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Inspiration

With the New Year arriving quickly, I become inspired to change something or start doing something. I think nearly everyone has a New Year's Resolution. I don't want a resolution this year. I want a lifestyle change. This isn't a diet or some goal to save money. (Which I am already doing.) This is more than just that.
This is choosing to be happy.
One sick day I was browsing youtube when I came across a video by a woman name Kandee Johnson. Her look was intriguing so I had to watch. She had many tips and hints for becoming a makeup artist, which I had never really considered being as I am not very good at art. She made it simple and I couldn't stop watching her teach.
I'll take inspiration from Kandee Johnson, make up artist to the stars. She has worked on many sets and has a ton of professional experience with big time stars. She is an AMAZING artist with lots of ideas that would change your opinion of makeup and art. She has more than just experience. She has ability and she uses that to teach women and men who to change the world around them with art.
She has a youtube channel and releases many new videos monthly and sometimes even weekly. Kandee blogs on a near daily basis even though she is about to have another baby. *Congrats by the way* In her post "Don't Let the Storms of Your Past, Cloud Your Future"she writes, "I love you all so much...and I don't care what storms you have in your past...THEY WILL NOT CLOUD YOUR FUTURE....the storms only watered the blossoms in your life....and will make your future that much more beautiful with "watered" flowers!"
Her positivity is addictive, encouraging, and down right lovable.She has been criticized for every small decision that she makes, things she shares, and imperfections that she cannot control, but like the little-engine-that-could she keeps trucking on.
My New Year's lifestyle change is to be more positive like Kandee.
What's yours?


Check out Kandee Johnson on her blog: http://www.kandeethemakeupartist.blogspot.com/

Redefining my life

There is more to me than just a new appearance or attitude. I am not what you would expect to have turned out to be after a situation sh*ts on a person. I am more than just a scorned female.
As a new life begins, I begin to redefine what the words living, loving, and working mean. For me, living is now just making it through the day to the final goal of my head on the pillow. This may sound simple, but taking it one day at a time or one bite at a time is the only way for me. I am not looking at tomorrow, just focusing on today.Love is the opposite. I am not working on it or even considering it as an option right now. I work too much to make love happen. I do not have time for love or even for a cup of coffee some days. I have taken on more than I can chew, but somehow I am making it work. I show up and do what needs to be done no matter how tired, pissed off, or bored I am. Believe me, in this field boredom plays a HUGE role. Working nights can become irritating, but the more the money the faster my tomorrows will be easier to look at.
Sometimes you just have to hide, get away from it all, and nurse your wounds. For me this is not an option. When children are involved, hiding is the opposite of what you need to do. Just live, love, and work.

Not Just Another Brunette