Chapter 2012 | Day 7 of 366 | 15 Letters of Honesty

Already new memories are being made! It’s this comforting feeling, the idea that one can just “start over” once the clock strikes midnight regardless of the fact that nothing really changes. We make resolutions, we break them, we make promises, we forget them, it’s like a nationwide tradition and mindset that with a new year comes a new slate. Any who, 2011 was alright, but 2012 I really hope you bring it. 2011 was a damn rough and emotionally exhausting year that’s for sure. Don’t get me wrong, there were many good and bad moments, highs and lows, successes and failures. But overall, you were a rough one. Which is why I will now join the nationwide bandwagon mindset of a new slate.

One of my daily resolutions I want to keep with is my 15 days of letters. Now for this challenge there is a list of people assigned to the next 15 days. Now the idea is that each day I write a letter to the person on the list. You may call it dumb or silly but these letters may actually be really difficult. For me this challenge is to come to terms with how I really feel, and conquer any inner demons that have been holding me back. The challenge in this for me may be to remain completely honest in these letters even though the idea that some of these people may actually be reading my blog and see what is written for them. Either way, this is a great challenge to learn how to be openly honest rather than conceal my emotions. For those interested in participating in this challenge, the days are:

Day 1-Your Best Friend 

Day 2-Crush or someone you’re dating 

Day 3 – Your parents

Day 4 -Your sibling 

Day 5 -Your dreams

Day 6 -A stranger

Day 7 -Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush 

Day 8 – Someone you wish you could meet 

Day 9- Someone who caused you a lot of pain 

Day 10- Someone you’ve drifted away from 

Day 11 – Someone from your childhood

Day 12 – Someone that changed your life

Day 13 – The last person you made a pinky promise to

Day 14 – The person you know that is going through the worst of times

Day 15- Your reflection in the mirror

I welcome you to share your letters each day with me, I would love to read what you have to say for the next 15 days. So please be sure to share a link to your entry or write directly on my comments area pertaining to each day.

Thank you- #Chapter2012

-star padilla

Chapter 2012 | Day 4 of 366 | Declutter …

I’m giving myself till the end of this month to de-clutter, but will essentially have this as an ongoing project for myself. With everything, I just need to figure out if my “stuff/things”  are essential, and have a purpose in my life, otherwise I’ll be tossing it!  Below are some places I’ve figured are a good place to start :

 

1. Browser. There are soo many links I know I’ve completely forgot about and feeds I don’t even read anymore. Taking the  80/20 rule into account– You generally use 20% of your bookmarks 80% of the time.
2. Email. Working on cleaning out my personal email box. Unsubscribing from newsletters, replying to pending emails, deleting junk that has just been sitting, get emails labeled and pull contacts that should be added to my address book. If possible going to try and sync everything between my phone to my email account. This is going to be a big feat when it’s done!
3. Computer. Clear out documents I haven’t been using. Organize my files and folder. Declutter the items on my desktop. Defrag my computer. Empty my recycle bin. Uninstall applications I barely ever use.
4. Social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc). For Facebook, reply to pending messages. Clear my wall of spam/application messages. Remove myself from irrelevant event invites. Delete ‘friends’ who just don’t converse and block applications where I get spam messages. Basically clean up and declutter my accts.
5. Mobile phone. Clear out unimportant messages in my inbox/sent folders. Uninstall applications I don’t use. Tidy up my bookmarks. Delete audio/image files I have any use for anymore.
6. Room. See below.
7. Wardrobe. Get rid of clothes I don’t wear anymore. I got rid of 12 hefty bags before my move but there are more clothes I’ve come across I don’t wear or are too big for me now. Going to donate them.
8. Other rooms in your house. Declutter my living room, kitchen, bathroom, one step at a time. Throw out the things I rarely use.

Decluttering my Physical Space

1. Will I need it in the foreseeable future?  MI have a bad habit of holding onto stuff thinking, “I’m going to need this sometime” well chances are most of that stuff I’ve said that about, is still sitting out of site out of mind. Trashing it.
2. Don’t keep for the sake of keeping.
   • A question to ask myself is whether I’m refusing to let go of certain things from your past. Memories from the past will always remain with us in our heart – I don’t need a pile of physical items to remind me of them.
   • I have stuff from high school, college, even grade school that I’ve held onto.I realize that while I keep saying I’ll refer to them for memory’s sake, I never do. I think I’m keeping them for the sake of keeping, which might have be/been preventing new things from entering my life. I can see this being more less emotionally liberating.
3. Clean out the space. I’m looking forward to relishing in my new clean space and new energy I’ve created. This is the start to new things entering my life.

#Chapter2012 – Star Padilla

Chapter 2012 | Day 3 of 366 | My Growing Bucketlist

Started a bucket list awhile back and the site went down I had it saved on so figured I’d start a new one on here, since this isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. I want to continue to grow this list, but just as I want to grow it I also want to knock some items off the list as well this year… and currently seeing that being realistic for the first time in a long time!

1)      Be Happy- in the works

2)      Go on a Road-trip – Going to Indiana and driving back at the end of the month 1/2012

3)      Go hiking

4)      Get a matching tattoo with my best friend

5)      Give people a reason to remember my name

6)      Make a quilt and/or Knit something

7)      Learn to play Poker

8)      Win some money at a Casino

9)      Have my dream body

10)   Fall in love with someone who loves me back – pretty positive this has happened

11)   Get a Disney balloon

12)   Swim with the dolphins

13)   Be in two places at the once

14)   Learn to play guitar

15)   Go on a cruise

16)   Own/Start my independent business

17)   Build starpadilla.com

18)   Stand under a waterfall

19)   Ride in a hot air balloon

20)   Visit my birthplace Honolulu, Hawaii

21)   Volunteer at a Children’s Hospital

22)   Help plan my 10 year high school reunion – meeting 1/5/12 to plan!!!

23)   Stay in a cabin in the woods

24)   Mail a secret to post-secret

25)   Marry my best-friend

26)   Stand in the 4 corners

27)   Learn to truly drive a stick shift

28)   De-clutter: get rid of 50 things I don’t need/use - work in progress

29)   Attend a Vegas show

30)   Complete a 365 photography project

31)   Fast for 3 days. Drinking water only

32)   Drive from Coast to Coast

33)   Eat a meal, I grew.

34)   Make my own beer, wine or moonshine.

35)   Choose a word/phrase and work hard to never use it again

36)   Write letters to my teachers whom all made a significant impact on my life

37)   Research my family tree

38)   Peg the speedometer

39)   Bury a time capsule

40)   Learn how to take a compliment

41)   Lose 50lbs – lost 65lbs last year! working on this one!

42)   Keep a blog for an entire year- (work in progress)- this site!

43)   Give a homeless person my lunch

44)   Attend a basketball game

45)   Visit Canada

46)   Go backpacking in Europe

47)   Have my parents there the day I get married

48)   Adopt a puppy

49)   Have a baby

50)   Stop being so afraid and start living instead- in PROGRESS!

 

Would love to know what’s on your bucket-list, or maybe even help contribute to my growing list!

Definitely more to come… #Chapter 2012 – Star Padilla

Chapter 2012 | Day 2 of 366 | Finding Myself

Day 2 | Who am I? | Resolution: Finding Myself

1. I consider myself an emotional, super sensitive, and gold hearted person. Truth be told, I’m working on standing my ground and ‘putting my big girl panties on’ for lack of better words and not being walk over. I think people tend to take my kindness for weakness.

2.I should be numb to any type of pain inflicted upon me. You can only cry so many times before you start to laugh at how ironic your timing in life is. This year is all about smiles and laughter, as cheesy as it may sound, It’s true.

3. I never regret meeting anybody because I have the power to cut people out of my memory like “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind”- No lasers necessary. It’s a shame too, ‘cause once I forget, it’s forever forgotten.  I will say I’m grateful for EVERY person I’ve met, as they’ve either taught me how to love, be stronger and/or what not to allow in my life.

4. I know every word to Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio and Forgot about Dre.

5. I never intentionally hurt anyone, and tend to go out of my way to help my friends (at any hour, mind you). You can say I’ve been the rescuer aka sober driver on many of occasions for my stranded friends.

6. My biggest pet peeve is being flaked on. Don’t give me a date or time if you don’t intend to follow through.

7. I’m currently being taught that some times it’s O.K to put yourself before others. I wish I learned that a long time ago.

8. I am a huge horror movie lover. Scare the shit out of me, I dare you.

9. I love to love, I hate to hate. And both can occur at least once in a blue moon.

10. I believe that Karma comes back in thrice.

11. I base my beliefs off Angels, the universe, and a higher power that doesn’t send somebody to hell because of a wrong deed- I believe
that the higher power will over see mistakes that all humans make, seeing that good hearts always shine through. Great people can do
some foul things at times. Just as horrible people can do great things at times. We are all as one, sharing the same grounds. All you can do is try to better the world while you are still walking on it.

12. I love to cook. And love new recipes (feel free to share!)

13. I wish I could play the guitar and make music. One day- Bucket-list item? I think so!

14.I wonder, the day I’m gone, from this world- what would people say about me?

15. I really do love my friends and family and consider them my prized possessions over anything material.

16. If I could give you anything to remember me by, I’d give you a pair of flip flops personalized by me. If you know me, you’d get it.

17. I respect people whom are blunt and don’t bullshit me- please take note for future reference

18. For the first time in my life, I feel like things are finally falling into place.

19. I truly believe I am the most eclectic mix of friends and wouldn’t change it for anything.

20. I hope that in crossing paths with me at some point, you are able to walk away with something. Rather it be humor, enlightenment or a smile. I hope I’ve taught or passed something off to you!

Chapter 2012 : 366 days of resolutions

The last couple years of my life have definitely had their ups and downs. On New Year’s Eve, I decided to make some changes for the better. I want to make everyday truly count by taking some sort of action or initiative (big or small/ selfless or selfish).

Why am I doing this?

1. My objective is to work on my myself actively. I want to give myself challenges that will help me grow and conquer my fears, worries, and life.

2. I want to try new things. I want to get out of the routine.

3. I also want to stop thinking about doing something and actually start doing it.

I got away from writing in my blog, WITH AMBITION , I was once soo super excited to write in daily, and think this will be a great way to contribute to it again. I would love ideas to contribute to the 365 project and maybe you can even do it with me! In co-hoots with every post I want to post a picture as well. As I think a daily picture can show how oneself changes and grows. Really looking forward to accomplishing this 365 day resolutions !

#Chapter2012