Tomorrow: Insanity, Day 1
So rather than ease into exercising, I decided to dive in head first. Tomorrow I begin Insanity. For those of you who do not know what Insanity is, its the crazy hard workout program that is sure to be the death of me, but I'm going to commit to it and kick my but into shape. "How?" you might ask. Well I've got a lot of things in my corner. Obviously, there are the programs I am doing. Insanity, where Shaun T tells me what to do and doesn't accept my excuses, and WW that tells me what I can and can't eat, and how much. On top of all that, I have:
My Motivator. Kailee has taken on the daunting task of being my motivation coach, so to speak. Bless Her Heart! Her commitment and advice about working out and eating healthy have already helped me in ways she'll never know. She is a vegan, which means she has more commitment and self-discipline than I'll ever have, but I'm going to do what I can.
My Team. My family always asks to see how my progress is coming along and they get excited for me when I do well. Caroline is going to do Insanity too as soon as I send it to her. I believe Greg might be doing it also. Apparently its the cool thing to do.
My Scheduling. Lately I've been setting a schedule on Sunday for every day of the week with times and what needs to be done. It has worked out surprisingly well and its made my days much more productive. I scheduled my workout times much earlier in the day because at night I find myself wanting to relax and nowhere near motivated to workout. Kailee works out at like 4:30am and says it makes her evenings easier... I'm not that ambitious, but you get the point.
I'm excited to get started whipping my butt into shape... Bring It On, Shaun T!!
Things to Look Forward to (Other than Insanity, of course): Azalea Festival in Wilmington this weekend!!
The Band of Oz, family, and beer... that'll make for a good time!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Priorities, Priorities....
The key is not to prioritize your schedule, it is to schedule your priorities...
A lot of things have gotten me stressed out lately, they've put me in sort of a funk. I'm pretty much done letting that happen. I have decided to give myself an actual schedule with times and everything to follow rather than a "to do list" that I can change around. To relieve some of this stress, I'm focusing on what needs to be done now in order to make things I need to focus on later, much easier (or even possible)...
My Priorities, in order obviously:
#1- Walking Across the Stage (again): focusing on my classes and getting all my work done, on time, and studying as much as needed to get good grades... June 25th can't come soon enough!
#2- Whipping into Shape: eating healthy and exercising every day to get in shape, and cleaning a little each day (to keep my sanity)
#3- Money Money Money: saving money, pretty self explanatory
#4- Anyone Hiring?: finding a job is of the utmost importance, although I've looked a little, I need to focus more of my energies on this, but it keeps getting put off because of more immediate problems... I'll seriously need one come August
#5- Taming the Beast: aka passing the CPA exam, this summer. I feel like I've got a good plan to help do this by taking review courses and having study materials already, but this will not prove to be an easy task
#6- Shelter: finding a place to live, and someone to live with once I move back to Charlotte (where hopefully I'll have a job). While good ol' Brightmoor is always an option, (Thanks to my fabulous parents) I'd like to make it on my own....
So we'll see how this goes. Although this isn't everything I need to focus on, they are extremely important things I need to figure out as soon as possible.
In other news, SpringBreak was fun and relaxing. This weekend I went to Oak Island to hang out with some of the family, watch Campbell play some baseball, and eat some good Chicken & Dumplin's.
Now back to reality, got some work to do. June 25th, Hurry It Up!! -Love, Meg
A lot of things have gotten me stressed out lately, they've put me in sort of a funk. I'm pretty much done letting that happen. I have decided to give myself an actual schedule with times and everything to follow rather than a "to do list" that I can change around. To relieve some of this stress, I'm focusing on what needs to be done now in order to make things I need to focus on later, much easier (or even possible)...
My Priorities, in order obviously:
#1- Walking Across the Stage (again): focusing on my classes and getting all my work done, on time, and studying as much as needed to get good grades... June 25th can't come soon enough!
#2- Whipping into Shape: eating healthy and exercising every day to get in shape, and cleaning a little each day (to keep my sanity)
#3- Money Money Money: saving money, pretty self explanatory
#4- Anyone Hiring?: finding a job is of the utmost importance, although I've looked a little, I need to focus more of my energies on this, but it keeps getting put off because of more immediate problems... I'll seriously need one come August
#5- Taming the Beast: aka passing the CPA exam, this summer. I feel like I've got a good plan to help do this by taking review courses and having study materials already, but this will not prove to be an easy task
#6- Shelter: finding a place to live, and someone to live with once I move back to Charlotte (where hopefully I'll have a job). While good ol' Brightmoor is always an option, (Thanks to my fabulous parents) I'd like to make it on my own....
So we'll see how this goes. Although this isn't everything I need to focus on, they are extremely important things I need to figure out as soon as possible.
In other news, SpringBreak was fun and relaxing. This weekend I went to Oak Island to hang out with some of the family, watch Campbell play some baseball, and eat some good Chicken & Dumplin's.
Now back to reality, got some work to do. June 25th, Hurry It Up!! -Love, Meg
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Hindsight is 20/20, Go Figure
In hindsight, starting all of these new commitments to eat healthy, exercise and cook everyday literally the day before my SpringBreak began.... maybe not the brightest idea I've ever had. I'll get the hang of it! One thing I have mastered is being in the car....
The Dub to the QC- roughly 3 hours, Crown Town to The Whee- another good 3 hours, Cullowhee to The DIRTY D- 4 hours of my new gig as a mobile DJ, Durham back to the Whee- another 4 long hours... For those of you who lost track, thats 14 hours so far.
I still get to look forward to 3 back to the 704 and another 3 to the 910, for a grand total of 20 hours.
A few things I have learned along the way:
-Everyone should know how to jump a car (You can youtube it like Caroline, but learn)
-Driving in the mountains is no joke, and definitely not for me
-Blink-182 really never gets old, nor does it ever cease to remind me of some of the best years of my life
-Durham is affectionately referred to as the "Dirty D" for very good reason, NO Thank you!
-Its the little things in life that really do mean the most, and sometimes the best vacation is spent doing nothing
Friday was an entertaining night with amazing friends at Coyote Joe's for the Sara Evans concert. I introduced Caroline and Hawley to "the damndest thing", as they both kept saying.... line dancing. I found it funny that I could bring Bladen County girls to the QC and they would be culture shocked by line dancing of all things. After the concert, in true Meg fashion, we FORGOT to turn off the lights in Kate's car and were stranded in the Coyote Joe's parking lot (not really an area of town you'd like to be stranded in if you had to pick) But no worries, I used to drive Otis so I know how this goes.... C flags down random passer-by, I jump start the car, while Hawley prays it doesn't explode and Mom and Kate are on their way to be our DD (Thanks!!) All in all, it was a much needed night out! I had a blast screaming in people's ears to get them to move (Hawley's suggestion) and dancing like crazy with Miss Shaina!
Cullowhee has been nice and relaxing so far, with a little detour to the Peds floor at Duke to visit Bradley, who thankfully is getting better!
Things to Look Forward to:
-Lunch tomorrow with Greg's sister, Rachel
-Out on the Town in Cullowhee for Wing Night with C
-Spending the weekend with some friends that I haven't seen in quite a while to celebrate St. Patty's Day!
Next Stop: Crown Town
The Dub to the QC- roughly 3 hours, Crown Town to The Whee- another good 3 hours, Cullowhee to The DIRTY D- 4 hours of my new gig as a mobile DJ, Durham back to the Whee- another 4 long hours... For those of you who lost track, thats 14 hours so far.
I still get to look forward to 3 back to the 704 and another 3 to the 910, for a grand total of 20 hours.
A few things I have learned along the way:
-Everyone should know how to jump a car (You can youtube it like Caroline, but learn)
-Driving in the mountains is no joke, and definitely not for me
-Blink-182 really never gets old, nor does it ever cease to remind me of some of the best years of my life
-Durham is affectionately referred to as the "Dirty D" for very good reason, NO Thank you!
-Its the little things in life that really do mean the most, and sometimes the best vacation is spent doing nothing
Friday was an entertaining night with amazing friends at Coyote Joe's for the Sara Evans concert. I introduced Caroline and Hawley to "the damndest thing", as they both kept saying.... line dancing. I found it funny that I could bring Bladen County girls to the QC and they would be culture shocked by line dancing of all things. After the concert, in true Meg fashion, we FORGOT to turn off the lights in Kate's car and were stranded in the Coyote Joe's parking lot (not really an area of town you'd like to be stranded in if you had to pick) But no worries, I used to drive Otis so I know how this goes.... C flags down random passer-by, I jump start the car, while Hawley prays it doesn't explode and Mom and Kate are on their way to be our DD (Thanks!!) All in all, it was a much needed night out! I had a blast screaming in people's ears to get them to move (Hawley's suggestion) and dancing like crazy with Miss Shaina!
Cullowhee has been nice and relaxing so far, with a little detour to the Peds floor at Duke to visit Bradley, who thankfully is getting better!
Things to Look Forward to:
-Lunch tomorrow with Greg's sister, Rachel
-Out on the Town in Cullowhee for Wing Night with C
-Spending the weekend with some friends that I haven't seen in quite a while to celebrate St. Patty's Day!
Next Stop: Crown Town
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
In the Spirit of being a Good Presbyterian
I keep wanting to make these huge life changes and trying, only to let them fall by the wayside...
I've come to the conclusion that I am the type of person that needs to be held accountable by someone else.... So you're it, whoever you are reading this blog, I am now going to hold myself accountable to you, whether you like it or not :) I also have a problem with putting things off and "oh I'll start tomorrow" with no real intentions of starting tomorrow, or next week for that matter. This time, I am ACTUALLY going to start tomorrow, as tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and what better reason to hold myself accountable to something than my favorite reasoning for everything... (you can just ask Caroline)
Its one of the things in my life that I believe legitimately happened for a reason. I couldn't have ended up a part of a more perfect religion for me, even if I had attempted to create one myself. I'm not going to pretend like I go to church every Sunday, or even close to it, but I have been taught and know these things to be true (and say them to myself more than once a day, for whatever reason)... and somehow, it keeps me sane.
Everything happens for a reason.
I've come to the conclusion that I am the type of person that needs to be held accountable by someone else.... So you're it, whoever you are reading this blog, I am now going to hold myself accountable to you, whether you like it or not :) I also have a problem with putting things off and "oh I'll start tomorrow" with no real intentions of starting tomorrow, or next week for that matter. This time, I am ACTUALLY going to start tomorrow, as tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and what better reason to hold myself accountable to something than my favorite reasoning for everything... (you can just ask Caroline)
I AM A PRESBYTERIAN.
Its one of the things in my life that I believe legitimately happened for a reason. I couldn't have ended up a part of a more perfect religion for me, even if I had attempted to create one myself. I'm not going to pretend like I go to church every Sunday, or even close to it, but I have been taught and know these things to be true (and say them to myself more than once a day, for whatever reason)... and somehow, it keeps me sane.
Everything happens for a reason.
What is meant to be, will be.
My "Lent List" as I am calling it, includes (but is not limited to) the following:
Making Every Day a Good Day & Seeing the Brighter Side of Things
Trying New Things, Venture Out on my Own
Saving Money
Get A Job
Eating Healthy Everyday
Exercising Everyday
Cooking New Recipes
... And holding myself to this, by telling You! whoever you are
I don't promise that I have the most exciting life, as I'm 100% positive that I don't... so read at your own risk. Seeing as how this was my attempt at a break in my week long study session of 4 Finals this week, I better get back to studying (Mom will appreciate that one)
PS: Mom&Dad I got a 93 on my first final! WhooHoo!
ALSO, (Brad, if you're reading this) Thanks to Brad for unknowingly letting me steal his awesome picture of the Lake, its also my desktop background. Hope you feel better soon Rooms!
ALSO, (Brad, if you're reading this) Thanks to Brad for unknowingly letting me steal his awesome picture of the Lake, its also my desktop background. Hope you feel better soon Rooms!
Something to Look Forward to:
Thursday begins my Spring Break. I can't wait to catch a break from school work. It will be a nice change.
First Stop, Charlotte to go to Sara Evans at Joe's with my two life-long bests, Caroline and Hawley (and Shaina will be there!)
Here goes nothing... :)
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