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New Skill
This week’s blog is about learning a new skill. I have always needed the extra push to try something new and I think challenging myself is good exposure to new things and experiences. This week I knew I was going to be very stressed with school and I knew I was going to need a little escape away from all the schoolwork or a little me time. I did some research and because of Covid there wasn’t anything like self-defense classes available (that’s on my bucket list). I was trying to think of something easy to do because I have made new recipes before for the blog and I wanted…
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Buying Myself A Gift
This weeks blog is about purchasing a gift for myself that I’ve been wanting for awhile. I have been needing a new winter for the past 4 years ever since I graduated high school. I had purchased one last year that really didn’t meet my standards of comfort or style, but was okay for handling the sharp winds. I always kind of wanted a black jacket with a hood and that was more stylish I just never had the money, or thought it was worth spending over $100 on something I was really excited about. I had been looking at jackets pretty much since June, but I didn’t really find…
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Social Media Detox
For the past few months I have found that most of my free time/down time has been consumed by the famously distracting, the one and only, that’s right, you guessed it… the app called Tiktok. I didn’t realize how much of my time was wasted on social media until I checked my average daily screen time usage. I honestly could be getting so much more done with homework and job hunting during the time I am watching Tiktoks, which is sad. Its not like I never turn things in on time, or that I have bad grades, the main issue is my homework and progress on other daily tasks I…
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Procrastination Conquered
Since the end of this past June, I had been given advice to make an online art portfolio of my work so that when I apply for jobs I had an online website to show my work. This was supposed to improve my chances of being hired after graduation and I had procrastinated on it for months. With December approaching so quickly I started to feel the stress and pressures of what is expected after a person graduates college. I have the sad reminder that people without jobs when they graduate are looked at like failures in society. I didn’t do the portfolio earlier in the semester because I was…
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Halloween Spirit
Well on this week’s blog post check list was do something I had never done before. Since jumping out of an airplane weather is gone now, and I already tried new food, and a lot of my bucket list consisted of couple things, I decided to ask Aaron to join me on this bucket list blog post. Halloween was around the corner and I had never gotten to go to any event with a significant other that wanted to dress up for Halloween. By that I mean, none of my ex’s even wanted to dress up, let alone, go in a couple costume with me. So I figured I’d test…
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Baking Day
So because I used to love baking I thought this week I would take a night out of the week and make something new and yummy for a Halloween snack for my boyfriend and I. I decided on oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I have always heard of oatmeal raisin cookies, but never oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Those are my boyfriend’s favorite cookie apparently and he has been dying to see just how skilled I am at cookie making. So I followed a recipe I found on Pinterest like I always do and here is the results! I think I might make something more Halloween themed before the week ends because…
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Self-Date
The mission for this week was to take myself out on a date. Spend time with myself and attend to my needs myself. Without help from anyone else. I bet some of you have heard about a self-date, or the phrase date yourself first. But you might wonder what that actually encompasses. I started the day out by going to the gym and I was planning on wearing a cute outfit and going out to a restaurant to have a nice meal somewhere new in Whitewater, but after I got thinking about it is that really what I wanted? I needed to reflect about what I was feeling and how…
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Trying New Things
Today’s blog is about trying new foods, as I’m sure you can guess! I love trying new restaurants and new cities and I thought it would be a good idea to spend some quality time with myself while I’m on the journey of rediscovering who I am. I commented to Whitewater for the past two years and I never really experienced anything on campus with friends but I’ve heard this place, Cozumel Mexican Restaurant, has really good Mexican food and I was happy to try it! I ordered something I had never tried before because pushing myself out of my comfort zone helps me find new likes/dislikes in life and…
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WORKOUT ROUTINE
I have always wanted to be more consistent and have a weekly workout routine. In high school I participated in a few sports early on, but towards my senior year I just coasted through an intense gym class. I never joined a gym before this semester because I just thought it was a waste of money and I wouldn’t actually follow through even though I wished I be motivated enough to do it. I think what it really comes down to is I so afraid of failing that I just don’t try. I don’t let myself fail by just avoiding the effort in a task. Before COVID-19 I had interviewed…
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Morning Routine
Good afternoon everyone! The first step in this journey of bettering myself and finding my likes, and what works better for my daily routine starts with breakfast. My morning routine used to consist of scrolling on apps and procrastinating until the last possible second to shower and rush out the door. Sometimes even way past the point of being able to shower anymore. I would just avoid getting up until I had to work or I had some other obligation that made me get up. I think this started with when I moved out of my moms and I lost sight of how good I feel when I actually try…