Oh my goodness, thank goodness, it's finally April! If you read the post from earlier today, you understand the great significance of this statement. It's most definitely spring time and I am feeling as youthful and jumpy as a spring rabbit, espeically those that avoided being eaten. You don't eat rabbit? hmm. I did once.
With the dawning of a new month, a clean slate lays before me. Before the opportunity escapes me, I'm going to quickly scribble all over it! Guess what? I'm still a kid at heart. So per the intentional living plan, I've got some goals to share with you, but I haven't yet determined which will steal the theme-y colored light for the month. (what color is theme-y? I'm over lime.)
Social
Socially this month, I planned on trying to find another volunteer organization to meet new people. If this last weekend is any indication of the beautiful weather approaching, I want nothing more than to be outside in the sunshine. Today, I registered with Habitat for Humanity, but it looks like they've got most weekend construction days booked (go figure). I'm also considering a part time job, bike classes, woodworking classes, something social. I'll keep looking. That's my goal there: I'll keep looking for new groups with new friends. Don't take that so personally old friends; I love you old friends.
Intellectual
My intellectual goal this month is to finish writing the COMPASS math test study guide I started for Candis. If you're not familiar, COMPASS is a math, reading, writing test loosely based upon the ACTs that is used to determine a person's subject placement at community colleges. I'm also using this as a testing ground for a future self-employment plan that has been brewing for a while.
Spiritual
This month I will write to the future me about what I'm trying to do this year, about what's going through my head, about my dreams, about my fears. I'm going to use www.futureme.org for this process. I will write at least one letter to be delivered one year from the date I send it. I think this exercise will be quite self-reflective and perhaps a year from now I'll have forgotten about it and past me will offer future me some wonderful insights into our psyche.
Physical
This month I will ride my bike at least 350 miles. Boom! Writing that was sure easy, now for the implementation. I'm playing along with my big brother's training for ride the rockies, only I'm not going to impose any specefic climbing requirements and I have a seemingly unlimited amount of oxygen available at sea level. I'll save the details for future posts. If you're wondering, yes, he is fact cray-cray. Also, yes, I do live with a teenager, that is the proper vernacular, but vernacular is not.
So that's it, spring has sprung and I'm to a running start!
Love,
Lydia
Monday, April 1, 2013
Day 63-90: March, the lost month
As I am sure you are aware, I posted nearly nothing in March. I posted something quite important early in the month; I threw a picture of me and my adorable niece up on day 63 to let you know I was distracted and didn't have much to say. As truthful as I was being, saying I was distracted, that post was a cop out. I thought about that post, or that lack of a full post for much of the month of March:
Obviously March wasn't entirely so horrific, but I would be blatantly lying to you if I said, "Ah shoot I was just so busy living life intentionally that I didn't have time to write." March was a pretty decent bike riding, book reading, and ambition planning month. I may not have posted a blog, but lots of thoughts (read: blog fuel) have been brewing in my head. For now, if you'll allow it, I'd like to declare March the lost month. I'm just going to get on with it and no longer allow March to hold me down.
Now that it's April, as soon as I push publish, the lost month is off my shoulders.
A quick follow up on February:
Spiritual
I have a board posted in my closet to use to status goals, but I'm not to "blame" for that success. Candis hung it up there for me one day.
Intellectual
I did not working portion of my home built desk... until this past weekend. (Yeah March!)
Physical
I survived my first organized bike ride! I learned some lessons on how to do that better in the future, and I promptly signed up for two more plus some classes.
Social
As the theme category for February, Social was a big winner, so big it did spill over into March. I surpassed my goal to raise $2,000 for St. Baldricks by raising $3000! I was the highest individual fundraiser in all of Seattle and I made some great contacts within the organization. I plan to either take over the existing Seattle event, or start my own next year. For those familiar with the event in Chicago, it's a whole new ball game out here in the PNW. Thank you everyone for your love and support!
- I thought about saying St. Baldricks was just so awesome and I haven't recovered. (False, while St. B's was awesome, life went on and my hair is quickly returning)
- I thought about how I hadn't updated you on February's goals.
- I thought about how March had already begun and I hadn't announced any goals (or even set any goals for that matter.
- I thought about saying I'm sorry, and then I talked myself out of that.
- I thought about how I was just like the New Year Resolutioners, "It's March and I've given up."
- I thought mostly about failure.
Obviously March wasn't entirely so horrific, but I would be blatantly lying to you if I said, "Ah shoot I was just so busy living life intentionally that I didn't have time to write." March was a pretty decent bike riding, book reading, and ambition planning month. I may not have posted a blog, but lots of thoughts (read: blog fuel) have been brewing in my head. For now, if you'll allow it, I'd like to declare March the lost month. I'm just going to get on with it and no longer allow March to hold me down.
Now that it's April, as soon as I push publish, the lost month is off my shoulders.
A quick follow up on February:
Spiritual
I have a board posted in my closet to use to status goals, but I'm not to "blame" for that success. Candis hung it up there for me one day.
Intellectual
I did not working portion of my home built desk... until this past weekend. (Yeah March!)
Physical
I survived my first organized bike ride! I learned some lessons on how to do that better in the future, and I promptly signed up for two more plus some classes.
Social
As the theme category for February, Social was a big winner, so big it did spill over into March. I surpassed my goal to raise $2,000 for St. Baldricks by raising $3000! I was the highest individual fundraiser in all of Seattle and I made some great contacts within the organization. I plan to either take over the existing Seattle event, or start my own next year. For those familiar with the event in Chicago, it's a whole new ball game out here in the PNW. Thank you everyone for your love and support!
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