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It’s Sunday, Day 7 of Positivity Week. Just a few more hours and then we can all put our cranky pants on, watch Jerry Springer and remember how crapalicious the world is outside: unemployment is the highest it’s been since the Depression, our parents don’t get to retire until they’re 72, the MTA is charging us over $100/mo to provide more delays and less service, & there are no more episodes of Flight of the Conchords until next season. Sigh.

Ok, wait wait wait! I don’t want to sit her in a state of depression and anger and sadness! I want the world to take some Prozac and get better! I want it to be spring already! I want the sun to shine and the birds to sing and all the people to get jobs and have Justin Timberlake be the permanent host of Saturday Night Live (we need a new version of Dick in A Box, & Jizz in my Pants ain’t it. That’s what she said! Wait, that makes no sense.)! (more…)

You can buy a customized guitar pick from magpiedesignz on Etsy

For Day 4 of Positivity Week, I put together a Positivity Playlist on blip.fm! This list could be a mile long, but I tried to just include the songs that touch me, that make me dance or make me laugh. And yes, I’ll make you share your favorites with me, so the playlist will just keep on growing.

Please note: If you don’t see anything above, wait just a moment for the playlist to load. Hit Play to, uh, play & Next to get to the next song. That’s obviously some “Duh” instructions, but it took me an hour or so to figure out how to embed this friggin’ thing, so I don’t want you to think the only song on here is “Hooked on a Feeling” because then I’ll cry. (more…)

If a breakfast fairy is not the epitomy of positivity, I don’t know what is. Bring one to your home via waterbears’ etsy shop.

Yes, I’m eschewing the traditional form of Freakin’ (Great Links) Friday in honor of Positivity Week.

While I’ve compiled a list of blogs I love right here, I wanted to point out the dozen or so that I visit every day. Whether it’s their beautiful artwork, inspiring words, brilliant ideas or overall hilarity, I love visiting with these gals:

• Small Notebook
• White Hot Truth
• a beautiful ripple effect
• Old Soul Ink
• Starshyne Productions
• The Bloggess
• Kelly Rae Roberts
• decor 8
• pecannoot
• design is mine
• Magnificent Marvelous Women
• wish jar
• Things We Forget
• LifeRemix

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“Yes” by Jess Gonacha, found on pecannoot. You can purchase this print from Jess’ Etsy shop.

Since I wanna hear all the things that you do/say/read/watch/listen to that make you or keep you positive, I figured it was only fair to share what I do/say/read/watch/listen to first. Because asking for something without offering something is not very positive, and I don’t wanna be unpositive (yes, I made that word up. “Negative” is just…so…negative) on Day 3 of Positivity Week!

So, here are 5 things that make me/keep me positive (in no particular order):

1. My quote book. Besides the quotes that I’ve put on this page, I have a beautiful book at home that’s full of quotes I’ve been keeping for, oh, about 10 years. Crack that baby open and off to Inspiration Land I go… (more…)

From Sarah Gardner’s Flickr stream. You can find her prints to buy here.

When i think of the word “positivity” a bunch of singular words pop into my head. Words like “Radiant”. “Cheerful”. “Optimistic”. “Hopeful”. “Inspired”. “Encouraging”. “Light” (both literally, like a light bulb, and figuratively, like a state of being). “Energized.” “Enthused.”

Throughout my adult life, I’ve been prepared to wish for the best and expect the worst. Got that big part I wanted? Just so happens it conflicts with my best friend’s wedding. Didn’t get the big part I was up for? Just so happens a huge agent signed the girl that got it. Alanis Morisette would call it ironic, but I would just call it crappy luck.

So, when people would ask if I was a glass-half-full or a glass-half-empty girl, I’d have to think: I do see the glass as half full, but I also expect that when I go to refill it I’ll be out of whatever I was drinking (probably wine) or the water from the tap will be green. What does that make me? An optimistic pessimist? A pessimistic optimist? (more…)

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This week we’re going to turn Positivity Week inward & also make it short & sweet.

“Without being humble, what’s your best trait?”

Join me in posting your answer in the Comments section! (more…)

It’s Day 1 of Positivity Week! To start off simply but with a bang,  I wanted to share some images from my new favorite blog, Things We Forget….

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Purchase these inspirational gocco prints from the incomparable jess gonacha

For those of you that unawares, I’m currently a student at the International Coach Academy, a fantabulous school for life coaching. When I received the following notice in their monthly bulletin, I got more & more excited the more & more that I read:

The ripple effect of the huge economic crisis impacting our globe has presented many with difficult or challenging times. We wanted to do something to acknowledge and support our global community and are excited to be announcing next week as ICA’s Positivity week. Our aim is that during the course of the week, with your help, we will bring about as much positive energy as we can. Together we will make a shift in the contribution to global optimism. How can you contribute your positivity, and share in the positivity of others?

I know! I know! Duh, my blog! So, besides offering the usual installments of Motivation Monday, Tough (Question) Tuesday, Freakin’ (Great Links) Friday & wrapping up (Time) Management March, I’ll be sharing some positivity with you each and every day next week. It might be a link, or a picture, or a song, or a video of Annie singing “Tomorrow”- or…uh…ya know, something really cool that non-musical theater nerds like. (more…)