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27 Nov 2011

The 10 Things I Learned Over Thanksgiving Break

  1. For a few days, don’t count the calories. Don’t run to the scale to check your weight or run to the toilet. Just keep eating. Eat when you feel like it. Eat at your own moderation. It’s the holidays, okay?! I give you permission to nomz – seriously – you can’t let that food go to waste.
  2. Enjoy the time with your family. Tell them you love them and laugh when they tell you the silliest jokes at breakfast time regarding your mother’s closet space when you feel like rolling your eyes a little. Really – you’re just rolling your eyes out of love.
  3. I did not miss a thing out of not going to Black Friday.
  4. Bombay Bicycle Club album, “A Different Kind of Fix” is absolutely beautiful.
  5. I need to do a better job at seeing my friends. I thought I would be able to get around to everyone this time and I didn’t and I feel awful, but for those that I did get to spend time with – I am so grateful.
  6. Have an adventure. It’s totally worth it.
  7. Every time the holidays come around, I always find posts from other blogs that are similarly titled, “The (insert number here) types of people you will run into from high school.” It’s always silly things like “the one that won’t leave you alone,” “the creeper that is still the creeper, “the one that looks nothing like they did in high school.” I don’t come across these types of people, but I don’t think anyone will argue with me when I say that run-ins with people from your past can potentially be awkward. Anyone ever see Just Friends, Garden State or will see the new Charlize Theron movie Young Adult? Last night, I found myself at a party with a ton of people from my high school and you know what? It wasn’t weird. It was actually kind of refreshing and exciting even though I wish I had looked a lot better than I did. This kind of event happens once a year for me and maybe it’s a little bit uncomfortable at first, but for the most part – they are all great people. I’ve found that I care about what they are up to now and I like hearing about the news they have in their life. It’s nice to share stories and see how everyone is doing after a few years. So even though I thought I was going to secretly hate it – I kind of loved it and I’m glad to hear that everyone’s doing well.
  8. I basically have one more week of school and then I’m on break. Well, I’m just the luckiest girl right now basically.
  9. I don’t know how to make an inspiration board.
  10. I am choosing to give away a somewhat sentimental gift to a white elephant exchange for my workplace’s Christmas party. I hope whoever gets it likes it, but it doesn’t top my vintage Mandy Moore cassette tape I gave last year.