Well, generally I have been eating too much in the last couple of months. Luckily, I haven’t gained a lot of weight and I am still more on my “good-light-weight-side” than on the other (I should give myself credit for that). So, no biggy…well, not exactly…I have been an emotional eater and that is not good.
So, this basically means that on some way or another I haven’t been doing my job in taking care of myself. I shouldn’t let this be my only way to comfort myself and I definitely should find a way to live with my insecurities and problems without trying to fix them or being frustrated. Just beeing ok with them for the moment.
lovely_lizzy's Life List
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1. re-learn French up to the level that I once knew and continually improve until I speak it fluently
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2. Send the Perfectionist packing
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3. finish medical school and learn as much as I can until then!!!
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5. Always have trust in karma
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6. Stop seeing myself and my life as one big self-improvement project
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7. practice mindful consumption
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8. make a smaller ecological footprint
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9. learn to burn a cd
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10. party more often and dance, dance, dance!!!
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11. Get contact lenses
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12. create genuine intimacy
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13. have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language
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14. no longer over share all my personal life information with my friends and family.
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15. practice portion control
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16. accept how I am handeling my love life and stop thinking that I am a failure in this area
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17. Stay In Tune With My Star Player (Namely Me), The Person I have to Deal With Everyday.
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18. stop overeating when I am with my family, stop overeating fullstop!
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19. see linkin park live
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20. stop analyzing every little thing
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21. develop ravishing confidence (that has backbone)
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22. don't let people annoy/ provoke me too easily and just smile instead
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23. go to New York before I turn 30
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24. declutter and organize my appartment
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25. get a meaningful tatoo
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26. learn belly dancing
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27. not obsess about my weight
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28. start to flirt with guys I am actually interested in
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29. stop acting bitchy when my family is around
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30. forget a special person
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31. take more pictures
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32. stop feeling guilty all the time
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33. be more girly and invest in clothes and accessories
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34. have trust in my instincts and feelings
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35. live above the influence
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36. stop procrastinating when it comes to finishing my paper
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37. talk less and interrupt people less
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38. Worry less and relax about life in general
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39. meditate regularly
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40. stop paying too much attention on the negative sides of people
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41. surround myself with people that are good for me and get in the habit of acknowledging the positive in people
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42. finally finish my paper for the doctoral degree
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How I did it: I couldn't decide which recipe I wanted to try. After looking through three Chinese cooking books, I finally decided to cook the recipe that was printed on the back of the packaging of the Chinese noodles. It was good, not too easy and not too hard for a beginner.And, of course, I had somebody to do it with me. That way it was so much more fun!Oh, and I even added chicken breast which (how fancy is that?) I marinated before. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Water, a sponge and old newspaper....I don't like to clean shoes, I never will, but in this case it was really necessary and going out with the shoes on a rainy day wouldn't have helpt. As I cleaned my apartment (I won't be there for the next three weeks, so I cleaned up real good), I decided that this was definately something I wanted to be done with before summer ends. I had avoided it because I was scared how I could cl… Read how I did it…
How I did it: After I decided to definately apply for the internship I started to gather all the information needed. Than, after I knew who to contact I had to write an email in French (my father actually did it for me, which also took some time and patience on his and my part :) ) to accquire even more information directly from the source.Next, I started to get together all the paperwork...that took some weeks, especially because I needed a lette… Read how I did it…
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Through using an informant I have found out that my paper is being read by my advisor and that she, so far, thinks it is ok!
For all of the people who are confused about this entry, here are some explanations: I sent my advisor my hopefully soon to be finished paper. She can be pretty moody which means that her grading basically depends on her being in right mood. So, since I haven’t heard anything from her since approximately 4 weeks, I started to wonder if she didn’t get it. Instead of inquiring directly I chose to ask one of my former colleagues and advisors, who is through work in constant contact with her. This way she won’t feel like I am trying to stress her and I can go back to sitting, waiting, wishing….
For anyone who has been following me, here is the update: Unfortunately, it is not a happy one. The guy actually did write me back and his answer was very nice and positive. He said that he had thought that I wasn’t interested in getting to know him better and that he thought that before, I just wrote him to be polite. He also invited me to be his friend on this internet platform (...it’s like facebook).
I was so happy and I answered him again that night. Since I had to get up really early the next morning, my message was short but very nice. I wrote him that I was relieved and that it was partly my fault that he had misunderstood me before because my communication is not always very direct. I didn’t write him any special questions or something like that but I expected him to continue the conversation further…. but he didn’t :(.
That was a week ago. I don’t get it. His message sounded so like “let’s do it, let’s get to know each other”. Who would first write like that and then act like this???
...oh well, at least I tried…

