365 Questions: 92-98

92. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?
Go to Europe.

93. Why are you, you?
Because all the experiences I have had and the way my brain is wired. At least that's what I'm blaming it on.

94.  If you haven’t achieved it yet what do you have to lose?
Nothing. But motivation is a big problem for me.

95.  What three words would you use to describe the last three months of your life?
Tiring, accomplishment, decision-making (I'm counting that as one!)

96. Is it ever right to do the wrong thing?  Is it ever wrong to do the right thing?
Yes. And yes.

97.  How would you describe ‘freedom’ in your own words?
The ability live a persecution-less life.

98.  What is the most important thing you could do right now in your personal life?
Start exercising again.


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-Marsha

365 Questions: 85-91

85. What do you have that you cannot live without?
My phone. I'm sure I could manage but I'd rather not try.

86.  When you close your eyes what do you see?
Darkness. Until I drift away and start dreaming.

87.  What sustains you on a daily basis?
Instagram, smooches from my mister, the scruffled fur of my bunnies, and lots of water

88.  What are your top five personal values?
Honesty, kindness, acceptance, confidence, and silliness

89.  Why must you love someone enough to let them go?
Because you want them to be happy, even if that means that they are not with you.

90. Do you ever celebrate the green lights?
I don't know what this means.

91.  What personal prisons have you built out of fears?
That I can't do certain things because of what others will think/say. Now that I'm older I'm trying to squash that by remembering that the people that do mock and criticize are not in any way giving opinions I care to hear in the first place and come from people who have no bearing on my life.



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-Marsha

365 Questions: 78-84

78. Is it more important to do what you love or to love what you are doing?
If you find yourself experiencing wither, you are quite lucky.

79.  What do you imagine yourself doing ten years from now?
Still working on our house. Haha. And hopefully by then there is a kid or 2 added into the mix.

80. What small act of kindness were you once shown that you will never forget?
While riding a bus to Downtown Disney on the last day of our vacation I noticed I couple sitting across from us. The gal was wearing a pin trading lanyard and had a pin I needed to complete a set I was collecting. I asked if her pins were for trade and she asked me which one I needed and then just gave me the pin.

81.  What is your happiest childhood memory?  What makes it so special?
Riding on a motorcycle with my dad. Or going to scrap yards with him and him trusting my enough to help find what he needed and explore on my own. As I got older the bond between me and my dad dwindled as he became more authoritative, which led to us not having a great relationship from ages 15-24. So these memories are great bc they almost make up for the "lost" years.

82.  Do you own your things or do your things own you?
I own my things. I don't have anything that requires my constant attention and takes away from other aspects of my life. (My bunnies don't count!)

83.  Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?
Its a hard decision but I think I'd pick to lose all of my old memories. There are things in my future (I think) that I will want to remember. I also like to think that I have everything in my life right now that I want (and weeded out people that I don't) so I would want to remember what happens from here with the people that I have earned a right to be in my life.

84.  How do you deal with someone in a position of power who wants you to fail?
I do everything in my power to prove them wrong. Nothing illegal of course...


-Marsha

365 Questions: 71-77

71. What’s the one thing you’d like others to remember about you at the end of your life?
Just that I was a good person and that I (hopefully) made their life a little bit better.

72.  Is there such a thing as perfect?
Perfection, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There can be things that are perfect for you specifically but not necessarily for everyone.

73.  To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
I have made some big decisions in my life but after that I have just kind of coated along and let life take me where it will.

74.  What does it mean to be human?
To love carbs.

75. If you looked into the heart of your enemy, what do you think you would find that is different from what is in your own heart?
Don't really have any enemies at the moment. So I can't really say. But if I did I'm sure the impulse would be to say that we are nothing alike but that would probably be untrue.

76.  What do you love most about yourself?
 My weirdness. I have learned to embrace it.

77.  Where would you most like to go and why?
 Disney Land Hong Kong and Paris. I want to see how they differ from our parks here. Oh and Ireland or New Zealand. They just seem like such lovely countries.



-Marsha

365 Questions: 64-70

64. If a doctor gave you five years to live, what would you try to accomplish?
I'd travel as much as I could, try as many different foods as possible, and spent enough time with my friends and family to last a lifetime.

65. What is the difference between falling in love and being in love?
Its like comparing traveling somewhere and actually being there. One is the journey while the other is being at the destination.

66. Who do you think stands between you and happiness?
Me.I am my biggest road block at times.

67. What is the difference between innocence and ignorance?
There is usually no malice in innocence.

68. What is the simplest truth you can express in words?
Bread is good.

69. What gives your life meaning?
My mister. And my bunnies.

70. Can there be happiness without sadness? Pleasure with out pain? Peace without war?
Sure. But feeling one and then be able to experience the other makes you truly able to appreciate the former.

-Marsha

365 Questions: 57-63

57. Have you ever regretted something you did not say or do?
Of course. Hasn't everyone?

58. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
No, thankfully.  But I suppose there is still time for it to do so...

59. Why do we thing of the most when they are gone?
Because we glorify them in their absence, we seem to cling to the best in people. It seems to be the way our mind remembers them most.

60. What is your most beloved childhood memory?
Going for motorcycle rides with my dad.

61. Is it more important to love or be loved?
While both are extremely important I think the former may edge out the latter just a smidge. The capability to love others opens one up to a barrage of other emotions (like empathy, sympathy, selflessness, compassion, etc) that I think lead to a full self and a full life.

62. If it all came back around, would it help or hurt you?
 I'm not really sure what the "it" is in this instance...

63. If you had the chance to go back in time and change one thing would you do it?
Probably.

-Marsha

365 Questions: 50-56

50. Can you describe you life in a six word sentence?
Disney World in under ten days!!

51. If we learn from our mistakes, why are so afraid to make a mistake?
I think a large part has to do with the risk factor and the "after shock" of making a mistake and how it'll effect us. But at the same time, both are present if you succeed or fail...

52. What impact do you want to leave on the world?
On the world? Not really sure. But I want the people in my life to feel loved and happy and hopefully I can have a hand in that.
53. What is the most defining moment of your life thus far?
Meeting the mister. At the time it seemed ordinary to meet a guy and go on a date with him but 5 years later my life and me as a person have changed since he came into my life.
54. In the haste of your daily life, what are you not seeing?
As I spend about 9 hrs each weekday behind a desk, I would guess quite a bit.

55. If life is short, why do we do so many thing we don't like and like many things we don't do?
I feel like responsibilities take priority in life more so that doing what you want at times. I spend most of my time at work when I would rather not. But I need to work to pay for food and a place to live. Then we get trapped in this mobius strip-like existence where were are working to live and living to work.

56. What lifts your spirits when life gets you down?
Disney movies, seeing my bunnies, when a stranger is nice to me, the mister singing in the shower, and a the moment Starburst jelly beans!


-Marsha

365 Questions: 43-49

43. What are you most grateful for?
My husband.  He's all I need.

44. Is stealing to feed a starving child wrong?
By current society's standards, yes.  Is that right?  Probably not.

45. What do you want most?
To lose some stinkin' weight!

46. Are you more worried about doing things right or doing the right things?
Doing the right things. Even if I do them wrong, I'm still doing ok. And doing the right things wrong beats doing the wrong things right.  Right?

47. What has life taught you recently?
You can't avoid change. It is inevitable.

48. What is one thing you would most like to change about the world?
This is a very loaded question that is hard to answer without sounding like a pageant contestant.

49. Where do you find inspiration?
From others. Pinterest mostly.  Haha.

-Marsha

365 Questions: 36-42

36. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
Definitely never trying.

37. When was the last time you listened to the sound of your own breathing?
I can't even remember consciously doing it. But I'm sure I do it in bed every night just before falling asleep.

38. What's something you know you do differently than most people?
Say the word button.

39. What does the :American Dream" mean to you?
In the general sense of the phrase it means to get everything you want out of this one and only life you have.  To me that means to be surrounded by loved ones, bunnies, baked goods with plenty of trips to Disney.

40. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
They say ignorance is bliss...

41. If you could instill one piece of advice in a newborn baby's mind, what advice would you give?
Just to be yourself I guess. Be your own person. Relish in your differences and don't compare yourself to others.

42. What is the most desirable trait another person can possess?
A sense of humor and a good laugh. 

-Marsha

365 Questions: 29-35

29) When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
I hope not.

30) If you had the opportunity to get a message to a large group of people, what would your message be?
To go over how to get though a 4 way stop.  Really, how to people still not know how to do this?

31) If the average human lifespan was now 40, how would you live your life differently?
Well I probably wouldn't plan to have kids anymore!  And since the majority of my life is now over, I would just try to enjoy the time I had left.  Travel maybe.

32) What do we all have in common besides our genes that make us human?
I think most people have the desire to do good.  But it somehow gets morphed by our surroundings and upbringing.  We eventually worry about how we look to others.  This need for acceptance makes us abandon what we know is good, it makes us do and say things we wouldn't normally.  And this behavior shift happens gradually over time until we begin to believe that we are still doing good.  We all need to revert to a state of child-like goodness.

33) If you could choose one book as mandatory for high school students, which book would you choose? 
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.  but I would make it required reading for middle schoolers too.

34)Would you rather have less work or more work you actually enjoy doing?
The latter.  I would love to be swamped doing something I was passionate about.

35)What is important enough to go to war over?
All things considered, I really do not know.

-Marsha

365 Questions: 22-28

22) What would you regret not fully doing, being, or having in your life?
Being a mother.  I have struggled with this recently.  It is something I have wanted for as long as I can remember and not knowing whether it would be in the cards or not for the mister and I made me really re-examine why I wanted it so bad.  Deep down I've kind of come to terms that it may just not happen for us.  I hope it does though.

23) Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?
Not any more.  I shed myself of fair-weather friends.  I've come to a point that I don't care about hurting your feeling if you have a complete disregard for mine.

24) When you are 80 years old, what will you remember most?
I have only lived for 30 years.  I have no idea what I will do, learn, or experience in the next 50.  I will let you know when I get there.

25) When it is time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?
Always.  I wish more people would just do what it right instead of worrying about how it will benefit them, how it will make them look, or how much they won't get in return.  If we did the would would be a much better place.

26) How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?
Probably 24ish.  Or younger even.  When I'm curled on the couch watching Disney movies I could easily pass for 8.

27)Would you break the law to save a loved one?
Yes

28)What makes you smile?
Finding something amazing while thrifting, my husband's curly hair, an orange scone from Panera, and knowing that I will be at Disney World in 5 weeks!


-Marsha

365 Questions: 15-21

15) If not now, then when?
Never I guess.

16) Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
Bit the bullet and got bangs again.  I need to remember that's a great way to hide my kind of big forehead.  I somehow always seem to forget.

17) What does your joy look like today?
Surprising my husband with a nice dinner for our 5th anniversary of when he asked me to be his lady.  We don't do Valentine's or Sweetest Day but we do celebrate this an our wedding anniversary.

18) Is it possible to lie without saying a word?
Of course.  Our eyes and faces sometimes express way more than we mean to.

19) If you had a friend who spoke to you the same way you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?
I actually don't speak that bad to myself.  For all of my gripes about my weight, I actually don't do the whole self-deprivation thing.

20) Which activities make you lose track of time?
Reading, surfing Pinterest, and browsing Target

21) If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
Middle school science

-Marsha

365 Questions: 8-14

8) Who do you love and what are you doing about it?
I love my husband more than words can express.  I tell him everyday (even though it will never be enough) and try to do little things for him to make life easier or to just make him smile.  I love my friends and am trying to see them more despite living farther away from them then ever.

9) What's a belief that you hold which many people disagree?
Most have to do with religion's involvement in the government.  Women should be the only ones that have any say on what we are allowed to do to our bodies.  And homosexuals should have the same rights and freedoms as any other human being.  Enough said.

10) What can you do to today that you were not capable of a year ago?
Pronounce quinoa properly.

11) Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
This is one of those weird things that never made any sense to me.  It is a bodily function and is completely normal and natural.  And suppressing emotions (usually related to crying) can lead to some sort of emotion issues down the line.  If you need to cry, just do it.  No one should think less (or more) of you for simply expressing your feelings.

12)What would you do differently if nobody would judge you?
Probably run/jog around my neighborhood.  Or stay in pajamas all the time.  Haha.

13) Do you celebrate the things you have?
Sure.  But not in a way that rubs it in other people's faces.

14) What is the difference between living and existing?
Living means you are experiencing what life has to offer and taking joy in that.  Existing is just obliviously floating through life not taking any stock of what is around you.  The latter is quite sad.

365 Questions: 1-7

Danielle over on Underland to Wonderland has been doing Weekly Wonderings inspired by this post for a bit.  It seems like a grown up version of the super longs quizzes we all used to do on Myspace (wait, am I the only one?) so naturally I'm in.  I will probably keep the same format of answering 7 questions each week so it doesn't get to long and boring.  Here goes!


1) When is the last time you tried something new?
The only area I have recently branched out and tried something new is when cooking.  I have been trying to make things I've never made before (like tofu) and experiment with replacements in recipes.  I'd love to tackle more things that are foreign to me in the kitchen, like bread.  It just seems to easy for screw up.

2) Who do you always compare yourself to?
Honestly?  Other people.  I know, I know.  I shouldn't but I always do.  It in no way means that I am not happy with my life, because I most certainly am.  But when some can up start a small business on their own, do their hair and make up perfect, or simply rock something that I would love to wear and could never pull off, while I have trouble getting up 20 minutes earlier int eh morning to exercise, I tend to think I'm not good enough at life or something. 

3) What's the most sensible thing you've heard someone say?
"Do you really need another purse?" -anyone around me when I'm looking at purses.

4) What gets you excited about life?
 A clean house, blind boxing the exact vinylmation figure I want, when my bunnies want to be petted.  All of these are rare occurrences and therefore make me happy when they occur.

5) What life lessons did you learn the hard way?
That sometimes relationships just naturally drift apart.  I used to think that apart from some altercation or tragedy I would be friends with my friends forever.  But then I grew up and realized that that is simply not the case.

6)What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?
Exercising and eating better!  I had so much free time back then, I could have been exercising all the time!

7) Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?
Not all situations call for a definitive break down of all information.  I like to think I am pretty perceptive and at least a little knowledgeable about most things. But I have no problem asking questions if I am truly in the dark or just an idiot on a certain subject.


I'll be back next week with 7 more answered questions!

-Marsha