What’s your biggest dream?
I used to share my dreams freely, only to realize my dreams were not meant to be shared with everyone but only with a select few. That said, I believe it’s safe to say my biggest dream is to live a happy, healthy, peaceful, prosperous, and fulfilling life. This dream isn’t only for myself, but for my hearts (my babies), my family, and my friends. It’s also my dream for YOU!🌺
Thanks for asking and allowing me to share.
Signed and sealed with love and gratitude,
Shaun♥️
What’s your top tip to be successful in life?
I have been journaling since I was a kid—back when journaling was called “keeping a diary.” Boy, do I wish I still had those diaries.
Today, I still journal several times a day. What I’ve learned over the years is that for me to be successful—I can’t necessarily speak for others—I have to 1) reflect on where I’ve been, 2) understand where I am, and 3) know where I desire to be. Afterwards, I make the necessary changes to get to where I want to be. Many times those changes aren’t instant, they actually take time. Smile, I’m human.
For example, I recently read a journal entry from January 1, 2021, where I wrote—
“Starting today, I must learn how to get along without social media. You know, not to use it as a pastime, but as a tool. I need to read more. Cultivate my gifts more. Find things that are going to enhance and make my future more enjoyable.”
It wasn’t until about two months ago that I finally began living in what I wrote. It took me over five years to get here, but I’m here, and that’s all that truly matters.
For me, it’s not the big noticeable changes I’ve made over the years, but the quiet subtle ones I’ve made and continue to make daily that help me live what I consider a successful life.
Thank you for reading and allowing me to share. Wishing you a wonderful week!
Signed and sealed with gratitude and love,
Shaun♥️
What’s a common misconception people have about happiness?
I believe people put too much thought into certain words and how they should be defined. For example, people often use the words happy, joy, and content interchangeably, and when they do, there’s always someone there who will tell them those words don’t mean the same OR they’ll say something to the effect that happiness comes in spurts while joy is a state of being.
And guess what that does?
It throws a damper on whatever wonderful feelings that person was experiencing. Now the person’s mood has changed because they’re trying to figure out which of the three feelings they were actually experiencing before that person threw in the unnecessary information.
So, Happiness…
I believe happiness is whatever the person define it to be. It’s what YOU define it to be.
Now go Be Happy!😊
Signed and sealed with love and gratitude,
Shaun♥️
Do you believe in soulmates? Why or why not?
A few months ago, my BFF (best friend forever/now sister-friend) and I were discussing our relationship and we came to the conclusion that we are soulmates.
You see, we were placed in each other’s lives as toddlers. The story goes, we met when we were two years old. My friend’s mom was visiting her parents who lived across the street from my great, great grandparents and the grands (from both sides) introduced us. That was nearly 51 years ago, and we have been friends since!
The interesting thing about our friendship is that we have never lived in the same town or even the same state for more than a year or two at a time. While I lived in Mississippi off and on until the age of eleven (my mom moved between Mississippi and Kansas several times), she and her family lived in Michigan or Illinois (they moved between the two states just as frequently as me and my family moved between MS and KS). During this time, we spent our summers together when we visited our grands. By the time we were in middle and high school, our families had finally settled down—mine in Kansas and hers in Michigan and then Wisconsin. Over our teenage years, we kept in touch by writing letters—this lasted throughout our young adulthood. In our 20s and 30s, we visited each other once every few years. Today, we visit each other at least once a year.
Besides the two of us spending our entire lives together, the other reason we believe we’re soulmates is because we share the same first name. I was born in Mississippi almost five months before my friend was born in Illinois. Our mothers had never been friends, but they gave us both the same first name. We’re Shaun (me) and Shawn, or LaShaundrea and LaShawn.
So, yes, I believe in soulmates. As I mentioned earlier, it was during my conversation with Shawn a few months ago that we realized we are soulmates. We were divinely connected to do life together.
Thank you for allowing me to share! Have a wonderful weekend.
Signed and sealed with love and gratitude,
Shaun♥️
What is your favorite season of year? Why?
Although my birthday is in the summer—and I absolutely LOVE celebrating my birthday—spring is most definitely my favorite season. Spring is like a breath of fresh air. It’s when everything comes to life and new things begin to grow. Birds seem to sing louder during the spring. The grass is greener. The flowers and trees are more vibrant.
Yes, spring is my absolute favorite season.☺️🌺
Shaun
What is one way you have grown this year?
I have finally managed to block the outside noises of others’ opinions, suggestions, and thoughts. I honestly thought I moving to the beat of my own drums until I decided to disconnect from social media. I mean, I was doing my own thing before I disconnected; however, I now notice that social media had a greater influence on my daily life than I realized—just being honest and transparent.
We say we’re free thinkers. We believe we’re free thinkers. But when we spend most of our day (most of the time unnoticed) scrolling through social media feeds, our thoughts and feelings are influenced by what we see, hear, and read. Disconnecting from social media has allowed me to reconnect with myself, which is what I consider growth.☺️
Thanks for allowing me to share!
Signed and sealed with love and gratitude,
Shaun♥️
Describe your dream chocolate bar.
My dream chocolate bar would be a filled bar with square segments for easy break offs.
The top layer: a swirl of milk, dark, and white chocolates.
The filling: a generous layer of caramel topped with pieces of strawberries or raspberries and bits of chopped pecans.
The bottom layer: no more than a 70 percent dark chocolate.
That would be my dream chocolate bar.😊
Shaun♥️
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
Interesting that this is the daily prompt! I’m just returning from being “unplugged” during the entire month of May. It’s something I had been longing to do for years, and would do so for a few days at a time. However, this time was different. This time I unplugged/disconnected and didn’t look back. Usually, I would log out of my apps or delete them from my phone so I wouldn’t be tempted to return. Not this time. I just stopped cold turkey. It’s amazing what you can do when you really want to.
So, to answer the first question. I knew and know when to unplug when I find myself becoming anxious after scrolling through my social media feeds. When I began thinking about my timeline more than the present moment. When I find myself checking my apps every few minutes to see if anything has changed or anything new has happened. That’s when I know it’s time to unplug.
This is my first day of blogging again from this blog and my other blog site—ItsShaunsWorld2.com. On my other blog, I had been posting for 1,811 consecutive days (multiple times a day) and I just stopped. I unplugged. And it was one of the best decisions I’d ever made. I still haven’t returned to X, Instagram, or Facebook, and honestly, I have no desire to return. Life is so much more peaceful without being there.☺️
I hope you find time to unplug and fully reconnect with the present and all the wonderful things surrounding you. Life is meant to be lived and experienced in the present moment physically, not virtually.
Thanks for reading. Have a wonderful June!
Signed and sealed with love,
Shaun♥️