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Long Time no Talk to:

Hello!!

How long it has been!

Please tell me I still have some people that have been waiting ever so patiently on my return.... :)

Well here's the tea... I moved! Sean and I finally got our own place, not sure if you knew but we were staying with his mom for some time until we could get our own place. We finally got it! 

We have been in our new place for about 3 months now and we have somewhat settled in I guess one could say. We don’t have much furniture and things needed but slowly we are gaining the things to make the place all more ‘homey’ and functionable. I’m working on getting our room in order, bedframe, rug, house plant. We also need a vacuum, kitchen island table, coffee table and a couch but we have an ottoman as a coffee table and a futon for a couch for now. It works and its a place to call home. 

I really enjoy getting to wake up to my own place and do what I want and most of all, walk around NAKED. haha. I actually don’t do that often. 

Sean just started a new job that he loves and is finally getting the benefits, money and stability he needed from a job so I’m super proud and happy for him!

It’s been to long since I’ve done this and I will do my best to keep up with this more. I’ve really been out of my game and slaking on many things but I promise I am getting back into the swing of things. I want to start up my YouTube again and start making more videos but the place is so messy all the time and I’d hate to show that to everyone! Soon for the vids though, soon.

I can’t wait for warmer weather to come more frequently, I really want to start doing more of my photography and getting some good pics under the sun shine! I also haven’t been sticking with my yoga, ugh I have been really out of my game.

Life honestly isn’t perfect and nothing stays the same, we just got to know what we want and keep going after it. I want to be more healthy and start taking better care of myself and giving myself a mental health day to restart and refresh. I want to get closer with god and have a better relationship with him. I want to be able to stick to a routine and make it a life changing experience. I want to be a timely person and handle what's on my tray better. 

Writing helps me want to do more, it helps me think clearly and encourage me. What helps you get going, what is your motivator? 

I hope you don’t give up on your dreams and goals, keep seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. You’ve got this!

Toodaloo

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                                      Don’t be Camera Shy:

Today is a great day!!

Everyday can be a great day as long as you make it one and speak positive about it.

This is my new camera! If you don’t already know I am a big fan of photography and I love taking pictures (I even have my own photography account on IG) I have always wanted to buy a camera but the kind I want is so expensive and I just can’t afford it. The lord has clearly blessed me and has provided for me as he always does! I was selling some clothes on Kijiji and found a possible buyer when the sale turned into a trade off and I got something even better in return.

I can’t wait to start taking the pictures I’ve always imagined taking that’s not from my phone... did you know I even used my old Bell tablet to take my pictures at one point? yeah I really knew how to work that thing haha. 

I recently shared a picture on my Instagram and my caption was “Upgrading, inside and outside!” I had just received my new Lululemon sweater that I purchased online and I was feeling great, and I still am! With my book that I’m reading “Less is More” by Joshua Becker I am learning that to have less means to save more and be able to afford the better quality things that we all want in life. I’ve always wanted to have good material clothes that look fabulous on me but felt like I could never afford them but now with getting rid of so many clothes and saving more money, I can afford to get that better quality item and still have a smaller closet!

I’m really working hard on continuing to better myself and each day is a new step to climb, I fall back down and I get back up and never give up on myself. I’ve been doing yoga since the beginning of the year and last week I slipped up and got lazy and missed 2 days of yoga!! I’m at the point in making this a lifestyle change where I actually felt bad and a bit upset at myself for not pushing harder but we all fall back, we all loose ourselves from time to time and as long as we keep that try harder mindset and keep striving to go further in life then it’s okay to have that slip up. I got back up on my feet and did yoga 2 days ago and today I have my next session! (3 times a week I do yoga btw.) Whatever it is you are working on improving don’t beat yourself down if you miss a day or feel tired, you are human after all and no one is perfect. Let’s hold hands and get back together and let’s try this again, one step at a time. I love you and thank you for taking the time to read my blog and join me on my adventurous journey in life.

Toodaloo!

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“I’ll let you unravel me as long as you promise to keep me warm.”

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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

Elbert Hubbard

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Upgrading in Progress:

I just finished another yoga session. This time round it was a bit of a struggle to get into but I put my mind to it and remembered what I’m doing it for, to be mentally and physically healthy. No one ever said every day is going to be a walk in the park, some days will be easier and others will be so much of a struggle that you just want to give up and say “I don’t need this anyway.” The more you do it, the more you get up on time and work on that routine and bettering yourself the easier it will get, I promise. I’m sure you know by now that nothing comes easy in life...unless you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. I skip yoga days sometimes and I take breaks because it’s okay to give yourself that needed break and recharge, as long as you keep pushing yourself and not holding yourself back from the person you truly can become.

I am very big on paper and pen, old fashioned writing is my thing and I will write on paper from my grocery lists to setting goals and a plan for myself, to short story writing or just taking notes. I got a whole folder of poems and a couple of short stories, song remakes and songs of my own. I got this little Indigo lap desk but one day I want to own a real desk and have all my papers organized and feel like a real office like lady with my own space. My own area to call mine. Have you taken the time to look at yourself and see who you truly want to be? taken the time to see who you want to be in a year from now? Take the time to do that and you might be surprised or better yet get motivated. Start small and give yourself easy task to accomplish and slowly take on the bigger jobs, in a year from now I want you to be so high you can almost touch the clouds! 

Though I’m not perfect each time which no one can ever be perfect, I am very proud of myself for the new things that I’m accomplishing already and I’m going to keep being proud and encouraging myself as you will do the same for you. Together we will be upgraded and redefined into a smarter, better human being for ourselves, the world is our oyster so lets eat!!! 

I can lose motivation and determination like anyone else, but this time I won’t make the mistake of ignoring it when its going. I’ll show you Maris! I’ll show you world!! 

This is a little piece to boost your spirits up and making sure you aren’t giving up already, I can’t afford to lose a great team player so you got to help me out here. 

I’m happy you enjoyed this uplifting read while sipping on that sparkling wine. Don’t forget, you are beautiful! Toodaloo <3

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Thinking about what I’m writing or writing about what I'm thinking...

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Changing like the Seasons:

Good day! 

How was your Christmas and New Years? I know it was amazing because it doesn’t matter how different it was this year and which people weren’t there by your side, what matters is the people that were there with you and just the fact that you are here today and get to experience another day in life.

My lovely fiancé and I had a wonderful time loving each other and enjoying the fact that we get to spend another year together.

Now let’s take a look at last year to prepare for this year.

My fiancé is the one person that has truly been there for me, when he see’s that something isn’t the same with me he let’s me know. He’s helped me grow and encouraged me, he’s been my #1 supporter and has always looked out for me and made sure that I went after my goals and ambitions. Over the past months though, I’ve noticed I’ve lost myself trying to become a better person to fast. I’m not getting any younger and as I age, more responsibilities come along with that. I have siblings but I basically grew up as an only child because they all moved out by the time I could actually remember I was on planet earth. With that being said, I took on the role of being independent and having to do everything for myself as for my mom worked a lot and I was always left home alone (which I didn’t mind.)

My fiancé has always been a fast guy, early to wake and early to get things done. I on the other hand can be slow and can still be till this day. When I get in the mode to be more quick at life, I tend to move to quick and set myself up for disaster. I focused to much on trying to accomplish more then I could chew, working to be a machine that can retain all this information and be on top. It wasn’t me and I lost touch with my passions and hobbies, my creative side and outgoing side, my determination and motive attitude. I became a person that is so focused on how to do everything right and not make a mistake that I was making even more mistakes without realizing it. My fiancé of course had noticed these passions and hobbies of mine fading and me losing myself while trying to acquire new life skills and learning. I saw where I was going and it wasn’t the path I wanted to be on. I want to be a person of good punctuation, a person that is super outgoing but oh so ever smart. I am a person that can accomplish goals without overflowing my tray and I will prove that to myself starting today, starting right now with this very blog that is a long lost hobby that I’ve taken up again, bringing my passion for writing back to life and maintaining a schedule to take the time out of my day and just write!

Life can be whatever you make it to be, a shitty one or a damn right great one, don’t make the poor choices that will only lead you to misery but make the changes needed to be made to give yourself the best possible outcome. I want my future kids to be proud to have me as they’re mother and I want to be able to leave something great for them that they can cherish forever, not just financial aid but skills and life lessons that they can pass on to they're kids and future generations to come. I’m going to be the one in my family that makes my future family tree the greatest. I thank my fiancé for never giving up on me and helping me see what I was loosing, he makes me so happy and always knows how to put a smile on my face!

To whoever is reading this, thank you and I hope you are making your life a great one! I want the best for you.

Todaloo <3

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Life is a Beautiful Thing:

Good evening. Bless your heart.

I appreciate you’re interest in continuing to see what I’m all about :)

I’m currently listening to this amazing song that always has me in a happy mood, its got the drums, the voice...ohh its just perfect. I’ll keep you wondering what song it could be and one day soon I’ll let you in on my music world.

I love dancing if you didn’t already know that, I’ve always been a fan of contemporary dance and just all around slow dance that has movement to it and a feeling that can be seen through the audience. I am a a fan of hop and when the music can make you ‘pop’ haha. 

I am a performing arts lover. Music, dance, poetry, instruments, drama, acting you name it. Even writing if you couldn’t tell yet.

A side career I do is Modeling, it use to be something I was in to and wanted to make it a career I went far in but modeling was never a path I chose, it fell in my lap from someone I know and I went along with the opportunity in hopes of the possible outcome. It turned out that it required a spoiled daughter by a rich mother so that the rich mother could buy all the expensive things she needed and pay for all the sh*t she couldn’t afford and take her everywhere she needed to go. Unfortunately life doesn't work that way and as a young teen at the time who decided to leave home to hopefully better their career, couldn’t afford the things needed to be successful nor really gave the time of day because of all the demands that she couldn’t meet. Modeling may look glamorous and I’m sure it has it’s shine (I’ve defiantly had my 15 minutes of fame) but being someone who got to experience it from the life of a low class girl, It’s not all It’s cracked up to be. I’m working on getting out of it and finally going after what I want in life and not putting things on hold for the hopes of people recognizing me.

Tomorrow is my fiancés birthday everyone! yeah I said it. Fiancé. He is so special to me. He is my rock, my better half, my king, my everything. He has always been there for me and has always had my best interest in mind and there has never been one day that didn’t prove his endless amount of love he has for me. I wish him the best birthday tomorrow and I want to make it special with lots of love and kindness. I’m not sorry for getting all gushy, a good man should be appreciated and noticed and when you got him don’t be an idiot to loose him. 

2021 is going to be better then 2020. Ask yourself this question, who is the person you want to be in a year from now? is it richer? more focused? or maybe just working on making your life more organized. Whatever it may be start doing the things you need to do and make that future you immerge! the change starts now, not whenever you ‘feel’ like you can start but when you realize that your mind is the only barrier keeping you from becoming the person you want to be. I’ve started making the changes I need to make and I know 2021 will be great for me, join me and start your change to.

Have a good night and Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday Sean, I love you.

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Hey!

This is me, Maris!

I’m not truly from Paris but a lot of people have a hard time remembering my real name (Damaris). My nickname Maris came alive in elementary but the rhyme ‘Maris from Paris’ came in high school from one of my favorite teachers. It had a nice ring to it and people never forget my name when I tell them the rhyme, so it stuck! I made sure to start my first blog post right, typing away on my laptop as thoughts flow in my mind and getting in tune with the soft sounds of the keyboard. I love writing and its been so long since I truly just taken the time to sit down and have a good session. I use to write poetry often and a few short stories, all I need right now is my favorite drink in hand and I’m set. I do have in the fridge but its a bit to late to start the party now. 

I’m not quite sure what my blog will be based on but for the most part I want it to be genuine, about a girl that's not really from Paris but wants to share her journey in life and her minimalistic ways and see who cares to follow. I’ve got quite the green thumb that I’m pretty sure I get from my grandma and I am an amazing chef AND baker! I know, you wanna try my food. I’ll make sure to include you in the makings of my cooking as long as you try them out when I share the recipes!

Today was a good day for me. I’m a manager in the food industry and I have to say, today felt a lot like the old days! My boss is awesome and I love coming into work and getting to make people smile knowing that I’ve made they’re day just a little better then before. I’ve never had one rude customer! I think its because of my kind and outgoing personality that people cant help but change they’re mood with me. 

I’m excited for what tomorrow holds for me and I hope you had a wonderful day today and that tomorrow is even better! I have some last minute Christmas shopping to do! Toodaloo!

-MarisfromParis

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