Why I do what I do.

Hey,
So I know a lot of you know me but some of you are new to the Rex Felixx experience.

Here are a few things about me.

1.I have two eyes,

2.Anose

3. Love to sing, dance , and play guitar….

Ok for real though.

4. I do love eating spaghettios and edamame.

OK seriously, though….

I grew up in Buffalo, NY and have always been a goofy oddball person who loved to make people laugh. I come from a long history of artists who inspired me daily, to use that imagination.
Now, all grown up (37) and having too many gray hairs to count, I decided to continue this journey of assisting the world in understanding they can use imagination every single day and not be a potato too mature for play.
We don’t have to work a job we hate and never think about anything else. Can you imagine if you were 25 years of age, and found the (perfect) job and never thought about anything else except that?

Sad. ( Like ice cream melted in the sun before eating it sad.)

Rex Felixx has always been apart of me, and I am apart of it. The whole purpose of it is to show the world through my writings, drawings, and personality, that we can be true to our own self. Who cares what other people may chatter when we are doing something we love. King Happy (Rex Felixx) is all about inspiring people who feel down on their luck, who are stuck, or just bored with life. Everyday I wake up hoping to bring a smile to someone’s day, or a creative spark in a poem I write.

One little spark…

to get that imagination growing again!

You want to bake? Cool go bake it.
You love to sing? Great go and do open mic
You like doing marathons? Amazing go and run (I’m tired thinking about 26 miles)

Please if you can’t remember anything I write in this post, remember this

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
STOP BEING SHY ABOUT HOW AWESOME YOU ARE!!

Get out there and start living, stop ignoring that little voice inside your heart telling you to dream.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

P.S. I want spaghettios

Dreaming

When did we become so old that we forgot how to dream?

When did we become so cynical that we are so mean?

I’m not that old (36, don’t let the grays fool you) But I notice that every year we get older it seems that we become mad at the life we created. A lot of us stop focusing on the positives in life and continuing to pursue our dreams. We then decide its feels great to become cynical and dull. If anyone tries to achieve a dream , we look at them and say…“Meh.” It’s a cancer that is ruining our lives. It is so easy to mock and laugh at people grinding for their dream. It is also much easier to look at others than to look in the mirror and say “Wow, I want to become something better. I want to be trying to live my life to the fullest.”

We can all achieve an awesome life.

We can all try to be a better person.

We can all decide today that we want to pursue an outlandish idea!

Don’t restrict yourself to never trying!

Go out and be awesome!!!!!!!

Peace out,

Rex Felixx

Waking up

There are some days where I don’t feel like getting out of bed.
I am like sloth all rolled up like a California sushi roll.
There some days where I jump out of bed and want to hit the grounding running. I want to accomplish everything all in one day. I’m not sure why some days feel so different but I want to have that positive feeling of waking up and completing my goals all the time.

I think planning is important. You get to decide what you want to accomplish.
It’s so much easier laying out gym clothes and planning my workout than rushing in the morning trying to find my sneakers.

Waking up is key to having a great day. I encourage everyone to plan tomorrow, today.
before going to bed think of a few goals that you want to accomplish.
Try it out. I can’t be the only person who enjoys waking up with that feeling of excitement. That feeling of accomplishment.
What do you have to lose? Another day of slothfulness and resentment?

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

New Year same you...

Hey another year is down and another is soon to start. I am so incredibly thankful for everything that has happened this year. I know everyone is looking forward to all their life’s changes in the new year. I’ll address that later but first I want to talk about the past year.

This past year was the worst year ever and also the most amazing year ever!!!!

I almost lost my job right before my wife was to give birth to our first child. The stresses that it caused and the negative energy I must’ve had was terrible. I am so thankful for that experience however, because it helped me realize life isn’t about your career or all the extra stuff in your life. The more we have the more stress it seems we take on and clutter we live with. I’m not anti-success or careers but you need to keep it in perspective. Ebenezer Scrooge had all the money in the world and was the most miserable human ever. I don’t want to live like that. Seeing my daughter’s face for the first time made me realize life is to be lived, shared and enjoyed. I am enjoying it so much now. I wake up with a renewed energy just to see her smiling toothless grin.

Enough of the dramatic work stuff, and onto the other awesomeness of this past year. I was able to focus more on my passion of drawing and creating so much art. I got my website up and running with the help of my friend, and I started to open up more about my life through Rex Felixx. Almost every week I have been blogging to go deeper in sharing more about my craft and how I want to change the world through laughter. I also participated in my first artisan show (which made me smile seeing people stop by and say hi and share their love for my craziness/randomness). I think it is important to reflect on the past year before heading full steam into the new year. Acknowledge your failings and faults, but more importantly, your successes. We all will mess up and fail, but don’t dwell on it. Move on and remember: we all screw up. If you can say you’ve never failed, then you aren’t trying hard enough or are lying to yourself.

New Year New Me is such a silly motto to live by every December. We create these ridiculous resolutions and then they fall apart by Febuaraury 1st. Let’s all do ourselves a favor and stop with these New Years resolutions that are too steep for us to partake in. Instead, reflect on your past year and see how many successes we have had, and try in the new year to grow on more successes. I am happy with how my website is growing, but I want to continue to spread the Rex Felixx cheer through the world. That is my goal for next year, to reach more people to inspire them to live a life that is not cookie cutter or bland. I want to see smiling faces everywhere I go and show them it’s okay to be goofy and odd.

In this new year I hope it’s not the same old resolution you have every year that you never succeed at. Take time to reflect on your past so that your future can become the best ever!!!!

Cheers to the New Year!

Rex Felixx

don't fly away

Last year a group of us embarked on a trip to the Adirondack Mountains to try and conquer a mountain. We came within a mile from the top as storm came through and derailed our plans. We had to stop climbing and come back home without conquering it. We to to fly away from that moment. It never feels good to flee or not complete something. It was a humbling and deflating experience.

A whole year later, and we are going out again to conquer that mountain. It’s been a whole year and I must say I am excited to do this. This year I am not going to quit. I am going to conquer this mountain. The same can be said with any battles we have in our life or for any goal we have. You want to lift weights, you want to lose weight, You want to run a marathon. Do it! Goals aren’t meant to be easy. Mountains aren’t meant to be easy. Sometimes you will have to take a step back and try again. It may take years to accomplish.

NEVER QUIT THOUGH!

Never give up on your dream or your goals!

Don’t Fly Away.

You may have to adjust and pivot to accomplish what you set out to do and that’s okay.

Wish us luck as we go out to the wilderness again to finish what we started last year.

This is our time to accomplish this goal.

I hope you will also focus on finishing what you started.

Cheers,

Rex Felixx

Leeches

Beware of Life leeches.

There are so many people out there that are always hiding and waiting to take your love of life away. They will smile and laugh and then will attack you behind your back. Sucking your life dry. They will fester and grow bigger and bigger until you wither away. I have been a naive positive person most of my life. I always took people at face value and believe everyone was like me. I never believed people like this existed. Not until I experienced it personally that I learned there are creatures out there set to latch on and destroy you. It’s a sad life that there are others out there waiting to pounce and ruin you, and make you feel obsolete and loving having control over you.

Don’t let them!

You are amazing and you can only focus on the positives and what you can do in your life. Don’t worry anymore. Keep on smiling and laughing and staying positive. Never let them suck you dry. You can’t change people who are leeches. They can only survive on tearing you down and draining you. Remember they have no power over you.

You are the one in control of your life. It has taken me many years to finally realize that you can only do what you love and others may not like that. That isn’t for you worry or stress about. You have only this life to enjoy, make the best of it.

Leeches + soft skin = destruction

They can’t survive on others when you have tough skin or don’t give them attention. They will never have the control over you then.

Remain true to yourself and forget all the rest. Staying positive and remembering that you were made for a purpose will allow you to succeed in this life.

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter

and those who matter don”t mind.” - Dr. Suess

This rings truer more than ever. In this world of shallow conversations and fake smiles, and trying to impress individuals who don’t care about you. They will never be impressed. They will never love you. Just continue to be yourself and harden your skin. In the end, this will allow you to avoid those negative soulless leeches draining you of your happiness and joy.

Don’t be a life leech.

I repeat, DON’T BE A LIFE LEECH!

Stay strong and continue to love living the best life you can.

Leave the leeches in the stagnate parasitic filled pond from where they come from.

Love,

Rex Felixx