I came home and noticed there was a box outside the front door.  I was pretty sure that it couldn’t have been anything for me, so I left it for my husband.   

My husband came home, saw the box, brought it inside and began to open it with much joy.   “Hmm” I thought, “what’s in the box?” I also thought, “maybe he got me a present?”  Read the rest of this entry »

Living with my husband for almost two years now has made one thing clear: there are two points of view to everything! What a wake-up call.

Growing up, you realize that your opinion differ from your parents’. Once you are a grown up, you realize that your opinions differ from your friends’. You might ask for advice from time to time but it’s always you who decides what’s right. Read the rest of this entry »

Lately I’ve been trying to concentrate on my own self improvement. I’ve been reading about breaking bad habits, quitting addictions, and overall improvement of character.

My current effort is to eat more proper. It was a few months into my relationship that my boyfriend pointed out that “I eat funny.” It was very hard for me to understand that there is anything wrong with the way I eat. He was sure to point it out and I finally realized that, to him, I was bringing my head too close to my food. This was especially obvious, to him, when I ate pasta.
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Most of the people around me know that I’m a shopoholic. It took me a long time to realize the severity of this condition. Once I came to terms with this I started trying to help myself. The truth is, I make the effort to control my cravings and that usually works for a while. Then, I relapse.

Here’s an example of a typical day (usually everyday):
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I am almost 8 months into a successful relationship and I owe it all to relationship experts (at least for my half of it). I’m obsessed with reading self help books and think Cosmo knows everything about life. I am convinced that all men and women are the same (among themselves not each other) on some subconscious and intuitive level. Therefore, I let the people who study mass behaviours teach me about (in my case) what men really want, what they like, what they hate, and what they don’t care about. These feelings are common denominators for all men and women. Above the surface, they are almost invisible.
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I think it would be interesting to share the rest of my accident story that I wrote about in my previous blog because it illustrates another side to my ever-so-changing personality. But first about personalities…

I am obsessed with trying to spot patterns of behaviour, both in myself and in other people. I take a lot of pride in my self awareness because I think it’s important to know yourself as well as you can. This way you can minimize your chances of being fooled by others. My favorite is when I surprise myself- when I say, act, react or behave in a way that I never thought I could/would.
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I will confess right now that I uphold the ”all women are bad drivers” stereotype. I’m not embarrassed by this. I’m a huge fan of stereotypes- they make for a convenient excuse whenever I fall into any one of them. In this case: I’m a woman, I can’t drive, and I’m proud, damnit! No, I don’t mean this literally. I am physically capable of driving and do so every day.

I am mentally incapable of driving. This has a lot to do with me being a poor-decision-maker. I’m glad there are no tests that calculate your decision making process that are Read the rest of this entry »