Goal Update 3

1. Make it through the next 18 days of working this temp job.
2. Organize all of my notes from the following classes into one folder by subject matter: ANA 109 & 110, NUR 861, 863, 866, 870, 871.  Going to tackle ANA 109 & 110 today FOR REAL.
3. Clean out and organize my dressing table.
4. Finish unpacking my den.  Planning to do this on Tuesday when me and A have the day off together.
5. Clean out and organize my desk.
6. Hang the artwork around the house.  A few more to hang, will finish tonight.
7. Buy a futon.  COMPLETED
8. Get my characters to levels 75 (-31), 25 (-10) & 15 (-7).  Bella is 44, Emi is 15 and Ambree is 8.
9. Read through and test with both of my NCLEX review books.  Pages: (-438).  Have been slacking hardcore on this one!  Ugh I can't seem to keep my focus so I'll have to do some timed reading sessions. [Reinforcing how horrible I am at this!]
10. Save up $500 in cash. When I get paid this week, I plan on putting at least $50 in the piggy bank.
11. Finish reading the Gossip Girl and Luxe book series.  Still waiting on the hold for Rumors.
12. Buy a cookbook and make 5 new recipes. Going to get a cookbook from the library and copy from it, set plan for this is first week of August.
13. Plan out a mini vacation with A.  Waiting on A's work to come out with a schedule so we can see whether or not it's even possible.
14. Work out.  Really want to start doing Slim in 6 again.
15. Finish my video project.
16. Read a bunch of books I've been wanting to read for awhile.  Reading The Giver with A before bed at night, and will be reading Freakonomics on my own.
17. Watch Arrested Development.

NEW GOALS
18. Meal Planner Calendar.  Going to type up and print out the different meals today.

CHANGE OR DIE!!!!!!

Goal Update 2

1. Make it through the next 22 days of working this temp job.
2. Organize all of my notes from the following classes into one folder by subject matter: ANA 109 & 110, NUR 861, 863, 866, 870, 871.  Going to tackle ANA 109 & 110 today.
3. Clean out and organize my dressing table.
4. Finish unpacking my den.  This did not get done because A did not have Thursday off as planned!  However, my friend K came to visit so as a result, we had to move all the junk out of the way and it's still not done, just piled in corners.  Haha.  Want to work on soon.
5. Clean out and organize my desk.
6. Hang the artwork around the house.  We hung pictures that were in the kitchen last week as planned, but there are still a ton in the closet.
7. Buy a futon.  After really thinking about it, I decided to buy a blow up mattress for guests because of two reasons: 1. A futon is expensive, and a used one gives me the creeps, 2. I don't have the space for it in the guest room as I thought with all of the wicker furniture.  COMPLETED
8. Get my characters to levels 75 (-34), 25 (-10) & 15 (-11).  Bella is 41, Emi is 15 and Ambree is 4.
9. Read through and test with both of my NCLEX review books.  Pages: (-438).  Have been slacking hardcore on this one!  Ugh I can't seem to keep my focus so I'll have to do some timed reading sessions.
10. Save up $500 in cash. Because my bank sucks and they transfer funds over every time I have anything over in savings, and I rarely need the overdraft protection.  Very sucky.  So I'm going to have to do this one by saving in a piggy bank it looks like.  I already have a piggy bank + a change keeper, and I stuck some change and stuff in there today.  Gonna keep bills, quarters and dimes in one, pennies and nickels in the other.
11. Finish reading the Gossip Girl and Luxe book series.  Put in a hold at the library to get the next Luxe book in the series, Rumors.
12. Buy a cookbook and make 5 new recipes. I've looked at all kinds of cookbooks, I'm curious about whether or not I should buy a cookbook or just check one out from the library.
13. Plan out a mini vacation with A.  Still working out details - A actually talked to his boss today and requesting time off shouldn't be a big problem.  Going to look
14. Work out.  Have been slacking.
15. Finish my video project.

NEW GOALS
16. Read a bunch of books I've been wanting to read for awhile.  Getting Freakonomics from the library today!
17. Watch Arrested Development.

I thought it might be important to add that I don't really have a strict timeline on these goals, but I would like to get them all done by the end of the summer.

Goal Update

1. Make it through the next 30 days of working this temp job.
2. Organize all of my notes from the following classes into one folder by subject matter: ANA 109 & 110, NUR 861, 863, 866, 870, 871.
3. Clean out and organize my dressing table.
4. Finish unpacking my den.  Set to do this on Thursday, when me and A are both off work.
5. Clean out and organize my desk.
6. Hang the artwork around the house.  Set to do this on Thursday, as well.
7. Buy a futon.  Looking and comparing prices online.
8. Get my characters to levels 75 & 25.
9. Read through and test with both of my NCLEX review books.  Have been slacking hardcore on this one.  Get caught up to the schedule tonight!
10. Save up $500 (-$100) in cash. Transferred $100 over to savings from checking today.
11. Finish reading the Gossip Girl and Luxe book series.  Actually finished the "official" Gossip Girl series, but apparently there is another book out there that's the prequel to the first book in the series, so I'm debating whether or not I've "finished" it or not.
12. Buy a cookbook and make 5 new recipes.
13. Plan out a mini vacation with A. We're discussing a road trip to Texas to visit my mom and some friends.  Probably will be spending at least some of my saved up money on this vacation if it happens.
14. Work out.  Have been slacking.
15. Finish my video project.

Work:
Interestingly enough, my job is not that bad, and I'm finding a lot of things to spend my money on.  I really need to get a good pair of tennis shoes, though.  I honestly think if my feet didn't hurt so bad at the end of the work day, I would almost enjoy the monotony of the job.  No customers, no bullshit, no talking, and after working with the public for years in jobs I didn't like, it's at least nice to nix that out of the equation for once.  Although I'm not sure trading giving up customers is worth giving up air conditioning...
  
Other stuff:
I think I want to get a guided journal and I've been looking on Amazon for some.  The ones that I found that I think I like:
The Self-Esteem Workbook 
The Self-Esteem Guided Journal 

It's not so much that I have super low self-esteem or anything like that, but I do find that I have a lot of internal criticism of myself throughout the day.  I also am prone to letting other people's negativity rub off on me.  I think it would be interesting to go through and do exercises like this for myself to find out a better idea of who I "really" am inside.  A lot of times when I write, I feel so all over the place and don't seem to really get to the point.  A guided journal or workbook can help me focus better.  I was passing the time at work yesterday in my head by listing out good things, things that I like about myself.  I like the positive self-talk I've been doing in my head lately, and I'm hoping that getting one or both of those books would reinforce it.

Recent Small Goals

1. Make it through the next 34 days of working this temp job.
2. Organize all of my notes from the following classes into one folder by subject matter: ANA 109 & 110, NUR 861, 863, 866, 870, 871.
3. Clean out and organize my dressing table.
4. Finish unpacking my den.
5. Clean out and organize my desk.
6. Hang the artwork around the house.
7. Buy a futon.
8. Get my characters to levels 75 & 25.
9. Read through and test with both of my NCLEX review books.
10. Save up $500 in cash.
11. Finish reading the Gossip Girl and Luxe book series.
12. Buy a cookbook and make 5 new recipes.
13. Plan out a mini vacation with A.
14. Work out.
15. Finish my video project.

Working out

I feel so much better when I work out and am being active.  I keep coming back to this in my head every time I feel like taking the lazy way out and not exercising.

Since I left PSC last week, I have found myself getting outside more often and enjoying the beautiful weather we've had.  It's been sunshine and only a couple of extremely short-lived showers (where it rains little droplets for maybe 5 minutes) and I've definitely been taking advantage of it.

I was talking to a friend today and we both came to the conclusion that we are more than capable of getting where we want to be physically.  My biggest problem areas are my waist, my arms and my thighs.  So, as a result, me and A discussed it and we are going to install a pull-up bar when we get to the new place!  I'm so excited to work on my triceps and get rid of my fatty arms!

Here is the most recent full-body picture I have where you can actually see all of my problem areas that I want to change.  I'm going to take a picture in this same bathing suit at the end of the summer.  I PROMISE MYSELF THAT I WILL SEE RESULTS IF I JUST COMMIT MYSELF!

I can do it.  I will do it.  I want to do it.  So I'm gonna do it.

Note to self: Congratulations on working out 6 out of the last 7 days.  Keep up the good work girl!

Have to update! But no time!

I haven't had any time to update lately because I've been out "there"...living life.  But I am very happy.

Anxiety Level: 8
Pain Level: 6
Love Myself Level: 9

This morning, me and A went for a walk/jog.  It was amazing, and I don't know what part was better - the strain in my legs while I was exercising, or the smiles on our faces as we raced down the sidewalk, pushing each other to run just a little faster even though it was supposed to be a "jog".

I promise to update this evening.  I have a lot to say, and I really want to share.