What You Seek Is Seeking You.

Hello lovelies!

I'm recovering from a truly delightful weekend. For a little while I've been a  little down in the dumps, and I can say that this past weekend I just decided to push that all to the side and enjoy my life. I've been spending so long dwelling on things in the past instead of just living and moving beyond it. 

Friday night, one of my best friends and I went out for dinner. We had the yummiest pizza, did some shopping, grabbed dessert, and just walked around talking about life. It was one of those simple, easy nights that are just so wonderful!

I've been trying to  make an honest effort to spend more quality time with my family as well, so Saturday was devoted to my parents. My mom and I checked out a local farmer's market and shopped around for some good deals. We grabbed coffee and chatted, and overall just had a relaxing day. We even found time for her to show me how to make leche flan (a Filipino dessert). It was so delicious!

The afternoon was devoted to cooking with my dad and doing even more shopping. I was able to truly appreciate both of my parents and I even learned some things I had never known before. 

Sunday, I spent some quality time with my cousins and we decided to check out Downtown Disney. We were able to walk around, talk, and check out some music! It's always nice to have heart to hearts and just spend that time together. 

I feel that family is so important. I'm really blessed to have such amazing people in my life and I'm trying to kind of take an attitude of gratitude approach with things. 

I stumbled across a quote once and I think of it often:

I find that this sentiment holds true in so many instances in my life. If I'm in a sad, negative mood, I tend to find only those things around me and it continues to drag me down. When I'm seeking positive energy and light, I find that the sun is a little brighter, my dad is a little peppier, life is a whole lot better. So keep this in mind and try to give what you are wanting in return. 

The Mirror

Hello lovelies!

Not to divulge too much, but I've been thinking a lot about my relationships with people lately. Not just romantically, but my friendships, relationships with my family, coworkers, all of that jazz. Lately, I feel like I just haven't been in the best place I can be. I've been shutting people out, been very controlling, only accept perfection. In short, I've been the worst.

So I got to thinking, why are you like this Kimberly?! Why is enough never enough? And it hit me, that I've just been reflecting the impression I have of myself on others. A while back I talked about being a perfectionist and how I'm really trying my best to break that. I've taken a lot of steps in the right direction, but I feel like I still have many more to go. I'm used to everything coming easy, and this is one of those things that isn't. I have to work on it and become mentally and emotionally stronger in order to deal with it all.

So, I don't want this whole thing to be a bunch of negative stuff, so here's my list of things I'm going to do to keep myself on track with this goal:

-Seek others out, instead of waiting for them to seek me out
-Be respectful of the beliefs and feelings of others
-Find time for things that make me happy
-Accept what I can and cannot control about a situation