Thursday, June 13, 2013

Garden. Haven. Taman. V4

Good day, loved ones. 

Today I'm here to celebrate my beautiful success with gardening. As far as I am concerned...these things are a miracle! Who knows if they will produce anything eatable!! I guess only time will tell. I am SO proud of my littles, they had to endure the big move to the balcony. They were terribly sad at first. But, they proved to be strong and can withstand ND's finest elements. I will for sure have more info on these gems when their harvest time comes around.  :) 

I have provided photos of the plant family... :) see below. 


 They are REALLY green. I'm going to take that as a good thing!! My other indoor plants are flourishing, vines are viney-er than ever and Spikey is so spikey. Teeheehee. 

Always believe, the best is yet to come. 
Taylor, mother of plants and all living green things. 
(Excluding grasshoppers, and other green insects of the like.) 

Friday, June 7, 2013

Power Pose

Good day my fellow creatures.

I watched an interesting Ted Talk the other evening. 

It was about "Power Posing" which is a practice to help increase confidence in life! The talk explained how body language can determine how your brain perceives your level of confidence. Basically, you stand/sit in a powerful position to trick your mind into feeling influential, positive and in control. Strike this pose for two minutes. The woman advised to "activate" yourself before something important, like a job interview, an exam or a meeting! Or in everyday life. I thought this was very interesting. 

The woman also shared the results of her findings from a recent study she conducted. You'll have to watch the talk for more info, but basically the data showed that people who strike a power pose before doing something important displayed more dominance, which led them to getting higher marks in their scoring. 

As some of you may know, I am a pretty confident person. So I decided it would be best to try this power posing in my own daily life. I often come off as being comfortable in my own skin, to say the least. But I did it anyways and went ahead with my experiment. The results are IN! I tried this in a couple different situations. During a meeting, before a meeting and one morning before my day began. In each situation, I felt like I was in control of the outcome. I literally made my body position trick my brains into thinking I could handle anything that came my way. I would have to say that the morning experiment was also done in conjunction with my "eating the frog" edits to my daily life. BUT it did have a more positive response than just a normal eat the frog kind of day. In conclusion of my tireless effort to become a more awesome person, I will be striking these "power poses" whenever I see fit. I strongly urge you to try this fun thing out! See how it helps you in your life. You can view the video here: http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html  

So if you see me in the bathroom at work striking my pose, you'll know why.

Happy living, loved ones.
Always remember, the best is yet to come! 
Taylor