Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Goals & Ideas Before the Big 3-0!

Blank notebook with pen and coffee mug

I mentioned last time some books that I have been working through and loving. It seems like the best way to keep myself accountable is to create a working list of goals and ideas. While my 30th birthday is not a hard deadline, there are a lot of changes coming up in the next year and that one seems like a decent marker.

I love making lists, although I rarely complete all the tasks listed. It helps me sort through my thoughts and ideas to write it all out. While I am a hardcore pen & paper gal, this format will work best for my blog and I think that is what's important. I may hand write it all out as a reminder to help keep me accountable.

Goals
To use my mindfulness app once a day
To be more present in my day
To be kinder to my body by focusing on exercise as nourishment, not punishment
To journal in my art journal once a week, moving up to once every 3 days as I get more comfortable
Blog two to three times a week
Be kinder to others
Be kinder to myself
Smile more
Cook at home three days a week (maybe more when classes change)
Hand-write one letter a month (birthday cards don't count)
Travel to a new city

Ideas
Take a meditation/mindfulness class
Take an art class (college or store?)
Take a movement class (silks, aerial, pole, Zumba, something)
Create an arts/crafts mini-business for the next holiday season (make stuff all year, sell in the fall/winter)

How do you keep yourself accountable?

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Getting started

It's been over a year since I last posted on my book review blog. As a matter of fact, it's closer to two years. Time has gotten away from me and I've lost myself. Not just in work and school, but I feel like I have lost my way in life. It's not the existential crisis it sounds like. It's more of a nagging sensation at the back of my mind that says I am not quite where or who I need to be. This blog is going to help me see my path a bit more clearly. It's going to be heartfelt & brutally honest because this life does not leave us with many other options.

Currently I am inspired by One Minute Mindfulness  by Donald Altman & The Crossroads of Should & Must by Elle Luna. I have so many more books at home that are helping me work through myself, but right now these two are the most profound. They are telling me the facts & truths that I have been working so hard to ignore or avoid.

I turn 30 in 298 days. It's not crucial or life-changing to be honest. It sounds daunting and yet I look forward to it. I have 298 days to start working towards a better me. A happier me. A healthier me. One that is ready to keep working at life. The struggle is what reminds us that we are still here and that there is still time.

I will persist until I succeed