Monday Motivation

This Monday Motivation quote rings true especially for me of late. I have learned that you need to trust that people can deal with uncomfortable truths about you and still stick around because they know the best of you.

That has been the best gift that has been given to me. I always felt if you told people the darker things they would run the other way. Not so, the individuals I opened up to surprised me and stuck around and supported me. It even made me closer with one of them.

Why? Because the best of me is worth it and so am I and so are you!!!

Take this with you into the week, trust me people aren't as fragile as you think and know what a great person you are even when you stumble or misbehave, it happens to all of us.

Motivation on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation

Monday Motivation

Love this quote from Albert Einstein, it sums up how I am about the world around me: "Passionately Curious."

It's what drives me to engage with everything that surrounds me, my curiosity is one of my main life forces.

Thus your Monday Motivation assignment is to be "Passionately Curious" like yours truly.

It's an amazing way to absorb and process everything you encounter throughout the day, trust me and enjoy your Monday! 

Albert Einstein on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein  

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Couldn't have put this better myself. This applies to you men as well. 

Monday Motivation and beyond. 

Have a terrific week Minions!!!

Lady Gaga on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/ladygaga/?hl=en 

Monday Motivation

These are words to live by, trust me wake up every day and think of this quote every time anything negative enters your mind. It defuses it immediately.

Now get out there and rock your day like a hurricane and bend it like Zendaya Minions!!! 

Zendaya on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/zendaya/?hl=en

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Bend it like Samuel L. Jackson...Monday Motivation indeed!

Samuel L. on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/samuelljackson/?hl=en  

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No limits today and every day!!!   

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From The Trenches

Pssssst! In case you haven't heard there's a writers strike happening in the entertainment industry  as I sit here at my keyboard, well, writing this.

While the WGA strike is to be taken seriously, it also has resulted in some really funny/creative signs on the picket line. Hey, it's writers striking so of course it has!

My personal favorite is this one, that riffs on Nicole Kidman's AMC Theater commercial. 

I stan with the writers, duh. Keep pushing until you get what you need, want and deserve. You've got this!

Monday Motivation indeed...

WGA on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America

Monday Motivation

Miley Cyrus

 "I can buy myself flowers

Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don’t understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can" Miley Cyrus, Flowers

Yes you can Minions, Happy Monday Motivation!!!

Monday Motivation: Faster Kill Pussycat

Pussycat
Brittany Murphy

I've been on such a ratchet schedule of late, I just ended four brutal days of it. With today being a day off I need some Monday Motivation. 

Well the corners of my mind produced one source for it and it's a doozy. For some reason known only to my subconscious the Paul Oakenfold ditty Faster Kill Pussycat featuring the late Brittany Murphy became my earworm today.

This song always gave me life for some reason. I remember when it was played in a spin class I took and it would get my adrenaline pumping and I would always push myself extra hard during it. 

So here I am arriving at another Manic Monday in need of some Motivation and look what happened.

Manifest your earworm, like me, and seize the Monday Minions (say that three times fast!)

Hit the video for FKP below...

Monday Motivation

George Hahn

While I seldom drink coffee, today will be one of those days that I do. "Yes" Minions my Monday Motivation today is C-O-F-F-E-E damn it!!!

Here to drive home my point is the quite amusing George Hahn who I stumbled upon and follow on Twitter. George is so many things, and actor, political activist, a social commentator. He is clever and has a sharp wit. He also drinks coffee.

Since my like skills are sort of soft tipped, instead of sharp heading into the day I'm taking a cue from George and imbibing in a cup, or two, perhaps three of good old fashioned Joe.

Don't judge me, my exhaustion must be acknowledged!!!

Grab a cup and join me, won't you? I already know you will...

George Hahn on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/georgehahn

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One of my favorite follows on Twitter is Iman, you know the Model/Actress, not to mention wife of legend David Bowie.

She Tweets inspirational quotes everyday under the moniker: #IMANDAILY

Today's fresh off the Tweet post is the one above and is all the Monday Motivation you need IMHO.

Get out there and do what Iman says (not what your Rice Krispies tell you)  and dig those goals Minions!!!

Iman on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/The_Real_IMAN  

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Let It Go
Katy Perry

While we have already celebrated the passing of 2021 today is the day we flush it down the toilet. "Yes" Minions we begin the first full week of 2022 today, right here, right now...

Here to help us flush out last year is Katy Perry with a giant toilet and toilet paper, because with a year as messy as last we're gonna need the super sized equipment.

I'm gonna venture a guess and say this is part of Katy's Vegas residency Play. Only difference is I'm not playing about today's Monday Motivation.

We are soldiering on and getting into the groove of 2022 today. It's time to move forward and be the king of our collective domains.

So grab some paper and find a toilet, it's time for that first Monday Motivation of 2022 just flush.

Just let it go...!!!

Katy in Vegas at -

https://www.katyperry.com/tour/   

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One Last Time
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett

Last night was quite the surreal viewing experience watching Tony Bennet/Lady Gaga special One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.

If you saw it you get what I'm saying, if not well here's the 411 on why the evening was completely unexpected and Monday Motivation, Hell motivation for every day of your life.

Tony Bennett at 95 blew the roof off of Radio City Music Hall. I was astounded, while I was 100% positive he would not suck, I really did not expect him to be at the height of his singing powers.

His swan song rendition of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was my personal favorite of the evening.

It was really quite supernatural seeing Bennett, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's effortlessly own every song to note and word perfect perfection.

So there you have it, your Monday Motivation mission is to bend it like Tony Bennett. He is proof that anything is possible!!!

Tony Bennett on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett

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Motivated
Michael Shinafelt

Well I finally did it, after months of struggling to lose the 28lbs. I had gained over the past year during this ongoing Pandemic, I finally broke the 203lb mark. That's correct Minions I am now 197lbs...Yay!

This is giving me all the Monday Motivation I need to keep it up. It's hard when you lose two and gain them back to not get discouraged. But when you lose 6 and drop below the 200lb mark, well then, you've hit the motivation jackpot!

Results that will finally put my headspace in the zone it needs to be for me to keep on keeping.

What's in your headspace?

Monday Motivation on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Motivation  

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Squat Like A Boss!
Bruce Springsteen 

In the midst of all this Pride Month hoopla one thing still remains and is constant. I am currently working on shedding my Pandemic Pounds and it's a process. Thus I seek inspiration, like everyone else, from time to time. 

Today's Monday Motivation comes in the form of 71 year old, "Yes" you read that correctly, 71 year old Bruce Springsteen!

Seriously how does he rock a better body and even look more handsome then he did in say his 40's? I ask you, OK, yeah I was actually joking about asking you "As If" you know the answer.

Well I know how he keeps that body at least judging by the deep squat he is doing, and I am sure he has a healthy well balanced diet to accompany it.

Therein lies the rub with Moi, it ain't the exercise part that is the issue at present it's getting myself back to eating well, everyday of the week (that's what I have to do for a few weeks out of the gate, after those few weeks then, and only then can I add a cheat day.) 

As I embark on this week, I am off to a good start wish me well. With Bruce as my inspiration Monday Motivation is indeed Born in the USA.

Shred it like "The Boss!"

Bruce on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/springsteen/?hl=en

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Downward Gaga
Lady Gaga

It's Memorial Day and I  am getting myself ready and focused for the week ahead, thus it's time for some good old fashioned Monday Motivation in the form of yoga.

Here we see Lady Gaga striking a yoga pose, me?! I will be striking my pose adjacent to the Douglas Fairbanks Memorial in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery this ayem. 

"Yes" that's correct Minions Hollywood Forever has been having yoga there for a majority of the Pandemic and it is real and spectacular. Not to mention quiet and I have yet to see any dead people, just their markers.

So gird your loins and get all downward dog with me, won't you? Or perhaps take a hike.

Yoga is my jam and exactly the Monday Motivation I need to clear my head and make me chill for the week ahead.

What's on your  agenda?

Hollywood Forever on the WWW -

https://hollywoodforever.com/ 

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Get The Party Started!
Pink & Daughter Willow

While very few of are able to fly with the greatest of ease from a trapeze or anything like it hanging in mid air. Leave it to Pink, who won the Icon Award at last night's BBMA's to show off her acrobatic skills yet again with daughter Willow along ride.

Thus this is all the Monday Motivation you need to kick your week off. That's correct Minions, it's let loose your inner acrobat and push it, real good!

Everyone has an inner acrobat and something that holds them back from reaching those acrobatic heights. You do realize at this point I am using acrobat as a metaphor I hope. I certainly don't think everyone can do the Mother/Daughter act that Pink and Willow did last night. This being stated there are many extraordinary things that each of us as individuals are capable of and know we can achieve, yet...

You get the picture. 

It's a new day, and a new week, Monday Motivation is here and it's going to ride you like the horse you are so just do it!

Pink on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/pink/  

Monday Motivation

I Shot The...
Daryl Hannah

The world keeps turning and Monday Motivation keeps evolving, you'll find out shortly what I mean. "Yes" Minions today's MM is brought to you by Elle Driver and Vaccines.

Elle (played by Daryl Hannah) in Kill Bill is the Pfizer Vaccine poster entity, translation: I am getting my first round of Pfizer today, Yay!

I like many of you have been waiting to be able to receive a COVID vaccine and I am finally in today, on a Monday no less.

What's that you say? Ell Driver is kind of an odd choice given she tried to off someone in Kill Bill in the guise of a nurse? Why "Yes" she did, but it is all in good fun from my POV, and let's face it even though I am thrilled to be getting the shot, there is still that element of the unknown in the mix.

"No" it doesn't mean I am scared, it means I am cheeky 😜

Hit me with your best shot!

Monday Motivation on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Motivation  

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
David Harewood & Melissa Benoist

After the amazing Orpah sit down interview with Meghan Markle & Prince Harry I don't know about you, but I need some good old fashioned Monday Motivation. While it was revealing and fascinating, the interview was also quite challenging. 

Thus we are kicking off our week with Supergirl, that's correct Minions faster than a ray of light she's here to kick your ass and motivate you to have a great week! Well OK, it's actually Melissa Benoist & her co-star David Harewood on the set of the CW series in Vancouver, Canada.

But hey, Supergirl is here in spirit, right?! That is the point, catch the spirit and have a f#cking Super Week y'all! 

Now peel that banana and get to werk!!!

Supergirl on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl_(TV_series)  

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Feel The Love
Mariska Hargitay & Christopher Meloni

Happiness is...

Well that takes on many shapes and forms, but for all intended purposes today, happiness is being reunited!

In case you have not caught my drift, I am a huge Law & Order: SVU fan. I so seldom fan out on anything, thus you need to understand how much weight this truly carries, got it?!

Thus nothing makes me slap happier than seeing this photo of Mariska Hargitay & Christopher Meloni working together again.

"Yes" I know it's to provide the starting point for Chris' spin off series Law & Order: Organized Crime, but this dynamic duo is back in action, if even for a blip second, and that brings me joy. 

So where's the Monday Motivation in all this? Find something that brings you happiness and joy today, even if it is just a TV Show.

It's all good...

Law & Order: SVU on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/nbcsvu/?hl=en