Rise. Shine.

An Apple A Day

Ever wake up and think, "How can I save 30,000 lives?" Well today is your lucky day. (via @Upworthy) http://www.upworthy.com/an-apple-a-day-does-a-hell-of-a-lot-more-than-keep-the-doctor-away?g=2

The only thing I would change about this video's information is that I believe you should eat twice as many non-starchy vegetables as fruit, so I would adjust that to 2 cups of fruit for every 4 cups of vegetables.

Embrace Imperfection --- but not too much.

I have been stalling, hem-hawing, procrastinating, out and out delaying --- you name the word that means put off and that's what I've been doing; all in the name of overachieving satisfaction. I want this to be the perfect scenario. I want to have all my ducks in a neat elegant row and have everything prepared & planned to perfection. The oh so OCD me trying to minimize the stress of making decisions along the way. I mean, if the plan is perfect, that guarantees the outcome to be no less, correct?  The problem with this is it has now been days, weeks, months, maybe years? .... of me waiting for that oh-so-lovely scenario.

So now it's time to embrace a little more chaos, a lot more imperfection.

But not too much. 

I don't want, in the name of imperfection, to cut myself too much slack. I don't want to see the chocolate cake in sight and say it's okay to have just a little bite. I don't have to be perfect. I'm just worried that "just a little bite" will quickly turn into a big bite and then the whole slice and then the whole freaking cake.