I guess it's a good thing that I have a plan to keep it going for a much longer time and it will be much more fun and exciting than this year..... ;)
ANYWAYS. I figured I would do a little check-in for the past six months and where I am with keeping up with these goals. I'll go ahead and say that some are great while others still need a bit of work.
JANUARY: This month was all about getting organized. I wanted to start a blog, "spring clean" my apartment room, and start a great devotional.
Wellll, score one for Andi because I started a blog and I AM STILL DOING IT. That's right. I think this is the first project I have ever stuck with. Especially for this long. Is this what growing up feels like? It feels great.
LOL real hard at me spring cleaning my apartment room. That was a shot in the dark though. My room is never clean. Except I actually did make a pile of stuff to throw away/take home.....it just never actually left the corner I put it in. But I'm all moved out now so TECHNICALLY I followed through with this one because by golly that apartment is spotless now.
The devotional is at about 50% accuracy. I'm still doing Jesus Calling and I absolutely LOVE IT. I highly recommend it to anybody looking for one because it is perfect. It's weird how it says exactly what you need to hear and the verses that you look up for it are amazing....obviously. I say it's at about 50% accuracy because like I said I'm really bad about keeping up with projects and things. I just have a really bad attention span and I forget to do it every day. I know, I know, I shouldn't forget something that important and I'm working on it.
FEBRUARY: I was trying to get on a health kick this month. You know, working out, eating real meals, and drinking more water and less soda.
I honestly didn't do too shabby with this month and am still sticking with it the best I can. The whole working out thing has been put on hold because I was dumb and tried to play soccer, as you all know. But before I hurt myself I was on multiple rec teams at Mizzou and was just pretty active in general. I'm finally getting slightly better with my knee and have been set free to go on BIKE RIDES. HOLLA.
Eating healthy. LOL. I'll never eat strictly healthy. I love chocolate and chips too much. However, I really did quit eating fast food so much (okay this is partially because I'm broke but SO WHAT) and the majority of my meals were rather healthy. As for drinking more water I've rocked this. Yes, I still drink soda but not near as much. I quit buying it because it was just a waste of money. You know what that did? Gave me a bit more pocket change to do fun stuff with AND I got healthier. Win win.
MARCH: This month I wanted to focus on school, read more educational books, and subscribe to/read Time Magazine.
I rocked that school thing that apparently is SO important this month/semester. Seriously. I made a pact with myself that I was only going to skip a class if I had an actual reason to. I did realllllllly good with this too until about the last two weeks of school when I lost all motivation. I only skipped one class before that and it was so I could go with my brother on his college visit. Other than that I think I only missed four classes or so at the end. Which I am proud of.
Reading wise, I subscribed to Time and I read the magazines when I get them. I love it. Educational books.....well I'm taking a Harry Potter class this fall so I'm rereading all of the books. Do those count as educational? I'm going with yes.
APRIL: In April I spent my time focusing on my relationship with Christ. I did this because I don't feel like I can be truly happy until I'm in a place I feel good about with Him. However, I really don't think this can ever really be reached. I'm just enjoying the journey.
I really wanted to spend more time serving others, praying, and reading my Bible. With Phi Lamb I was given so many opportunities to serve. I truly love my sorority for all that it offers. As for prayer, I've just never been very good at it. I spent my whole spring semester in prayer group talking about how I just get so distracted and it never turns out how I hear all of my sisters talking about their prayer life. Needless to say, my crazy brain hasn't changed any and I still get super distracted, but I've found things that work for me. And I've read my Bible every time I do Jesus Calling, sooo....slightly succeeding I suppose? I should really read it more. It's got some good stuff inside.
MAY: I really wanted to focus on being in the present this month and in the future. This was something that I'm really just going to have to continue working on. Mainly because technology can be so addicting. I wanted to reduce my use of social media, watch the news more, and just pay better attention to daily life.
Well the social media thing is hard. Cell phones are crazy and it's hard to stop using it so much. If you ask my family they would tell you that I'm still really bad about using it at home. But when I'm in new places or out with friends I do my absolute best to keep it put away. I've done pretty well so far and I have had some great conversations with wonderful strangers because of it. This has helped me pay better attention to my daily life because when I'm out and about I notice more now. And I trip and fall a lot less. Let's not get carried away and assume I'm not clumsy anymore though because we all know that will never change. Ask Andy Etzler. That pirate preacher knows how to call a girl out for being clumsy. It's cool though because I can do neat things like call him a pirate preacher in return. Keep on keepin on, man.
I didn't have TV at my apartment so I don't know why I said I was going to watch the news. I've caught it a few times at home this month while mom is watching it though.
JUNE: I wanted to focus on my family this month. I spent lots of time with cousins and went to some family suppers and attended an amazing family reunion. WHERE I BECAME A WORLD CHAMPION IN THE BLACKWELL FAMILY OLYMPICS. That's right. World Champion. There is only one duo a year in the whole entire world crowned the Olympic Champions. TOTAL DOMINATION. Germany ain't got nothin' on me with that silly World Cup. Basically, I really love my immediate and extended families on both sides. I'm super blessed to be surrounded by the people I am. God gave me some keepers.
So I'd say that these first six months have been pretty epic. And I feel like if I was going to give myself a grade I would give myself a B. You know, there's always room for improvement but I don't like bad grades so I wouldn't want to give myself anything lower than that. Get into that C range and you might see a rare occasion of me crying. So I'm a bit of a nerd, whatever.
So if you've been reading these past six months, THANK YOU SO MUCH. Special shout out to my girl KB because she tells me every time she sees me that she stalks my blog and it makes my day every time. If you don't read my blog, well, you won't see this and I think you're really missing out on some goofy stories.
Keep it real, homies.
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