Ok when you are in the house for 6 days straight you kind of lose track of the day and date. Also, Rihanna threw me off with her email talking about Singles Day on the wrong damn day. First, I would like to acknowledge and give honor to anyone who has served for this country, Thank You Veterans. Secondly, this post was originally published on Tuesday, November 10th. The tidbit of useless information is actually for today. This post has officially been corrected. Lol
A piece of useless information for you. Today is Singles Day. This “holiday” is celebrated in China every year on November 11th (11/11). It was supposedly started by four single guys in college in 1993. This is my first time hearing about it. The day is to be celebrated by playing games, having parties and movie nights with other single people. As all countries do, China converted it into a money making holiday. It is the biggest shopping day of the year there. America has Single Awareness Day. The date is February 15th. How lame 😂. Why does it have to be a day for everything? Well we can keep any day that involves food and liquor. Lol.
I got a microphone for my birthday. No, I cannot sing…at all. Lol. It is purely for fun. But I felt shy or embarrassed about taking it in the car with me and singing into it. Like what will people think if they look over at me singing into this beautiful pink mic? Are they going to laugh at me? Are they going to talk about me? Then today I realized that it would bring me joy to do it. Life is too fucking short to not do things that bring us joy especially if we are not harming others in any way. Why do I care what other people think?
As I was driving (yes I did sing into the mic) I decided that everything that brings me joy, I am going to do more of it. No excuses. If it is not something I can do by myself, I will ask others for help or to join me. For instance, I love motorcycles. I don’t have one and I probably wouldn’t trust myself if I did. Lol. So I’m going to ask people with motorcycles to take me for a ride. I’ll even buy my own helmet. I love playing miniature golf and I love winning. I can’t do that if I go by myself. So I’m going to ask people to go with me instead of not going at all.
I realize that this pandemic has totally changed some people’s life path. I get it. But I also know that there are things that we still can accomplish. Let’s set new goals. Goals that are smaller, doable ones. Ones that we can complete each week. And make some of them fun ones. Joyful, happy ones. I need for people to find what brings them joy and do it! There is just so much shit that once you become an adult, you have to do. What do you want to do? What makes you happy that you can do? Make a list and start checking things off of it.
Today is my last day of quarantine. I am so happy to be released out into the world. I am like a dog that has been in the house all day. I am busting out doing zoomies all in the yard. Lol. I have people to see, places to be and things to buy. One of these things I can’t wait to share. It stopped me in my tracks when I seen it last week. Unfortunately, I have to drive to Michigan because the store in Toledo doesn’t have it in stock. This thing is going to bring me so much happiness!
I can’t stress this enough, find your happy! And make a point of doing what makes you happy. For all we know this is the only life we have to live, why not live it to the fullest? Why not have fun? Why not sing into the mic? If you see me out and about singing into the mic, sing with me. Be well and whole. Much love 🧡 💚