My Two Cents

Hello.

I took a break yesterday.  I had plenty of time to write, but I wasn't feeling it.  I realize the point of the writing challenge is to write every day regardless of how you feel.  It's just to get you in the habit.  However, I didn't feel like writing just to write if I didn't have anything worth sharing.  After all, the rules for the challenge are more like guidelines anyway.

Today I'm supposed to give you a piece of advice.  I hardly feel qualified to do so, since I feel as though I'm constantly trying to absorb it from other people.
In fact, any bits of advice that pop into my head, do so because it's something I'm telling myself to do, something I'm trying to change in my own life.
I recently heard someone refer to Instagram as "shallow."  I suppose it could be.  But I'd like to think the intentions behind it aren't.  I find myself looking for beautiful moments in every day.  Tiny moments that I want to remember.  That I want to soak up and share with others.  I don't think that's shallow; I think that's learning to appreciate every bit of life.
For example, on the days that Jered doesn't work until the afternoon and is able to sleep in, if I'm not running too late for work, I eat my breakfast in bed.  Sometimes I get a snuggle while I eat my oatmeal, but sometimes I just get to stare at him.  (I'm not as creepy as I sound.)

I love how his hair is matted in crazy angles, how he burrows into the blankets, and how he has a boyish sweetness in his sleep.
I want to remember those moments.  So that would be my advice to you.  Look for the beautiful, sweet, and magical in the mundane moments of life.  In the sleepy mornings when you're snarfing down your breakfast before work, take a second to look around and find the precious.  When you are on a routine stroll, and you catch the scent of the brink of summer, take note of that moment because it's worth remembering, if for no other reason than how it made you feel in that second.
That's it.  Just a simple bit of advice from little ole me today.  
Until next time,

Aim