life as we know it

I'm growing a mustache
I figured out what my core sin is
I kind of have a plan in place to beat it


I don't really like my mustache, but they allow them at disneyland and I really want something on my face. I currently have no one to try and impress so I'm in the clear on that front. It's just me and my facial hair. YAY!

And that's all I have time for. If you read this, pray for me. I need it.

nutshells

Well, a lot is happening in my life right now. One, I'll be going to Finland in April with a group from my church. I'm really looking forward to the trip, but at the same time there's the underlying worry that Disney won't approve the time off and I'll lose my job if I go. But then again, I would kind of enjoy losing my job because that would give me a reason to get a job somewhere else. I keep going in circles like that in my head. So that's that situation.

Another thing is my vow of singlehood for the year. It'll be good and for the most part it's really a non-issue at the moment. But I still find myself thinking about a lot of different things surrounding the issue, namely girls that are big parts of my life. And that's how vague it is in my head. I'm glad for this though. The vagueness helps me not dwell on the thoughts too much. And I realized on my way home tonight that I need to take an approach on this subject in a way that most people would think is cold and unfeeling. I need to weigh out all the pros, cons, options, etc. in a near clinical manner. Putting it in words like this makes it sound like I have no feelings or something, but I do and that's why I must do it this way.

And finally, I'm trying to start getting my life together. I'm trying to organize, de-junkify, and increase productivity. AKA grow up. It's really hard. And I'm not even sure of how to do any of it. But I figure that I'll figure it out if I stick to it.

And that's how I'm doing right now

Goals and Incentives

So we had a sermon on goal setting this past week. I was thinking about it all today and decided that I should make a list of daily goals and incentives to go with them. I got my goals down and how to reach them, but I couldn't think of any incentives to go with those goals. So I started asking around about incentives. The following is the list I was able to put together from what people shared with me.

If you achieve your goal for the day, you can:
Watch a TV show that you really like to watch.
Treat yourself to a small sweet or some other food.
Tell others about it and receive their praise.

Something else to try could be to make it into a step process. And you don't let yourself go to the next step until you've completed the first one. Or perhaps you could create tangible evidence of your progress in your goal. Those are just thoughts of mine that I'm throwing out there. And now I need to get myself to bed. I stayed up later than I intended.