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Day 553

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Multitasking is a myth– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7 : 03  PM on day 553 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature,  work,  feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign – no luck – feed myself rice and curry  for lunch,  continue reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins –  watch TV, exercise, watch some  more TV and feed myself a carrot for dinner.

Today while working I turned off all distractions – usually I would be doing a hundred things at once while working – and because of that I got three times as much work done thus I conclude that switching from task to task and calling it multitasking is just a waste of time. Do you fool yourself into thinking you’re multitasking?

Day 552

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The energy with which you do or say something is just as important as what you do or say– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 5: 27 PM on day 552 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to prepare and  publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature,  work,  brush my teeth,   feed myself a  Batura and baked beans  for breakfast, drink tea by myself, continue reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins –  tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, work some more, read some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch,      tweet some more about my campaign, drink some more tea by myself  and continue tweeting about my campaign – thanks Ruth Fanshaw (@HappyOddGirl) for the donation you made yesterday evening so far four people have donated (21 x 4 = 84 x 4 = 366 cups of food for the hungry = a very happy almost twenty-one-year-old).

This afternoon my grandma – my paternal grandma – and I were having lunch together and when I saw her playing with her food I asked frustrated because I had to repeat myself are you full to my surprise she replied with equal frustration although I couldn’t understand what she was saying – ever since her hemorrhage in August last year she hasn’t been able to speak clearly – just goes to show we are constantly transmitting and receiving energy. What kind of energy do you transmit when you interact with people?

Day 551

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You live in dysfunction for an extended period of time and pretty soon that becomes your normal – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 4: 27 PM on day 551 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,   feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, drink tea by myself,  prepare and  publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, prepare my Kid of the Week feature for tomorrow,  tweet some more about my campaign, answer a few questions for a blog post that I’m going to be featured in – I’ll probably tweet the link to the blog post when it is published so keep a look out – and continue tweeting about my campaign – for all my hard work two people promised to make donations better than nothing  I suppose 🙂

Today my father was calling my mother names and I just carried on doing what I was doing like they were having a casual conversation which disturbed me I guess it’s kind of like a drug addict building up a tolerance to drugs I have built up a tolerance to the environment I’m living in but that’s okay because I know that I know this is not normal. Has dysfunction become your normal?

 

Day 550

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Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive. ~ Elbert Hubbard

It’s 6 : 33  PM on day 550 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, brush my teeth,  feed myself avocado for breakfast, work, feed myself rice and curry  for lunch,  tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign – @LegalEagleStar (Tom)  made a donation (thanks Tom I really appreciate it) –  watch TV and feed myself a banana for dinner

Today I was singing along to All Over The World by Ola (sounding horrible) and in that moment I couldn’t help feeling that life was too short to be bogged down by our problems I mean seriously something could happen tomorrow and we could be done for do we really want to look back on our lives and think damn it I wish I had one more shot to enjoy the small things in life that I didn’t pay attention to I guess what I’m trying to say is the big things are the small things in disguise so live, laugh and love because at the end of the day that’s what life is all about. Is everything a big deal to you?

Day 549

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Us human beings make things more complicated than the really are– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8 : 43  PM on day 549 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself an avocado sandwich for brunch, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, work some more,   feed myself spaghetti and vegetables  for dinner, watch TV, brush my teeth once more, watch some more TV, continue reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins – and continue watching TV.

Today I was watching an episode of The Dr. Oz Show on which a particular segment focused on 4 steps to becoming a happier person in 28 days while watching that segment I couldn’t help feeling that people were overcomplicating happiness, happiness is the choice you make to perceive your life in a positive light regardless of your circumstance I should know I have every reason to be miserable – I need help to do almost everything other people take for granted – and yet every day I find one thing to be grateful for. Do you have a knack for turning the ABC’s into rocket science?

Day 548

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You don’t know how much you take until you step back and reflect on it– that’s what I learned today.

It’s 7 : 22  PM on day 548 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, watch TV, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign,  continue reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins – watch some more TV – exercising in between -feed myself avocado for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I was having breakfast and suddenly it occurred to me how much meat I consumed before I went on lent (two out of three of my daily meals contained meat) I am not saying it’s a good or bad thing to eat meat I’m just saying now that I’m conscious of how much meat I ate I am going to be eating less of it when lent is over because I believe we can change the world by changing the way we eat think about it meat comes from animals those animals have to be fed, killed, packaged and transported all of which are processes that will inevitably increase our collective carbon footprint. Do you step back and reflect on how much you take from the world?

Day 547

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Not everything in life is cut and dry– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7 : 27  PM on day 547 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign– Cindy (@notjustagranny) made a donation (thanks Cindy) –  feed myself rice and curry for lunch,   tweet some more about my campaign, feed myself garlic bread for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I was doing something with wrestling on in the background and although I would usually pay no attention to it because I think wrestling is stupid I had to pause and look when the promo for Be A Star – a campaign aimed at kids worldwide which is best described by its slogan don’t be a bully be a star (see campaign promo below) – came on what I loved about the promo was wrestlers and other celebrities sharing their personal experiences of being bullied as children just goes to show nothing is all good or all bad. Do you have to love something or hate it is there no middle ground?

Day 546

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Cherish those who support you and let go of those who don’t – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 6: 12  PM on day 546 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch and  tweet some more about my campaign.

Last night we – my family and I – went to an event and as per usual I was sitting with my mom and the other ladies while my sister and the other kids even remotely my age were off talking to each other I remember feeling, in a room full of people, more lonely than I felt when I was alone which is basically  how I felt today I was promoting my 21 For 21 Campaign and the whole time I was feeling like nobody was listening to me but in retrospect I realize that there were people who were paying attention I just wasn’t paying attention to them so from today onwards I am choosing to cherish those who support me and pay less attention to those who don’t. Do you pay more attention to the people who ignore you than you do to the people who support you?

Day 545

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Be where you are – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 1: 53 PM on day 545 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign,   publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature,  work, brush my teeth, Facebook about my campaign, tweet some more about my campaign,   feed myself Chapati and vegetable curry for brunch and start reading Catching Fire – the second book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins.

Today I wasn’t feeling too good but I just carried on until I realized that doing something while you’re sick is worse than doing nothing at all because you’re not doing your best I guess my message to you guys is meet yourself where you are if you’re sick don’t wish you weren’t and don’t pretend you aren’t just go rest because whatever you do during that time won’t be of good quality. Do you pretend you’re okay and do things you’re not up to?

Day 544

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Sometimes we fall down and can’t get back up
we’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
how come we don’t say I love you enough
till it’s too late, it’s not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
we could make a feast from these crumbs
and we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
so if your life flashed before you
what would you wish you would’ve done

Yeah… gotta start
lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ if
every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
gotta live like we’re dying

Yeah we got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies
who would you call with your last goodbyes
should be so careful who we let fall out of our lives
so when we long for absolution
there’ll be no one on the line

Yeah… gotta start
lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ if
every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
gotta live like we’re dying

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying oh– like we’re dying x2

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live — like we’re dying

You never know a good thing till it’s gone
you never see a crash until it’s head on
all these people right when we’re dead wrong
you never know a good thing till it’s gone

Yeah… gotta start
lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
this is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ if
every second counts on a clock that’s tickin’
gotta live like we’re dying

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying oh — like we’re dying x2

We only got
86 400 seconds in a day to
turn it all around or throw it all away
we gotta tell ’em that we love ’em
while we got the chance to say
gotta live like we’re dying
live like we’re dying
Fade out

– Live Like We’re Dying by The Script

It’s 6: 25 PM on day 544 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to tweet about my 21 For 21 Campaign – @gloxpolguard (Steve) made a donation  yesterday (thanks Steve I really appreciate you help me give food to those who don’t have it freely available to them) – exercise,  brush my teeth, tweet some more about my campaign, feed myself avocado for breakfast, prepare and  publish my Disability of the Day feature,  continue tweeting about my campaign, read  Double Double written by Cameron Herold, feed myself Chapati and vegetable curry for lunch, continue reading ‘Double Double’ and listen to music – now playing Haunted by Taylor Swift (I LOVE Taylor Swift’s music the things she sings about are the same stuff I go through probably because we’re almost the same age).

This morning laying in bed I wondered if people wondered why I was so obsessed with giving I know I know people have better things to do than wonder why I’m obsessed with giving but in case you do wonder I make a conscious effort to make a difference because I know that we only get one shot at this life I want history to say about me that I tried every day to make a difference. Are you living like you’re dying?