June and July Goals

I realize it is already halfway through July, but I thought I would look back at my goals for June and make my goals for July set in stone.

June Goals
• Bike to work and everywhere possible. I biked to work almost every day, but was usually too lazy to bike anywhere else.
• Stay positive about jury duty. Every time I called in to see if I had to report I made sure I had positive thoughts. I’m pretty sure that is why I never ended up having to report.
• Get the bare bones of the wedding planned. We got the big things done and are now just working on the little details. The venue is reserved, dress bought and altered, food decided on, and invitations in the mail.
• Work on finding a job. This one didn’t go as well as I had hoped, but I did have the opportunity to take a test for a job (precursor to interview). I got really disappointed and quit looking for a few weeks.

July Goals
• Bike to work and everywhere possible. At the beginning of the month this was not going to well. I was really busy and seemed to always be in a bad mood. I have been getting better. I still have not been biking anywhere but work. Hopefully I can change this by the end of the month.
• Write at least one blog post a week. You can see how well this has gone so far. I feel like everything is slowing down a bit so I might be able to do this for the second half of the month.
• Work on my organization book. This has not happened at all. I don’t even know where the book has ended up. Hopefully soon I will get back on track with it.
• Continue wedding planning. J and I had an awesome weekend away from life and were able to figure out a bunch of stuff.
• Work on finding a job. Had an interview a week ago. It did not go very well, but it was good for experience.
• Make jewelry. I started making my bracelet and got annoyed, so that has not gotten very far. I’m still trying to decide what else I want to make for my wedding.

J and I went camping this weekend and I took pictures. This has led to me wanting to do a post on our weekend. Hopefully I will be able to get that written up tonight.

Fail

I feel like a huge failure now.

I bought an organization book and haven't done anything. i tryed the first week but that was it.

I have been craving cupcakes for awhile and I finally got my cupcake and it was not as satisfying as I thought it would be. It was just to sweet and made my stomach upset.

About the only thing that I haven't failed with os my wedding, but that is still a lot of work.

I am going to try to be better with stuff. I think it would help if my apartment was cleaned up. It drains me so much when it is messy.

Organize Your Mind Week 1

• Goals
• Get a minimum of seven hour of sleep. This one will be easy for me. I usually am asleep by 10 and usually don't get up before 6.
• Start the day by jotting down a short To Do list of everything I want to do or need to do. I don't know how easy this will be for me. I am usually rushing in the morning to get to work. I am trying hard to get up on time, so I don't have to rush anymore.
• Start a journal. I have a journal that I write in occasionally. Hopefully I can write in it more often.
• Limit the amount of television you watch. I don't often watch TV anymore, but I am addicted to netflix's.
• Schedule a two-minute break two or three times a day to spend time alone and just be.
• Practice meditating. I have tried many times to learn to meditate, but have never been very successful. So we'll see how this goes.
• Schedule time to exercise. I am starting this one. I went for a run tonight and felt amazing.
• Schedule more "me time." I am horrible with "me time."
• Eliminate energy drainers in you life. J and I have been working on getting the clutter out of our apartment since my graduation. I have a lot of sewing projects that I need to finish.
• Take control of you time. I have thought about this one, but haven't actually done it yet. I am going to start doing this.

52 Weeks to Get Organized

I bought a book called organize now!

Over 52 weeks I will be doing various tasks to get my life and home organized. After 5 years of college every aspect of my life is a mess. For me this is going to be really hard. I plan to use this blog to help me on my journey.

The book is broken up into seven sections: Organize Yourself, Organize Your Papers, Organize Your Things, Organize You High-Traffic Area, ,Organize Your Personal Spaces, Organize Your Storage Areas, and Organize Your Special Events.

My plan is to try to do at least one post a week. I'm not sure how hard or easy this will be for me.

Ski Boots

I finally have my own telemark ski boots. Now I just need to save up some money for ski's and bindings and get in shape.

Un-sure of Where Life Is Taking Me

I am graduating from college in a month and have no plans for life after college. The only thing that I seem to be sure about is where I am going to live. I am engaged to the most amazing man who has a job here in Rapid. I don't feel like I could tell him that I don't care about his career I am getting a job somewhere else. The only problem with this is that there almost no civil enineering jobs here. That leaves me with trying to figure out what I am going to do.

I have thought about a lot of different options such as:
- going back to school for outdoor education
- going back to school to be a high school teacher
- take classes so I can become a paramedic/ forest firefighter/ ski patrol
- find a job working for a non-profit
- convince Mr. P to let me be a homemake (least likely as I have strong feminist views and he probably wouldn't agree)

The most appealing to me would be a mix of all. I have already applied and been accepted to BH, so I could take a class or 2 this fall. I have also thought about running away and living in an ashram for awhile. I even found one that I really like.

Exhausted

I am exhausted in every way possible.

I am mentally and phsycologically exhausted from school, work, and AOE. I feel like I can never get ahead. As soon as I finish one thing two more things get thrown at me. I constantly feel like I'm drowning.

I am physically exhausted from lack of sleep. I feel like I can never get enough sleep. I went to Mexico for a week and slept all I want and I am still exhausted.