Mixed Up: About Work, School and Everything Else

     I`m so sorry that I couldn`t update my blog ever since I`ve started working full-time. As I had expected, working full-time is a pain in the a... I`m content about my job though. Managing social media accounts of our clients is okay. Enough about the job. Let`s talk about fun things.

     I`ve been experimenting with my cooking. Last couple of weekends I tried different recipes. A salad with broccoli and cauliflower and different types of muffins. Although first muffins were complete disaster, I managed to make good ones last night. I will post the recipes very soon. I have taken some photos of my raspberry muffins.

     Tomorrow starts the school!! Omg, I never thought I would be so happy. After working full-time for three weeks, going back to school is like going back to kindergarten. Only problem is that my advisor doesn`t approve my schedule because there one or two hours of conflict with some of my classes. It will be fine though. I`ll take care of it. 

     Another thing about the lost three weeks is that, since I got tired of working working and working, which I think decreased my creativity and effectiveness and a great deal of happiness, I experienced some tense unhappiness and anxiety about my love life. Valentine`s day was both a disappointment and a step forward to healing. I was a bit neurotic that day. I got disappointed because not everything went how I wanted it to. Then I fell again into the deep dark places of my mind and got an acute depression for a short while. 

     Saturday morning I met with a friend from my department who has been of great help to me for the last year. We talked about some teachings of Buddhism and so. I asked for help on how to overcome my negativity and start living in the moment. He gave me a couple of tips:

     1- First, you have to BELIEVE that you will get what you want

     2- Be POSITIVE in your ACTIONS and THOUGHTS

     3- There is a TIME for everything and it`s not in your control, so be PATIENT

     4- IMAGINE yourself as you have what you want

     I didn`t have time to go to the gym for a while. Yesterday morning I could finally do some workout. It would be great if I didn`t wake up this morning to find my body in pain all over. I ran to the living room, which is the biggest room of our flat and started doing some yoga. In approximately 5 minutes I was feeling much better. I am also planning to start taking some yoga classes with my friends. We`ll see how it goes.

     That`s all for today. Recipes will come soon. Hopefully I will read some more books too. I forgot to mention, one of my classes for this semester involves creative writing. I am looking forward to school to begin.