previously Lenten promises

This post was from this past lent, I still feel the same about a lot of it. I managed to accomplish 2 & 4 but really dropped the ball on 1, and was okay on 3. I wanted to post it as a reminder for myself. These goals aren't just limited to lent and I hope that this year I'll progress on some of them

S.

I came to the realization that I've only been coming to post a new blog when I've had a particularly mopey day. I had a completely different post that I was originally going to post, but that's really not what I want for this blog. I'll save that post for a later day. Otherwise, I've been crazy busy with school, my daughter K, and the house.

I've been thinking a lot about what I want in my life and how I'm going to get there. I have a lot of goals, but haven't really done anything to accomplish a lot of them. It's easy with life to keep putting things off, but I want to actively pursue these goals.

1. Work on my relationship with God

I'm ashamed to say that I can't remember the last time I've been to church. I really want to reflect on my spirituality, and focus on nurturing my relationship with God. I want to find an online devotional or some sort of bible study I can go through on my own. I think before I'm ready to worship with others I need to find where I stand. Since I can do this at home, I hope I'll be able to be consistent with it. If you know of any good resources please send them my way. I need all the help I can get.

2. Eating healthier

I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety/depression these past couple of months and they've led to my getting migraines again. I have a personal dislike of taking medicine and really feel like eating healthier and focusing on my health could help aleviate the migraines. I watched the Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead documentary a few weeks ago and it made  a lot of sense. I ordered this juicer and it came with free shipping! I actually just made my first juice, the mean green juice with added ciliantro and I really liked it. It's actually also really filling. I really just want to get to my high school body, doesn't everyone? That was my healthiest I've ever been. Maybe I should print out one of my pictures from then as motivation?

3. Consistently taking care of household chores. I may be able to hugely improve on this...still procrastinating

I've been letting things pile up when I get busy, but it really sucks to have a huge pile of things to do when I finally have some time to relax. I really will need to make this a conscientious decision to not slack of.

4. Stop visiting social media sites

This might be the hardest thing to implement. I plan on only allowing myself to come and make new posts here. Other than that I'll be shutting my self off from the online world. I spend entirely too much time online doing NOTHING productive, and then feeling bad about myself because I could have accomplished so much in that time. I really need to cut back again. Maybe I'll avoid them during the week? I need to think about it some more