Comments for One Writeous Chick http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com Stuff I think about...plus a couple of hopes and dreams, and maybe a fear or two thrown in the mix... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:12:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Summer of Fun Mission ‘09: All Revved Up & Raring To Go by lablab http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/summer-of-fun-mission-09-all-revved-up-raring-to-go/#comment-336 lablab Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:12:56 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=654#comment-336 I like that all revved up expression. :D This kind of made me reflect on my own life. I'm already 19 and I am just starting to have a life and feel alive. Since I was young, my attitudes and "training" sort of followed my dad's i.e. to only look straight and never bother to look at those around me. I mean, I've always been an achiever because I focus EVERYTHING in my life on being on the top. In short, I've always taken life seriously for 18 years. Most of the time I said no to fun things that young teenagers do, like sleepovers, hanging out with friends in the malls, etc.. and I lived in the future, not in the present. I give more importance to what's gonna happen next. So whenever my friends invited me to go to the mall on a weekend, I would most likely say no because I have this project or homeworks to do. That's the story of my life for 18 years. I had nothing all revved up about. It has always been I being on the top... and missing out on all the fun of teenage life. What changed my lifestyle? I watched the movie Yes Man by Jim Carrey. And now I have a life. I am happier, I feel less pressure, I don't take life seriously, and I have never felt this alive. And now I am all revved up about everything! :D I like that all revved up expression. :D This kind of made me reflect on my own life. I’m already 19 and I am just starting to have a life and feel alive. Since I was young, my attitudes and “training” sort of followed my dad’s i.e. to only look straight and never bother to look at those around me. I mean, I’ve always been an achiever because I focus EVERYTHING in my life on being on the top. In short, I’ve always taken life seriously for 18 years. Most of the time I said no to fun things that young teenagers do, like sleepovers, hanging out with friends in the malls, etc.. and I lived in the future, not in the present. I give more importance to what’s gonna happen next. So whenever my friends invited me to go to the mall on a weekend, I would most likely say no because I have this project or homeworks to do. That’s the story of my life for 18 years. I had nothing all revved up about. It has always been I being on the top… and missing out on all the fun of teenage life. What changed my lifestyle? I watched the movie Yes Man by Jim Carrey. And now I have a life. I am happier, I feel less pressure, I don’t take life seriously, and I have never felt this alive. And now I am all revved up about everything! :D

]]> Comment on Smiling Is Contagious So Spread It Around! by Nelly http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/smiling-is-contagious/#comment-335 Nelly Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-335 I think its true because when you smile at some one they smile back! I think its true because when you smile at some one they smile back!

]]> Comment on The More You Love Yourself, The Better Your Life Gets, Or Why I HEART My Self-Help Water Bottle by Deb http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-more-you-love-yourself-the-better-your-life-gets-or-why-i-heart-my-self-help-water-bottle/#comment-334 Deb Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:48:30 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-334 Hey Jen, I can't do the workshop, but clicked on the link and read this awesome piece. You made my day! You are one wise woman! Everything you need, you already know. Live BIG! Hey Jen,
I can’t do the workshop, but clicked on the link and read this awesome piece. You made my day! You are one wise woman! Everything you need, you already know.
Live BIG!

]]> Comment on The More You Love Yourself, The Better Your Life Gets, Or Why I HEART My Self-Help Water Bottle by Vicki http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-more-you-love-yourself-the-better-your-life-gets-or-why-i-heart-my-self-help-water-bottle/#comment-333 Vicki Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:07:47 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-333 I loved this too, very uplifting and inspiring--thank you! I loved this too, very uplifting and inspiring–thank you!

]]> Comment on The More You Love Yourself, The Better Your Life Gets, Or Why I HEART My Self-Help Water Bottle by jen roy http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-more-you-love-yourself-the-better-your-life-gets-or-why-i-heart-my-self-help-water-bottle/#comment-330 jen roy Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:11:40 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-330 hi jen! it's jen :) love this!!! most important lesson i too have learned so far - and it really all happened in the last year! could not agree more!! see you soon xoxo. hi jen! it’s jen :)
love this!!! most important lesson i too have learned so far – and it really all happened in the last year! could not agree more!! see you soon xoxo.

]]> Comment on When It Rains It Pours by Jennifer Garam http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-329 Jennifer Garam Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:07:55 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-329 Hi Pam! Thanks for your comment and for sharing your experiences, and awesome re: keeping positive! And thanks for reading! Jen Hi Pam!

Thanks for your comment and for sharing your experiences, and awesome re: keeping positive! And thanks for reading!

Jen

]]> Comment on When It Rains It Pours by Pam http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/when-it-rains-it-pours/#comment-328 Pam Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:16:19 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-328 I totally agree (and I definitely thought the same thing about the being inside for work when it's raining thing...) with everything you said. I moved to Japan in 2007 and when I came back home (to New York/NJ) to visit, the most noticeable difference was the attitude of the people around me. The rushing, the huffing and puffing over a five minute delay, the overreaction to and complaints about little things. Now that I've come back home for good, I don't notice it as much but I've definitely tried to keep positive and hope that it rubs off on the people that I see everyday. I think you mentioned this in your Julie/Julia post. It's worked a little bit so far- so I hope to keep it up! Thanks for a great blog, by the way- I look forward to reading more entries! I totally agree (and I definitely thought the same thing about the being inside for work when it’s raining thing…) with everything you said.

I moved to Japan in 2007 and when I came back home (to New York/NJ) to visit, the most noticeable difference was the attitude of the people around me. The rushing, the huffing and puffing over a five minute delay, the overreaction to and complaints about little things. Now that I’ve come back home for good, I don’t notice it as much but I’ve definitely tried to keep positive and hope that it rubs off on the people that I see everyday. I think you mentioned this in your Julie/Julia post. It’s worked a little bit so far- so I hope to keep it up!

Thanks for a great blog, by the way- I look forward to reading more entries!

]]> Comment on The More You Love Yourself, The Better Your Life Gets, Or Why I HEART My Self-Help Water Bottle by Lenore http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-more-you-love-yourself-the-better-your-life-gets-or-why-i-heart-my-self-help-water-bottle/#comment-327 Lenore Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:03:40 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=841#comment-327 Jen, I so needed to hear this today, great insights and wonderful, honest, brilliant writing as always . This should be published in mags for teens and women, you should have column in Self or Marie Clair or maybe Seventeen. Jen,

I so needed to hear this today, great insights and wonderful, honest, brilliant writing as always . This should be published in mags for teens and women, you should have column in Self or Marie Clair or maybe Seventeen.

]]> Comment on Lessons Learned from Julie & Julia by Joan http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/lessons-learned-from-julie-julia/#comment-324 Joan Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:36 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=763#comment-324 Jen, great post! I read both books when they first came out and then I saw the movie. Julia Child's cookbook really is a story of perseverance! And in the book Julie/Julia there was more time spent on the blog and what that meant to Julie and getting outside of her existing life in the "cubicle." I especially like your insights re negative criticism....xo J Jen, great post! I read both books when they first came out and then I saw the movie. Julia Child’s cookbook really is a story of perseverance! And in the book Julie/Julia there was more time spent on the blog and what that meant to Julie and getting outside of her existing life in the “cubicle.” I especially like your insights re negative criticism….xo J

]]> Comment on Got Insecurity? So Does Maxwell. by Be A Bruise « One Writeous Chick http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/ever-feel-insecure-so-does-maxwell/#comment-321 Be A Bruise « One Writeous Chick Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:44:15 +0000 http://writeouschicks.wordpress.com/?p=708#comment-321 [...] summer, I blogged about Maxwell’s Q&A at the BLACKsummersnight Listening Party & Press Confer..., and there are so many juicy goodies in this interview that I want to return to it.  And also, not [...] [...] summer, I blogged about Maxwell’s Q&A at the BLACKsummersnight Listening Party & Press Confer…, and there are so many juicy goodies in this interview that I want to return to it.  And also, not [...]

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