So…a Lot Has Happened Since My Last Post, Which Explains My Unplanned Absence. I’ve Been Prioritizing
So…a lot has happened since my last post, which explains my unplanned absence. I’ve been prioritizing other aspects of my life these past few weeks, which, admittedly, have been kind of rough. But, I’m, officially, back in school and ready to crush this semester. One of my goals is to make sure I don’t neglect myself in the pursuit of academic success, which is something I, unfortunately, did last school year. I mean…there were other things happening last year that contributed to me neglecting myself, but school was one of the major things. I still plan on doing well, but my approach is going to be a lot different this time around.
As for my fitness/health goals…not too much has changed. I’m still aiming to lose weight, but I’ve decided to change my mindset about certain aspects. For one, instead of waiting until I weigh a certain amount to wear certain types of clothes, I’ve decided to start wearing said clothes regardless. If there’s something I want to try, I’m just going to go for it. If I end up not liking how it looks…then oh well. I’m tired of holding myself back from different experiences because of my appearance (or, rather, because of how unhappy I am with my appearance). I deserve to be happy and live life, no matter what I look like and no matter what stage my body is in. To whoever is reading this…you deserve to as well.
Well, I’m going to go eat dinner, watch a show or two, work on some homework, and go to bed. Then, tomorrow morning, I’m hitting the gym. :)
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13 June 2022
So...last month, a couple of my friends and I created our own 90 Day “Glow Up” challenge. We created goals that we wanted to accomplish together (e.g., trying a new recipe each week, working out 4-5 times a week, etc.). Additionally, we each created individual goals that we want to work towards during this time frame. Unlike some of the challenges I have seen gain popularity on social media (e.g., tik tok, insta, etc.) a component we added was that if you “mess up” or are inconsistent one day, you just try again the next day. There is no restarting or punishing ourselves. Instead, we will check in with ourselves, reflect on what’s working and what hasn’t been working, and then keep trying. We, officially, started our challenge on May 30, 2022 and will complete it on August 31, 2022.
I have decided to start making accountability posts pertaining to my individual goals on this blog. My friends and I have been keeping up with each other on a shared google doc that we used to outline all the “rules” of our challenge. However, there have been days where I have not been as consistent as I want to be. I feel that making additional posts here will help me to stay on track.
I also want to emphasize that with this challenge, the focus is not just on physical health. Additionally, instead of being stuck on losing weight, my personal aim is to build up my strength and increase my endurance. I also want to focus on my mental and spiritual health. Basically, my main goal is to really work on loving and being kinder to myself and my body. I’m using this summer to focus on myself and improve myself for, you guessed it, myself.
My next post will be my first accountability post for this week. Stay tuned :)
Iulia
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