Business is Everywhere!

Yesterday I was at my part time job, bartending, and I mentioned to a woman that I sell jewelry ( I try to mention in every conversation that I have a jewelry business, and I am always wearing the jewelry so if people want to see it right then and there, they can! )  This woman asked to see a catalog and the moment I handed it to her, she told me on the spot she wanted to have a party!  Since I am always ready for business, I was able to send her home with materials for her party and we set a date on the spot :)  Always be ready for business!  You never know when someone will ask for what you have to offer...

Attitude is Everything

My happiest moment over the weekend was this:  I got a cancellation for a party (no good) and rather than letting it get me down, because my 3 new teammates were going to come shadow me, I turned it around and made it a positive thing!  Instead, I had all 3 ladies over for some training (as well as snacks and drinks!) and it was a great success :)  In the face of something negative, we have the ability to turn it around and make it positive, but we have to have the right attitude

                                                   

Happiness is Simplicity

Happiest moment today: cooking dinner for my husband, knowing he would be home to eat with me!  We haven't seen each other much lately because he's been busy as work, so just knowing he was coming home to a hot delicious meal made me happy :)

Happiest Moment today

Finding the perfect Father's Day card :)

Finding Happiness?

The past year was a time for change, and I have seen myself evolve for the better.  I left one job to begin a career in the field I went to school for.  That in itself provided me with a renewed sense of purpose in this world, a feeling that I am going to be able to truly help people.  I began my own business in direct sales, selling jewelry.  Never before in my life have I been surrounded by so many positive and supportive women who want nothing more than to see me succeed.  

I used to be a primarily negative person who liked to blame others for my own experiences, behaviors, and thoughts.  However, owning a business has helped open my eyes to who I really am, as well as the person I want to be.  Being negative and behaving badly had only served to ensure that I would stay miserable and those around me would not enjoy being around me much more.  

Being positive has opened my eyes to a wealth of knowledge and information about the world, and I truly see life through different eyes now.  I am almost finished reading Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project, and in honor of my newly developed quest for positivity and enlightenment, have decided to start my own mini happiness project.  

I have decided to write down the one thing every day that made me the happiest.  Simple, but powerful.  So many things occur on a daily basis and life moves so fast, that if we don't take the time to sit and ponder, even for a moment, and to remember the things that made us so happy in that one moment, what really is the purpose of pushing forward?  You know when fall is turning into winter, and daylight is fading into nightfall, and you step outside on a chilly evening and catch the first whiff of burning wood from someone's fireplace?  One of my favorite smells, and it makes me happy every time I sense it.  Or getting a kiss from your loved one every single night right before drifting off to sleep.  When it's something that happens every day we tend to take advantage of it.  We almost don't even notice such things until we no longer have them.  My goal is to do more living in the moment, rather than waiting until the moment has escaped and it's too late.