Half-assing It One Day at a Time

Follow the life of the person who forgets to flush the toilet, washes half her dishes, and generally takes on way too many projects than can she can handle.

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Workout!!

Okay, soooo I hope nobody is watching me as I am about to struggle through some tough shit- actual, real-life workout. No, I don’t mean I’m about to juggle holding a frappucino and a bagel. Like ‘getting sweaty, jumping and moving and shit’ type workout. Someone I hold in respect told me to get public about this shit in order for me to be “accountable” or whatever that means. So here we go. I’m about to post daily things on here. OR maybe not. Maybe I will post this and then never post anything ever again. That’s how accountable I am. Bitch.

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You can't just drive into the river because you're bored.

Richard Hammond

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Don't be an asshole or no one will play with yours.

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Ugh, it's so hard to keep up with learning a new language. Especially if you don't have any plans to visit that country anytime soon. Yep, I'm currently trying to learn Japanese (before that, it was Russian, then German, then Spanish). 

"What exactly do you even have going on in your life? It almost sounds like you try to do everything at once!"

Yes. I do. But what do I have going on in my life? Let's see: planning for a continent-wide adventure starting mid-May, learning Japanese, being a full-time college student, enrolled in a 16-day triathlon race, photo project (but not anymore..), crocheting a huge blanket, going through a CNA program (not yet, starting March 23!). Um... other things I can't remember right now.

And yet I still get so bored! How does that happen?? (I need more things to do in my life... or I COULD just pick something and become great at it... nah)

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I give up on the photo project. Too boring. Too complicated. Too hard.

However! Yesterday was the start of my triathlon series! Texas Tech hosts an Iron Man Triathlon that actually is spread out over 16 days so us lazy people can actually boast of doing an Iron Man! Did I do anything yesterday? No. Did I at least do something today? Yes! I ran 2 miles.

But you know what I learned this morning, jogging endlessly like a mouse on that treadmill? I don't like running. Which is weird- I was about to sign up for a marathon in October the other day. But I don't like it.

"But Niki! You should try outdoor running if you hate the idea of running but getting nowhere!" Actually, this may surprise a lot of runners, but I actually hate running outdoors more than on a treadmill. I guess because it feels (and is) harder? Like.. there's wind and hills and other outdoor things that generally try to make running even more miserable than it already is. And the cars and bikes just mock you by rolling by on far less energy and at a far greater speed. At least on a treadmill you have TV to distract you from the pain in your thighs. Outside, you just have squirrels.

And they laugh at your misery.

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are too small.

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So! You probably want to see the gorgeous and professional photographs I managed to pick up today.

I don't have any.

But! I do have an announcement to make. I made it official today.

I'm biking across America starting May!

Yeps. That is what I'm doing. 8600 miles of biking. In two months. I can do that That's easy! That's.. 143 miles a day. I got this.

My main reason is because I want to bike the TransAmerican trail. Those who don't know of it- good for you, you have lives. It is a 4233 mile "trail" that goes across Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and then some other eastern states until it reaches Virginia. It makes a great story to tell people who don't care. I say "trail" because it isn't a trail like the AT or CT. It actually just follows roads from coast to coast. "Interesting..."

I say I half-ass shit. But this is where I draw the line! My procrastination and laziness ends here! I WILL do this. I will make it happen. 

Anyway! I forgot to mention how I'd get to the starting line. By biking. Yeps. Even though the trail itself is biking 4233 mies, I thought I'd bike from Lubbock TO the starting point in Astoria, OR. And then bike to the finish line in Yorktown, VA, then bike BACK to Lubbock. 

Sounds fun, huh? I just thought I'd mention I'm a serious masochist. Slight relation to what I'm proposing. Just a little.

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Photo Project

Anyway! On to fun stuff (for me). I'm going to bore you over the next 365 days with pictures of mundane and meaningless objects. Some of them probably people. 

Yep! I do have a camera. Am I proficient in photography? Let's leave it at- I could be the free photographer you hire to shoot the wedding your distant cousin asked you via text to oversee.

So! Should be interesting.

(I know I should be starting the project today but... it's already dark outside. There's nothing in my house besides a very comfy yet lumpy bed and an extremely flamboyant lamp.)

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Hello! Just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Niki (yes, I have a stripper's name). I like doing everything. What am I good at? Nothing. That's right. I'm a little TOO boring. 

"Do you play the piano?" 

Not anymore. 

"Do you... like to read books?"

I do, thanks for asking! I don't know the endings to any of them.

"Well, do you at least have ANYTHING you're good at?"

Finally, a question I'm proud to answer! 

Starting things. And never following through.

Yep! I admit it. What have I started and not finished? ...college, more books than I can count, instruments, haircuts... other things. I could finish that list... but I'm not going to.