What I've been up to

Hello everyone!

You know how I previously wrote about doing something new? Well...you might think I'm just talking and no action. And well...you might be terribly wrong too.

I say and, yes, I do! This blog is an honest place.

So, today I felt the urge to tell you what happened to me in these last few days.

My birthday was this Monday, May 5th (yei, happy birthday, thank you) and, well, I always get a little bit too emotional when my birthday is approaching. So, what did this brain of mine thought I could do?

Yes! Dye my hair! Why not?

My hair is brown and it was a virgin hair, never dyed before. Screw it, it's like the youngsters say nowadays: YOLO - and yes, I truly hate this trend, what the Hell is wrong with you people???

I went ahead and paint my hair...blue. Yes, blue. Not dark blue, not light blue, real BLUE.

Although I loved the result, it didn't last long. I went to the beauty salon this Saturday and as I write this entry, I no longer have my hair in Sailor Mercury mode - my nails are still painted blue, though.

What happened? I washed it yesterday and my hair turned green, kind of...green, lilac, grey, light blue...I don't know. It was really ugly and my hair became really sere.

So, today I lost my mind, did some search online, went to the store and dyed my own hair. I also cut it. Against all odds, it went really well. I just have to buy a second kit 'cause there's still some blue hiding around here. But I may have skipped a brilliant career as a hairdresser!!!

So, my advice to you? I don't have any idea. Yeah, of course I ruined my hair, of course I eventually became really annoyed with all the stares I got and, yes, my money burned for nothing and my fabulous blue hair only lasted three days. But you know what? I'm not sorry, not even a bit 'cause it was really cool while it lasted! Just like a really messed up relationship or a meal that you know will put you in the bathroom for hours. But in that moment...you just really want to be blue!

So, who am I to give you an advice? I can only say, do something different, but think about it for a while, measure the consequences...especially if you're thinking about getting a tattoo! There's no ink in the world capable of erasing that. Yeah, I know there's laser but that is expensive, it really hurts and it might not even do the job.

See you later, alligator!

Get up

Good afternoon!

This blog is about being happy. It's about overcoming our problems. And you might think "Yeah, like she is going through any problems in her life...bullshit". Well, first, watch the language and second, you're right in one thing: I don't consider it a problem, I see it as a challenge. 

For the first time in my life, I'm unemployed. And you know what? I'm not gonna flower it up. It's not easy. When we are fired our confidence is shredded into small pieces. I didn't do anything wrong, I was just a victim of the "conjuncture", according to my boss. The crisis, the lack of money, the fact that my job is no longer needed 'cause the "department" (let's put it this way) where I worked was shut down. 

But, even in this particular situation, we always end up thinking that we could have done more, that we could have done something to just stand out in the crowd, you know? So that we wouldn't represent the group of people who ended up getting fired - yes, a lot of people got fired, this is the reality that we are living nowadays. Well, maybe we could. Maybe if we did this or that...but you know what? We'll never know. And the one thing we do know is that we have to get up.

That's right. Get up! This post is for you who are in the same situation I am today. You got fired. You are sad. You feel like the world as something against you. But, guess what? The world has absolutely nothing against you. If you look around, there are thousands of people in the same place as you. And it's just normal, you know? If you think about it, this is how we build a career, a resume, with different experiences, different positions in different companies. 

I read this thing in a magazine last week and it made so much sense to me. It said something like this: now that you are unemployed, your job is to look for a job!

This is the attitude that you should have. You WILL get a job eventually. Maybe you'll even like your new job. Maybe, just maybe, you'll love it even more than you loved the last one. If your last job was your first, just think about it: your first job will probably be the worst you will ever have. Someone told me this the other day and I thought "hum...but...well...yeah...you might be right".

So...did you get the point? Get up! No one will find you a job for you. You are the one who has to do it. It's in your hands.

First step? Update your curriculum vitae, your resume, whatever you wanna call it. Do a search in the web, if you don't know how to do it. You have some amazing tools and some advises on this subject. Go for it. Register yourself in linkedin, do some research on your professional area and show the world how amazing you really are. Yeah. Didn't you know? You are amazing, sir! And you too, lady! Go for it!

Embrace this opportunity as a chance to do some major modifications in your life. And while you're at it, why don't you go and try a different haircut? Just sayin'...

See you later, alligator! And bring me some good news!