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Wednesday, January 3, 2007
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Reminders
The following was taken from one of my other journals: The Mad Platter. Refer to the link on the sidebar.
In attempts to bring some balance into my life, I have been Spring Cleaning my apartment, trying to get rid of some things and rearranging things through the concept of Feng-Shui. (Refer to my journal The Feng-Shui Amateur link on the sidebar.)
Today, I got out my colored markers and used the back of an index card to made a simple reminder to put on the fridge. I surrounded it with pretty little flowers all around the edge and put it on my refrigerator door with a magnet.
Mediterranean Diet
1. Enjoy your food.
2. Watch portion sizes.
3. Drink lots of water.
4. Exercise, rest, relax.
I also handmade a reminder that is quite similar to this one:
Making the reminders by hand make the Reminder feel a little more personal, a little more REAL. The thought behind this Creative project is that dieting has not seemed to work. My body is not quite ready to accept less calories and I don't like counting anything, but these little steps from the Mediterranean Diet do not sound threatening and I think they are something that I can live with.
I also made one similar to the one below. It isn't quite as pretty, but that's not important. The thing is that the reminders are colorful and the lettering is big enough for me to take notice before I open the refrigerator door. That is what is important, because I have to no one to depend on for support except myself.
For the bathroom (beside the mirror), I made a little index card with the Chinese symbol for beautiful and drew a square around it with a gold pen. Then, I added the following quote:
When I was a little girl, no one ever told me I was pretty. Every little girl should be told she is pretty, even if she is not. ~ Marilyn Monroe
I surrounded it with little dots all around it. It turned out very nice.
For my Spring Cleaning project, I made another little reminder on the back of an index card and put it above the kitchen sink.
The card is below my D. Morgan picture of a little yellow house. The picture says: Heaven's a little closer in a house by the sea. I forgot I had this picture that has some yellow in it when I was looking for something yellow to put in the center of my home. I might move it over to the Health area to see how it looks and how it makes me feel... (refer to my Feng-Shui journal)
The card started out with a little red heart with wings that says:
I'm FLYing. (FLYing means Finally Loving Yourself, which comes from the FLY Lady site.)
Under the heart, in lavender (color of my kitchen) are the words:
Don't feel overwhelmed. Just do one thing at a time.
That line was taken from the movie, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. Then, I added little red hearts and dots at the bottom. I love the way it turned out! I may have to buy a little plastic frame for it, so it doesn't get messed up.
Winivere
p.s. Looks as if taking care of my Creativity area is working!
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