About

2008 threw some unexpected and rough challenges my way. Half way through the year, when I started to get my head above water, I decided not to wait for life to be fair to me. I launched this second blog (the first being www.ashleycecil.com) to self-initiate positive thinking and actions. With a title like “Mission Happiness,” I knew I would never post anything negative or counter-productive to my own happiness. Therefore, I would only give my attention to joyful aspects of my life. So here is it, my “return path to happiness” project.

While I’m thinking about being happy, here are just a few activities that do it for me: painting!, art+activism, writing as a method of “taking out the emotional/mental trash”, mountain biking (specifically when I don’t flip over my handlebars), hiking (after I do flip over my handlebars), 4.12 mile walks in my ‘hood, face painting, horse back riding when people let me borrow a horse, yoga when I don’t have to do Savasana, knitting purses, faking that I remember how to play the cello, occasional mindless activities such as watching a movie. And in general I love post-its, cool business cards, Photoshop and Illustrator, waking up with the sun on my face (I pretty much hate blinds in general), frozen peas, children that are not mine, my Nikon D40, caller ID, theme parties, learning new words that I actually use, homemade salsa, spell check, Erin’s pottery, cold ears (those of you closest to me probably have first hand experience with this odd fetish), confidence, hot weather, feather pillows, humility, wisdom, people that change my mind, “me time,” and water in all forms (hots baths, the ocean, bottled, sprinklers, summer rain and so on), manual transmission, and snail mail.