Chapter 3: How to enjoy life?

Does anyone there have the secret to enjoy a healthy and beautiful life? When I say healthy, I don’t mean boring! I mean enjoy a life full of happiness, smiles, parties, companionship, friends, love, passion, lust, all these things…
I wonder sometimes if I enjoy life as much as I should, I wonder if I actually LIVE my life it all.
I envy (in a positive way) those people who are so young (or at least my age) and they’ve been in so many different places in the world, or they are passionate about a particular sport, or a band, a festival or whatever. I’m so scared sometimes to turn 40 and say that I haven’t done much with my life.
It’s funny though as I left home when I was 18 years old and I’ve been living in a different country for four-and-a-half years. I’m sure there will be people saying that I have done heaps already. But you know when you look back and you don’t have that many stories to tell?
I’m so scared that one day, when I have my kids, and they ask my friends “what was mom like when she was young?” And they go like: “well, don’t really have much to say…” That’s a scary thought!
So, how do I enjoy life? Bettina and I always talk about how important it is for someone to have passions, and that is what makes a person be interesting. But what are my passions? What am I crazy about? I think that after all, although I always try to be everywhere, doing everything, I ended up doing nothing and just living one day after the other…
I don’t know! I should be grateful for my life (and I guess I’m), but I just wish I could live my dreams, make them happen. Do you enjoy your life?

I'm so proud of her!!!

I know this might sound weird, but I had to write about what just happened a few minutes ago! My best friend just sent me an email to say she is one of the three finalists for the Queensland Media Awards for best Journalism student.
How cool is that??? It’s also awesome the feeling that, even though we studied together, the same major, and she is a clever little thing, while I was just an average student, I can still share this great joy with her. I’m so proud of her!!!! She is not only beautiful, funny, baladeira (someone who party hard) and so much fun, she’s also very INTELIGENT.
You go girl!!! You ROCK!!!! And it was so funny how she said, “I don’t think I’ll apply for it, it’s too much hassle!” And now, here she is, the finalist!!!!
I’m so proud of you babe! Good luck!

Chapter 2: Friends, the family we choose...

Isn’t this saying great??? “Friends, the family we choose!” But I couldn’t agree more!!! Last night I had two friends coming over to my place in one of those ‘last moment’ things (which I absolutely love, by the way!!! I love spontaneous behaviour!!!), and we had some dinner and wine.
After a few glasses, we started talking about our friends back in our home country. In my case, all my friends at home go back to the ancient time. Not that I’m that old, but most of my best friendships started back in primary school…and, despite the distance between us, we still love, care and think of each other a lot.
But who doesn’t have that friend who we used to love to spend heaps of time with, but now we just CAN’T STAND them???
Well, I do, I do and I do. I have (had) this friend who is ABSOLUTELY spoiled. She drives me MAD!!!! Don’t you hate spoiled people???? The ones who, when you’re having a discussion (or an argument) they will speak up their mind and walk off on you. You just stand their frustrated because they were stupid (immature) enough to not let you share your opinion. Or how about, when they get frenetic and rude to you because you disagree with something they say. They also cut you off when you are having a very interesting talk with someone else to tell you a plain joke, and when you don’t laugh at it they say “You’re boring!!!!” Ooohhhh dear, I hate spoiled people!!!! There is nothing worse for a person to be. I’m exaggerating, I know. But that’s a pretty bad thing.
Well it turned out that I kind of got rid of her. As in, all the time I go back to my home country, I barely see her because she doesn’t hang around with my friends anymore. They can’t stand her either hehehehehe… I know that’s mean. But did she ever let anyone tell her that she wasn’t being a very nice person and she would miss out??? No, she DIDN’T!!! So face the consequences.
I actually felt sorry for her once when we were all in a friend’s wedding, and we started talking about how awesome the Hen’s party had been, until she realised (so did we) that she was the only one in the table that hadn’t been invited for it. How sad!!!
Well, I don’t know why I dedicated the second chapter of my book to this person who I don’t even like much. I guess it was actually to remind myself of how much I love my real friends, the unspoiled ones. Also to use this opportunity to say to you all that I love you very much and you all have a HUGE place in my heart. I definitely have chosen you to be my family.

Chapter one: Is life always beautiful???

Hello!!! I finally left my laziness aside and decided to write my first chapter in the Open Book.
Well, I believe the first chapter is the key to hook you or not as a reader so I was thinking wether to have a beautiful, colourful start or if I actually should right about how I really feel at present…
For the happiness or sadness of my readers to be (if there is actually someone reading this), I decide to right about my boring and discontent moment in my life.
Before I make you go any further, just be aware that I really hope this Open Book isn’t going to be all about my melancholic phase…
Routine, I think that’s one of the problems hunting me at the moment. The funny thing is I’m not talking about routine in a relationship (poor thing. I can’t blame my beautiful boyfriend for this). I’m talking about waking up everyday at the same time, having a shower, having breakfast (which is also the same everyday) and driving to work.
Then, that’s my ‘favourite’ part: do LITERRALY nothing at work. To be very honest, I think that’s my real problem at the moment. I think I’m going absolutely nuts for the fact that I spent three-and-a-half years studying Journalism to become a PR person, to work in TV or to work in a big company developing their communication strategies, but instead I’m a receptionist in a very, very small company that barely gives me any work to do.
I feel like I’m so ready to face this famous and so competitive working world, but I’m here, setting in my desk, writing my first chapter because I have nothing else to do. Please don’t get me wrong. I love to come here to update my blog, and keep you informed, but I’d much rather to do this is a hobby, as a stress relief from my busy day, which at the moment I DON’T HAVE!!!!!
Please dear reader, tell me what is the secret to get that dream job??? I know it won’t happen suddenly, but I just feel sometimes that it’s taking to long for it to happen to me!!!
And I’m sure someone out there, at some stage of their life, has felt the same way I feel right now. But I know what I’m going to do. I’ll leave you here now (I promise I’ll come back soon with my chapter 2) and I’ll straight way start hunting for the job I really deserve. WISH ME LUCK!!!!!!!

Introduction

Welcome to my open book.
Hope you'll find that this is a good book to read while you feel like procrastinating...
This is actually the reason why I started writing it at the first place.
Maybe not! The reason why I started writing it is because I always wanted to have a little place where I could write down my crazy thoughts, and I finally decided to leave my neuroses aside (I promise I'm a little bit!!!) and do so.
I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you can share your thoughts with me.
Shall we start???