November Goals

Good Morning!

Last night was dedicated purely to letting of steam/stress. After my class ended at 3:00pm, I closed my books for the rest of the day and got to spend some great time with some special friends (in addition to my special husband!)

That being said, I was definitely in bed at 10:30pm. And now this morning I’m sluggish thanks to the deliciousness of last night’s ciders…

BUT I have a 4-day overdue post about my goals for the month! Borrowing a page from the book of Meg, I’ll be setting goals this month based on the following categories:

Fitness, Nutrition, Spiritual, Academic, Personal, and Blog goals.

1. Fitness: My goal for November will be to visit the gym once/week. I haven’t gone in a few months because I’ve been making use of outside/in home work outs, but I have been really feeling the lack of community. I intend to visit the gym either for cardio, weight training, or to take advantage of the the free classes being offered (yoga, pilates, zumba, etc).

2. Nutrition: I’m a sugar junkie, and I need to keep my habit in check. Last month I kinda went a little too crazy on the sugar front thanks to the copious amounts of Halloween candy available. This month, I’m going to try and limit my intake to one sweet/day!

3. Spiritual: Over one year ago a very kind priest lent me a book to read on spirituality. And me, being the worst type of person, has not read/returned it yet. I started reading in a few weeks ago, but my goal for November is to finally finish it and bring it back to Fr. Janko (and force him to talk to me about it!)

4. Academic: Woo hoo! Almost done school! November is my last full month of classes. My goal is to catch up on my readings. I’m pretty good at doing that (hard to participate in discussions without knowing the material), but my Music class has been neglected. I only have like 20 to catch up on… uh oh…

5. Personal: I’m not the best at taking criticism. I guess I feel that people won’t take me seriously unless I’m really perfect, and therefore I always try to defend myself against criticism even if it’s well-intentioned. This month I’m going to try my very best to listen to criticism seriously and to consider what’s being said without being defensive. I have already been practicing that for a few days, and it seems to be going well so far!

6. Blog: I’m going to post once/week about what I ate that day. I’m going to try to participate in WIAW (as organized by Jenn at Peas and Crayons), but if I miss that, I’ll just post about a different day!

Whew! I hope I can do all of this. I like the idea of reviewing goals at the end of the month (or the beginning of the next month) so I think I’m going to do that so I can let you guys know how I made out!

xoxo Miranda

Do you have any criticism for me? I promise to take it well 😉

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Happy October 1!

Another month has come and gone, so wave good-bye to September and say hello to October! Although I think September is my favorite month, October is super cool too! I mean, which other month gives you an excuse to dust off old horror movies and plan ways to creep out the neighbourhood children? PLUS the gardens are done, everyone is baking apple and pumpkin pies, and Thanksgiving is right smack in the middle of it all!

The first day of any month is an important day because it gives you a nice reason to make resolutions or goals. I want to set a goal for every 2 weeks (at first, maybe longer later) and today feels like  a nice day to start!

When trying to think of a good goal to start with (and wow there are lots of goals I hope to achieve), the first thought that really stuck in my mind was i.need.more.sleep. Yes, I have the university student curse of perpetual exhaustion, and I’ve been noticing the bags have begun accumulating under my eyes already!

Goal 1: Go to sleep between 10-10:30 on weeknights

I have to get up at 6:45 in the morning, so this would allow me to have around 9 hrs of sleep/night. I know that might seem a lot for some people, but I’ve always been the type of person who needs plenty sleep. When I wake up tired in the morning, I just don’t feel as able to take on the day than if I am well-rested.

Plus, there are plenty of benefits associated with sleep:

• Memory consolidation happens when you sleep. Sleep will improve your memory and help you to learn things.
• Help with creativity: Who can paint a picture if you can’t keep your eyes open?
• Heals body and improves physical performance.
• Improves attention and focus.
• General mood improvement.

I’m off to sudy! I hope everyone has a nice Saturday!

xoxo M

Do you have any goals for October?

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