Working hard.
Working out.
Singing performing mixing music.
Reading for pleasure.
and
Cooking only when necessary.
Indeed
“Have you seen my glasses?”
“Harry wore glasses!”
“Do you want something to eat?”
“Ron loved to eat!”
“I read it in this book and…”
“Hermione used to read books!”
“How is school going?”
“It burned down!”
“Are you serious?”
“HE WAS THEIR FRIEND!!!!”
(Source: morrisseys, via understandmia)
Paleo Diet
Today, I started reading up on nutrition and fitness articles again, which is a good start. I finally read up on the “Paleo Diet,” which I had heard of before, and am considering trying it out. A lot of it makes sense to me, but I’m still skeptical. I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to try it out for 30 days as the writer suggests and see if I get any results. It’ll be hard to not eat so much rice since it’s a staple at my house, but I’ll see what I can do.
HOME update
Been home for a while. Biggest things of note:
- I have to remind myself that this isn’t summer vacation. THIS IS REAL LIFE. I’ve become a little more serious about applying to jobs, and my goal is to be working and moved out of the house by my birthday in a month.
- I need to get on a good sleeping routine. Like I said, it’s not summer vaca, so I shouldn’t be out til 3am every night hanging out with my friends and then waking up at noon. It’s just shameful. >:[
- I have to find a way to work out in this climate. It is over 100 degrees outside every day, and although I’ve been craving to go out jogging, the heat is just too bad. I’m a little conflicted about how I can go work out outside: Even if I change my habits, there’s no way I could get up before the sun rises, but when it’s late enough that the sun is completely set, I should probably be in bed soon. Gotta get this one worked out.
- I have to freaking stop eating snacks for real. In the last two times we’ve gone grocery shopping, I’ve basically been picking out just snacky and sweety foods. My mom likes to spoil me since I’m home, so I need to be the one disciplining myself. So much money spend on snacks when I should have been picking out leafy greens!
- Bought a nutrition journal. Must start using it, however!
Jesus, why did it take me so long to notice how haunting and incredible this song is?
Impulse Fitness
Groupon is the ultimate site for impulse buying since you have to buy the deal within the time frame. I just impulsively bought a six-week boot camp deal in OK. I only did a little research on the boot camp before buying, but really, I need to force myself to work out, so I just freaking hit “buy” without too much thinking. I spent the moneh, so now I need to get my money’s worth by working hard!
Musings on Work
I am truly going to miss this karaoke job. It’s only been six weeks, but this job has spurred some serious growth in me. I thought of myself as a pretty confident person before, but this job revealed that I have some insecurities regarding people. I used to attribute my shyness to my being an introvert, but really, so much of it had to do with being scared of other people and how they thought of me. Now, though, I’m chatting it up with strangers all the time.
I meet pretty interesting people every week, and I’m even starting to make friends. My boss told me that once you get good, you can start building a fan-base, which is a really good support system, and I can see that my fan-base is starting to grow. He told me there are more chances for me to work since he’s getting some gigs at new places, and I even got an offer from one of the random customers I met to start dj-ing at a restaurant. So many opportunities are opening up from this one job. It’s such a shame to cut this all off now that I’m starting to really learn and develop these skills.
And you know, this is a job I can actually see myself doing far into the future. I’ve always been so hesitant about starting a career because I can’t see myself sticking with anything, but this karaoke stuff is something I think I could really do. But besides the obvious questions like “How would I get health insurance,” I’ve been questioning the value of this job, that is, in terms of value-creation. I want to contribute to the world and to my community, but what kind of value can I create as a karaoke dj? Is it enough just to say that I make people happy when they come in for karaoke night and have fun?
Goodbyes!
I’m not leaving for another week, but I already feel like I’m being sent off because I’ve said goodbye to both my bosses early.
Boss 1 is leaving on a business trip this weekend, so he won’t be around during my final week in his office. He gave me a sturdy handshake and thanked me for transforming his office and offered to help me out however he can in the future. Karaoke Boss is going on vacation this week, so he and I won’t have our usual Thursday night karaoke gig together. This last Thursday, we sang a duet for the first time, which was super fun, and we actually had a conversation that didn’t have anything to do with karaoke or dj-ing. It started feeling like we were becoming “friends,” which made our goodbye-hug not so awkward considering our otherwise completely-business relationship.
This last week, I need to do and experience everything. One last get-together with some 2011ers, one last time at the beach, one last visit to H&M, one last jog in the shade of jacaranda trees. If this is gonna be goodbye, then I need to make it worth it!
…But who knows, I could be back pretty soon. ??? !!!
Fitness Goal Planning
Need to work out! Need to stop eating ridiculous amounts of cookies!
Right now, I’m not up for working out because of this cold business. I’m stuck in my room, where all my food is stored since I’m sharing the kitchen. Bad situation cuz all I do is sit here and eat!
When I’m home in two weeks, I need to take my health and fitness much more seriously. When I got weighed at the doctor’s over the weekend, I was actually 9 pounds lighter than when I was last weighed sometime in the beginning of last semester. I need to keep that progress going!
So I need to come up with a plan so that I can have a healthy start when I’m home! As lame as it is, Health and Wellness class helped me stay on track in terms of health, and I learned a lot of tips. Here are some steps I can take:
- Use a diet journal! I’m ordering it right now, in fact. I’ll have to list all the foods I’m eating and calculate all the nutrients and note down my exercise. Seeing it written down will probably help me realize that I need to eat and live more healthfully.
- Have a work out buddy! I already have one lined up, and we’re going to try motivating each other.
- Create a progress color-in sheet. For every __ min I work out, I can color in a little box. This technique actually really motivated me during first semester.
- Write down how good I feel after a workout on a post-it, then stick it around my mirror. This step for me is the cheesiest strategy, but I guess it doesn’t hurt to try it out.
- Plan out my meals ahead of time, and don’t purchase anything besides what I need for these meals. Until I can learn self control, I shouldn’t keep foods lying around and tempting me. The foods that I do plan on getting should be protein and fiber rich so that I can feel full.
- Set aside only a small portion of my grocery budget for snacks. Or perhaps I can have a tiny portion for bad snacks like cookies and a slightly larger portion for better snacks like yogurt. Maybe I can create a point system: I can award myself points for working out more than planned, and these points can be redeemed as special snack purchases.
- Insanity? I’m not sure if I’m up for it, at least not completely. I don’t know if I’m ready to make the commitment of investing 6 days a week to cardio. I’m looking into weightlifting because I’ve read that it’s more effective as a weight loss method. Hopefully, I can find a trainer who can teach me how to do it, and then I can do a combination of weightlifting and cardio.
All my ideas for now. I need to work toward this lifestyle change!
