Checking In

Nike+ Sportwatch is really helping me keep on track with my goals. I really like the myfitnesspal app as well. I am not ready for that yet.

 I made a goal to run three times a week for two weeks (starting small). I have two out of six down. I'm not very fast. I used to vomit every time I ran and I haven't gotten sick in a few runs. That is definitely what I would call progress. Whether or not I am running a 12 minute mile... I am. 

I know I am out of shape and I just need to get back into it, but I can't help but feel a little embarrassed by that number. It will only motivate me to get better. You watch!... Hopefully.

The fast food free week went well. It won't last until I make a meal plan though.

As for Thirty-One, I have mostly been doing preparation and research. I think it will be low key until next season. I learned how to make a bag out of catalog pages and got everything labeled. I have big dreams for this.

I could not handle the biography on Thomas Jefferson. I have moved onto "In Malice, Quite Close" by Brandi Lynn Ryder. It is CRAZY! Much more interesting...Sorry  Jefferson.

Here are some sidebar goals:

Open a Coffee shop, Write songs, photograph, sew, make jewelry, farming, gardening, Personal Training

Heading up north this weekend! 

I am so excited. It will be so nice to get away. I have gone up since I was little. My family had a cabin. Ever since the first time I brought my boyfriend Dennis, he has been in love with it. He wants to move up north, on the lake. We have a cabin and a boat and friends. YAY!!!

That sums it up for now.

I put up that last post about a week later than written. If it seems like enough time has not lapsed, that is why.  ;-)

It's only giving up if you stop trying

Blogging again! Wondering, once again, why I don't keep up.

It would be nice to have something to look back on and see progress. Such is life.

A personality quirk of my own, is the fact that I can be completely scatter-brained. I want to learn about and do so many different things that I find it hard to be productive. Lately, I have adopted a "Three Main Goals" rule. Trying to focus on fewer things will be helpful, I think. 

Here they are as of today:

1.) Improve my health

2.) Improve my Thirty-One business

3.) Write more

There are always things that I can work on. These are things that I plan on setting aside specific time for, even if it means sacrificing elsewhere. 

Improving my life this week:

- My goal is no fast food during weekdays. (I did this last week as well. I used to eat fast food about twice a day on average. Coffee does not count, as it is a beverage, and my addiction.It's all about baby steps.)

- Reading a biography on Thomas Jefferson. ( Reading is an important part of writing. Expanding my mind with a little non-fiction intensity.)

- Researching "living off the grid". (I would like to eventually be pretty self sufficient. It's a little hard in an apartment. I'll thank myself for studying about it in the future.)

- Getting a "Fresh Start" for my thirty one business. ( I have not been keeping up.)

- Blog ( Hello There!)

I tried two weeks gluten free. I didn't necessarily feel noticeably better. However, when I started eating it again, I had a stomach ache. I also did lacto-ovo vegetarian for three weeks during weekdays. 

There you have it, Progress in action.