This is my last summer vacation. What better a time to grow the fuck up before I am thrust out into the real world. This past semester has been one of the most stressful yet and was the most taxing on my mind, body and living situation. To put it shortly, everything in my life is currently in a downward spiral to disaster... everything but that involving my career and work situations. Thank baby jesus that something is going right. Here's the sitch:
My Body:
For about a month and a half before a couple of weeks ago, I was on a straight up fast food diet. I had an addiction to it. It was like my crack cocaine. It made me feel better when I was feeling sad or pissed. It was a reward for me when I accomplished something. I ended up gaining 20 pounds in about two months and found that I was easily exhausted with any simple activity. I also got tendinitis in my foot around this period in time, so I wasn't doing much for my body as far as exercise goes. I am currently at 250 pounds.
WARNING: If poops creep you out, just skip the next paragraph.

Luckily, right before this polyp situation reared it's ugly head, I was already deciding to make some change. I knew I needed to stop with this fast food shit I was eating. I watched Supersize Me because everyone I heard that watched it was like, "Ewwwww. I will never eat fast food again." The film really had no effect other that me thinking, "Yeah. I can relate. I am feeling all this shit right now." I was at a McDonald's later that evening scarfing down a Big and Tasty with fries and a root beer. That was the last fast food I have really eaten since then though. So something must have taken effect.
My Apartment:
This is a disaster zone. I don't give half a shit if people come over and see what it looks like because that is how I live and they know it. I've decided I am going to start caring though because it is an unhealthy, unprofessional, just plain nazty environment. I can't find anything. I have dirty dishes everywhere growing god knows what on them. I can't have my clients come by because it shows what an actual college student I am, as opposed to this picturesque mature, very professional, wise beyond her years, business associate that just so happens to go to college. I definitely don't want that.
Just so you know I'm not one of those neat freaks (like the majority of my friends are) that thinks that having a sheet of paper on my coffee table constitutes dirty, here are some photos of my lovely living areas.
The bedroom:
My Time-Management:As I said, this semester was one of the most stressful ones I have experienced to date. I don't expect the next to be any better. I have an extreme case of procrastination because, bottom line, I hate school. I feel like I am wasting my time and my parents money all for a piece of paper that will put me into the work force four years behind my peers. It would be more of my parents money to drop out after being here for three years though, so I stick with it and have tried to get out as fast as possible.
I have stayed up longer than ever this past semester. My longest period of time without sleep: 46 hours. I'm still trying to recover from my lack of sleep the past three months. Not sleeping sucks. Also, wasting the best parts of my day sleeping my ass off from my lack of sleep at night time sucks worse.
I stumbled upon the whole GTD (getting things done) revolution from some article on Digg and downloaded a program thinking, "Yay. A giant to do list for me to keep on top of shit." After talking to one of my friends about it and finding out that he had the book and lent it to me to read. I just started reading it last week and am finding out how to actually use the program to help me be more productive.
The Plan:
My plan is to streamline my life for better all around health. I'm going to document it all right here to keep myself accountable. I'll start off by finishing the books Getting Things Done and Skinny Bitch to help prep myself for this venture. I'll be going to a boxing gym three times a week to get some scheduled physical activity in. I'm also making lists of daily and weekly to do's to post around the house to keep my shit all neat and tidy and my body taken care of. I'm going to post my list up and if you have any suggestions or words of wisdom (for anything), please comment me with them. Here are my lists:
Morning:
• Go on a bike ride
• Shower
• Moisturize
• Deodorize (I forget to put on deodorant sometimes. Don't judge me.)
• Take vitamins and birth control
• Brush teeth
• Take photo (I'm taking a photo a day to track body changes. A possible motivator?)
• Make your bed
• Make breakfast and pack lunch
• Put any dishes into sink
• Feed Thomas K (my cat) and Holden (my turtle)
Evening:
• Lift weights
o Bicep curls
o Triceps extensions
o Shoulder press
o Chest press
o Lunges
• Brush teeth
• Wash and moisturize face
• Put dirty clothes in the basket
• Clean dishes and tidy up kitchen
• Process all papers
• Refill all water bottles
• Pick up your crap off the floor
• Scoop kitty shitty
• Water plants
• Paint nails with protein polish
Every Saturday:
• Do laundry (Don’t forget bed sheets and dish towels)
• Dust
• Take out trash
• Vacuum
• Blog
• Take off protein polish
• Weigh myself
• Pamper yourself somehow
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