Happy Aloha Friday! ~ 1-29-2010

from Beautiful Maui, Hawaii...

Enjoy my YouTube about it made early this morning, well early Aloha Time.

I have just celebrated my 3 Year Anniversary on Maui this week ~ January 27th.  Wow the time really flew, but time has it's own rhythm on Maui!  Celebration is the keyword today too - I'm celebrating Aloha Friday again! (I seem to do a lot of these posts on Fridays.)

I've been told that many Hawaiian companies often celebrate Aloha Friday afternoons with Bar-B-Q, beverages and music for employees. Sweet ...and soooo Hawaiian!

Hawaiians LOVE good food (grinds is the Hawaiian term) and lots of it, music, "talking story" with one another; and a sense of Ohana (family in Hawaiian). They truly embody the Aloha Spirit!  For me, it is Paradise.

I'll also bet that "dress down" Friday workdays on the mainland were in part inspired by Hawaiian Aloha Friday. C'mon can't you just see the suit and tie guys in Hawaiian Shirts, inspired by a Hawaiian vacation?

...Well, not being one to let any good reason to celebrate go by - I decided to create my own Aloha Friday Tradition. I'd gather things that I loved all week, and tuck them away in a closet, where I'd literally forget about them.

Then on Thursday night it's like Christmas Eve ~ setting things up, even wrapping some items, and making sure that I PAY MYSELF in a beautiful envelope.

How cool...waking up Friday morning to a bunch of goodies! It can be addicting ~ I absolutely LOVE Aloha Friday. I encourage everyone reading this to take a piece of this to heart, and create some personal celebration to engage in.  Even if it's not Aloha Friday, I invite you to Celebrate Yourself.

Celebrate ~ It's inspiring, fulfilling, and most of all FUN!

Amber ~ Blissin' Out on Maui