<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762131054252003118</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:15:24.026-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's Shake Hands</title><subtitle type='html'>I like to rant and rave, try new things, and give generous props to my favorite addictions...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letshakehands.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5762131054252003118/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letshakehands.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Shawna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14066591749802817428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5762131054252003118.post-6458345354769763560</id><published>2010-11-30T21:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T21:14:12.520-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My attempt to increase glorious alone time</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;"Let's shake hands and reach across those party lines..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; No matter what type of situation, emotion, or life lesson, there seems to be a song for everything. Why is that? Do we react based on previous experiences or do we categorize every reaction as new? For me, music isn't about listening to the newest or most popular song. Instead, it's about&amp;nbsp;giving myself time&amp;nbsp;to think about my life. Often, we're in hyper mode and don't take the time to just sit back and relax. We go to class, go to work, hang with our friends, cuddle with our significant other, but when it comes time to just chill with ourselves, we can't find the time. We may be able to manage everything else into 24 hours, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, but we can't find one minute to spend alone. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; For some, being alone is scary. Being alone means less social time, less friend time, less relationship time. What's up with that? Alone can also mean recharging, refueling. When I'm alone, I get to catch-up on sleep, read a good book, watch my favorite show, and yes, listen to some awesome jams. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thus, my foray into blogging is an attempt to get the most out of me time. I want the opportunity to make sense of my wandering thoughts and notions. Is it no suprise, then, that I use music to introduce myself to the blogging world? Music is universal, and hey, I figure that most of us are big enough to "...shake hands and reach across those party lines..." :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5762131054252003118-6458345354769763560?l=letshakehands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://letshakehands.blogspot.com/feeds/6458345354769763560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://letshakehands.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-attempt-to-increase-glorious-alone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5762131054252003118/posts/default/6458345354769763560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5762131054252003118/posts/default/6458345354769763560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://letshakehands.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-attempt-to-increase-glorious-alone.html' title='My attempt to increase glorious alone time'/><author><name>Shawna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14066591749802817428</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
