Author: elsims

“Won’t it be wonderful when black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” – Maya Angelou

Wouldn’t it be great for Black history, Native American history and Jewish history, which is U.S. history, be celebrated year round?

Stay well and whole. Much love 🧡💚

One of the goals I set for 2021 was to save an extra $150 per month or more. I looked over my expenses to see what I could cut to make this easier for me. I decided to cut Amazon Prime, Disney Plus and to eat out less. Cutting Amazon and Disney would only save me about $20 a month, so the majority of savings would come from depriving myself of delicious food prepared by others. Lol. I also paid off a debt in December so I could funnel that money towards my savings as well. Ok plan set.

But one thing that you have to realize is you don’t know what God has planned for you. Yes I set my plan but God had totally different ones. The first week of January my coworker gets sick. She is off for the whole week. I am now responsible for doing her work as well as my own. I’m off on Tuesdays, she works on Tuesdays. Also, she works to 5 pm on Mondays and Thursdays. I’m off at 4 pm. Her sickness has carried over to this week as well. Guess who’s working longer hours. So my plan was to cut expenses and eat out less. Absolutely did not want to work more. God’s plan was not my plan at all.
By my writing down this goal I set it into motion. I laughed for a good 2 minutes when I realized this was the way I was going to achieve it this month. As said by Woody Allen, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” Well we both had a good laugh 😆.

The power of writing your goals down. Just know that it may not go how you planned it. Be flexible because it is all about the end point. Am I going to save an extra $150 this month? Absolutely. Goal met. This may not have been the path I chose but I am happy to reach my goal for the month and it is only halfway into the month.

Are you writing your goals down or just walking around with them in your head? Studies say you are 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals by writing them out and reviewing them regularly. Get a journal and write your goals out. Put them on a cue card. Put them in a note on your phone. And make sure you review your goals. Daily, weekly, monthly. Whatever you have to do. Let no goal go unaccomplished! Lol. I want you to achieve your dreams and your goals. As I said before, I am rooting for you. Be well and whole. Much love 🧡 💚

P.S. God I want a husband. I have already put it in writing with extreme detail because I know I’m not going to get everything on the list. So if I get 80%, I’m good. Also, can you make sure part of the 80% be height. I need him to be 6 feet tall. Thank you God.

P.P.S And rich too God (just kidding, kinda) I mean I’m not going to be upset if he is 😂.

I wanted to keep my streak going but I actually ran out of relevant things to talk about. This isn’t a diary so I can’t tell y’all everything 😆. I was challenged to write a post for 7 days straight and I did that! What I liked about that is I realize I can do more than 3 posts a month which was my low ball goal. I did increase the goal to 4 post a month for 2021 but now I feel like that is too low. Lol. Let’s see how it goes.

I wanted to put this out last night but after all that damn driving, it wasn’t happening. I seen this event in 2019 but I didn’t go. Of course I wanted someone to go with me but I’m single people! And I am tired of doing everything by myself. Well, last night I said fuck it. I hit my fuck it button Sean 😂. I got that from an episode of the Quote of the Day show by none other than Sean Croxton. The speaker was Wallo267 and the episode is “Fuck What They Think”. Ok I realize it isn’t the same topic but who cares, the button was pushed 😆. Anyway, I drove to Columbus, Ohio to the Franklin Park Conservatory to attend Conservatory Aglow. I love lights. Like I can’t stress it enough. I seen a post on Instagram that reminded me of this exhibition and I had to go this year.

I was driving down the street and when the place came into view my heart started singing. I was so giddy! I wish I had a picture of the first encounter. I do however have plenty of other pictures to share with you. The Franklin Park Conservatory is open year round. It features art and has these biodomes of live plants that are amazing. I am glad I just didn’t see the lights and leave. I walked through the inside first. The cost of the ticket to the exhibition included the whole conservatory. The main event was outside.

Once outside I was greeted with the rainbow tunnel. The main reason I wanted to come.

It didn’t stop there. So many other light displays.

Christmas trees made out of glass ornaments.

A train village

A light pyramid that contained 1,000 lights and took 35 hours to construct.

A waterfall of lights that ran into a stream of lights.

It is a must see. I am so glad that I went even if it was by myself. I will continue to live and do what makes me happy, with or without anyone else. It is too much I want to do before I die. I can’t wait.

What are you waiting for? Are you doing what makes you happy? Or are you waiting on someone to do it with you? What do you want to do? Where do you want to go? I am interested in hearing about your goal destinations. I may add it to my ever increasing bucket list. Of course, I want you to be safe in all of your endeavors. Masks on 😷, 6 feet apart and no overcrowded events. Now, that shit can wait. Stay well and whole. Much love 🧡 💚.