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[jenfightsback]

Starting Weekly Goals Again

As sort of a spinoff from last night's consensus that a lot of us could use more accountability, I'm restarting my posts with goals for the week. This way I at least have to take some time every week to exam my behavior. I'm going to pose some challenges for myself that other people can join in or make their own if they would like. And here they are:

1. Complete at least 3 cardio workouts and 1 strength workout this week.

2. Workout at least once in the morning (I usually work out after work).

3. Track all of my food this week

4. Take a "Full Accountability Day" on Monday and Wednesday where I take pictures and post everything that I eat.

5. Start again on my gratitude journal and post 3 things everyday that I am thankful for.

6. Do at least 1 special thing to be nice to myself and 1 special thing to be nice to someone else.

Tagging the people that that seemed interested in extra accountability last night. I will keep you accountable on your goals if you want and I give you permission to keep me accountable on my goals. @fatmaninalittlesuit @robinruns @sfhealthjunkie @workingonmesince1996 @fatbastich @pnutbutterand-ana also anyone I missed or who wants to jump in.

[robinruns]

Ghost and stitches ☺️

stitches: some of your self-care habits

Oh man... Um... this is something I need to work on, I’m not super good about self care :( I should work on that. Anyway, I guess I would say doing face masks is my best self care

ghost: a historical figure you’re drawn to

Anastasia! 

[robinruns]

Scarecrow

(a quick side story before I answer the question. My brain was like !!! when it saw I had a question, then I clicked on it and started blinking at for like 10 seconds trying to figure out you sent just the word scarecrow and was hung up on this line I wrote in a story I haven’t posted yet and then I remembered the ask thing I posted lol omg)

Scarecrow - What’s your dream job?

I’m not sure exactly what my dream job would be specifically. It’s kind of an amorphous blend of like social media influencer/interior design/personal stylist with plenty of time for running and traveling.

Thank you for asking!

[sternenblumen]

Lavender, sunflower, wisteria ☺️

Lavender: What’s your favourite thing about yourself?

Uhhhm ... I think I’ll go with that I’m a warm, empathetic person.

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without? 

Well, the obvious answer is friends and family! But to add to that, I couldn’t imagine a life without stories. Books and writing have always been important to me, and sharing stories can be so powerful.

Wisteria: How many books have you read in the past few months? What were they called? 

I’ve been on a terrific fanfic binge this year, so I haven’t read many “actual” books. I finished “The Underground Railroad” by Coulson Whitehead (after months) and read “Born a Crime” (Trevor Noah) and “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” (Becky Abertalli). (I’ve started a new book but forgot it at my parents’ place last weekend ^^’.)

Thank you for the questions, love :)!

[sternenblumen]

Piggy pink, pale pink ☺️

Piggy pink - Do you trust your intuition? Has your intuition ever guided you to make good decisions? 

I’m not very good at that, honestly ^^’. Always second-guessing myself ... I don’t recall a specific instance but I’m sure it has made me do good decisions. I need to listen to it more!

Pale pink - What’s a smart choice you made recently that you felt good about? 

Hum, that’s also a hard one - there are probably a lot of small things where I made a smart choice but who remembers those? Not me!

So I’m going with a big one that I still feel good about today, even if it wasn’t recently: After I had taken time off work for therapy during a severe depressive episode, I could get back into work slowly and took the opportunity to reduce my hours permanently. I’m now working six hours per day instead of eight, and even if money is tight sometimes, I think it was the right decision and has helped me be happier with my work-life balance!

Thank you for the questions, dear! (And I’m sorry for the waffling around ^^’ .)

[robinruns]

I was tagged by @pnutbutterand-ana for a SDS. I'm enjoying my post-race sack lunch from Panera, how awesome is that for post-race food?!