I love getting older and "maturing". Trying to figure the big things out and learning to let little things pass you by. I think when you're younger you tend to let the smaller things seem like a HUGE deal. Even just last year I was doing that. I'm pretty amazed at how I could change so much in a year. But it really was a choice....not some daydream or wish.
Last summer I did some pretty cool things I'd never done before. I made a post about it, but this summer was another summer of things Ive never done. I actually made a "to do list/bucket list" of sorts and I figured I'd compile them so I can see what I did and then I could make a new list for fall. Here was the one I made in April of this year
*have 1000 in savings by end of summer
*get so tan I look black
*adopt a kinder demeanor
*learn geographical locations
*get wicked arms and abs
Pretty around the board things I wanted to do. The first one, I did....kind of. I had started a savings plan...kind of like the envelope system. I had made a budget for a car, classes, fun, and random savings. I wasn't perfect at it, but it was SO NICE when I had money saved up to pay cash for a $600 laptop (because my desktop's ethernet cord was out of date), $385 new apartment deposit, $500 for a randomly fun week with my bff, and $300 for a car bought from a good friend. And! Almost $200 insurance first payment. Saving rocks.
The next goal-I did get really tan. But not as tan as I wanted! People said I looked very tan, and I was kinda kidding about the "looking black" bit. But I still wanted to have a pretty dramatic result...just from natural sun light exposure. But this was a fun goal that I could easily enjoy doing. Although, my mid section is really quite white because I wore a 1 piece all summer!
The third one was because I felt I was being really negative towards my peers, and I wanted to see them in a kinder light. I was thinking about if I died, in my mind, people would remember me as the fun girl, not what I would have liked particularly. And this one was hard. I realized I had so much negativity and it was hard to stop thinking about the bad things about people. I am still working on this one, but I have improved.
The 4th one was because I never took geography due to the fact that I didn't go to high school so it wasnt required. But, I've always been sad that I don't know where certain countries are...etc. I got 2 books from the library and I only read a couple of chapters of "Geography for Dummies". I bought an .89 cent world poster that as supposed to help me out, and it did. But to be honest, I never really pursued this one as much
and last-the exercise goal. This one was not accomplished in the summer haha. My arms did get smaller, thank goodness, but not toned and wicked. my abs-oh my. are shot. but! I am carrying this onto fall and I have been working on my arms and they are looking tons better. Its easy when you have a great workout friend like I do. Abs-I need to pump up the steam!
Whelp-here those are. Now-the next entry regarding this kind of thing will be about what I would like to accomplish this fall.
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