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Scarce Asset Friday

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Hi friends! Welcome to the best day of the week. Fridays are awesome!! Fridays are hopeful, full of anticipation and relaxation. On Fridays, I typically list three favorite things, or songs, or websites, or books that have captured my attention. This has been a rough week for me. My singular focus, all week, has been on my son’s health and well-being. (he has epilepsy) So, I’m just catching my breath on this lovely Friday. I don’t have my typical list of three favorite things. What I do have, is some incredible quotes from a recent article in Adweek, from an interview with Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez is almost other-worldly in her beauty, and in her abilities, and in her talents and ambitions, but her quotes, from this interview are such good reminders for all of us to remember that we are all “scarce assets“, which Jennifer describes this way:

“For me, what I realize is … no, there’s only one me. There’s only one that person. There’s only one that person. There’s only one that person. And what they each have to offer is uniquely different than everybody else.“

“I have a small circle and I like it that way. I’m not the person who gets a hundred texts a day or whose phone rings constantly. That’s not who I am. I have a very small group of very close people I trust and that I love who I know have my best interests at heart and who understand me as a public person but also as a private person.“

“I don’t think you start thinking about a personal brand. You become it because of what you create, what you do, how you live and who you are. Ultimately, I think it’s about what you reflect and what people see because in the end, you represent something. I’ve been incredibly fortunate in my life, and I live out loud through my artistry and my creativity and try to stay as authentic to myself as I can. I’m real. That was important to me—to stay connected to my roots and not ever change or make what people said or thought about me influence who I really was inside. It’s about being limitless and never allowing anybody to put me—and limit me—within a box.“

Remember that you are a precious, scarce asset in this world. Treat yourself as such. Have a great weekend.

Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.

Keep Calm and Friday On

Welcome to the best day of the week!  We made it!  Woop!  Woop!  New readers, every Friday I talk about some of my favorite things, products, services, etc. that have made a difference in my day-to-day life.  (please check out my previous Favorite Things Friday posts for other ideas of what to treat yourself with on this lovely Friday)  That being said, I have a confession to make.  In my first half of adulting, people in my life may have accused me of being a tad “impulsive”.  I’m working on getting better at that in my second half of adulting.  I feel like I need to add a disclaimer (kind of like the pharmacological advertisements) for fellow impulsive people like me before we get started today.  Here are a few things that impulsive people should be wary of:   

Amazon 1-Click;  maybe Amazon in general;  maybe-online shopping in general;  competitive bidding on eBay;  promo codes;  anything on sale;  cute shoes;  gifts with purchase;  long waits at the check-out counter;  potato chips and the like;  plates of cookies;  fad diets;  full pots of coffee;  anything with “miracle anti-aging” in its description;  buffets;  bookstores;  BOGO happy hours;  day trading;  sports betting;  casinos;  gym membership tours;  vacation clubs;  grab bags;  TJ Maxx;  animal shelters and/or pet stores or just anything furry with a cute face;  botox and fillers;  another lipstick/lipgloss;  and my single friends said that I should add, “right swiping”

Consider yourself warned, here we go:

Sunglasses w/Gradient Lenses:  This is more of just a great “favorite tip.”  Sunglasses are a personal thing.  What looks good on me may not look good on you.  It has a lot to do with face shape.  There are a lot of great sunglasses brands out there and for the record, I have read that most sunglasses, no matter what the brand, are manufactured by the same company. (true or not, I do not know)  I live in the Sunshine State, so I have about 75 pairs of sunglasses.  Seriously, I’m impulsive.  I think sunglasses are the ultimate accessory, right up there with shoes and handbags.  However, I started noticing when I poured over fashion mags and celebrity rags, that a particular type of sunglasses were especially attractive, alluring, sexy and magnetic.  What they all had in common were strongly gradient lenses.  These are the lenses that are dark on the top and get to almost clear at the bottom.  Celebrities like Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lopez almost always wear these types of sunglasses.  J-Lo is known to wear the Dita brand of sunglasses.  (now these are pricey, but almost all of their lenses are these gorgeous gradient types)  I picked out a great pair of Ray-Bans for my husband with these gradient lenses and while I have always been in love with him, every time that he wears these sunglasses, I fall “in lust” with him all over again.  If you want to feel like a rock star/movie star, I promise that these types of sunglasses will do the trick.

Moroccan Oil Beach Wave Mousse – I’m a sucker for anything that smells great.  This stuff smells so great, I could eat it.  And it works great, too.  It’s pricey, but a little bit goes a long way.  There are times that I have gotten a little too heavy handed with it and I have ended up back in the 80s with the “wet look.”  I have a head full of thin hair and this really helps pump up the volume and keeps things in place.  I love it!

Listerine Breath Strips – I love these!  I keep these little packets of “high impact” dissoluble strips in a cute leather pouch in my purse.  They are quick and discreet and perfect for using after eating meals like Philly Cheesesteaks.  Unlike mints, they have no sugar, no calories, and most kids don’t like them, so you don’t have to share.  They are strong, so if you have sinus problems, they might help in that area, as well?!?

Let’s end with a love letter to Friday, as seen on an internet post:

“Dear Friday, I’m so glad that we are back together.  I’m sorry that you had to see me with Monday-Thursday, but I swear I was thinking of you the whole time.”

Have a great weekend!  Thank you for reading my blog!