A Valued Life...

Whilst I'm going through a bit of a rocky patch, these quotes seem to be popping up everywhere, from different people as though this is a time of my life where I am supposed to be hearing them, and reflecting on them. 

I love this one.

A Valued Life

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

Don't destroy or humiliate people because Karma will do it's job.

In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

Don't judge people by their relatives.

Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Free yourself from people that don't value your presence.

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Spend significant time to care for your soul, not just your looks.

Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.

When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone. Without your phone, magazine, laptop or ipod.

Let go of the parts of life you honestly don't want.

Thoughts for the Day...

"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find 
herself in places no one has ever been before." - Albert Einstein

Portfolio...Part 1

Sommer Sibilly, a massage and reiki therapist on island asked me to design her business card.. she had specified only to me that she wanted something to do with chakras, spirituality and energy, so the first thing I had to do was research what all of that even was! I've realized that designing people's business cards is actually a very educational experience, as I'm learning a lot about different things and jobs as I research each one.

I came up with this design below, which I've gotten an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from already. I cant wait to get it printed!

Front:

                                                                           

                                                                             Back:

And here it is......

Our video shoot from today! Hopefully it will reach many and help people to realise that no matter what your race, religion, sexual orientation, skin color or anything else, we are all one and should treat eachother respectfully!

Can u spot me ? :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POfjvqrO2QY&feature=share

Sayonara Carambola... and hello world!

On Thursday the 14th, I quit my job at the Spa at Carambola...finally. As many of you know, tension had been building up in the circus (aka work), which hadnt made for a comfortable working environment for many of the Spa employees. Sure, the job offered me an opportunity to grow for a while, and make some contacts but due to poor management I reached a point where I was stuck and things turned from bad to worse very quickly.

Since I quit, which has only been three days, I have felt an enormous weight lifted from my shoulders, and nothing but the feeling of freedom and happiness and realising that all the Spa was a starting point for me, and that the management will realise at some point the mistake they have made with treating the actual hard workers, and loyal employees like prison inmates.

Job prospects have been tumbling towards me, and I've met more people in the last two days than I have in the last year - literally! Just yesterday I had already two meetings, with one ending in a possibility of re-opening another Spa on island, and the other meeting being more than I could ever ask for at this point - a Spotlightstx client needing ongoing marketing help, which of whom she has already referred me to another company in Christiansted to help with theirs!

Last night I was offered to star in a music video by Lady Gaga, which is soon to be broadcasted on youtube, local television and schools in the US Virgin Islands. It was an amazing experience and a true honor to work with such talented people and at the same time be able to help towards such an important cause (this video was made to bring awareness to the severity of bullying).

I do believe in blessings in disguises. This is well and truly one of those.

(This pic is one of me and some of the girls with that I worked on set with today - the actual video clip is still to come...)

Peppers, peppers everywhere!

Our peppers are taking off like crazy after this weeks worth of rain! We've been sprouting bell peppers lately, but we were very suprised to see the habanero plant had grown two little peppers during the week!

So what to do with these hot little things now? Chorizo and cream cheese stuffed chicken breasts, wrapped in bacon and served with pasta in a tomato-pepper-habenero sauce....delicious!

If anyone would like the recipe, please email or Facebook me - I can assure you that you wont be let down!

Business Licence

The last couple of weeks I've looked into the steps to applying for a business licence.. I havent even really begun and its already seeming like an absolute nightmare.

Have spoken with several different people, including professionals and even the DLCA (Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs) and everyone is telling me conflicting things... for some reason I need to get a certificate verifying that my office space (i.e. HOME) has had a fire inspection and is safe...even though I will not be bringing clients through home.

The usual procedure of getting a background check and applying for a tradename seem like all reasonable requests but I've heard this entire process can take up to FOUR months! Please someone organise some champagne to pop once this is all over and done with, I think I may need it!