Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Feelings

Happy and Content.

Two feelings I never thought I would ever be able to experience together.

I still have a lot of work to do, but I felt like sharing a short entry with the five or so people that read this. Most aspects of my life are going well right now, and I think that is what has lead to the contentment. I have been stressed out with schoolwork, but have been working hard to do well. I had my supervisor session with my advisor yesterday, and received a lot of positive feedback, as well as suggestions about what I can work on. Overall, it was a great meeting and it feels really great to know that your hard work is paying off and that someone so skilled and experienced in the field (he's been counseling for over 27 years), is able to notice your hard work and sees a large amount of potential in you. I've also been doing well with my workout plan and eating healthier (minus the few slip-ups I've had the past couple of weeks, but I've left the mindset of having to starve or restrict myself completely, and have realized that one day or one meal of "bad eating" will not make me gain twenty pounds. As Jeremy always tells me, "It's all about the big picture, not just the right now") The weather is starting to reflect my good mood and for once I am proud of myself.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Transformation

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

The triple birthday celebration went well last Friday. Everyone that I've talked to post-partying said they had a lot of fun. Probably going to be the last big birthday celebration that I have. I wish I had taken more photos.

I think I'm going to take a hiatus from this blogger and dig up the old paper journal to record my thoughts, wishes, feelings. I've just been going through a lot of self-discovery and feel like it'd be easier for me to be completely honest about everything if I didn't post it for all to see and judge.

I woke up this morning realizing that I'm really 25. Not to say that every 25 year old (or 26 - 30 year old) has their life in order and knows what they want, but I just feel like I need more time to work on my goals and to figure out how to achieve them. I just want to feel accomplished and successful.

I will probably post a new picture, link, recipe every now and then, but updates and personal entries will probably not return until after the semester is over (May).

Hopefully I will be able to get most of my life in order and figure out where I need improvements and how to accomplish them. Self-reflection is a good thing, right?