Here’s my second week of sharing the more personal side of me. I was so grateful for all of the sweet comments last week. It’s just nice to know that other people struggle with the same issues. It seems to me that no one is safe from feeling insecure at some point in life.
But this week was pretty good! I got my test results back and everything was okay. I will need to have tests done fairly often but as of now you can’t get rid of me!
The job I have involves working with mostly elderly people or those who are under hospice care. Obviously this means that I see people in the end stages of their lives everyday. I bond with them and I love to hear their life stories, hear their dreams and hopes. Sometimes they even tell me about the regrets they have in life. This happened with a patient this week, she told me that she never regretted anything she did, only the things she didn’t do. So I took a lot of time to think about what I want out of my life and its becoming clear that I want so much more!
As I worked on my goals for the week and after reading all the nice things my readers had to say (thanks yet again!) I realized that I have a lot going for me and I certainly haven’t been giving myself enough credit.
Since this segment is kind of new I think I will say that each week I will go over last weeks goals and then make a new list for the upcoming week. Now last week’s goals had a bit of a theme but this isn’t always going to be the case. I just want to push myself to start doing the things I want to do but have just never actually done! I mean what the heck am I waiting for?
I ended up being quite busy with work this week but I did manage to take some me time and it was very refreshing!
So last week’s goals were.
- Go one a one woman road trip. Maybe a half day trip with a little hike will relax me. Like I said, work turned out to be crazy busy as we had the grand reopening of our office so I didn’t have the time for a long adventure so instead I took some me time and pampered myself with a long bubble bath and watched “Love in the Afternoon” (yes in the tub). It was lovely to say the least!
- Check out the art museum. I used to go almost every week whether or not I had someone to go with me and I miss slapping on my headphones and perusing the art. I went and it was unbelievably inspiring and relaxing.
- Go see a movie solo. I saw “Water for Elephants” and it was so much better than I anticipated. I’m always wary when one of my favorite books is turned into a movie. It was also kind of nice not having to share my sour patch kids!
This week’s goals
- Spend some time outdoors. For some odd reason the weather is actually staying much cooler than usual for Arizona so I better enjoy it while I can.
- Try a new thrift or vintage store. One of my birthday goals was to do some more exploring in my own state so time to get on that huh? Any suggestions in the Phoenix area?
- Try 2 new recipes. I’m so horrible about cooking and this is something I’d like to change!
On a related note I’ve been very inspired by Sometimes Sweet’s 8 Weeks to a Better Me challenges which you should check out!
What is something that you have always wanted to do or something you want out of life that you have yet to get started on? And what’s holding you back??
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This post was super inspiring; I have these weird fears about doing things alone, and your experiences made me want to try it! Portland has a year long pass for it’s art museum for college students for only $10. I never would have looked for that if I hadn’t heard about your wonderful adventures!
you’re the right person for the job
You’ve been inspiring me to sew more than just tote bags lol that’s what I really wanted to do – sew a piece of clothing but I’m too scared!
Great post. Fear of failure holds me back at times. I was laughing at myself last night because my whole life I have wanted to sew. Now I am really doing it! Back in college, someone tried to teach me to sew and I couldn’t understand the pattern thing at all. It was like a block, now I can pick up an unprinted pattern and make something from it. It seems like a funny dream, sewing. Anyway, you are learning some great lessons here. I love your posts!
When you do you plan to visit Phoenix? The Salvation Army in Scottsdale has $1 Wednesdays and St. Vincent de Paul in Tempe has deals almost everyday.
**I meant visit weekend or weekday.
My Dad lives in Gilbert and it seems that there are so many great thrift stores in his area, I always try to bring an extra suitcase for my thrifting adventures when we get together! Have fun!
It’s really cool to read more personal things from you. I’m so happy for you that you made your goals this week and enjoyed yourself so much. Maybe I should do that, too.
oh, i love this new feature! unfortunately, i don’t want to write about personal things on my blog, because i’d definitely join in if i did! this is great, but maybe i can do it just for myself in my calendar or something. (:
i also heard this quotation “when you’re old, you don’t regret the things you did, but the things you didn’t do.” and it impressed me quite a bit… so often, we are holding ourselves back because of rational reasons. i wish i could let go more often and just go out and do things!!! i’ll work on that…
This was really inspiring – thank you for posting. I love that you have goals for each week and that you schedule fabulous things to do on your own. I read your post and signed up for some dance classes, because that is what I want to do. I want to go out and learn ballet. Thanks for giving me a push in the right direction, and please keep posting about your weekly goals – I love reading about them!