Sometimes life calls you into action before you’re even aware of the action you’re taking. This is a quick note of encouragement for my fellow Aries and anyone else who may be feeling conflicted:
Some things happen without any apparent rhyme or reason and you need to accept that fact and not let situations over which you have no control worry you in any way. It’s life. It’s supposed to be fun…
Like many of you, I was sad to see 2010 come to a close; it was a transitional year that led to many significant changes. I left a job where I’d spent the better part of my career-building years to take a leap of faith in an entirely new industry, lived entirely off freelance work for a few wonderfully exciting months, and started Bubbles & Ink, my favorite creative outlet. If you’ve ever even glanced at the words on this page, I am truly grateful. The hope that anything I write matters even remotely to anyone is what keeps me going. Nostalgic though I am for the year we left behind, it is with nothing short of eager anticipation that I welcome the pristine hope attached to this new year. May you all fill 2011 with the sparkling moments you deserve.
P.S. That cake was actually still delicious after one year. I knew I’d made the right choice when I hired Elegant Temptations!
Call me easily amused, but I am fascinated by this prismatic image search tool. Have fun!
Hope this applies to all my fellow Aries:
One of the best times for your career begins today and you must make the most of it. Get rid of the idea that you are somehow not good enough to compete with the best. You ARE the best — others must compete with you…
Happy Halloween, kiddies! I feel like a kid at Christmas. Tony and I spent last night stitching up and putting finishing touches on our costumes while watching Friday the 13th (unfortunately, it was Michael Bay’s 2009 version). So far today, I have celebrated by making lunch while singing along (very loudly) to the Rocky Horror Picture Showsoundtrack as Tony played Dead Rising. Next up, Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye and lots of bubbly in preparation for Lincoln Road followed by the premier of Walking Dead. I’ll be sure to post pics of our costumes. For now, here’s my witch pinup pic, courtesy of Terribly Girly. However you celebrate, wishing everyone a magical day! xoxo
Don’t settle for second best. Don’t settle for a lifestyle that provides you with just enough. Get up and get out and make something of the amazing talents you were born with. You can have it all. For you all things are possible…
Oh, Sally Brompton, you’re so wise and insightful.
Aries
NY Post: Horoscope by By SALLY BROMPTON
You want fame and fortune but also privacy and independence. Can you have them both at the same time? Yes you can and current aspects will show you a way to reconcile these apparently conflicting aims…
Sitting on the couch, having a cupcake in my pj’s and watching Romeo sleep while Tony plays video games is probably a bit indulgent, to say the least – and probably not the most patriotic thing I could be doing today – but I’m grateful for the fact that I can do it anyway. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Fourth. And a million thanks to every single man and woman who’s ever fought for the right to do all the trivial little things we take for granted. We are truly blessed.
Sometimes the answer is as simple as a little blurb in the horoscope section of the NY Post:
Aries from NY Post: Horoscope By SALLY BROMPTON
Don’t waste time asking yourself why certain events had to take place. What’s done is done and the only thing that matters now is how you choose to react to those changes. Be positive. Make them work for you…
“Greatness lives on the edge of destruction.” – Will Smith
I’ve spent the better half of the past two weeks letting a gaggle of thoughts run circles in my head. I’ve panicked, resurfaced, cried, and panicked again – all because I’ve been second-guessing the decision to leave my job. I was reassured a bit yesterday as I drove past my former employer and got that familiar knot in my stomach again, the one that used to result in daily bouts of nausea before my first cup of coffee. If just the sight of the place can recall such unpleasant feelings, then surely the anxiety I’m feeling about the job search that has proved less than fruitful to date is trivial in comparison.
It wasn’t until today, though, that I finally felt validated in my decision as my husband and I indulged in pizza and casual conversation over lunch. We’re both creative souls who feel a bit lost and restless, and actually have been for some time. I suppose we’ve had these lingering feelings of frustration for as long as we’ve been together, but there’s always been something to drown them out: our engagement, our wedding, our friend’s wedding. But that chapter is now coming to a close, leaving our dissatisfaction illuminated by a light that has too clearly exposed the mediocrity in which we’ve allowed ourselves to settle and, more displeasingly, accept as our reality.
Perhaps the blame is entirely ours for enduring something without actively seeking an alternate route. But it wasn’t until this afternoon that we both realized our frame of mind was molded so narrowly that we’d never even considered there was any other way. And so we’ve decided to look outside our comfort zone, both figuratively and literally, and take back our lives. For too long we’ve behaved as though all we need to do is live out the rest of our days going from paycheck to paycheck, punching in and out, letting the clock run its course as we complain about our surroundings. That, however, is not a life.
I’m not going to pretend I’m not absolutely terrified and still running circles around what my next step will be. But I’m also not going to deny that this is the most free and creative I’ve ever felt. For the first time in a long time, I feel like anything is possible. And I am finally excited to see what’s next, rather than worrying about what I’ve left behind. It may not be a conventional school of thought, but I will warn that there are times when stability can be a curse. So, here’s to uncertainty…and the numerous possibilities it brings with it.
P.S. Yes, I did just quote Will Smith. What of it?