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Disney Bracket

The Disney bracket is the hardest thing i’ve done and I’m about to graduate college

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Phaces

Sometimes, because English sucks, I start writing “phaces” instead of “faces” and I slowly delete each letter, believing my gut instinct to type it that way is right...

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Happy New Year!

It is finished. While it wasn’t a perfect year, I mostly tried to complete my 52 mini goals. And that was the point. Now I can reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and why. I won’t bore you all with a lengthy diary entry for each week, but I’ll share what goals left the biggest impact: So who knew my first goal of flossing would be my favorite? Not me. I actually still floss nearly every night…

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An Uncharacteristically Personal Blog Post

Straight up truth time. This penultimate blog post isn’t late because I’m lazy. It’s late because God was teaching me and my family what is important. My sister and my aunt and keeping my commitments to things like my jobs and family are more important than these goals or this blog. I don’t often share this type of information so publicly since I’m a more private person, but here it goes. After…

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Exam Week Doesn't Count

Exam Week Doesn’t Count

New rule: Doubling up the week after failing is allowed. So, yeah… didn’t complete my goal. I’m not even gonna bore you with the the tales of my exam woes… because compared to other college students, I have it easy… Anyway, I have two hiccups to address. Since I didn’t complete my artsy goal, I now have no Christmas presents finished and a lot of things like work, work, and sleep to get in my…

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ZZZZZZZZ...

ZZZZZZZZ…

I like this whole sleepin’ more thing. While I didn’t necessarily get eight hours of sleep each night, I did get more than if I didn’t have my goal. Some nights, I was up later than normal due to picking up extra hours at the Writing Center for pre-exam week. Other nights, I was struggling to stay awake at 8pm, so I finished up what I had to do and hit the hay. This upcoming week will probably be…

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"We're All Just Tryin' to Turn Hard Work Into Chicken Nuggets" - Matt Bellassai

“We’re All Just Tryin’ to Turn Hard Work Into Chicken Nuggets” – Matt Bellassai

I almost made it without eating meat this week. And then on Thursday, the chicken nuggets in my freezer called my name and I answered and it all went downhill from there. But, okay, honestly? I missed chicken. A lot. I’ve accidentally gone several days without meat before, but knowing it was off limits this time made me want it and that sucked. I made my favorite guacamole and bought really good…

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Still Recovering From Black Friday

Holy 2am, Batman! I never want to work a shift that starts at 2 in the morning ever again. Ever. Again. While I don’t have any crazy customer stories to share, the customers probably have a crazy sales associate story to share. I’m pretty sure I asked each customer to repeat themselves five times once 5am hit. My brain was not functioning. Also, what are numbers? That’s what my brain decided to…

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PenGwen

Two out of seven isn’t bad, right? Well friends, I tried. By the time I realized I still hadn’t completed my goal most days, it was late, I was tired, and I read a book (highly recommend Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth: 10/10). I will say, the two times I did sit in silence for 10 minutes was the calmest I’ve been in a long time. It was nice to sit with my eyes closed and let my mind wander…

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It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

We’re only counting business days this week… Because those are the only days I completed my goal. I’m counting this week as a success for only listening to instrumental or electronic music. I did listen to my regular tunes on Sunday – while I was driving back to GVSU from home. Two hours without singing along loudly to my favorite songs would have been tortue. I know this from experience because…

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Switcheroo

You may have guessed from the title of this particular blog that I did not, in fact, complete my goal of only checking Facebook once each day. That is because I should have completed this goal earlier in the year, when I wasn’t in charge of GV Writing Center’s social media accounts and my sister hadn’t just given birth to her first child (7 lbs 1 oz, 19 in long, and a full head of hair = the…

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Squeaky Clean

Except for Sunday and Friday nights, I completed my goal, and I’m still going to count it as a complete success. That’s because Sunday was meal prep day, which started later than I’m used to, so I focused on other things and only washed – didn’t dry – the dishes. I took care of them the next day, though, so I deserve a gold freakin’ star! I have no excuse for Friday. I’m lazy on Fridays and…

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Productive as Crap

Four out of seven days of completing my cleaning goal is productive as crap in my book. Maybe not everyone’s, but I’m not them. It was really easy to do something small each day, like dusting off my dresser, and it was extremely satisfying doing a few things I never feel like I have the time for, like washing the windows inside my car. I can guarantee I won’t keep up with this goal on a daily…

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Only 10 Weeks Left!

Only 10 Weeks Left!

Last week’s goal was kind of hard to track. I didn’t do the best of sitting up straight it my classes with traditional desks, because I’m a small person and it is never comfortable in those super awkward desks. I also spent a large portion of my time on my bed because of the combination of sinus sickness, reading assignments, and rainy days. I’d count it as a success, though, because I was more…

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The Little Things

First of all: It finally felt like fall for about five seconds! But it’s hot again and I’m sad… Anyway, I made my bed every morning except Sunday, because I forgot that was my goal. It happens. But it was kind of nice to make my bed. Within two minutes of waking up, I already had one thing accomplished for the day. I’ve read those cheesy articles titled “5 Tips From CEOs to be a More Productive…

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No Time. See You Next Week.

No Time. See You Next Week.

So, I don’t have a lot of time to write this. Between registering my first car in my name, my sister’s baby shower, work, homework, and cooking/cleaning, I’m outta time. Basically, I dressed nice every day except for Monday (working out was more important to me) and it was actually really nice. I found some new outfits I like, I felt great, and I think I’ll try a little harder more often. This…

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I'm Human. Moving On.

I’m Human. Moving On.

Yeah, I didn’t complete my goal again. But I’m human, a sleepy human who prefers to fall asleep reading her Bible because then I fall asleep thinking about the things I’m reading rather than trying to write down “important things” after. The few nights I started to brain dump, all I wanted to do was lay there and let my mind wander. So I did. There’s not much else to say other than I’m human and…