The Bold and the Buddhaful

Hello b's & g's (that's Roundtooth speak for boys and girls).

For those of you who aren't aware, I recently experienced one of those "milestone" birthdays.

Ya know, the one where everyone asks, "Are you ready to have a baby now?".

The one where I wake up realizing I'm turning into my mother.

The one where I start thinking: 

I shoulda done this by now.

I coulda done that by now.

I woulda done that if only....

So, I decide to keep the grass greener. 

I make the positive decision to see the glass as half full.

And therefore I am making a bigger & better effort to:

Learn new things.

Try new things.

And (quite possibly, most importantly) seeing things in a different way then I normally would have.

It's mind-blowing when you discover the other side of something. However simple or complicated it may be. To see something from a different point of view and then actually respect it AND embrace it! For me that is HUGE! 

Anywho!

With all that inspirational speak out of the way, your probably wondering what exactly is Roundtooth doing to take these steps in becoming a better person???

Well, to begin I am currently reading the book pictured above.

It is called: Girl Seeks Bliss by Nicole Beland

For those of us who aren't librarian Harvard graduated scholars it is the perfect introduction to Buddhism and how to incorporate those ideas & beliefs in modern day life.

I am using the ideas the book has taught me to live a more grateful life day by day. By day by day by day by day. 

Sounds so silly and corny, huh?

But it's wonderful. In the moments where the "old" me would rush and race I am finding it to be much more rewarding if I let things happen naturally. Obviously there is still some order to the day but I think that many of us are so used to living life in the fast lane that we have lost all recollection of what it's like to stop and smell the roses. So my new way of "being" takes time for those moments each day rather than once or twice a year while on some sort of last minute vacation.

With the "milestone" passing just over a month ago, I'm also more interested in trying new hobbies and actually pursuing my goals. Those goals until recently were referred to as dreams.

Referring to them as dreams always left me under the impression that they were unattainable. 

How sad, I know. My very own dreams and I brainwashed myself into believing I had no control over them!?!?

But don't cry for me Argentina! 

 I am actively researching what it will take to make one of my biggest goals (not dream) a reality. That being, starting up my own business.

I will share more as it happens.

AND thanks to a very close friend I shall learn the art of knitting starting this friday!

Thanks!

I can already feel all the pats on my back,

Roundtooth