Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Closet challenge
I love Sabrina's challenge to herself! We are inspiring each other to be better people!!! What are good friends for? Now, before I get to mushy challenges to better me I'm still continuing to work on my closet. Below are outfits from week 2. I've ran into maybe 3 outfits that I will donate. It is challenging to wear everything but has also been a lot of fun to see the versatility and creativity I can use in my wardrobe. I hope you are all enjoying and stay tuned for week 3!!'
Monday, February 9, 2015
Forgiveness February
I had a plan, like a really good plan. For February I was going to focus on fitness. Have a minimum mileage I was going to run, focus on a goal around lifting, go to a fitness class, practice yoga, do all the workouts I obnoxiously pinned on Pinterest.- the whole shebang. And then it happened, I turned 30 and pulled my back walking down the stairs after bowling two days before.
So between the plethora of drugs I was diagnosed to ease the unrelenting pain (Norco, Vicodin, 600 mg of ibuprofen, and other muscle relaxers) and an order from the doctor to take 2 weeks off, I realized that was not possible. So 9 days into February what could I possibly do? Well, mix a couple of those meds with a couple glasses of wine and a friend from kindergarten and you begin to think of all the things you should have done--when you were 15.
My friend Laura was my first friend ever. Like true kindergarten love, I cut shoe laces for this girl and we grew up down the street from each other and hung out every day. Through high school our friendship got tested through mean girls, boyfriends, secrets, and other things as do most. However, we fought through the BS and eventually she introduced me to my husband (this story is too long to tell so I will save this for another day)
That bae on my left is her.
So we grew up together, and after a couple glasses of wine we started talking about high school. I think I have been harboring some resentment.
Have you ever asked yourself, "If I went back to high school what would I do differently?"
I wasn't nice. I was "popular" for the wrong reasons -because I tried. I hurt people. I cheated on my high school boyfriend and I was mean to people my friends weren't friends with. The sad thing is, growing up isn't much different. There is a girl at work I honestly just don't like. I would say hate, but on a blog and without a back story- that just sound harsh. She is rude, she calls me out in front of my peers and she has no experience or tact. It's hard to work with her but for some reason I find myself wanting her to like me.
This month, I am letting it go. There are so many other experiences I can think of and eventually some I will tell. But since I am a little higher then usual (this is prescribed by doctors-thank you very much) and I feel as a result I am pretty insightful, I'm moving on. I am not the person I was 12 years ago, and I don't need to hate that girl two cubicles down. I am going to work on forgiving the person I was and focus on the person I am, and the person I can be. I don't need to be jealous of other people and I need to focus on my self. So this month- I am moving on. I am forgiving myself for being where I thought I would be at 30, I am appropriately confronting issues that are bothering me, and I am believing that I can not control the actions of others.
What have you had to let go of without an apology or conversation. Have you moved on from hurting someone or being hurt? How do you go about forgiving others?
-SA
So between the plethora of drugs I was diagnosed to ease the unrelenting pain (Norco, Vicodin, 600 mg of ibuprofen, and other muscle relaxers) and an order from the doctor to take 2 weeks off, I realized that was not possible. So 9 days into February what could I possibly do? Well, mix a couple of those meds with a couple glasses of wine and a friend from kindergarten and you begin to think of all the things you should have done--when you were 15.
My friend Laura was my first friend ever. Like true kindergarten love, I cut shoe laces for this girl and we grew up down the street from each other and hung out every day. Through high school our friendship got tested through mean girls, boyfriends, secrets, and other things as do most. However, we fought through the BS and eventually she introduced me to my husband (this story is too long to tell so I will save this for another day)
So we grew up together, and after a couple glasses of wine we started talking about high school. I think I have been harboring some resentment.
Have you ever asked yourself, "If I went back to high school what would I do differently?"
I wasn't nice. I was "popular" for the wrong reasons -because I tried. I hurt people. I cheated on my high school boyfriend and I was mean to people my friends weren't friends with. The sad thing is, growing up isn't much different. There is a girl at work I honestly just don't like. I would say hate, but on a blog and without a back story- that just sound harsh. She is rude, she calls me out in front of my peers and she has no experience or tact. It's hard to work with her but for some reason I find myself wanting her to like me.
This month, I am letting it go. There are so many other experiences I can think of and eventually some I will tell. But since I am a little higher then usual (this is prescribed by doctors-thank you very much) and I feel as a result I am pretty insightful, I'm moving on. I am not the person I was 12 years ago, and I don't need to hate that girl two cubicles down. I am going to work on forgiving the person I was and focus on the person I am, and the person I can be. I don't need to be jealous of other people and I need to focus on my self. So this month- I am moving on. I am forgiving myself for being where I thought I would be at 30, I am appropriately confronting issues that are bothering me, and I am believing that I can not control the actions of others.
What have you had to let go of without an apology or conversation. Have you moved on from hurting someone or being hurt? How do you go about forgiving others?
-SA
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