Bryan and I send each other probably at least a few emails a day with random articles to read. Last night he sent me one titled, “15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy.” I’m a huge advocate for inspirational articles and stories, so I knew I would love this article before I even opened it up.
I’m not going to recount for you all of the items on the list, but instead want to highlight some that I think are super important.
1. Give up on your fears. Fear is just an illusion that you created. Just get rid of it. I’m afraid of so many things, but it’s nice to know that it’s just an illusion that I created. It definitely puts things into perspective.
2. Give up living your life to other people’s expectations. Way too many people are living a life that’s not theirs to live. Just be yourself for you. I can certainly relate to this. When I was in high school and probably also in the early years in college, I acted how I thought people wanted me to act. I guess it was an underlying need to be liked all the time. Now that I’m older (and hopefully wiser) it’s nice to be in my own skin and just be me.
3. Give up your need for control. This is one I struggle with all the time, because I’m a control freak. It’s super important to give up the need to always control everything that happens to you and around you.
In other news, you may have recognized that my blog was down yesterday for about an hour and a half in the early morning.
I got an email from my host that said my blog was taking up too much room on the server because of spam comments. I immediately gave them a call and worked it out, but now I’m sifting through 200,000 comments to only get rid of the bad ones. Needless to say, I got done about 60,000 yesterday and still have much more to go through.
Now when you comment, you’ll have to do a little math problem to prove you are a human. Sorry, but it’s better than getting shut down again. If you can’t do simple math, visit google 
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Short post this morning, I slept in a bit longer than usual because it’s super gloomy outside. Perfect nap day – but alas, I have to head into the office. I hope you all have an amazing Wednesday!
Talk to Me
- If you’re a blogger, have you ever had a problem with spam comments? How did you fix it?
- What’s your favorite item on the 15 Things list?
- Do you keep a paper diary? I need to do this again soon.
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I am a control freak, too! I always try and control the outcomes of situations instead of going with the flow, but I’ve definitely been getting better at it :).
I love gloomy days lol I just like the weather. I’ve never had that problem, and I hope I never do. Sounds like a pain in the butt to deal with :(. I like that our fears are our illusions we created, and that we need to get use to not being in control, I have that problem all the time!
It’s so true, Chelsea about the fear thing. Sometimes it’s nice to put that into prospective.