August 12, 2009 by Giulietta Nardone
Jamie Ridler asks us wishcasting groupies this fine Wednesday, “What door do your wish to open?” I’ve been opening my personal door of boldness wider and wider. It’s what Giulietta the Muse is all about.
Now I’m ready to “fling” it open and let all my amazing ideas for life shops fly out into the world. Having been labeled shy for a good chunk of my life, I experienced one of those pivotal life turning points a few years back when I discovered it had never been true. Not only am I not shy, I’m outrageously bold & delicious! So, I’m putting together my first life shop on booting shyness out of your life.
Muse thanks for stopping by!
Giulietta
August 10, 2009 by Giulietta Nardone
I’ve been hauling bag after bag of clothes and other stuff I bought at discount stores to the local charity. In some cases I’ve outgrown the look, but in most cases the lack of quality made the clothes hard to wear. After a washing or two, the shirt or pants just didn’t look or fit right. (Not that they fit 100% right to begin with. The cheap price made me overlook inherent design flaws.)
It struck me that I could have bought the one expensive shirt I really wanted, the one that fit me instead of the 25 poorly fitting shirts that I ended up with. I can now see that it’s more expensive in the long run to buy items I don’t really want just because they are cheap.
But that’s what we’ve become a nation of quantity-obsessed junk buyers.
It makes more environmental sense to return to the days of full pricing, when quality determined the likelihood of purchase rather than quantity.
How do you determine whether or not to purchase something?
Muse thx,
Giulietta
July 27, 2009 by Giulietta Nardone
I’m following some fun Tweeters on Twitter. One is Moontree Letterpress. Lovely designs for letterpress aficionados as well as a weekly Monday contest for those who love to word sculpt. I’m a contest & a word junkie so this fun letterpress blog awards me a double high for participation. There’s also a letterpress prize if you want something concrete for your guessing efforts.
Contests get my mind moving in a direction it might not normally move. They keep me thinking outside the box that’s outside the box. Nothing worse than a rusty brain. I know the Tin Man of Wizard of Oz fame used his rusty body as an excuse for not participating in life, but it seems more likely that rusty brains keep us from doing so.
Patrolling the malls and watching reality shows puts my brain to sleep, which is why I try to avoid both of them. I used to get to the end of a mall or a show and say, “why did I just waste my precious life doing this?”
What do you do to keep your brain from rusting?
Muse thx,
Giulietta the Muse
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