Cooking Thanksgiving dinner with my cousins.
19. Being really healthy.
20. Books.
21. Drinking lots of tea.
22. Going to San Diego with one of my best friends.
23. My fitbit.
24. The Pacific ocean.
25. Hiking.
26. Watching Jessica Jones.
27. Christmas.
28. Going to Paint Nite twice.
29. Road trip with my family.
30. Making my niece laugh.
31. Asking the flight attendant for help listing all 50 states, and having her sing us a song she learned when she was little.
32. Wearing dresses.
33. Dressing up as a cavewoman at school for a unit on the paleolithic era.
34. Sleeping in.
35. Starting the process of buying a house (it’s not official yet!)
36. Getting a Kate Spade handbag.
37. Little cousins.
38. Reading “The life-changing magic of tidying-up”.
39. Going all Konmari on my clothes.
40. Watching my parents become grandparents.
41. Seeing my niece make people laugh by fake-laughing (especially my mom!)
42. Going to the San Diego zoo.
43. Giraffes!
44. Designing my new house on Pinterest.
45. Sewing with my students.
46. Laughing with my best friend. We are hilarious.
47. Winning 20$ on a lottery ticket.
48. Arranging my bookshelf by colour.
49. Making apple pie with my mom, my sister and my niece.
50. Redecorating my bedroom.

Wow, 50 is a lot! However, I could keep going. 2015 was a difficult year, as I lost a family member I cared for very much, but there was a lot of good in there too! Here’s to making 2016 even more fabulous!

Another year of dresses

December is over! Which means Dressember is over too. As I’ve mentionned before, I pretty much wear dresses every day, but in December, I take pictures!

Here are all of my dresses for the month. You might notice, if you like to count things, that there are 35 dresses for 31 days. That’s because I like outfit changes. Like Katy Perry or JLo. I’m awesome like that.

We had some really strange weather in December, so some days, I didn’t even wear tights. Normally, for Dressember, I freeze my butt off. Also, I really like leggings.

Here’s to another year of dresses!