I'm BACK!!!!
It's been a nice and needed break. Thank you guys for your patience. I appreciate you sticking by me and waiting this out. I have a lot going on in my life right now and just needed a blog breather. :) I am back and have a renewed commitment to this blog and to you, dear friends and readers!
I am going to start this resolution post by saying that March was not my month. I mean, it was an okay month all in all...but when it comes to the goals I made last month...didn't happen. Ugh. I am not letting it get me down so I am moving on. And I have decided not to make goals for the categories. It was a good idea at the time, but just a little too much pressure for your's truly. I will stick with ONE GOAL for the next month and that will be on the end of this post...which I am sure will be long. :)
Think Positively Well, March was a tough month for me. I had some mean stuff happen to me and became really insecure about it. One huge victory for me this month is that I turned 25. I know, I know. That is not an accomplishment that I can take responsibility for, but the fact that I don't hate being 25 IS. I thought I would hate having to say I was another year older. But honestly, I am okay with it. I was thinking a lot about the past year and realizing that 24 was a darn good year all in all and I have the feeling that 25 is going to be even better. I love that in spite of some of the things that went down this month I can look at the future with optimism and hope.
Exercise Daily Yeah, that didn't happen. Besides a couple dance parties with the Wii in my living room, March was a month for the exercise FAIL list.
Eat Healthy While I didn't track my food this month, I feel like I still did pretty good. I brought lunches to work, I MADE food for myself (which may not have been as healthy as they could have been...but anything is better than fast food or whatever and I have been drinking hardly any soda. I am very proud of that. I have come a long way in that area.
Work Hard I have worked hard at work this month. In spite of some really sucky things happening to me at work I was able to still work to the best of my ability and keep my clients needs before my own. It was very difficult but I have come through on top and all the better for what has happened. Also, there is some light at the end of the tunnel as far as my job search goes...please pray for me!
Stay Strong Right now I feel strong because of the fact that I made it through what I did last month. I did not feel strong in the moment, but God has used those situations to show me that I do not get my strength from what I can do but I get my strength 100% from Him through His Word and the people He has brought into my life that encourage me every day of the week. I have come to look forward to spending time reading the Bible in the evening and love that the Lord has brought people into my life that I can talk to about my walk with Him and that challenge me to continue to grow in my relationship with God. It has been such a blessing in my life.
Worry Less This month kept me so busy I honestly can't remember taking time to worry. I am still struggling with the dental stuff a bit, but my anxiety is WAY down. One way that I have noticed growth in this area is that I just have this insane, from-God peace about the financial end of my procedures. There was a insurance issue with my first procedure and honestly I didn't flip out. I just know that eventually it is all going to work out. I am going to work hard, spend less and just do this thing. God already did something amazing to provide some of the money (will tell the story this month!) and I have faith that He will help me get through all aspects of this ordeal.
Dance More March led me to listen to a lot of "smile songs" and I love the entire JJ Heller cd, so I have chosen to share an ADORABLE music video that she made in her dining room. I have watched it so many times just because it is so stinking cute. *love* Okay, having issues embedding! The song is Boat Song. I really recommend you watch it. It will make you smile and go "awwww!" and stuff. :)
Love Often I am still going to that Young Adults Bible Study on Sunday nights. I love it so much. I feel as though I have grown so much just by having regular fellowship with people who love Jesus. I will be writing about something I have I have learned from the actual study soon, so stay tuned for that! I love meeting new Christians because you immediately have something in common and something to talk about...Jesus! It is truly wonderful. :)
Be Happy I am so wonderfully happy right now. I know that is probably weird because of some of the things that have happened this month...my happiness is all from God so I know that I can trust it. Only God would bring me a best friend from Louisiana. I honestly don't know how I would have gotten through March without her. Only God would bring me to another person that I have really enjoyed getting to know and look forward to meeting very soon! Only God would place me with clients that I have come to care about more than I hate some of the other situations at my work. I have a couple earthly reasons to be happy right now, but I know that the source of even that happiness is God. Where I am with my relationship with Him at this moment I think I can say that if those temporal things went away I know I would still be okay. I could still be happy because I am a beloved daughter of the Creator of the Universe. Who couldn't be happy about that?!?!
Goal Okay, I am borrowing one of the goals for last month for April's goal. I want to spend one hour a day working on something besides work. It can be blogging, writing, journaling, reading, cleaning, menu planning, working out...etc. I just want to focus one hour a day at being productive outside of work. I feel like I put all my fish in one barrel sometimes and I really want to get better at not doing that. Because one day, if that barrel changes and goes away...well, ALL of my fish wouldn't be on the floor. Silly analogy, my apologies. ;)
Love Often I am still going to that Young Adults Bible Study on Sunday nights. I love it so much. I feel as though I have grown so much just by having regular fellowship with people who love Jesus. I will be writing about something I have I have learned from the actual study soon, so stay tuned for that! I love meeting new Christians because you immediately have something in common and something to talk about...Jesus! It is truly wonderful. :)
Be Happy I am so wonderfully happy right now. I know that is probably weird because of some of the things that have happened this month...my happiness is all from God so I know that I can trust it. Only God would bring me a best friend from Louisiana. I honestly don't know how I would have gotten through March without her. Only God would bring me to another person that I have really enjoyed getting to know and look forward to meeting very soon! Only God would place me with clients that I have come to care about more than I hate some of the other situations at my work. I have a couple earthly reasons to be happy right now, but I know that the source of even that happiness is God. Where I am with my relationship with Him at this moment I think I can say that if those temporal things went away I know I would still be okay. I could still be happy because I am a beloved daughter of the Creator of the Universe. Who couldn't be happy about that?!?!
Goal Okay, I am borrowing one of the goals for last month for April's goal. I want to spend one hour a day working on something besides work. It can be blogging, writing, journaling, reading, cleaning, menu planning, working out...etc. I just want to focus one hour a day at being productive outside of work. I feel like I put all my fish in one barrel sometimes and I really want to get better at not doing that. Because one day, if that barrel changes and goes away...well, ALL of my fish wouldn't be on the floor. Silly analogy, my apologies. ;)
