So I'm going to attempt to do things like blog and journal more often. From like 2012 to 2015, I was going to weekly adoration where for an hour every week, I could sit in silence and often, that meant I journaled. Adoration is a form of prayer, but seeing as though I'm a visual learner, it made more sense for me to write out my thoughts/prayers/whatever elses during this time period. I think I filled like two books, maybe three during those three years. I bought this small set of journals, can't be more than 200 pages in 2015 and I'm still on journal number one from four years ago. I think the last entry when I looked was some time between February and June of 2018...maybe. It might have even been sooner than that. So I need to get back to that...
Another reason for the more frequent posts is the 40 acts of generosity for Lent that I really want to fully participate in this year. I started receiving emails for this probably four years ago, and I'm not sure that I've participated at a level higher than like 35%...maybe....however, this year...I'm going to do it. To help keep me accountable, I'm going to try to write a blog each week about the acts for that week. So far I've had #pledge and #peoplewatch, which was interesting because especially since I talk to so many people through my phone, I pick it up quite frequently. But today when I picked it up, I thought of what kind of act of generosity I could do for someone. Today, that meant ordering two gifts for a few friends of mine just to say "Hey, I was thinking about you and this thing I just heard about, reminded me of you." I’m not sure if that's an acceptable kind of generosity, but I don't think I have time to make that a thing...So stay tuned for other weeks...I hope lol
Lastly, one more reason for the more frequent blogs and posts, is a recent addition to my already overwhelmed routine. My personal trainer. A few years ago, I was running 5Ks, riding my bike, going to Boot Camp at Gold's Gym...then I moved to Alabama and decided that sweet tea and barbecue were way better than working out. Plus, thanks to snapchat, camera angles and a few phenomenal outfits, it became easy to hide just how out of shape I had gotten over the last few years. Today my personal trainer asked what my goal was oriented with, if it was the scale or a feeling or the mirror or clothes or whatever. I don't trust the scale...I'll step on it again when I feel like there's something worth checking. So he asked me to put on an outfit and take a picture today- both front and side view, then retake them in a week or two and see what progress I'm making to see what adjustments need to be made. Soooo. I'm being bold and brave, or whatever the saying is that says (basically) "If you're going to do something, do it boldly” So I decided to use my red pants and just a white t-shirt. My red pants, just a few short years ago, were my most favorite pairs of pants. Tonight, I had to lay down on the bed, just to get them to button and zip. So here's my moment of boldness. Here are my before pictures, no snapchat filters, no camera or fancy angles to adjust. No where to hide. Just me with all the work that I have to do....
Until next time.
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