A journey of ridding my life, of the things that no longer serve me
I have realized the last 3 weeks, that I have been rocking a french homeless vibe, both in my life and my fashion choices.This is my determination to stop that.
Stop simply existing. You need to learn to thrive, or at least, I do.
A few days ago, I sat down with a friend of mine, and hashed out the part of my life that I was unsatisfied with. After a few hours, and several phone calls back and forth, it became clear I was simply allowing for life to exist around me. This has never been me. I am not that person. I have always taken life by the horns and directed it where I wanted to go. In the last year, I have lost a lot of myself to what I thought an adult should be. I graduated college, got married, moved to Texas, started working in a corporate job at 21 and thought,.. this is my life now. I lost the spark that made me who I was. Things got worse after I got laid off, and felt that my overexcited attitude was to blame. I toned myself down, dyed my hair black, started to let it grow out, and became complicate in my daily life. I was the girl, who during my college years, would drive 4 hours north at 2 am for the fun of it. From the San Bernardo mountains, I would drive to Santa Monica, and drive north, until I felt like it was time to turn around. I don't do that anymore.
I lost that something.. that made me special. So, I decided it was time to find myself again.
Here is a list of things, I will be keeping track of for the next month, and on going for the next 6 months. I will monitor these things daily, and at the end, take all the numbers together, all my scores, and see if I truly had lived my life to the fullest.
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Last nights sleep/quality
Time I woke up, got to work
Morning prep time effort(outfit,makeup,hair,shoes,exc)
Morning yoga/meditation/ writing
Compliments received/self evaluation
Quality of food consumed
Step Goal? (10,000 steps)
Used necessary/wasteful plastic?
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These are just a few of the measures I have been tracking. As well as other components of my life that I am unhappy with.
(my monthly spending and current body weight/fat percentage)
For example, this week, my average thus far, is 78%. Meaning, that I am living my life at 78%, when I should be living my life at 100%.
Over the course of the next month, I will be writing a weekly review of the progress, as well as posting daily OOTD's, and attaching them to the weekly review.
(Go check out my Instagram, APerfectGirlInsta, or my personal account, RadianceSingularity.)
Stay tuned for the updates! Cheers to change!
The first image, in the pink top, lazy long maxi skirt, and general sad attitude is from Wednesday. I decided enough was enough. It is not that I look bad. I don't. But I do not feel good. I do not feel like I am living to my fullest, or at least I didn't.
This is the dinner I made that night, to ensure that I was starting my journey with a healthy dinner.I made Steamed Salmon, with a spinach/kale/arugula salad bowl, and a side of steamed vegetable and shrimp.
The skirt outfit was a funny day. It was day one of my journey into joy, and I ended the day with blisters on my feet, and a torn skirt. Turns out, you can sit down to fast! (oops!) I had to walk all the way back to the office, from downtown Dallas, with the wind flowing along my lady bits. IMAGINE the looks I got!
The last #OOTD , is today. My new Amazon pants, shoes, and shirt. I feel classy, happy, and healthy, and it is only day 3!!! Cannot wait to see how this study progresses.
Check out my YouTube channel, to see video like this combination of memories from the last 2 years!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_w5UIFm8wo&t=33s
It was hard to take the first step, but I think it all just flowed after that!
An amazing transformation! It's wonderful that you not only decided to make changes in your life, but then actually made them! Was it hard to make the changes?