Taking some time to reflect is so hard. We gotta find ways to remember the good moments. Count every blessing, and when things don’t go right, it could be a blessing in disguise. As a 20-something year old, I have learned your friend pool will decrease, and time becomes more precious. You’ll learn how to figure out healthy relationships versus relationships that may seemed healthy before, turn into something toxic. Family is important, and distance makes it hard. But a phone call, text, picture message, always shows importance. I am juggling with figuring out how to spend more time with my family as I am booked with work, grad school, and tutoring.

Blessings:

My Family- my parents just turned 60, my dog is a grumpy old man, my brother is happy with his near job, and my sis is traveling the world

Amazing trip to Alaska with the bf during winter break



I’ve earned 106 sick days at work in my sick bank because I hate taking days off lol

I’ve paid grad school off

Focusing more on my health

I have a roof over my head

I can walk to trader joes

I’ve learned to cook more

This summer, I had a chance to focus more on myself, and figure out how to do it without a car. Best learning experience ever. And I am at a point where I am watching my health and have shaved off the Freshman 15 and First year teaching pounds, and I am now well under my high school weight. Overall I think I went from about 160 lbs to 135 lbs. I went from a pant size of 10-12 to now fitting anywhere from a size 4-6 and my favorite pair are these lucky blue size 2 jeans. But these numbers are arbitrary and don’t tell the full story.

My goal now is maintaining a healthy lifestyle without owning a scale. I want to figure out ways to tone out my body more, knowing that I am capable of it–yoga has been helping tremendously. The secret to shaving off all the pounds was not looking at the scale everyday or doing intense workouts, but literally walking. It’s an incredible stress reliever, and I caught so many pokemon (yes I am still a pokemongo player). I walked for about 2-3 hours a day, exploring cute little towns, finding a nice brunch spot, vegan smoothie place, and took the time to watercolor paint–something that I haven’t done in years. In addition to daily walking, I made sure to eat healthier. I used to be a cheese and wine addict. I needed cheese in everything I ate. I learned that although dairy can be good for you, the way it is processed now is not the same, and it’s not the best for your body. I’ve made simple switches from milk to almond or soy milk. I no longer eat brie and wine even though I miss it sometimes, when people have it at a party I don’t restrict myself from dairy and will politely eat, but I would not buy it for myself on a regular eating day.



My goals this year: