P.S.

Apparently, I'm not the only one with the aforementioned dilemma that comes from looking sideways...while browsing Apartment Therapy, one of my favorite down-time, go-to blogs, I found this quote:

Reading through my favorite design blogs can create a sense of inferiority in even the most talented and ambitious homesteader. My online peers seem to be the most design-savvy, motivated and ingenious folks in the world--they have the prettiest homes, eat the most delicious food, wear the best outfits, and manage to blog about it regularly on their super stylish blog!

Hmph. Right? But also, as she says, you just have to remember to get real and remind yourself of what's really important. And sorry to say my friends, that it's not usually comparing ourselves to anyone but ourselves.

Look up

One of my New Year's resolutions for 2012 (and every year, let's be honest) is to increase the regularity with which I study the scriptures (and this year, I'm including the Ensign -- the monthly magazine circulation by my church).

I've started reading on my iPhone (the Gospel Library ap works well for me!) on the subway during my morning commute. It may not be the most ideal time-slash-place to study--it is loud, I'm standing or rather stumbling around half of the time, and the highlighting function on the touch screen is a little tempermental-- it's just the best time for my current phase of life.

Long introduction to the point of this post, this morning I read a few articles from this month's Ensign and this entry was particularly poignant and in-line with some things I've been thinking about lately.

video kick

I was just browsing Black Eiffle, listening to her Music Monday's and found this peppy number by Theme Park (click here for an encore). It's got me bouncing side to side in my chair, so I though I would pass it along.

Weather for I-Bankers

I got this internal email with the weather report and I was looking forward to getting an update, but was greatly disappointed. I guess this is how bankers analyze the weather. Trends, no specific forecasting of degrees or prediction of inches or type of precipitation, just "above", "below", "much above", "much below".

it's all about taste. and time.

I'm a huge fan of Ira Glass...and I love his quote on not quitting, but doing a lot of work to get through that beginning phase when nothing you create is really all that great...very inspiring. For anyone who is trying to start something creative or new...it's all about taste and if you've got it, just hang in there and keep creating until your product is successful. When you work FULL TIME doing something else? Well, the time you have to do the work you really want to is short, so I imagine getting to that point takes even longer. So, patience my friend. Patience and persistence.