Nurturing my inner... preteen pedicure

I've done this before around the Fourth of July, but that was a busy time for me this year, so I missed out.  Seeing it's at the end of August and I needed a last hurrah for Summer (as it begins to pull away from me in a flurry of boyfriend breakup like emotions), I thought, "Hey, why not!"  (Note: "Hey why not!" seems to have become my battle cry as of late.)

Patriotic toes!

From toes that danced for a dozen years in my youth, to ones that help me run these days, it's nice to do something to pamper my little piggies!  (Especially the one who got no roast beef.  How sad is that!)   Who says they all have to be the same color either?  There is no pedicure paint scheme etiquette handbook!  Make up your own!  It's youthful, and seemingly delightfully rule-breaking when you're over the age of 14, to pick a simple colorscheme and paint every opposite one.  I thought it was even more fun to swap the alternating pattern with each set of five.  Shoot, you can paint every toe differently and create your own podiatral rainbow!  What's stopping you?

I enjoy doing things at times that make me feel young.  To hold on to that fun part of me that thought anything was possible.  Maybe that's silly, but my life tends to be too serious now that I'm all growed up.  Small and inexpensive indulgences often bring a smile to my face and you should see how the joy spreads.  When others see your mobile canvas of color in flip flops, they too will be inspired.  Being the one who does something fun first somehow gives others the courage (or permission) to say to themselves, "Hey, why not!"

Life is full of many deep and serious things that you can't escape from.  I promise it will do you some good to add moments of levity whenever the opportunity arises.