Monday, March 5, 2012

renewed affirmation (aka #gettowork)

It has been over a month since I've last logged in, and I am ashamed to report that I have not documented many of my AOKs because the past two and half weeks have become quite a blur (understatement of the year) with work travel ... and just work in general. I certainly have had several AOKs over the past 18 days but nothing that I have photographed nor written down.

So TODAY  is my renewed affirmation that I will get to 200 AOKs by March 25 (maybe I really haven't faced reality and just want to be 20 again) ... and then I will continue until I hit my initial goal of 380 and ... then, I will just keep.on.going.

My apologies for my tardiness, but I am back on track and ready to celebrate this month and this amazing year!


There is no room (or time) for slacking ... see you soon!

And here is documented AOK #1:
PLEASE check out my lovely friend, Jill's blog -  Chi or Die - and support her as she runs her first marathon in Chicago, while raising money for an amazing child advocacy center - Susie's Place.  
GO JILL GO! You truly are inspiring!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

new year ... and a not-so-new perspective

Each year seems to move with so much more speed than the last ... I look around and wonder where all of the time has gone. I mean, it was JUST yesterday when I looked like this sweet little baby.
(adorable, right?)

And then all of a sudden, it is 2012, and we are celebrating yet another fresh new year full of hope, promise and excitement ....2012 was my 37th fabulous new year (yep, I am admitting my age). I am pretty impressed that I still feel like I am sixteen on most days and perhaps 25 on those other not-so-frequent days.

In two months, I will celebrate my 38th year of life, and I have decided to "borrow" another blogger's amazing idea of the enthusiasm of life, love and kindness. Her birthday wish was to perform one random act of kindness for every year she has lived (coincidentally, 38 years and 38 acts). She enlisted her family and friends to participate, as well as her blog, Facebook and Twitter followers. She asked for reports back from each person as they performed their acts of kindness throughout the day.

She received an overwhelming response - Robyn is pretty amazing!
How I Celebrated My Birthday (aka 38 Random Acts of Robyn)

My Random Acts of Jennifer  will officially begin on February 17,  and I will attempt to perform 10 acts of kindness each day for 38 days until my birthday ~ March 25. I hope you will join me and post comments, photos, stories and smiles throughout this journey. I will try to post photos (thank you, parents, for the fabulous new camera) and comments for as many of the acts as possible each day, but sometimes as we know, the hours just get away from us ~ so I promise to update as often as I can.

To be honest, I hope I perform these acts on a daily and very frequent basis, however ... to chronicle them, and the acts of others, will be truly eye-opening and amazing.

I hope you all are having a SUPER New Year, and I am very excited to see and hear from all of you over the coming months!


Stay tuned,
Jen