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Posted on June 3, 2015

I haven't been writing as much on here recently because I honestly worried a little that I had nothing interesting to say anymore. I've been on diet bet for 5 months. I don't have any huge victories to share, but I am still here, and still trying, and that is worth a lot. I finally realized today that every time I get a noticification that a friend posted a blog it gets me to come back on this site and read the blog! I ENJOY reading what you all have to say. Then I look at the game message boards, and at my progress and get a little burst of motivation. So, I figured if I like reading your blogs so much, perhaps I should keep writing my blogs. :-)

I've gotten a new burst of over all diet motivation at the start of this month. I think it's the fact that summer is nearly here, which always gives me that happy "summer break" feeling, so I feel sort of light and full of anticipation anyway. It's also because the end of my first transformer is coming up in two months. I am SO behind! If I REALLY focus I can win it though. I want to win! I want look back on this year and feel like I have made really good use of my time. 2015 is a very weird year for me. I quit graduate school at the end of 2014, which was the hardest decision I have ever made. The guilt of it is still tearing at me. It was the right decision for me though. I was not at a good school. So, now I'm in a significant transition phase. I am working part time teaching and working full time getting myself back to a happy, healthy human. It's WEIRD having free time!!! 8-/

I have reaffirmed my daily goals for myself including but not limited to:

10,000 steps each day.

Sticking with P90X3 - it may be boring at heck, but it is a good workout and 30 minutes is not something I can easily talk myself out of.

And for my mental health I'm committed to reading happy novels, and writing in my journal, and just taking time to feel GOOD. I spent much too much time being incredibly miserable the past few years in school. I been given the gift of free time and, gosh darn it, I'm going to be happy and NOT waste all my time feeling guilty!

Happy June everyone! I hope you all feel lots of motivation and have countless smiles this coming summer :-)

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GlampingGal

06/04/2015 2:23PM

Oh Elizabeth, I don't know why we carry around so much guilt in life. We feel badly for all sorts of stuff, and when you mention it to someone else, they don't understand it one bit. "Oh, come on. Seriously?! You feel badly about that?" It's time for us to let go of all that nonsense in our lives. We need to focus on where we are headed, make the best decisions we can, and make course adjustments along the way. If things don't work out, or the decision proves to have been a mistake, well, we have to focus on learning from it and moving on. There's nothing wrong with admitting that the school wasn't the right environment for you. There is no shame in knowing yourself well enough to make that assessment. No more guilt, lady! :-)

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Elizabeth H.

Thanks for the support. I'm doing so much better and I think facing the fact that I feel guilty still has helped me get over it! Woo! On to bigger and better things!

Rhonda G.

06/03/2015 2:32PM

Love this post, Elizabeth!! I want to look back on 2015 and see progress too. I love reading, but like you only happy books :D Keep blogging I enjoy reading your blogs.

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Kristin

06/03/2015 2:08PM

I'm with you (literally, I'm in the same Transformer and I'm also behind but have a chance if I buckle down). And blogs like yours bring me back to the site, and then I read around in my games and blogs, and get re-inspired. Go you for making the hard decision on grad school -- if the school/program isn't a good fit, it can really grind you down and make you doubt yourself.Have you ever read Terry Pratchett? Very silly, funny novels that are also basically good-hearted and encouraging. Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club was also a very enjoyable read for me.

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Elizabeth H.

I have read a little terry pratchett. Definitely fun books and I think I'll put them on my list. I also loved Jane Austen book club! I read it in when I was going to UC Davis (which was wonderful and I should have stayed there rather than tried the more recent awful school) and the book totally freaked me out because it kept talking about places I knew! Finally I realized the author was from Davis and the book was actually set in my town, so I wasn't crazy. Lol.

bahhhhh

06/03/2015 2:04PM

Good for you! The longer I use DB, the more I notice how much the blog feature is so so so good. I think it works on so many levels. For me, reading other people's successes inspires me AND makes me evaluate my own successes or failures. Reading about other people's struggles makes me evaluate my own AND not feel so alone-- I relate to more struggles than I thought I ever would. It makes me feel a tinge of competitiveness-- not enough to feel spiteful or ugly, but just enough to want to push a little harder. AND folks on here have good ideas. I'm sold. Keeping my head in the game means I need to focus, at least a little, on the planning and goals associated with diet and fitness. Reading your blogs and writing my own (as I just remembered, haha!) is so helpful to me. So thank you for blogging! And reading. And making resolutions to be HAPPY! We should all try to be happier. I think I'll add that to my list :)

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Elizabeth H.

You took the words it out of my mouth ;-).