Starting off small.

 About three weeks ago, my best friend told me that she was going to simplify her life.  At first I was a little skeptical, she was talking about getting rid of her facebook, going through her clothes and throwing away unnecessary things from her life.  As someone who has never been able to throw away a single item of clothing until it just couldn’t be worn anymore, my first thought was this is crazy. In her first blog post she talked about how life was too short, and that spending time with loved ones is more important than anything.  I’ll be honest; I read that post probably 5 or 6 times. It wouldn’t sink into my thick head that change is a good thing.  She donated everything that she threw out, knowing that someone in need will have it one day.  Her post inspired me to want to change things about my life and do something for myself instead of always doing things for other people.  So I created this blog. I hope that it will be a constant reminder to myself that change is a good thing and that life is to short to not do everything that you want to do.

So with all that said I’m going to start off small. I'll be honest I am a wimp when it comes to throwing things away. It sickens me to say this, but I’ve become accustomed to my clutter; closet FULL of clothes I will NEVER wear, nick knacks that I don’t remember where I got them from and random things that just collect dust. These things will be tackled eventually but the first things that I want to change about myself and my life are bad habits that I have, and a few lifestyle changes.

 I’ve been an avid nail biter for as long as I can remember. When I’m nervous that’s what I do; biting my nails is a disgusting comfort for me. So from now on, I will not bite my nails (everyone read it now I have to do it).  This is not going to be easy, so I'm going to the drugstore closest to my apartment and I'm going to buy their nail-biting polish. I'm nervous and excited about this, I've wanted to do this for forever but never got the polish or told anyone. I'm hoping that in the next few weeks I will have beautiful longish nails (I'm lethal with very long nails) and have kicked the habit of biting them. I hope that in doing this, I won't get sick all the time (because of the germs under my nails) and my hands will look healthier.  

Something else that I've been wanting to do for a very long time but didn't have the "want to" to do it, is to begin to run. Obviously I'm not going to go outside and run three miles right now, but I am going to start off small. Once a day I am going to walk around my neighborhood.  Good thing about living in the upstate is that my neighborhood is EXTREMELY hilly.  It won't be like walking on flat ground for an hour. After a few weeks of constant walking, I want to being running. It will probably be 5 minutes running 3 minutes walking but I want to get my weight under control and be healthy. My boyfriend and I are talking about getting married in the next two or three years, and like any girl, I want to look good in my wedding gown (I get giggly just thinking about it). 

So for the rest of my day I'm going to spend time with my animals, take my dog to the park, go for a walk, not bite my nails and cook a yummy meal for my boyfriend to come home to. 


p.s. 

Thank you E for being such an inspiration to me and for always making me feel extra confident when I'm around you. I love you!


Much love to everyone,

Kay