may resolutions

I'm here, more than a week into May, with my monthly resolutions!

1. Eat Healthily

     This time around, I'm doing more than just being aware of what I eat. I did that last month, so now it's time to really just do it. So far I have been doing pretty well, which is exciting. This goal is forcing me to be more creative with the food that is already in my house, and I've come up with some great things. I will be allowing myself sugar every so often but definitely not as much as I have in the past.

2. Wake up early (6:30)

     Since I attend online school, it's easy to sleep in until 7:55 and then just open my computer for my 8:00 class. But I'd like to wake up earlier, actually get out of bed, and eat breakfast. Otherwise I use the time from 9:30-11 (the time between classes) to eat and get dressed and stuff and I waste time I could have used for homework. Unlike the first goal, this one is something I'm implementing now, so I'll only have about three weeks on it.

3. Survive Finals!

Self-explanatory.

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april report card

     Hello everyone! I hope you all had a nice April. My April was definitely full of it's characteristic "showers" (it poured - POURED - for like two days straight one time). Not that I'm complaining; I love rain. :)

     Anyway, here is my report card for April. Let's see how I did. :)

 APRIL REPORT CARD

eating healthily:

I feel pretty good about this goal. I discovered during the course of April that being aware of how I was eating was more important to me than actually carrying that out, at least for this month. Even if I didn't eat super healthily all the time, I knew what I was putting into my body, and that was a big step for me. So I'm grading this one in two parts, awareness and application. I'll average out the grades for a final healthy eating grade.

AWARENESS: 100

APPLICATION: 75

FINAL GRADE: 87.5 - B

working out: 

Okay, so this one didn't really happen. I planked maybe two days. Didn't run at all. XP I did take a lot of walks, though. More than I have in awhile. So that was a step in the right direction (no pun intended...?)

FINAL GRADE: 60 - D

OVERALL GRADE FOR THE MONTH: 73.75 - C

So, a C. Not too bad. Average. :) I'm hoping to get it up higher in the future months, though. But it's also important to me to make sure that I'm not judging myself too harshly. I want this to help me, not hinder me. 

I'll be back sometime really soon with my May resolutions! :)

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I resolve.

Monthlaaaay Resolutions!

I've seen some bloggers do it before, and I always enjoyed reading about their journey in growing and setting goals. It wasn't for me, however. "Too legalistic." "Don't obey the schedule, make the schedule obey you" or whatever. I realize now, though, that I was living in a mediocre mindset (more on that later).

I need goals. Goals compel you to strive. To reach further. I'm all for spontaneity, but sometimes one must plan to live before one actually does the thing.

So that is why I am starting monthly resolutions. We're a week into April already, but I'll still be doing April resolutions. They will mostly be based on what I have been trying to do or have been thinking about doing in the past week and before that.

I am going to make a point of not including anything school-related into these monthly posts, because while school is a big part of my life, it isn't the most important. I feel often as if the way I approach the workload part of school takes away some of my quality of life (indeed, at some points it has taken all of it). I don't want it weaseling it's way into these goals that will allow me to grow as a person, not merely a scholar in the world of grades and papers and percentages.

I also won't be assigning a terribly large amount to myself each month. I know what I'm capable of, and I also know how it feels when I hardly get anything done on any given to-do list or checklist of goals. 

So, without further ado, my resolutions for (the rest of) April. I only have two this time, and they might seem generic, but I feel that I can really grow in these areas and I am excited to start working on them. They may or may not become recurring goals in future months. At the end of each month, I will post a sort of recap to let you all know how I did.

happy tuesday to you. :)
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