New Year's Resolutions/Bucket List: Update

Ok.. I know it's been a while since my last post. But yea, I've been swamped--primarily trying to stay on track with all my new year's resolutions. Who knew it'd be so hard? (...)

With that said, I figured it was a good time to update y'all on how I've been doing with my resolutions thus far. Some are going pretty well. Others, not so much..

1. The usual: Eat healthy, exercise more, drink less, take more risks. I was doing so well with this when I started out.. but recently this has gone completely to shit. I'll be honest; I haven't hit the gym in like 3 weeks.. and I was going hard before.. getting my old form back on bench and squats.. feeling like I could run forever on the treadmill.. having to tighten my belt buckle another notch.. even had the 4-pack 6-pack coming back.. I mean, I was in full beast mode! But as the snow progressed, I started to replace that 6-pack with a 6-pack of a different variety, and in the process went from sexy to sloppy in a matter of weeks. And as I started focusing on the MCAT more, it's been pretty much a wrap for this effort... Not to mention that after staying those late nights at work to study, that McDonald's across the street looks like cooked crack.. and I'm the fiend.

2. Get my weight down to between 205-210 lbs: Yeaahhhhhhhh riiiiighttt.... See #1.

3. Start this blog (check): Just gotta keep it consistent. Harder than it sounds. It'd be nice if you bastards left some more comments though, lol.

4. Get a 40 on the MCAT: Ok, so I definitely am putting in work here, but there seriously just aren't enough hours in the day to study productively while trying to keep up with all these other promises. I'm realizing that I simply won't be able to work out as much as I would like AND study how I'd like at the same time. Seeing as I use the same time after work to do both, they are in direct conflict with each other. Ahh, priorities.

5. Read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and other books: I am about a third of the way through this book! I'll pat myself on the back for that one. As I get deeper into it, the content gets increasingly complex and harder to read. I've been wanting to post some excerpts but it's been hard to find any of suitable length that will do the ideas explored any real justice. I'll try and figure out a way soon. It's really fascinating so far though, and I highly recommend it to all. The Autobiography of Malcolm X (I know; feel free to revoke my Black card) is next on the reading list.. but I'll hold off on that until after I take the MCAT.

6. Date more: Unfortunately, dating just hasn't come up much for me in the past month. Perhaps for the best: I recently found a mugshot of the last girl I dated online. Dead ass. And let's be completely honest; women conflict with every one of these other goals I've laid out. If you need further clarification, please refer to the following proof.

7. Clean up my internet footprint: I have been pretty good on this. The biggest thing was clearing up that twitter comment, but somehow my twitter is still connected to my full name. Haven't figured out how to remedy that completely yet, but hopefully me and the internet can have a little heart to heart and work this thing out. At least I'm not the girl above...

8. Save money: This has actually been happening without my knowledge. I hadn't actively saved anything until this past week.. But then I heard I was getting an unexpectedly large tax refund since I was still a full-time student for much of last year. Needless to say, I immediately went to the bank on my lunch break the following day and opened up a savings account--and got a credit card while I was at it lol. Now, I direct deposit a portion of my check straight there so I'm not tempted to spend it. It's going to be a hard task seeing my paycheck decrease, but it's not like I wasn't flat broke just months ago. I should be able to handle it.

So yea, that's pretty much it.

I think writing these down again gives me a new determination to follow through with these plans. If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can manage my time better, I'd appreciate it. It'd be nice to return to a manageable workout schedule so I could attempt to revert some of this blubber back to brawn, but if it's not in the cards.. so be it. I'll just wait a month or two.

In the mean time, stay tuned for "Humpday Honeys" tomorrow! --and a new series I'm starting soon, called "Reason vs. Faith". You won't be disappointed.

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