Evelyn Cucchiara's Page

I'm beginning to yearn for the days when everyone had only one profession and it ended at 5:00 every day.

I can dream...........

But in my real life in 2011, I teach art to preschoolers, blog about organizing, blog about happiness, tweet (new skill - just learned!), work on flipping houses and try and keep up with my three boys. 

Probably just like the rest of you.

Here's an excerpt from my happiness blog:

Guilty pleasures. Brings up ideas of getting away with something, of being a little kid again when someone actually cared what you did. Remember how happy it made you to feel like you were pulling the wool over someone’s eyes? What ever happened to that pure feeling of uncomplicated joy?

It got bogged down in everyday life, that’s what happened to it.

Time to bring it back. I’m not suggesting you start going around telling lies and being selfish. I’m just suggesting you bring back a bit of that old-time excitement. Bring back harmless guilty pleasures. Things that bring about happiness. Things that make you feel like you are getting away with something. Things like:

• reading a completely frivolous book. Nothing with suffering, dismemberment, depression or sweeping sagas in it. Even better, read it next to a roaring fireplace. 
• a 100% cotton, thick, terry cloth robe waiting for you when you get out of the shower. Not the polyester ones that move the water around – the thirsty cotton ones are what I’m taking about.
• 2 desserts after lunch.
• 2 desserts instead of lunch.
•  champagne lunch with the girls
• exquisite smelling body lotion
• a just made cup of espresso in a perfect cup which you drink while still hot
• jeans that are worn out in all the right places so they feel like jammies
• watching a romantic comedy movie – by yourself in the middle of a rainy day
• 3 hours all to yourself on a Saturday morning. Leave your cell phone at home. Be completely unreachable.

Get the idea? Nothing earth shattering. Nothing that will in any way harm anyone else. Just fun little secret things that get you through the day. Things that make you happy. And when you’re happy, the people around you don’t bug you as much.

That’s it. Go do something that makes you happy.

If you'd like to follow me, please visit any of these sites - 

happiness blog: http://www.comeongethappyblog.com

organizing blog: http://www.bestorganizingtips.blogspot.com

art class website: http:www.artadventuresartstudio.com

twitter: @organizingwithe

be happy….spread happiness….evelyn