Staying Positive

Things that have gone right lately. My attempt to be a more optimistic person.

I will post every day, at the end of the day (or the next morning), about the good things that have happened to me in that day. The hope is that I will begin to be generally happier and more positive, rather than focusing on the negative as I tend to do.

 

If you would like to join me, e-mail me or leave a comment on one of my posts and we can talk about adding you as a poster here. I think that it would be really cool if this were to become a multi-person endeavor, if others are interested in helping to make it one.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

February 1, 2007

Music: Matchbox 20 yourself or someone like you
Reading: Longinus On the Sublime
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5

Good things that happened today:
1. Hot sex. :)
2. Staying over at Jason's.
3. Lunch with Jason.
4. Saw PUPPIES!! :)
5. Packed (for fencing trip tomorrow) in a relatively short amount of time!!!!

posted by fleurdiabolique | 10:57 PM | 0 comments

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

January 31, 2007

Music: Matchbox 20 yourself or someone like you
Reading: Longinus "On the Sublime"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 8

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Got set up at a new workstation at work! The location is MUCH better than my other one.
3. I don't have carpal tunnel! :) (Just tendonitis. :( )
4. Bought my plane ticket home for spring break!

posted by fleurdiabolique | 10:08 PM | 0 comments

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

January 30, 2007

Music: Dishwalla Opaline
Reading: Longinus "On the Sublime"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 7.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Lunch with Jason.
2. Got a free shirt!
3. Idea for a piece of writing -- premised on the idea of people one day uploading information from computer straight into their brains -- what would a world history course be like? I envision a jumble of information/quotations contributing to some overarching impression/thought/feeling.

posted by fleurdiabolique | 10:12 PM | 0 comments

Monday, January 29, 2007

January 29, 2007

Music: Dishwalla Opaline
Reading: Freud On Dreams; Plath "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams," "Stings;" Olds "Satan Says;" Ashberry "Disagreeable Glimpses;" Johnson "Work"
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 5.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Felt well rested for most of the day.
2. Lunch with Jason.
3. I actually had time to eat dinner!
4. Financial Literacy class.
5. Dickens reading group.
6. Met with the University archivist and had a nice (and informative) chat.
7. Was absolutely blown away by Plath's "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams." SO AMAZING. (And thank GOD for no more Dada reading!)

posted by fleurdiabolique | 10:39 PM | 0 comments

Sunday, January 28, 2007

January 28, 2007

Music: Jason's
Reading: stuff that will be workshopped tomorrow in my creative writing class, Breton "Manifesto of Surrealism," Dickens Our Mutual Friend, Eagleton Literary Theory
Current stress level (scale of 1-10): 6.5

Good things that happened today:
1. Got some work done.
2. Woke up next to Jason.
3. Saw HAIL! It was kinda cool.

posted by fleurdiabolique | 9:59 PM | 0 comments