Rainy With a Chance of Self-Butt-Kicking

Okay, I have been way busy but I've also been way easy on letting myself make excuses for not "having the time" to do something and that needs to stop. In particular with regards to this blog, my acting career, and exercise. I need to kick my own butt into gear. But I also want to be honest about it all so here goes.

I am super duper busy. Crazy busy. I am working 40 hours a week, going to Improv class Monday nights, Interning Wednesday nights, Stage Managing a play Friday & Saturday nights as well as Sunday early afternoon, actor group meeting every other week, swimming 1-4 a week, etc. That's a lot, so sometimes I let myself take the easy way outta doing stuff and I need to stop!

This blog. I love it, I do. And I want to pour more time into it but at the end of the day when I'm tired I just don't. Instead I go lay in bed watch something on Netflix instant and fall asleep. I need to give myself 30 minutes to this blog a day. MINIMUM. No excuses. I love the weekly schedule. I might even jazz it up a little because I had SO much fun doing recipes during vegan MoFo in October I want a day for vegan foods! This is a must in my schedule and I need to treat it as such!

My acting career. I have joined an actor group to help me hold me accountable for my goals (setting them accomplishing them). I think this will help a lot but I need to make sure that I am doing something every day to get out of this "pay the bills" job and into my acting CAREER. Notice the difference. One is a job, the other a career. I need to make it the most important thing and I haven't been because well I've been too stressed about finances. Instead of putting my dream first I've been putting money first. And while, yes, I need money to survive and to pay for the apartment, car, insurances, food, etc. I need to be giving my career weight too. And I haven't been. So no more of that my lord, no more of that!

Exercise. I hate it. Well not really. I love having done it. And most times even during the process I enjoy myself. But I loathe going to exercise. It is like pulling teeth to get me to the pool or the gym or the pilates studio. It really is. If I'm tired I rationalize that sleep is better than working out. If I'm not feeling well then I should just lay down & sleep instead of working out. Basically it all comes down to sleep or exercise and I ALWAYS choose sleep. I thought I helped myself out a little by joining a Master Swimmers team and paying for it and then a friend joined and we were swimming together. But some days our schedules don't match and this week things came up and I had 2 scheduled swim times with her and didn't swim either! I need to stop with this, my health NEEDS to be important to me. I have an f-ed up back that needs attention, I have weight that I want to lose to help with that, I have family history of diabetes and high blood pressure. I do not want to allow myself to make excuses for not working out. So hopefully by saying this out loud (well out loud on this blog) I am helping kick my own butt into gear on this. I am also planning to schedule swim times & find a buddy to be accountable to on the East Coast so they can call my ass and wake me up (7am here is 10am there so it'll be easy on them time wise since they will already be up). I need to make this happen. I no longer want to allow myself to be physically lazy. I think I want to have Joe, Colonel Mustard and I go hiking too on the weekends so all 3 of us can get outdoors and work out together which will make it more fun than a chore.


So my dear chickens I am sorry that there was no CM Monday or TCM Tuesday post. But this is a Good for MY world Wednesday post. Perhaps these goal setting adventures of mine will help you set some G.F.Your.W goals as well. :D

Sunny With a Chance of NO SLEEP!!!!

Chickens! This week's schedule is off because my schedule is off! I have been filming and on-set and not really keeping normal hours so things are a bit hectic (but wonderful) 'round these parts.

I had a shoot from 2am to 2pm and another from 12am-6am! It has been crazy. So needless to say I haven't really even gotten to see my little munchkin (aka Colonel Mustard) or had time to watch and great classics! Sorry friends!!!!! :(

The great news is that I was on set, I got to hang and work with some great old friends, made some great new pals, and earned my 3 SAG vouchers! This girl is Taft-Hartley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you couldn't tell, I am kinda excited about it.

Just kinda though... :D

Hooray!

So once I get some more sleep under my belt I will back on schedule and give you a few little details about the shoot. And boy oh boy was it a great shoot! I CANNOT wait until the episodes are out of post-production!!

Hope your week's are going well chickens! Xs & Os!!

Stormy With A Chance of Super Sick...

Friends!!! Do not hate me for my lack of blogging-I needed a break from life but instead just took a break from my blog. I am super sick right now (thus the time to blog a little) & I have decided a few things:

1) I have been WAY too stressed out this year about my lack of funds from the wrecked car, to owing oodles in taxes, to the things I need to buy for the weddings I am in, my co-worker moving and me getting stuck with everything at work-it's all just been taking over my life. I'm so focused on how to scrimp & save & worrying about everything that I think my body caught the plague from stress and now I have nothing to show but a huge stress ball in my neck & shoulders and being out sick for 3 days.

2) The stress I have been collecting has been pulling me away from the things & people I love. The focus I have been giving all the things that stress me out are really making me lose sight of what keeps me sane and that HAS to stop! I need to remember what it's all about and I let myself get too wrapped up in the bed & lose sight of the good.

3) This blog allows me to have somewhere to focus on the things I love & thus I should do just that. As often as possible too. And so, without further ado...my plans for this blog!

-Colonel Mustard Mondays: where the little man and I talk all about his adventures for the past week. Photos should be necessary. He's too cute not to snap a few pics of right? I love my little guy so much & this is a great way to talk about him, dogs in general, and how he is part of our family!

-TCM Tuesdays: Turner Classic Movies is what really fueled my love and now extreme knowledge of classic films (I will take over your job Robert Osbourn, I will!!). So on Tuesdays I'll talk about one or two films that I have watched or that I love so that you too can expand your knowledge on the classics. After all, without the classics we wouldn't have film today (even if a lot of today's film is crap).

-Good for the World Wednesdays: Where I can share my love of living as green as possible. This includes my life as a vegan with some great recipes I have found or that my honey & I have made up to cure our munchies. It's been 3 years since I went green and 1 year since I went vegan and I am not looking back. These have been 2 of the most beneficial decisions I've made and now I can share some of my favorite things with you about it so maybe you can green up your life a little too! :)

-Theatre Thursdays: so here I am hoping to have a new audition or acting something to share with you all every week. This way I can keep myself motivated to be on it in this city of every other person is an actor and share some of the hilarity I experience here in La-La Land with you all. It should be fun for you & beneficial for me.

-Fabulous Things Friday: where I can discuss all the latest things I am obsessing about or want to try or whatever has been truly fabulous that week that I MUST share with you all!

This will leave my weekends open to fill up with more material for the week & give me 2 days of rest. I will try to be utterly faithful to this schedule. I am sure that there will be a few missed entries but I am hoping to stick true and create a more interesting way for you all to stay in touch with the crazy that is my life in LA with my pup & my bf (and be a beneficial & motivating experience for me)! So let's hope that this is all up to snuff & you all love it too!!! Stay tuned for the first entry tomorrow on Fabulous Things Friday! :D

x's & o's dear chickens!