Yep, five minutes to begin a new challenge. New year, fresh chance at starting this thing. 30, 30 day challenges and blog at least 20 days of that 30.
So...this morning I have about five minutes to come up with a challenge. What will it be? Something diet seems very apropos.
Thirty days to lose 10 lbs. Okay...its on. Gotta go weigh myself and think of a plan. I will likely just count calories and stay under my limit using my app.
So here goes...day one. I want to lose 10 lbs in 30 days. February 16 is the cut off and I WILL make it.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Where did 2016 go...
Where did 2016 go? I never blogged once. I know where it went...in my job. I started a new job in November of 2015 and seriously, I have never been so busy. I guess I should have been more grateful for all those years I was self employed and made my own schedule. Now, I work for "the man" and schedule my life around him (well, a corporation, but "him" is a metaphor for "not myself"). I have a love/hate relationship with my job. I love the benefits. I love having a day off sometimes and actually getting paid for it. I like many of the people I work with, and barely tolerate others. I remember how petty people can be and how sad lives can be that seem to be led for the simple purpose of getting to the weekend so they can drink.
Anyhow, I really, really, really try to only focus on the positive and that is especially true with my job. I daily tell myself the good things about my job so I can make it through the day. I really like the kids I work with, I have dental insurance, I have life insurance, I have health insurance, I get some paid days off, I like some of the people I work with, I like that it is close to my mom's house and I can visit her most days on my lunch hour, I like that the parents are sweet and give gift cards at Christmas so I can treat myself, I like nap time for the kids when sometimes I can use that hour during the day to have some "me" time (like watch Netflix or just relax), I like that I can wear a uniform to work during the week and now worry what I am wearing or how I look and that on Fridays I can wear my own clothes and feel more like me, I like that I have a retirement account, though seriously it is so little that it is kind of pathetic....see I ran our of "good" things and am going to start of the negative in a minute if I am not careful. I won't even begin on the horrible pay rate.
I really should search for a new job but I am scared. I was self employed for so long that it is really hard to follow the "rules" of someone else and that isn't what is scary. I am scared I will REALLY try to find another job and won't be able to. I am afraid of failure. This job "sort of" came to me through a friend and I wasn't emotionally invested in getting it. Therefore, if I didn't get it (which I wasn't offered it at first, someone else got it and then they had another opening and asked me to join - I think simply because they didn't want to interview others) I wasn't going to be bothered by it much. I have not gone after many jobs in my life. I guess I lack some serious self confidence, but the weird thing is I feel I can do ANYTHING I set my mind to. Except, convince others of that I guess. I also can't take time off of work to interview since I am going on a vacation to Rome and am using all my time for that this spring. Maybe I should set a goal of job hunting this summer. Really going for something I want...or going back to self employment, though insurance is a HUGE thing....so I don't know what to do with my life. Is this a midlife crisis? lol
Anyhow, I really, really, really try to only focus on the positive and that is especially true with my job. I daily tell myself the good things about my job so I can make it through the day. I really like the kids I work with, I have dental insurance, I have life insurance, I have health insurance, I get some paid days off, I like some of the people I work with, I like that it is close to my mom's house and I can visit her most days on my lunch hour, I like that the parents are sweet and give gift cards at Christmas so I can treat myself, I like nap time for the kids when sometimes I can use that hour during the day to have some "me" time (like watch Netflix or just relax), I like that I can wear a uniform to work during the week and now worry what I am wearing or how I look and that on Fridays I can wear my own clothes and feel more like me, I like that I have a retirement account, though seriously it is so little that it is kind of pathetic....see I ran our of "good" things and am going to start of the negative in a minute if I am not careful. I won't even begin on the horrible pay rate.
I really should search for a new job but I am scared. I was self employed for so long that it is really hard to follow the "rules" of someone else and that isn't what is scary. I am scared I will REALLY try to find another job and won't be able to. I am afraid of failure. This job "sort of" came to me through a friend and I wasn't emotionally invested in getting it. Therefore, if I didn't get it (which I wasn't offered it at first, someone else got it and then they had another opening and asked me to join - I think simply because they didn't want to interview others) I wasn't going to be bothered by it much. I have not gone after many jobs in my life. I guess I lack some serious self confidence, but the weird thing is I feel I can do ANYTHING I set my mind to. Except, convince others of that I guess. I also can't take time off of work to interview since I am going on a vacation to Rome and am using all my time for that this spring. Maybe I should set a goal of job hunting this summer. Really going for something I want...or going back to self employment, though insurance is a HUGE thing....so I don't know what to do with my life. Is this a midlife crisis? lol
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