I am allergic (not deadly but very allergic) to chocolate and I HATE HATE HATE when someone that is widely aware of this condition brings home a whole frosted chocolate cake with very cute Valentines sprinkles on it.
So I ate a tiny slice and now this allergy won’t go away any time soon. UGH!!
I’ve been feeling bummed, beating myself with frustration over things I have absolute no control of and can’t change as I please. My emotional biorhythm is in -85. I’ve always thought that the best way to ventilate emotions is by writing them out and giving them some sense of form; so when a close friend tagged me on a “15 things I hate about you” Facebook note, it felt suiting for me to do a “things I hate about myself list” and this is what came out.
10 things I hate about myself:
1. How sometimes I just can’t let go.
2. How much I fear.
3. How easy it is for me to alienate.
4. How smart I am over my feelings and how frequently they run over my intelligence.
5. How shy I can get.
6. How I can never manage to control my horrible sleeping habits.
7. How much I over-analyze the simple.
8. How conflict-avoiding I am (sometimes you need conflict to build character).
9. How fast I forget what matters, and how easily I can remember every small little detail.
10. How unreasonably self-conscious I can get without a motive under perfectly normal circumstances.
It became apparent to me that, although it usually takes me some time to do listings, I could specifically figure this one out in a matter of a stupidly fast 15 minutes. I thought “No. This is unacceptable”, and decided to do something to null it. That’s how I came up with “things I love about myself” counterpart:
10 things I love about myself:
1. How conflict-avoiding I am (hey, it tends to keep me in good terms with the world).
2. How I don’t rely on others’ opinion to do something.
3. How I can never stay angry.
4. How excited I can get over small things.
5. How I can step out of the norm.
6. How I don’t strive for attention, but neither allow myself to be taken for granted.
7. How my hair always seems to fall into place, no matter what.
8. How I’ve manage to overcome stuff that didn’t please me.
9. How determined I can be whenever I say “enough”.
10. How blessed I am for the family that I have.
Now, make your own list 
Besos.
Sugar & Spice