Photo: Greg A. Hartford from AcadiaMagic.com

Fun with my MacBook’s photobooth feature. Umm, that’s it. I’ll be doing a few real blog posts this week.

Are you superstitious? I’m not. I split poles, black cats can cross my path anytime and I don’t believe the devil tries to capture my soul when I sneeze. I don’t walk under ladders though. That’s just not a very smart thing to do. I stay away from cranes on constructions sites too.

Anywho, National Geographic ran a piece a few years ago that talks about the origins of this whole Friday the 13th tomfoolery. Basically, the bad luck associated with the number 13 can be traced back to a Norse myth and the Friday thing is because some people believe that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday and that Cain killed Abel on Friday the 13th. The article goes on to talk about the millions of dollars lost in revenue on Friday the 13th every year because people prefer to stay at home for fear of something awful happening. According to a researcher in the piece, 80 percent of high rise buildings lack a 13th floor and most hospitals and hotels skip 13 when numbering rooms.

Eh. It’s Friday, man and some ancient myth should not ruin your payday/beginning of the weekend/date night. Get out there and make this day as fun and productive as all the others.

It’s a new day today. Blank Page. Let’s put something fabulous on there.

Photo: NASA

This is a picture taken from the Apollo 7 spacecraft. It shows the sun’s rays over the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.  I really like this picture. It’s so humbling yet hopeful at the same time.  What are you going to do with your piece of sunshine today?

There was a rainbow on my desk today! I tried to capture it, but it just didn’t work out with my stupid ol’ camera and the fast rate with which the mini-rainbow disappeared. I had the blinds open and an empty glass picture frame stood right in the sun’s rays. This created a mini-rainbow on my desk that extended right up to my laptop. Such a fun and sweet thing! I had kind of a rough day yesterday, so today’s mini-rainbow was much appreciated

I don’t get the shakes or anything when I don’t have a to-do list, but I do get a lot less done. The act of writing down my tasks for the day makes me more likely to actually do them. It’s not just a matter of remembering either. I know all the stuff I have to do everyday in order to make my weekly goals (I’m such a dork!), but for some reason, I find it very difficult to manage my time well if I don’t have my to-do list sitting in front of me on a piece of paper. My mind wanders, I can’t focus and it takes me longer to do stuff. Oh and if I didn’t get in a good meditation that morning, forget about it!

All of that is just to say that I didn’t make a to-do list this morning! Plus, yesterday was a tough day for me as far as writing. I write every single day, but sometimes it is truly a Herculean task to get these fingers tapping on the keyboard.

Tonight, I’m doing my to-do list for tomorrow and it’s going to be a friggin’ awesome day.

And so it is.

Did you have a wonderful dream last night? Well, work to make it come true!

I think this calendar is adorable. Check out the website.

I don’t know what it is about a new month that makes me feel a little better. Sure, it’s another round of bills, but it’s also like a clean slate in a way. Sometimes, I like to set little 30/31-day goals for myself.  I’ve found that big goals are oh so much more manageable if I break them down into actions/tasks that I can check off and see that I’m making progress.

But right now, I have a HUGE end of year goal of having the first draft of my novel completed. I know what I need to do to make that happen (ummm, write) and I’ve been focusing a lot of energy on that lately. Sometimes I enjoy writing it and sometimes I don’t, but I make time for it every single day.

I have a general rule of thumb that I stick to, which is to go to at least two networking events every month. This month though, I am setting a goal of going to some kind of networking event at least once a week. I think it’ll be good to get out there more often and talk to people outside of my usual circles. So, that’s my November goal.

Do you have any particular goals for this month or am I the only kooky lady who does such things?