Time to keep a chronicle of my journey. My journey of navigating my THIRTIES. So crazy!!! I will be thirty in just about six weeks, and I'm only just beginning to feel like I'm an adult. I'm only just beginning to be able to see beyond my thirtieth birthday, and how someday - much sooner than I think - I will turn forty, and fifty, and sixty...and what will I have to show for it? How will I handle it? What will my health be like? What will my bank account look like? What will my living situation be like? When I was eighteen, I was worried about what job I would have and whether or not I'd get married and have children and WHEN THE HECK WOULD THAT HAPPEN - but now I don't care so much about those things. There will always be jobs, and I know now that I can absolutely navigate through life as a single woman if that is what God has designated for me, but right now, today, in this season of life I'm in, it's time to get my affairs in order. Here are a few things I am going to be focusing on in the next 6-12 months, in the hopes of acting responsibly!
1. Take care of my body and LOSE WEIGHT!!!
I have been overweight ever since I can remember. That is a whole series of blog posts in and of themselves, so suffice it to say it is just time. I'm done looking and feeling like this. I'm tired of feeling bloated, and weak (physically and mentally, when it comes to food), and embarrassed of how I look in pictures. I've just begun a keto diet after successfully accomplishing two rounds of Whole30 this year, and I will be joining CrossFit next week to actually develop a little muscle and endurance. I remember a couple of years ago thinking, "If I don't make some kind of change in my health, I'm going to die. I'm literally going to die," and I'm honestly still a little worried that I'll have a heart attack in my thirties, so I'm going to do what I can to get this weight off my body!
2. Pay off debts and start saving again!
I'm very fortunate to not have student loans, but I still have a few car payments and a little credit card debt, and I am determined to pay them off within a year. It's completely doable, I just need to start a budget. I've just started reading Dave Ramsey, and I hear he's pretty knowledgeable about this subject, so I feel very hopeful :)
3. Build my Plexus business.
If someone gave you an opportunity for complete and utter financial freedom (think a six-figure income and above) as well as a total 180 change health-wise, and you were surrounding yourself with inspirational, compassionate, passionate people in the process, wouldn't you want to be part of that? Or if you had a goal in mind, such as getting out of debt and being able to buy a house and being able to support your family members and give generously to your church and your ministries, and this was the best way to accomplish that goal, wouldn't you want to do it? I definitely do. I'm definitely super intimidated by the thought of working my Plexus business, but it is probably the most rewarding opportunity I think I've ever had, and it excites me like few other things have in my life!
4. Take care of my house.
Literally I will never understand why it is SO. DADGUM. DIFFICULT for me to just HANG UP MY CLOTHES. I take my clothes off and just throw them on the floor, and it seems like the biggest job in the world to hang them up! (I don't have a dresser, I just hang all my clothes in my closet, so I don't even have to fold them!! How easy should it be to hang up my clothes, and yet...I just can't make myself do it.) But I am going to somehow train myself to get in the habit of hanging up my clothes, making my bed, keeping my bathroom clean and organized, keeping clutter at bay, and keeping a clean and tidy home. Even if I never get married or have children, my home needs to be clean and organized, and I'm determined to get in the habit of making it so.
Those are the main things I'll be focusing on for the next 6-12 months. I plan to update this blog with details of my journey! I want to see how God brings me from here to there!!!
"....So they came forward and placed their feet on [the necks of the captured kings]. Joshua said to them, 'Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the Lord will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.'" ~Joshua 10:24b-25
