Okay, so this was an incredibly busy week, but such is my life. I really do try my best to go to bed early, wake up early, exercise, take a shower, make breakfast for me and the hubs, make lunch for me and the hubs, go to work for 10 hours, come home after tutoring, bible study, church, band practice, or whatever else I have going on after work, cook dinner, clean the kitchen (and whatever else needs to be cleaned), exercise again, do my bible study, spend time with husband, and go to bed early.
I really do try...but it ends up more like: sleep through the alarm, throw on clothes, throw leftovers or a random assortment of food in lunch boxes, toss Tyler some pop-tarts for breakfast, drink an Atkins shake, go to work for 10-1/2 hours, barely make it to tutoring, bible study, church, band practice (or whatever else), get home by MAYBE 8...eat a sandwich for dinner because I'm too tired to make anything, and who has time to clean? Lay in bed shortly after and watch an episode of a tv show in order to "spend time" with my husband, then fall asleep because I'm so tired.
How is exercise supposed to fit in there anywhere? Ugh, I hate it.
So, let's recap. Pretty sure I gained weight this week. I "exercised" a total of 1 hour this week, because I ran (read: walked somewhat briskly) the Lake Myrtle Trail. With some friends. :)
That means I'm already 1-1/2 hours behind my goal, and it's only the first week! Who am I? Grrrrr....
On a completely unrelated note, I could REALLY go for some Ben & Jerry's "The Tonight Dough" ice cream right about now...
Have a great week y'all! Pray for me...I'm really gonna try and bump that 1 hour up this week!
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
#30DayChallenge
Guys, not to brag, but I'm a genius.
That is to say, I'm really good at coming up with these awesome plans for my life that I rarely ever follow up on. Character flaw? Maybe. Okay, yeah, pretty much, but this plan I REALLY want to follow through on.
Let me start back at the beginning. So I was watching this show on Netflix called "30 Days," and basically every episode, a person from one background/culture/belief system would spend 30 Days immersed in an opposing lifestyle. The four episodes I watched were: a conservative Christian living with a Muslim family in a majority Muslim town, a conservative Christian veteran living with a homosexual in the Castro district in California, a health-nut mom who binge-drank four times a week to get through to her 19-year-old college-partying daughter, and an atheist living with a non-denominational Christian family.
These episodes really had me thinking. A lot. Mostly about how Christianity and today's culture don't mix very well, but also about how Christians don't know how to LOVE their neighbors in truth AND mercy (they're either "loving" them by unmercifully shoving the truth of scripture down their throats or "loving" them by watering down the truth or casting it aside altogether in favor of "tolerance"). So I was like, "Hey, I should create a Bible study centered around all of this and introduce it as a small group at the church I'm currently attending..." But the more I meditated on that, I realized it would be too much of a commitment for me at this point in my life.
BUT here comes the exciting part. I was praying all afternoon and evening for God to show me how He wanted the concept of 30 Days to impact and effect change in my life, and He woke me up at 2:00 AM this morning with the answer!
Thus, #30DayChallenge was created. Physically, my body is a mess. I've gained a ton of weight and developed some pretty unhealthy habits lately, and I keep getting sick and missing work as a result (not cool at all). So something needs to be done about that. Spiritually, I'm incredibly undisciplined. If I could change any area of my personal spiritual walk and my relationship with my husband, it would be that we would pray together more. Also, I've felt for a long time now that God has gifted me with the ability to write and a passion for doing so.
ALL of that to say, each month for the next 8 months, I'm taking on a #30DayChallenge to sharpen one of these areas of my life. I'm pretty excited about all of them. Take a look:
I'm going to try and write one blog post a week to chronicle my progress, but I can't make any promises. lol I'm really excited to see what God shows me through this process, and hopefully I can cultivate some healthy habits that will last me for the rest of my life!
Your prayers and encouragement would be greatly appreciated during these next 8 months, and if God lays a #30DayChallenge on your heart, I encourage you to consider doing it.
So here we go!
That is to say, I'm really good at coming up with these awesome plans for my life that I rarely ever follow up on. Character flaw? Maybe. Okay, yeah, pretty much, but this plan I REALLY want to follow through on.
Let me start back at the beginning. So I was watching this show on Netflix called "30 Days," and basically every episode, a person from one background/culture/belief system would spend 30 Days immersed in an opposing lifestyle. The four episodes I watched were: a conservative Christian living with a Muslim family in a majority Muslim town, a conservative Christian veteran living with a homosexual in the Castro district in California, a health-nut mom who binge-drank four times a week to get through to her 19-year-old college-partying daughter, and an atheist living with a non-denominational Christian family.
These episodes really had me thinking. A lot. Mostly about how Christianity and today's culture don't mix very well, but also about how Christians don't know how to LOVE their neighbors in truth AND mercy (they're either "loving" them by unmercifully shoving the truth of scripture down their throats or "loving" them by watering down the truth or casting it aside altogether in favor of "tolerance"). So I was like, "Hey, I should create a Bible study centered around all of this and introduce it as a small group at the church I'm currently attending..." But the more I meditated on that, I realized it would be too much of a commitment for me at this point in my life.
BUT here comes the exciting part. I was praying all afternoon and evening for God to show me how He wanted the concept of 30 Days to impact and effect change in my life, and He woke me up at 2:00 AM this morning with the answer!
Thus, #30DayChallenge was created. Physically, my body is a mess. I've gained a ton of weight and developed some pretty unhealthy habits lately, and I keep getting sick and missing work as a result (not cool at all). So something needs to be done about that. Spiritually, I'm incredibly undisciplined. If I could change any area of my personal spiritual walk and my relationship with my husband, it would be that we would pray together more. Also, I've felt for a long time now that God has gifted me with the ability to write and a passion for doing so.
ALL of that to say, each month for the next 8 months, I'm taking on a #30DayChallenge to sharpen one of these areas of my life. I'm pretty excited about all of them. Take a look:
- May - #ExerciseChallenge (30 min./5 times a week)
- June - #WeightLossChallenge (Exercise + Healthy Eating)
- July - #DrawingChallenge (1 drawing per day - I'm pretty excited about this one)
- August - #GuitarChallenge (Learns 3 chords & 1 song per week - hopefully Tyler will help me on this one)
- September - #LoveMyHubs (Going above and beyond to show Tyler how much I love & appreciate him)
- October - #DevotionalBlog (Writing a total of 20 devotional blog posts - 5 per week)
- November - #NaNoWriMo (Yep, I'm finally going to participate - and hopefully finish writing "Camp Tandy"!)
- December - #PrayerChallenge (30 min./5 times a week)
I'm going to try and write one blog post a week to chronicle my progress, but I can't make any promises. lol I'm really excited to see what God shows me through this process, and hopefully I can cultivate some healthy habits that will last me for the rest of my life!
Your prayers and encouragement would be greatly appreciated during these next 8 months, and if God lays a #30DayChallenge on your heart, I encourage you to consider doing it.
So here we go!
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