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"I believe that we are who we chose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything;  you've got to go out and fight for it. Nobody knows what you want except you, and nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it. So don't give up on your dreams."
 In many ways this quote holds true value. We all have been there some point in time. There is always a moment in our lives in which we have a feeling of being stuck in life. Whether being a housewife, sick of making the same protein shake for hubby in the morning (couldn't I just change the ingredients...I'm sure he would never know?!?), or a CEO of some high end company where you're tired of dealing with the same idiots that have no clue of all the millions of stresses you have to deal with, or a birthday party clown who's tired of every child crying when you enter the room but quickly wipe those tears when you bring out the balloon animals, or my favorite, a classroom teacher, you deal with many stresses, more than you probably imagined in undergrad but yet you find yourself working until your bones crack to make America's future shining stars. Well, this blog is for you.

My name is Mandy, like you I have been stuck between a rock and some hard place where no one can find me. I tried reading many inspirational books, yoga, Pilates, Zumba, manicures and pedicures, massages and boy, oh, boy, so many other things. Nonetheless, nothing worked, I was still stuck with very little room to breathe. I discovered the only way out without losing my perfect stunting neck was through doing things that made me and ONLY me happy. I know what you're saying, "Well, Mandy that's easy, I do that all the time!" Once you have said that I would quickly turn to you and say, "No you don't, you wouldn't be here looking at my blog!" However, that's a good thing. ;)

Sometimes we get stuck in a routine in which its hard to turn back. For example. I am a Kindergarten teacher. I know, "awww". However, I got stuck into a routine, wake up, feed cat, make coffee, get dressed;  "ugh, what am I  going to wear?",make up, put on coat, iPod in ears, train, say hello to students, teach lessons, prepare for the following day, take train back home, feed cat, shower, eat ice cream, lesson plans, watch Bravo, sleep then repeat...you get the point. My life was a routine. Life being a routine may work for some but  for me, no way! Life gets boring after awhile.

That's where this blog came into play. I know there's millions of people just like me. It's time for a change! Let's do things that only make us happy and want to sing the "Happy,Happy, Joy, Joy" song like Ren and Stimpy. It doesn't matter if you're a housewife with a newborn, a freshman in college, or a lawyer. There are things that make just YOU happy. Therefore, it's  time that you start doing those things. Like our 44th president, Barack Obama said, "Yes we can!" On our mark, get set, let's go...the climb to our inner happiness has begun!