Hey there hi there ho there neighborino and wandering eyes alike, it’s time for the monthly blog post. Maybe I increase the blog posting but we’ll see. It’s a stark contrast from when I was younger and beginning to question the world around me as to now where I just accept things as they are and focus on forging ahead with my own life plan.
That being said, I was talking to a friend yesterday about “manifesting” the life you want and achieving goals and then later in the same day I started reading a book, well, listening to a book because I’m using audible about the same topic.
I talked about it a little in my sketch yesterday as well, about how much I’ve put on my plate/my own pressure on myself and how that affects me moving forward but I guess I can get into a bit more details here.
Weight:
Along with my medication that has a risk of making me a diabetic or something like that I’ve gained a few pounds. I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been probably due to my constant eating of McDonalds as my “1 MeAl A dAy” because it’s cheap, and money is tight, but ultimately not the best thing to digest. I’m still doing healthy things, like walking 30 minutes from the train station to my home and drinking a gallon of water a day but my job has a lot of sitting down, I’m not really on my feet as much as I used to be ESPECIALLY since the whole COVID-19 thing hit. Granted I am thankful that I’m still working but doing more to get to a caloric deficit while still feeling full after a meal, it sounds difficult, to me anyway. Either way what I’m going to do is start meal prepping, and my sister even offered to give me cooking lessons to help speed that along. I figure what I spend on food Mon-Fri I can probably spend at a grocery store and come out alright as long as I do it every week, and I think I already have a lunchbox somewhere in the house, but now I have to find it. All in all I just want to get back in shape, and stay in shape, instead of going up and down like I have been losing weight, gaining it back and ultimately going through that cycle over and over. Just want to get this done sooner rather than later.
School:
I’m still not a college graduate, and while I’m “GoInG aT mY oWn PaCe” I do feel like the rush or the urge to finish quickly has subsided. I love my job, as a sedentary as it is and they really appreciate me here in all that I do, so I’m not exactly eager to leave, however, I do want a bigger paycheck and I know that higher education can get me there, so! I’ve registered for classes this coming Fall Semester 2020, but I’m not eligible for financial aid. That means I’m taking that big stinking check from Daddy Trump and I’m using it to pay for school/classes. There are definitely, other things I could think of spending the money on but doing this makes me think and feel that I am serious about pursuing my degree. I’ve looked at all the back channels too, or a few of them at least, and everyone is asking for $300 or more to “Teach you to be a master” this that and another so I figure I’ll stay the course. I’ve been reading the textbook that I bought because I’m sure they’ll be using the same volume and doing the problems/questions when I can in hopes that I’ll catch up to what I’m bad at before the semester begins, that’s the plan for now anyway.
Art:
I’m accomplished, to say the least. I have 3 published books that I’ve written sharing a few illustrations and photography and now I look at my work, on my mountain and I sometimes still feel inadequate. So! I signed up for domestika since I saw a lot of ads for it and I plan to take some lessons in the near future. Self-education is really big ya’know? In this age of information and the internet you really can get what you want, albeit, sometimes if not all the time at a cost. I’m feeling like I can draw again though, feeling like I can make art with the best of them and for a long time I didn’t feel like I could compete with anyone! Still, I perservered and eventually fell out of that rut.
In the same vein of “Art” I think I’m a seasonal photography. I’ll take a picture when the weather is nice, during the day. I bought a camera that I need to take for a spin, and maybe, finally go through all my images and makea coffee table book? I don’t know, we’ll see.
MISC:
General thoughts about my past, what I can’t take back, and what I can do to shape my future into the best version and most successful version of myself I and the world has yet to see!
I’m excited as I write this blog entry, hopefully I have the same vigor in the next coming months.