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Ever felt really overwhelmed by something? If you’re human and breathing, I’ll assume you said yes.
This past weekend, I planned on writing a blog post on something I’m really passionate about: FOOD. Not cooking it, or even eating it necessarily, but the struggle I’ve have with it. I have books I’m referencing, 2 friends I interviewed, and 27 years of experience of a love/hate relationship with the stuff.
By now most people have heard of CrossFit. And most of the time, they’ve heard both good and bad things about it. Whether or not you’ve actually attempted the sport, you probably know it’s an intense workout involving heavy weights, weird jargon such as “WOD” and that it calls itself the “sport of fitness.” You may also know lots of people have very strong opinions about it, to the point where they claim it’s a cult.
There are people who love to be in the limelight, and people who shrink away from it. When I think of the former, I think of the class clown jokesters, who are constantly vying for everyone’s attention. Although I wouldn’t describe myself that particular way, I don’t necessarily mind attention when it’s given to me. I remember friends who, before getting married, talked about being nervous to be the center of attention on their wedding day.
I saw this picture on a blog post, and it totally convicted my current, “I hate winter and I hate the snow,” attitude. I’ve never been one to trash talk winter, but yesterday we got another dusting of snow here in Indiana, and when I saw it I got all pouty and annoyed. I don’t want more snow. I’m ready for spring.
One of my January goals was that I wanted to start using “Fifty-Two Pages” to keep track of my pictures throughout the year. I’ve never been a scrapbooker, not for a lack of effort, and I probably still have the leftovers of a few failed attempts. I’ve read about “Project Life” which is a more modern way of scrapbooking, and looks pretty neat.
I’ve had some friends ask me what I use to read blogs now that Google Reader is no more. I know there are a few different options, but Bloglovin’ is my favorite. I’ve never had a problem finding a blog I wanted to follow, and it just does a great job of keeping track of all the blogs I follow and my favorited posts!
Maybe it’s because football was on ALLLLLLL day New Year’s Day, maybe it’s because this was a really good book, but I read this entire book in a day and a half. It was light, enjoyable, and happy, the perfect book to start off the New Year.
I won’t give away too much, but one of my favorite parts is that the main character, Samantha Moore, is obsessed with reading the classics, primarily, Jane Austen.
Now that it’s a few days into 2014, I’m really loving my theme for this year:
As I’ve thought about how I can be more intentional in my everyday life, I’ve thought a lot about how that can translate onto this blog. This made me start thinking about what kind of blogs I enjoy reading the most. Besides the DIY, home improvement and book list blogs, I really enjoy reading blogs where the author is being vulnerable and real about their life.
2013 was fab. So many wonderful things happened, and the best part was sharing them with my little family of 3. Before I look forward to the 2014, (and I’m really looking forward to this year) I wanted to look back at my goals for December to see how I did!