A REALLY BIG POST! WITH A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
As some of you may know, I haven’t been happy with my job for a very long time. 
It’s gotten really frustrating and frankly, sometimes it makes me feel really TRAPPED. When you feel trapped, it’s hard to remember all of the good things in life. Instead, you feel sad. All the time. And is THAT what life is really all about?
Sad. The black and white is for the missing joy in my life.
You know what guys?
I’m fed up with that. I’m fed up with being angry and sad. I want to be happy ALL THE TIME!
So I started thinking about this today. Really seriously thinking about it. I thought to myself: “AR, how can you be happy? There is so much poverty in the world. There is famine. There is war. There is disease. You’re trapped in a job you hate, and the economy is HORRIBLE and you have a lot of LOANS.”
Those things hurt.
So very, very sad.
But then I started thinking even more!
And you know what I realized, guys?
I AM AWESOME.
Yeah, that’s right. awesome.
I kept thinking about all the things I could do to be happy. You know like, work on my resume. Or apply to new jobs. Or run a few more miles.
But none of that seemed to matter once I came up with a BRILLIANT IDEA.
You know what I did?
I WROTE IT DOWN.
And I looked at it.
I LOOKED AT IT LONG AND HARD. And I didn’t say that’s what she said!
Instead, I was INSTANTLY HAPPY.
All because I wrote it on a piece of paper!
And took pictures of it!
Oh my god you guys, this is amazing. I’ve never felt so much better.
Before I was angry and sad.
So very, very sad.
And now I am so happy!
Who would have thought that all my problems could be solved this way! It was so silly of me to think things could have POSSIBLY have been linked to something so silly like the economy or crippling debt.
IT WAS ALL BECAUSE I DIDN’T WRITE IT DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
Suddenly I am rejuvenated. I am a WOMAN ON A MISSION.
A STRONG POWERFUL AWESOME WOMAN WHO INSPIRES HERSELF!!!
All day, every day, I’m going to walk around and tell EVERYONE I SEE THAT THEY ARE AWESOME TOO.
Can you imagine, guys?
THAT’S ALL IT TAKES.
So write it down, take a picture and SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
It solves all your problems…I swear.
And that brings me to MY REALLY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:
In light of all of this, I don’t think I can be the angry runner anymore. Instead, I am going to be THE HAPPY AWESOME RUNNER. It’s just such a better fit now that I have had such an amazing breakthrough. 
I’m going to buy a domain and get that blog up and going soon…do you like my new header?
It’s only a prototype so it may not be perfect…but it will be AWESOME.
LIKE ME!
AND YOU!
Spread the word!
HAVE YOU EVER MADE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT? ARE YOU AWESOME TOO? JUST KIDDING, I KNOW YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
DO YOU CELEBRATE APRIL FOOL’S DAY?
AWESOME.
Hahahahaha. I laughed and laughed and laughed, and then realized I’m on a different time zone and I got punk’d since it’s not even April Fool’s Day yet. Well played.
I debated waiting till PST to post, but I couldn’t resist.
One “e” is lower case, one is uppEr case. I have no idea what your post said. Too busy paying attention to your handwriting.
!!!
I can’t wait for the accompanying book!
Because I’m awesome and totally sincere, I’ll surely get a deal.
You are so EMPOWERED. I was so inspired, that I just wrote YOU ARE AWESOME on a sticky note and put it in my office bathroom. The other people in there asked me why I was littering, but I told them just to read the note a few more times so they would feel AWESOME too.
My life is CHANGED.
YOU GO GIRL! SPREAD THE WORST OF AWESOME!
JUST READING THIS POST MAKES ME FEEL AWESOMER!! I’M GOING TO START DOING EVERYTHING LIKE YOU!
YAY!!!! AWESOME!!!!
ZOMG when are you going on a publicity tour?!?!?
TOMORROW I THINK! LIFE IS AWESOME!
I was really excited there because I thought the whole writing down “I am awesome” thing was going to change my life. But then I realized that it wasn’t and now I’m sad. To make things worse, Google’s April Fools Day gig this year is super lame.
Google needs to try harder to be awesome
THEY SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
I couldn’t concentrate on this post because there appears to be a Gay Cock poster behind you in the photos. I couldn’t get a full view of the Gay Cock, so if it is in fact a Gay Cock poster, please let me know because that would be AWESOME!
It is! It’s a big purple gay cock!
AWESOMELY AWESOME!
I <3 ghey <==3
Neat! Does this work for PRs and workout times too? Can I just write those down, rather than run them?
It does! Writing things down means you don’t have to work at anything! It’s awesome!
omg i hope you and you uber vegan husband go out for organic beers tonight to celebrate how AWESOME you are.
I don’t have a hubby yet
But now that I have embraced how AWESOME I am? I think I’m going to get married! I just don’t know him yet! But he better have a dog too! DHs and dogs are AWESOME!
I hope this breakthrough leads you to leave your full-time job to spread the word of “awesomeness”.
I totally am! The money will just come to me! Because I am awesome!
what the hell kind of poster is in the background in the first couple of photos?
http://www.retroplanet.com/PROD/22155
I just peed my pants laughing. Which in fact makes you awesome.
YAY IT’S WORKING! AWESOME!
As I said last night, I love the sweatshirt!
Annnnnd I love you and I love this post. I was feeling bad about myself, but now I feel awesomer all because of youuuuuu! This would be a great post even if it wasn’t April Fools.
THE SWEATSHIRT IS AWESOME AND REALLY AWESOME PEOPLE OWN IT! LIKE YOU! AND ME! WEEEEE WE ARE AWESOME!
I used to be fat and slow, but now I know that I am AWESOME. You are so inspiring.
p.s. unrelated, but I just caught up on your previous “pacing” post and really enjoyed the conversation. I’m a wimp when it comes to running in the red zone (aka 5ks and 10ks), but for whatever reason holding on to 85% heart rate for longer efforts seems (almost!) enjoyable.
I INSPIRE ALLLLL
And I know what you mean – I’ve crashed and burnt in the red zone enough times (o hai high school!) that I’m kind of scared to get there. 85% efforts? Far far less scary.
So when are we going to see you on the Today Show?
I CAN’T TELL YOU YET BUT IT’LL BE SOON! I’M SO AWESOME YOU CAN’T STOP ME!
I am reading your blog post in tears. I knew there was something behind your cheerypants tweets – IT WERE YOUR AWESOMENESS. And awesomness spreads. I’m gonna have an everloving MFing AWE.SOME.DAY.
But you might reconsider the typeface for your new blog banner, it is not very awesome.
COMIC SANS MAKES ME SMILE, IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I AM BEING TEA BAGGED BY A CLOWN!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!! BE AWESOME! SPREAD AWESOME!
Papyrus > Comic Sans
You ARE awesome.
P.S. I also tend to write using upper and lower case “e’s.” It must be an awesome thing to do.
It IS awesome! So awesome!
(I can’t NOT write that way. My handwriting is so weird.)
bitch please…you know I have the rights for theawesomehappyrunner.com domain name. oh wait. I’m wrong. Mine is thesparkleyawesomehappyrunner.com. Proceed.
True story: My prototype for my header almost said that, but I thought I’d leave it for you. Because U. R. AWESOME.
AR, I love you, even if I do have a husband and a dog (and a kid). I am in awe of your awesomeness. In fact, I like to think that your awesomeness directly increases my own awesomeness for reading your blog. Now excuse me while I go feed my kid some frozen banana concoction because I am just too awesome for ice cream.
U R A GOOD MOM, NO ICE CREAM! ONLY FROZEN BANANAS!
I feel so bubbly and inspired just reading this. Your awesomeness is infectious.
Where can I get your new header as a bumper sticker?
BRB OPENING OPEN SKY SHOP TO SELL BUMPERSTICKERS
I just thought were sad b/c you were missing cock in your life. Isn’t that what the sign says?? But then I realized you meant the color. Guess I’m awesome b/c I am pervy!
The problem is it’s a gay cock. So, no good.
(It’s a fruit advertisement from the 30s, which makes it even funnier.)
Thanks to you, I made my own I Am Awesome sign AND I married my cat! I am so fucking happy right now. I just shit my running tights. Happy April Fool’s Day.
ZOMGZ CAT WEDDING!!! WEEEEE
What a huge breakthrough! You ARE awesome!
Maybe tomorrow you can write down that you are rich, too?
I THINK I WILL!
AND ALL MY READERS WILL CRY TEARS OF JOY BECAUSE I’M SO AWESOME
Okay, this is kind of unrelated to this post, but did anyone ever tell you that you look like Nancy McKeon from “The Facts of Life”? Karl & I were YouTubing old theme songs from 80s TV shows (quite an AWESOME Friday afternoon activity if I do say so myself) and we watched that one and I was like, “Jo kind of looks like the Angry Runner…” ha! And I agree with the person above that you should also write down you’re rich!
ahahahaha…that’s a new one.
Wait, guys, is this a joke? I can’t decide. Please don’t tell me it’s a joke…I read this whole post and it made me feel like I was being hugged by a fuzzy teddy bear. I mean, I was just so happy for you when I learned of your new-found awesomeness! No one is more deserving of this!
I guess I’ll sit around and wait for the big reveal…please come back and clear this up, AR!
:::holds breath and tries not to vomit:::
U KNOW ITS 4 RLZ
well eff this, I read through the whole first paragraph of this post getting excited about you quitting your soul-crushing job. I suck. unlike you who is AWESOME <3 <3 <3
U R AWESOME TOO!!
WRITE IT ON PAPER!!
AWESOME! Keep us posted for when your book deal comes through, cause apparently being a published author doesn’t take much more than drawing smilies on post its! It’s ok though, I’m not bitter because I TOO am AWESOME.
You have exceptionally awesome handwriting.
Also, you’re preeeeeeeeetty!! (and awesome!)
I have been giggling uncontrollably and scrolling down through this post over and over to re-experience the progression of pictures/facial expressions.
BUT ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE – u r inspiring and can you do a post about a vision board next?!?!?!!!!!!!
Fact: It’s tougher than I thought to take a picture of yourself. I thought the harsh lighting and ridiculous facial expressions sealed it.
I AM WORKING ON MY VISION BOARD RIGHT NOW
Oh my gosh, you have an SLR camera. You should start taking more in-depth pictures of your awesome life. Play around with the aperture and show us some nice close-ups of your new favorite quinoa dish or guilt-free cookie recipe.
It was a gift, for what it’s worth. I can barely use the damn thing so rather than take lots of pictures that show it off I try and avoid it. Heh.
I felt like crap getting up this morning. But you’ve totally changed my entire outlook on life. With a post-it! Imagine that… And now I feel awesome. Thanks, girl! *Hugsies*
This entire post made me giggle. I think the cock also had something to do with it.
I cannot tell because you are wearing an AWESOME headband but do you have bangs?
And if you have bangs how did you reach the decision to cut bangs? And do you recommend bangs for everyone? What are the pros and cons of having bangs?
If you don’t have bangs, will you cut bangs? If you cut bangs will you blog about your thought process and reaction to cutting bangs?
The picture with you in the background sideways and out-of-focus? It made me pee my pants. Seriously. Too fucking funny. And what is that oddly apropos “COCK” sign up there?
YOU SHOULD TOTALLY WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THIS. Oh, and eat moar oats, you freak.
HOW DID I MISS THIS POST?! A-ma-zing. Or should I say awesome?
I noticed your next post is about another race you ran. I haven’t read it yet, but I hope going forward you will tell your readers how you know everything there is to know about running because you have run in XYZ number of races (over the last 2 years). Also, I hope you stopped and utilized a food truck during the race. After twittering. And taking pictures. While doing yoga.