A New Mantra

Dear Reader,

I'm having a bummin' evening. As in, I'm feeling a little "off."

Maybe it's from the long, holiday weekend and looking towards the next week at school. Maybe it's because winter is really starting to set it and it's definitely not on the top of my favorite seasons list. Maybe it's because majority of the population can't seem to spell DEFINITELY right! (Okay, that's not a reason... But I thought of that after I typed it. Have you noticed that, though? If I see one more person spell it 'definately,' I might puke!)

Who knows, but I'm just feeling unmotivated. You know what else it might be? Not to go off on a tangent or anything... I would never do that... But basketball probably has it's tole in the equation. Let's analyze.

1.) It takes up a ton of time! Of course, I know this going into any sport... But when you really think about it, being a student athlete is a whole different ball game then just going through high school. Love it... But it's work!
2.) We have a male coach. Nothing against the male gender, by any means, but I really think that women tend to communicate better with... Well, women. Having a guy coach thrown into the mix just brings on a whole new set of vibes and mind-sets.
3.) I don't get along with him... Even off the court. Okay, I truly believe that everyone has some good inside of them. I do. This guy has a wife... He has kids... And I know he means well. I just always seem to leave practice/his class feeling bad about myself. I know that I'm the only one that can control those emotions... But something that used to be a lot of fun (And still a lot of work, nevertheless!) leaves me feeling like a worse person every time I leave.

So... What does this mean? The only thing I can think of is that it must be a learning experience. (Gotta love 'em!)

My new mantra is going to be "Basketball IS NOT a measure of how GOOD of a person I am." Capitalization in selected areas is very necessary.

It's weird to think about because basketball is a huge part of my life and I really do enjoy it some days. However, I have to remember that it can be huge part of my life, without defining my life. Missed a shot? I can still help a friend or pick up trash in the hall. Have to run a little extra? I can still donate to the Salvation Army. (P.S. That's my FAVORITE thing to do during the holiday season! I never miss a bucket.) And EVEN when I get so completely, positively, over-my-head fed up with my coach... I can say a little prayer—for him & myself—and then post a sticky note.

Those opposite reactions ARE what make me who I am. Oh, wait... Here's one now. ;-)This note went up at a Walmart on Black Friday. Have I mentioned I don't like Walmart? Yeees, I think I have! But I really have a knack for leaving notes at their locations... Anyhoo, this quote (It's for you, Britt!) was a "request". That sounds super weird... Like I'm a DJ or something. Anyway, I have a feeling I'll be using it again because it was cute and fun... But still has a good message when you think about it.

Anyway, thanks for listening to me rant. And if you skipped to the bottom... Don't worry, you didn't miss much. ;-)

But if you did stick through it... Maybe you can find your own "_______ IS NOT a measure of how GOOD of a person I am" in your own life. You'd be surprised just how much pressure it relieves.

Have a GOOD Monday!

Meagan

Giving Gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

I'm grateful for Post-it notes and thoughtful words, yes I am!

(This note went up at school by the water fountain. Fishing for some more Post-it seekers? You caught me!)(And this lovely note went up in a bathroom of a retaurant that my friend, Britt, and I visted this afternoon. So fun!)

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today and
creates a vision for tomorrow.
-Melody Beattie

May you have a lovely holiday! And spread the thanks - It usually will cause a ripple effect of, well... Gratitude. :-)

Laundry & Pick-me-ups

Good evening my lovely Reader!

I just wanted to get a few pics up tonight - I placed them in the laundry room of my mother's apartment. Kind of a cute idea... And clearly, I took advantage of it! ;-)

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
- P.S. I Love You

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. - Frank A. Clark

Sooo lovely.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. - John Wooden

I have more "perfect" days than I often realize!

That's my prophetic epiphany for the night. Sleep tight!

Meagan

O-M-G

Hello, hello!

I'm writing to you from the comfort of my living room, while my yard slowly fades into an arctic tundra. Yeees, the first snowfall of winter is here. And let me tell you, it's the most slushy, annoying kind of snow. Whoohooooo!

Here's a pic of a Post-it that I placed on Thursday:You would not BELIEVE the great things this little yellow note has reaped. First of all, a little birdie told me that they overheard students quoting the note in class—cool! And secondly, after logging onto facebook last night I had an exciting find in my newsfeed! One of my classmates (Even more surprisingly, a boy, to whom I rarely see during the day) had put the quotation on the note as his status. Ironic? Well, at first I had a little hope that he may have seen it on my note, but it's a fairly well known phrase... Still cool to think about, though.

Then, another girl commented on it and said, "Did you see this at school?!"

My heart did a cart-wheel. Yes, yes it did. SHE saw it, anyway.

This morning, the boy had commented back saying, " Yeah!!! I took it off the wall by the fountain!!" (Exactly where I put it! Mwahaha)

And finally, the girl wrote back, "I wanna know who put that there!!"

Gee... Me too. ;-) Good stuff.


Meagan

Bathroom Notes & Birthdays

Here's Tuesday's triple note ;-) The creative look made me smile.
May you have a lovely Wednesday. (Especially, my partner in crime, Britt - Happy Birthday to you!!) :-)

Meagan

Post-it Lovin'

Reader,

Do I have a treat for you! I happen to have two separate arrays of Post-it photos... Over the last few days, I've been into leaving my notes in numbers! (Get it? Like strength... In numbers... Whoohoo.) I'm thinkin' that it makes the effect that much more effect-ful. :-)

The first set is from a Target bathroom, followed by a CUTE Post-it story. It'll make your sticky-note loving heart melt...





Cute story: For future references, Target is hopping at 7 o'clock on a Saturday evening... And placing my notes was hard work! Right as I finished getting them up on the mirror, a Latino mother and teenage daughter walked in. Frantic, I awkwardly turned around and went into a stall, hoping they just assumed I was doing my business. However, they immediately turned to the mirrors. The mother was so excited and said, "Awww! Look at the cute "stickies" all over the walls!" She then must have motioned for the teenage girl to come over because the girl happened to be talking on her cell phone and then preceded to tell whoever was on the other line about their discovery. She even read each note out loud to her phone-friend! This whole time, I was standing in the bathroom stall, smiling from ear to ear and probably radiating the entire bathroom! I was so excited, I could've just cried. :-)

Anyway, that was super exciting for me. They eventually left and I got my pictures... But good times. That's why I do what I do!

This second group of notes all went up on a mirror at school today! I had some time to kill before a meeting... And what better way to do it?






Well, that's all folks! Do you think I could ever make a living out of this blog/idea? Because I would thoroughly enjoy that. ;-)

Have a lovely evening!

Meagan

P to the S - World Kindness Day is coming up! Celebrate with some extra kindness on November 13th!

"How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a dark world."
- William Shakespeare

Inspiration All Around

Hello lovelies!

Happy Monday to you! Hope your first day of the week (And of November, for that matter) went well.

I have a few notes to catch up on: A few from a Social Justice Conference I went to... Read on! :-)

This was the first of three notes to be left on Thursday of last week. I attended a Social Justice Conference at a local college campus with a group of kids from school. It was super neat to listen to speakers, attend workshops, and be generally informed about injustices around the world, as well as locally. Very cool.

P.S. I've been trying to think of the saying on this note ("Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.") for FOREVER. I finally saw it somewhere publicly the other day... And was itching to get in on a Post-it!
This note also went up at the Social Justice Conference. I just couldn't contain myself! ;-)

And lastly, this lovely Post-it went up in a bus seat on the way home from our outing. It must've been conference inspiration! Side note: This Post-it quotation came from a presentation done at our school district by the name of Rachel's Challenge. If you aren't familiar, you should definitely check it out! Anyway, it's a super inspiring story about the power of kindness. And these were some of the many provoking words Rachel wrote while she was alive. Good stuff.

Okay, well off to do some homework. May you have a lovely week until my next post!

Meagan