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246. If you could relive yesterday what would you do differently?
Actually nothing. Yesterday was a great day. I am on vacation in Arizona and started my day eating Chambord French toast with Peter, went shopping, met a girlfriend for happy hour, drove through the streets at night with the windows down because it was 90 degrees, watched a movie and still got to sleep early. Can I just relive it the same way?
247. What do you do over and over again that you hate doing?
Cleaning the house. I always feel like it’s a waste of time because it just gets dirty again. Everyone tells me to get a house cleaner, but I am too darn cheap!
248. Would you rather your child be less attractive and extremely intelligent or extremely attractive and less intelligent?
I don’t have children, but if I did I would want them to be extremely intelligent. In my opinion, there is nothing like the feeling of accomplishing something because of your intellect.
249. What white lies do you often tell?
Mostly to my husband about the money I spend on clothes. I am not sure why. He could care less because he knows I am cheap and would never overspend.
250. What is the biggest change you have made in your life in the last year?
We have stabilized our bills, rented our investment properties and hired enough employees at the restaurant so we are not covering as many shifts. This is all in an effort to have more freedom to travel and experience different cultures.
251. What do you understand today about your life that you did not understand a year ago?
That I am a strong woman who can be hit with hard circumstances and still survive with my dignity in tact.
252. Whose life have you had the greatest impact on?
My mothers, because we are so close in age that we have become friends and confidants.
253. What did life teach you yesterday?
It didn’t teach me, but reconfirmed that: I love to travel, I am independent, I can be a good friend and killing people with kindness can change a persons foul mood.
254. Who impresses you?
Everyone that has stepped out of the box to do something that I have not.
255. What have you done that you are not proud of?
Several years ago I got caught up in fitting in with “the girls” and joined in a conversation where they were talking badly about someone we didn’t even know. The girls friend heard us, it caused a small scene and I was disappointed in myself for a long time for needlessly hurting someones feelings. But, it was also a huge lesson on why you shouldn’t judge people.
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This is rapidly becoming the most thought-provoking part of my week…
246) Hmmm, not a lot. Eat one less slice of toast for tea, and don't try to eat an overly-juicy pear off a saucer. It just leads to a lot of sticky mess. 🙂
247) Like you, definitely cleaning the house. I feel so satisfied each time, but within ten minutes I'm noticing dust settling again and bits on the carpet, and wondering why I bothered.
248) Definitely intelligence over beauty. I don't have kids, but the way I see it makes for a better quality of life, and there'll always be a wonderful someone who can look past the outside and fall for a startling intellect. The kinds of people who fall for beauty over brains wouldn't be good enough for my kid, anyway!
249) Usually how many books I've acquired recently. I know I have no shelf space left, and I know I should read some of what I've got – but every now and again I have a book buying spree and my mum does NOT like it!
250) Making a real effort to break out from my agoraphobia-recovery plateau. This has involved recognition of my slowed progress and taking action! Seeking out new things, pushing my boundaries more, and acquiring a hypnotherapist, for a start…
251) That you can never just sail along and be complacent. You have to be proactive and keep your eyes and mind open to opportunities and beautiful things.
252) I have absolutely no idea. My illness has impacted on my mum most I think (without it we wouldn't have opened a bookshop together and completely changed our lives that way), but other than that I just don't know!
253) What I said before about the pear and the saucer?! It was a fairly dull day yesterday, maybe the universe was having the weekend off…
254) Lots of people! Bloggers who have something amazing to say and inspiring tales to impart. People who've overcome tough circumstances and turned their lives into something extraordinary. People who come to the shop and have something profound to share. I wait to be impressed by everyone I meet – sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't!
255) A lot of things. Most of secondary school. I had a habit in my late primary/early high school years of making up dramatic or fun things in my life to try to impress people and make them notice me. Only it was never in the right way, and it makes me shudder now just remembering it. I want to scream at myself, "What the hell were you thinking?!" I must have looked like the biggest idiot – and nearly got myself into trouble once or twice to boot.
I definitely agree with feeling a satisfaction from a clean house, but I am beginning to think a housecleaner is a great idea 😉
In my eyes, buying books is almost always better than buying shoes.
I love when you say “I wait to be impressed by everyone I meet”, because I do believe that everyone has a story, you just have to listen long enough.
Wow, those are a lot of questions to ask yourself. I'm enjoying reading yours and some of the others answers though.
It is A LOT of questions and some of them are really tough! Thanks for reading 🙂