I want to become more comfortable speaking up for myself, having audacity, and just embrace the close mouth don't get fed mentality.
Three areas of my life that I need to speak up more, is school, friends, and to be honest just in general.
My fear of being perceived as a bitch is holding me back and making me not speak up and express my mind.
I also hate confrontation which is also why it's hard for me to speak up when something goes wrong.
I will say this, my dad is a very confrontational person. It's to the point that I don't even like going to places with him because I fear he is going to cause a scene. I know I just said that I wanted to have more audacity, but he takes it too far. He's literally a male Karen (still love him). I guess its about finding that balance and becoming assertive not aggressive because as another saying goes, you get further with honey than vinegar.
2025 is almost here so these next 2 months are important to me. I am even more motivated than ever since a certain someone is in office. I broke my goals up into different sections and I want to reflect on them this week.
Health & Fitness: This has been my strongest area so far. I have a good workout split that I have been following and it has been showing amazing results. As for diet, I have been pretty discipline in that area as well. On Monday - Thursday I do not eat refined carbs, fried foods, and no sugar. On Fridays I allow myself to a small snack that I may have been craving throughout the week or just wanted, but I still eat healthy. Saturdays and Sundays are my cheat days. I try a lot of new restaurants on the Weekends and this college town is very small and limited with healthy options so I do not even bother. I have such a big passion for medicine and when I go to the hospital and see how much weight is affecting the patients it honestly scares me. I also binge watch "My 600 lb Life" so I have been pretty turn off from unhealthy food,
Academic: This is where I struggled. I realized I am never strong in both areas. If I doing well with my health and fitness, I slack in the academic department and vice versa. For some reason I could not get off my phone so the procrastination was high. Also I was not studying the way I usually do and it showed on my tests. This week I am definitely going to lockdown for real.
Personal: I do not talk politics on this blog because I want to keep it light and fun, but honestly with him being in office it showed me how selfish I need to be because everyone else is. The self preservation is going to be at an all time HIGH.
Anyways thats all.
Why did this nasty girl sit right next to me during lecture and start coughing all in the air like crazy. Didn't even cover her mouth once.
horse back riding lessons, piano lessons, french/spanish/japanese lessons, regular work out routine, every day runs, screen time below three or four hours, longer reading lists, longer pre and post shower rituals, a morning routine, a night routine to breathe and wind down...
... a closet full of good quality staples, putting effort into my appearance (skin, hair, diet) every day, reaching out to my family atleast once a day, taking time to express my gratitude. putting time aside to write to myself and talk to myself. remaining calm, taking longer breaths, staying patient... reminding myself that i deserve it. i deserve the love, understanding, success, and extraordinary life-changing events that are coming for me.
One of my favorite things to do in my free time is watch vlogs of pretty girls traveling to pretty places. I have so many videos and photos saved on my phone of exotic areas, and I made a HUGE list of places I want to visit. I have already visited the Dominican Republic, Barcelona, Madrid, and Cordoba in Spain and plan to check off all of the places on my bucket list.
Here at just a few places on my list:
Santorini
Maldives
Egypt
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Kenya
Capetown
Bali
Thailand
St Lucia
Fiji
Japan
Bahamas
I have so much more ( I left out all the places I want to visit in the states), but I truly believe that life is meant for traveling the world and enjoying exotic locations and experiences. I can not wait to start scratching these places off. ;)