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MONTHLY LINK-UP: APRIL GOALS

April 08, 2015



Monthly Goals

This is part of the monthly link-up at mysocalledchaos.com

How This works:
  1. Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
  2. Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
  3.  Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
  4. Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
  5. Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
  6. Have fun and make some new friends!

This post is April's Goals, not April fools! I promise you that none of these goals are tricks. I hope they're a treat however! March was a good, productive month. After spring break I really hunkered down and got a lot done. These goals will really be focusing on finishing this semester out successfully.

March Goals
  • Treat this cold and sinus pressure so it goes away before spring break Success!
  • Stay on top of grades some classes
  • Call home more often Success!
  • 1600 uniques close...
  • Put more hours in at work Success!
  • Gym 5 times a week Success - 6!
  • Keep my room more clean nope...
  • Post twice a week Success - sometimes three!
April Goals
  • Don't fall off of good eating habits just because lent is over
  • Make the transition for the new PRSSA e-board smooth and welcome them wholeheartedly
  • Learn about your role as VP of PRSSA
  • Conduct all your research for both of your research projects
  • Pass in your World Music paper research paper early
  • Keep posting twice a week
  • Run outside twice a week 



April goals bring May accomplishments! What are your goals for April?

 Also, I'm conducting a research study for class, to see if there is a connection between fashion and persona identity. Take my survey here!





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I'm Inspired By... (12x30 Love Yourself January Challenge)

January 17, 2015


12X30 Challenge January: The Love Yourself Challenge

I think the New Year is a great time to remind yourself to love yourself. Making resolutions can come with a connotation to hate something about yourself so much that you want to change it. I've seen this show negative on others' self-esteem way too many times year-round. Instead of self-depreciating, we should just love ourselves. Love yourself like someone who loves you, well, loves you.

I got this challenge from My So-Called Chaos, and I knew I had to do it! The challenge this month is to do things that promote looking at yourself in a loving light. One step was to use one of the blogging prompts "I'm inspired by.."

I felt a bit of lack of inspiration lately in my writing, so I figured this prompt would be a great way to rev that back up.

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Seeing how others live
When I travel, even if its a few towns over, just seeing how others live inspires me. Where is there local grocery store? What is the biggest, closest city? What do people do for work? I put myself in their place, and compare my life and theirs. It puts my own life in perspective.

Dreaming
Don Draper on Mad Men said, "If you need an idea, just stop thinking about it, then after a while, think about it again." The same works for me with dreaming. My best notions and ideas come to me from my dreams.

Nature
Hikes, walking, running, sightseeing, kayaking, canoeing, you name it. I'm inspired that God and science put in place such a natural, beautiful cycle that has created wonders for us to feast our eyes on. In nature, no one worries. Something is destroyed so in a few million more years, something even more beautiful can spring up in its place.

Music lyrics
I like to listen to lyrics that are sad and deep. I'm not sure why, but sad music makes me happy. It lifts me up. 

Listening to others' stories
Just listening to someone telling either a story or of a problem they're having inspires me. Like above, it puts my life in perspective. 

My dreams
This time, by dreams, I mean goals. Sometimes I think about where I want my life to go, mostly in the shower, and then I get this little fire burning inside of me. The fire wants me to do this and this and this and that and this just to get my life on track.

That's what inspires me. What inspires you? Here's a list from Angie of ways to truly love yourself this year:

  • Compliment yourself.  
  • Practice your passion.  
  • Pamper yourself. 
  • Stop comparing yourself to others. 
  • Reward yourself for your accomplishments.  
  • Take a little extra time on your appearance.  
  • Start a Self-Love journal. 
  • Take your daily vitamins.
  • Exercise.  
  • Let go of the past and focus on the future.  
  • Give yourself a pep talk and believe in yourself. 
  • Laugh at yourself. 
  • Be less judgmental of others. 
  • Stop being a people pleaser.  

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