The Pursuit of Happiness...

Okay, so Oprah's rerun today has inspired this post. She has Goldie Hawn, Jenny McCarthy, and a legitimate researcher/doctor on discussing what factors into people's happiness. The Pursuit of Happiness is promised to us in the Declaration of Independence. I whole heartedly agree with Will Smith's character in the movie "Pursuit of Happiness" that happiness is not a guarantee. Happiness will not automatically fall into your lap. It is not something that can be seen or solved with the snap of your fingers. Happiness, I believe, results from the actions you take day to day. Your active participation in your choices in life is what determines your happiness. You can choose to be negative and down or you can choose to be positive and upbeat. The way that people respond to a situation factors into their happiness as well. You have to be directly involved with your happiness. You can't depend on other people to fulfill your every whim when it comes to happiness because they are concerned with their own happiness. Each experience should not be a "woe is me" scenario if it doesn't go your way. I want to take all future experiences, whether they be positive or negative, and turn them into a learning experience. Looking at situations that do not go my way as a learning experience rather than letting it get me down, I believe will be a much better use of my energy than letting the negativity overwhelm my outlook.

Love.

I am completely and utterly in love with Alex. He makes me feel so good whenever I am near him. I'm not sure where this will go. But... I'd like to definitely see him grow old. :-)

Karma...

it is a bitch!

I'm considering taking my sister's advice that she has on a keychain. It says KMMS which stands for Keep My Mouth Shut. I need to retrain some thoughts too.

Procrastination...

is the worst enemy of mine in the world. I have to finish my paper by Sunday. I have all of my surveys and have entered them all into the SPSS software. All I have to do is a bit of work today and tomorrow... and I'm finished. I have this huge lack of motivation thing going on. I long to be a carefree young person with nothing to do for the summer. I know I'll be pissed off/stressed out Sunday night trying to finish it all.

Hopefully I'll work on it soon. :-)

Survey for my paper

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Thanks!

effing ridiculous!

Apparently I make people feel like:

-I'm better than them
-They're idiots
-I'm a control freak

When someone tells me that they're sick or something is wrong with their life, I automatically go into problem solving mode. It's not for ANY of the above reasons. I've never thought anyone was stupid or that I was better than them. I give advice when you tell me your problems because I want to help and make you feel better or help out what's going on with your situation. It's this whole "Momma bear" type of thing that's in me. I don't mean to make anyone feel like this whenever I give out advice. Here's the thing... if you don't want my advice, then don't tell me about your problems! Simple as that! Or say... "I know you want to help with things Allison, but please do not give me your advice unless I ask for it". What am I supposed to do? You tell me your problems about something and I'm supposed to just sit there and say "oh that sucks for you"?!?! Seriously?!

I will no longer voice my opinion to those who have said that I'm a control freak or that I lecture too often. So, so, SO sorry that I gave a crap and wanted to help out my friends! I'm sick of this b.s. I'm not a bad person. All I want is for my friends to be happy. Ugh!

6 Month Anniversary

It was amazing!

We made pancakes in the morning. I burned the first two sadly but Alex took over from there. He made them just right. We slathered them with butter and syrup while watching t.v.

He took me ice skating! I wish we would've had a camera with us! It was SO cute watching him skate! He's not exactly the best skater, but he tried and it was really sweet of him to take me there.

We went home, got showered and dressed up. He took me to Bistro Byronz for dinner. It's a really cute/intimate restaurant with really yummy food! When we clinked our wine glasses in cheers to the occasion, he said "here's to another six months!" :-) I could've just swoon right there when he said that.

Then he took me to Marble Slab Creamery for some delicious ice cream! We went home to watch episodes of Felicity and eat our ice cream.

It was a PERFECT evening!

He gave me a really pretty necklace and flowers. I gave him a card, a cute little elephant statue (special meaning between us for that one), and I cross stitched the word love with hearts in a little picture frame.

I love Alex so much! He makes me so happy! Things are pretty serious between us and I love it! I could definitely see myself marrying him. :::knocks on wood:::