Get Psyched

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     From "How I Met Your Mother" to "The Internship", they each have something in common. The main characters have their own "get psyched" mixes to get their heart moving and motivation streaming. I've heard of other people doing these, but I've actually never got around to making my own: until now.

  I hand selected my songs to make my own "get psyched" mix I can play wherever I am to get PSYCHED! 

 

     Pepper's "Get Psyched" Mix:

1. That's Not My Name -The TIng Tings

2. Royals -Lorde 

3. I Love It -Icona Pop 

4. Gangman Style -PSY

5. Rise (Kyekye Remix) -Josh Garrels 

6. Shut Up and Let Me Go -The Ting Tings 

7. Blurred Lines -Robin Thicke

8. We are Young -Fun

9. The Fox -Ylvis 

10. Lose Yourself -Eminem 

11. Mr Saxobeat -Alexandra Stan

12. Hips Don't Lie -Shakira 

13. Just Give Me a Reason -Pink 

14. Bullet Proof -La Roux 

15. Hello -Martin Solveig 

16. Ob-la-di Ob-la-da -The Beatles

17. Kids -MGMT

What are your go-to songs? 

Beautifying Ourselves

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

Psalm 139: 13

     I've spent many hours getting myself ready in front of the mirror to look “captivating" for a guy. I tried to perfect my curly mass of hair and make myself visually thinner so I would be more appealing. My stomach would churn as the distance between my crush and I got smaller and smaller until we were almost face to face. It was my hope for his attention that was painfully obvious by the detail I went through on getting myself ready for this moment.

    Then hope is utterly crushed when he doesn't look at me.

     It’s defeating when I leave, hope draining out like a popped balloon. The time spent mustering up all the beauty God created and hoping to get noticed by it. Get some kind of attention from this person. But when it feels like they don’t see, it feels as if I’m not adequate.

     Every once and a while, I need to reevaluate myself. For example, obsessing over an appearance for a person who I have feelings for and not getting what I wanted from them. I need to take a mental step back from all the energy I've put towards this and see how it’s affecting my life.

      The person could be a great person, but I shouldn't let their disinterest (or at least just not seeing me) be a fault on my part. If they aren't attracted to me then I can’t force it.

     What my point is, it is that when I put makeup, clothes, jewelry on in the morning, it should be for me. Not for someone else, but for me and what I prefer. There’s a scene in a movie where a woman is shopping in a store and comes upon an elegant night dress. Her friend shopping with her encourages the woman to buy it, but the woman says in a rather sad voice, “For who?”

     The friend replies with, “For you.”

     For you. 

     The problem I face is that I should want to look pretty for myself and if someone notices, than I’m flattered. I need to reevaluate my thoughts in the morning and put them in a different direction. What makes me feel beautiful, captivating and stunning?

     For some people, this is easy to do because they are confident or just don’t pressure on themselves. They are enjoying the process of picking out their clothes and applying their makeup with no grand expectations on how the world will respond to their appearance. 

     Than there can be people like me who make up themselves for the person they like. It shouldn't be that way entirely; it should be about making yourself beautiful because you are beautiful.

     If you do have a boyfriend and want look pretty for him, than that’s okay. I’m not discouraging that, it’s just the fact that when we focus all our time and energy for the acceptance and attention of a person.

So, if you like spa days take a spa day and get refreshed. If you like painting your nails, paint them with your favorite polish.  If you like shorts over dresses or are the opposite, wear it because you like them. Don’t wear them for a boy. If he’s the one for you, then he will see your beauty the moment you enter the room. He will see past the makeup on your face and see the true spirit God made you. Simply be beautiful because you were made with a beauty that is unique and shows itself no matter what you are wearing. 

A Brief Note

     September 22 welcomes the first day of fall. The air turns crisp and cool, as if the weather waited for this day to come all year. When the sun goes down it is cool to take night walks around the neighborhood, absorbing the feeling of fall.

     Coffee shops display  large variety of pumpkin, apple, cocoa and spiced drinks to get their customers in the fall spirit. Cakes are swapped for pies. Lemonades for spiced apple ciders. Summer shorts for leggings and closed toed flats. Spunky neon prints for warm plum and mossy greens.

     Fall gives a feeling of community. With potlucks, thanksgiving, and all the events that come with cold weather. Families and friends come together just because. When the leaves turn mahogany and mustard yellow, it sets a mood no other season can. The landscape is visually stunning, stirring the sense of God's magnificence. It’s the Earth way of closing the year with a grand exit, preparing for the next one to come. 

Unintended Intimacy

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There are times when you just don’t want to be that close to a person. For example,

  on the bus after a long day, squeezed up against sweaty Arizonians. Rank air that wraps around germaphobic nostrils. As the bus starts moving, a kind gentleman offers you his seat and you gladly take it. All is well until that feeling when you sit down and realize it’s warm. A toasty imprint of a complete stranger’s underside.

  Unintended intimacy from someone’s body heat on your butt.

This has always weirded me out. Sitting in a chair that a stranger recently occupied and feeling the warmth touch me. I just don’t want to be that close to a stranger, even if they aren’t there anymore. It just feels too close, too personal and too intimate.

  Then there’s the “warm toilet” incident. You know, standing in line in the bathrooms after a movie. Going to sit down when it’s your turn and then it hits you. Warmth. I can’t help but sense it and wish I didn’t.

  But then, if I like the person and they offer me their seat, then it’s just awkward. It’s literally their warm butt heat touching my behind. It’s like snuggling with a ghost, it creeps up on me. I smile politely but sense that underlying closeness. It sounds crazy and probably is, but this is what I’m always thinking when I sit in another person’s chair. An intimate and heated encounter left behind.

  The term “I’ll keep it warm for you” takes on a whole new meaning. 

My Space

If you're like me, the room is a sacred place. I share a room with my sister but I have to have my own area for my things. If not, I get overly stressed. My room is my escape and if I feel like I'm getting smothered, I might go crazy.

This is it...where I do my homework,sleep and work on blog posts.

My favorite place in my room would have to be my desk. It's the place where many stories,drawings,blog post have been created. It was originally my Great Grandmother's and was passed down to me. My Grandpa tells me that she and I were really similar, so it holds a special place with me. 

I also have a map collection. From Europe to Asia, I've collected so many over the summer. It's interesting to see the whole world on the walls of my bedroom. 

Then there is my bed. I do enjoy my bed. I recently got a new comforter and it is the softest fabric I've ever had as a bed comforter. This is a pretty pointless post, but I thought maybe you'd like to see where all the blogging happens! 

What's your favorite place in your room?