Life’s Golden Ticket – Brendon Burchard, Did I Live, Did I Love, Did I Matter?

Did I Live?  Did I Love?  Did I Matter?  Those are interesting questions to ponder and what Brendon Burchard talks about in this video.  The book was an easy read full of thoughts to meditate on.  It is easy to blame our misery on other people, but the reality is, we choose to be miserable.  I used to tell my students “water on the duck” meaning that I can choose to be the duck and let negativity roll off my back like water on the duck or choose to be a sponge and absorb all that negativity and let it affect my thoughts and actions.

Mazda MVP – The best minivan in the world

Something more to be thankful about…

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my minivan.  Which is saying a lot, because I never wanted to be a minivan driving momma.  But with four kids, well…  it’s illegal to stow any of them in the trunk or strap a few onto the roof…  so minivan it is.

At first I was totally geeked about getting a Nissan Quest.  I just had to have it.  I hated the Dodge Caravan.  I rented one several times to take my students to yearbook workshops.  That thing was soooo uncomfortable.  And it was a pain to go in reverse – the rear vision was totally crappy.  We looked at a ton of vans (my honey likes to shop around).  Then we saw it…  There it was, just another normal looking van.  Until we got inside and OMG!!!!  The rear windows roll down!  Like in a normal car.  No more suffocating in the back seat.  I was sold!  But not just that.  It’s comfortable, it drives nice, the rear visibility is very good, it holds 3 car seats and an enormous teenager with room for another passenger (it seats 7 total).  Now, I’m no engine buff…  so I’m not going to go into any details about genius engineering or anything like that.  But this is a VERY mommy friendly ride.

And did I mention that the back windows roll down!  Ah bliss.