I like...

After my rather depressing last post, I am making a concerted effort to find small pleasures in life. This week, my favorite song is Fireflies by Owl City. So whimsical and magical.

Other small joys:
1. Noisily slurping the last drops of my smoothie just because I can!
2. Fresh, clean laundry, folded on the day of washing
3. Baking a cake for a surprise birthday celebration
4. Coffee with soy milk and Trader Joe's pumpkin butter. It's a homemade pumpkin spice latte in a pinch!
5. Venting about lab/life to a close friend...thank goodness for great friends.
6. Yoga and a great yoga instructor. I can touch my head to my knees now and stay in lowered push-up position, so I'm making progress in flexibility and strength already.

"I should"...no "I could"

Have you ever begun a statement to yourself with, "I should..."   You know, the times when you say, "I should go to the gym," or "I should really write that paper tonight," or "I should clean my room." 

What if you replaced "should" with "could?"  "I could really go to the gym."  "I could write that paper." "I could clean my room." Sounds a lot more positive and empowering, doesn't it?  "Should" statements create judgment; "could" statements are neutral and imply choice.

Speaking of which, I could cook dinner tonight and bake a galette for my labmate's birthday. It's late, and I just got back from lab, but I could...