Journal: #260 Two Week South Carolina Sprint
In my last post, I discussed my summer goals. Better said, I wrote about my desire to have them, but lacked details. This post will reveal my goals for the next two weeks while I am in Columbia, South Carolina. (I am here supporting my parents as my dad finally begins treatment for prostate cancer.)
Since 2021 is turning out to be another unpredictable year, I decided to keep these next two weeks as simple as possible. As much as I love style and pushing boundaries, certain seasons of life are about the basics of living. That’s what I feel like these next two weeks are about. I want to enjoy my time with my parents, spend time with Jesus, write, and go for walks. In order to do all of those tasks successfully I have a few small goals in mind.
Get in bed by midnight every night. While this may seem easy, it isn’t. I tend to sleep later into the day when I’m on the east coast, so I think it’s in my best interest if I set on alarm for the morning. 8 AM is hardly early, but my body will not see it that way.
Eat well. You’ve seen it promised as part of the marketing for every diet- you’ll feel better and have my energy. All diets make this promise: keto, vegan, Mediterranean, Aktins, etc. My testimony is it’s true. The right diet will improve your energy levels leading to better overall attitude and cognitive functions. The best diet for me is low-ish carb, high omega-3, veggie heavy, and plenty of lean meat. I think some people who No sugar, grains, alcohol, or bad fats. Easy on the cheese. My optimum diet sits somewhere between paleo, slow-carb, and keto.
(The reason my optimum diet doesn’t neatly fit into one prescribed diet is as follows: paleo doesn’t not allow for dairy, legumes, or coffee, slow-carb does not allow fruit or dairy, and keto frowns on fruit and legumes. I believe fruit is healthy as are legumes [beans, peas, etc], and a bit of cheese is necessary to enjoy of life.)
10,000 steps/day. I could easily leave this one off this list, but I won’t.
4 drawings, 7 poems, and 13 blog posts. Each one of these tasks is personal. They don’t really serve anyone but me, and they are how I value myself. I haven’t drawn anything in a month. I’ve struggled a bit lately to write poems, and while I’ve continued to post Journal posts, I’d like to pick up the effort a bit. It’s time to begin to actively love myself again.
So that’s it. Really simple and attainable stuff. I want to win the next two weeks, so when I return to Redding I’m on a roll.
