This past weekend, Kevin and I went to the Warped Tour with some of our friends from high school.
Warped Tour is a music festival for hardcore, rock, and indie music.
It was such a good time!
Sunny with a cool breeze, we nostalgically listened to and danced to bands we so loved "back in the day" and also some bands that we just started listening to.
Something that I realized half-way through the day is how old I am getting.
More than half of the people there were much younger than me, were clothed in such an odd 80's inspired fashion (I must be out of the loop on new trends), and by the end of the day my body ached so much, I could not keep up any more and could not wait to go to bed!
However, something else I realized on the other end of the spectrum was how young I still am now.
Kevin and I are in this selfish phase of our lives where we can go wherever we want, whenever we want.
We can go to a music festival and dance until we can't feel our feet any more and sing until our voices are hoarse.
We can buy band tee shirts and eat snow cones until we get sick.
We can stay up late and choose whenever we want to go home or if we want to go home or stay the night in the car, or at a hotel, or on a couch somewhere.
We can set up a tent where we stay the rest of the weekend, the week, or even a month.
It's a phase in our life and I love it, but part of me realizes that we are gearing up for the next phase in our life as well. I'm not entirely sure what that phase is. We shall see.
For now, I will just love the one we are in and take full advantage of it.
Just booked a trip to Jamaica and a Jamaican bobsled ride through the jungle... Wootwoot!
<3
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Pauly D. Leadership 101
Kevin and I have been watching the Pauly D. Project TV show on Hulu lately.
The show is not only extremely entertaining, but it is also wildly insightful. I would love to sit down one day and write a case study on leadership and the Pauly D. Project. Oh, to have more spare time on my hands!
A couple tidbits from conversations Kevin and I have had regarding good leadership and how terrific of a leader Pauly D. is:
1. Pick the people you trust to be on your team and it will be an effective one.
2. Respect the boundaries of your employees. Sometimes people need space to recharge.
3. Affirm your employees when they do a great job and they will continue to do so.
4. Address issues as soon as they arise in a manor that is not too aggressive. Pauly took an employee that was acting up out to lunch and talked casually about how the issue was hurting the group. He offered actionable strategies to help end the negative behavior.
5. Remind your employees why their job is important to the team as a whole.
6. Celebrate with your employees when good things happen in their personal lives.
7. Practice and be good at your job, so that your employees respect the person they are working for.
8. Stay humble.
9. Promote team building exercises. :)
10. Be positive!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Declaring Independence Today
Hello Friends!
Today is Independence Day, a time where our country reflects upon the gutsy act of standing up and fighting for freedom.
This had me thinking... What are the areas I need to work on in my life today to help me truly declare independence?
There will always be things in our lives that will try to get us down, whether it be certain people or situations that seem beyond our control. When we reflect on negative things, we further entrench the oppressor/oppressed dichotomy that makes us a slave to the people and situations around us.
We all choose to declare something. Set yourself free today.
Reject: Guilt, anger, pride.
Declare: Forgiveness, love, humility.
Accept the belief that we have the freedom to let ourselves truly be happy, despite adversity, if we are willing to fight for it.
That's what I'm choosing today... Independence.
What's your declaration?
Today is Independence Day, a time where our country reflects upon the gutsy act of standing up and fighting for freedom.
This had me thinking... What are the areas I need to work on in my life today to help me truly declare independence?
There will always be things in our lives that will try to get us down, whether it be certain people or situations that seem beyond our control. When we reflect on negative things, we further entrench the oppressor/oppressed dichotomy that makes us a slave to the people and situations around us.
We all choose to declare something. Set yourself free today.
Reject: Guilt, anger, pride.
Declare: Forgiveness, love, humility.
Accept the belief that we have the freedom to let ourselves truly be happy, despite adversity, if we are willing to fight for it.
That's what I'm choosing today... Independence.
What's your declaration?
Sunday, July 1, 2012
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