Creating a Simple Routine: Introduction

Hello friends! After wrapping up my series of How To Set And Achieve Your Goals I figured I would start as series on how to create a routine, and a simple routine at that. I have a morning routine and an evening routine that have about 5 steps. I don't include things I "have" to do in the morning like shower, get dressed, or get ready because those are things that I have already accomplished in achieving daily. The routines that I will walk you threw to create are going to be focused on habits or steps you should be taking to achieve goals. 

A new step in this series will be posted on Tuesdays, so keep an eye out for that! As for now all I want you to do is think of some tasks or habit you would like to start achieving daily or what you want to get out of this new routine, wether it be less stressful mornings or more productive nights.  Along with that, I want you to think out your current routines that you already do without including your new tasks. Feel free to write it down if you would like but if not, just keep it in your head for next week!

I look forward to sharing this series with you and I hope you will find it helpful! If you have an questions or comments please leave them below. I hope you have a great day and don't forget to be you! 

Tunes on Repeat for January

I tried my hardest, and I mean my HARDEST not to fall into the Justin Bieber loop hole of an album called Purpose. I held strong for a few a while only hearing it when it was on the radio. Long story short I listened to the album and never stopped! 

I literally love every song on this album. Justin and his team did an amazing job with this comeback album. The song Love Yourself is definitely my favorite beat from the album and one of my top three favorite songs to sing along with. In no favorite order a few other songs I love from this album are No Pressure, Mark My Words, All In It, We Are, I'll Show You and the rest of the album.  

If you haven't listened to this album yet I highly suggest it even if you aren't a Belieber. Trust me, it will be worth it. 

I hope you enjoyed this post! If you have and questions or comments please leave them below, I hope you have a great day and don't forget to be you!

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Tunes on Repeat for November

Setting And Achieving Your Goals: Step 4

I am trying to figure out the best posting schedule so please forgive my late posts! I think I am going to start posting Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Once I get caught up on posts I will start with my new posting schedule.

For the last step in setting goals you can achieve is to make it fun. Turn them into something you will see everyday. You can make it as creative or dull as you want, as simple as wighting them on flashcards or as detailed such as this goal binder. Vision boards are also a very popular way of making your goals visual. You can also Pinterest goal visualization and find tons of ideas. 

I wanted to keep the decoration very simple for my goal binder but feel free to go ham on that if you want. I took a glitter scrap book paper and trimmed it down to fit in the cover of my black 1/2 inch binder. On the inside there are a few things that are similar for each goal. I color coordinated them with fitness all having blue, reading is purple, balance is green, and the blog is orange. Most pages are in page protects but things like the traders are just hole punched and placed in the binder. 

The first thing for each goal is the goal itself along with a bit of motivation. I edited them to my liking then trimmed the edges down and glued them to colored card stock. 

On the back of the goal page I added in other forms of motivation. For my fitness goal I have a weight countdown and my reading goal has a list of books that I will mark off once I read them. I have noticed that this particular page really helps me to visually see what all I have done and that I can keep going until I reach my goal. 

The next page has my plan or action steps that are needed to attain my goal. Behind that I have my main form of tracking that gets updated frequently and keeps me accountable. I really wanted this binder to have anything and everything I may need to achieve my goal.

I hope you enjoyed this goal setting series and it helped in any way possible! If you have any questions or comments please leave them below. I hope you have a great day and don't forget to be you! 

Previous Posts:

How To Set And Achieve Your Goals: Step 1

How To Set And Achieve Your Goals: Step 2

How To Set And Achieve Your Goals: Step 3

DIY Snowflake Canvas

Sorry this post did not go up yesterday, I have been having some problems with the internet for the past few day but I think we got it fixed! Todays post is this awesome DIY canvas snowflake art that I made for part of my wither decor. 

Items you will need are:

- canvas

- glitter paper

- glue

- paint

- paint brush

- scissors

- pencil

- ruler 

First, I measured out some stripes on my canvased and painted them.

Next, I flipped the glitter paper over and drew my snowflake. I measure out my own design but it might be easier if you find one you like on the internet to print it out, cut it out and trace it on the back of the glitter paper.

I then cut it out and glued it to my canvas. 

Mine did not come out perfect but I still love the way it turned out and I have gotten multiple complements on it!

You can also pick a different object for the glitter paper like a snowman, a letter or anything that tickles your fancy! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and found it helpful! If you have any suggestions or comments please leave them below. I hope you have a great day and are one step closer to becoming you. 

January Fitness Plan

Hello! First thing first, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Second thing second, here is my January Fitness Plan! It is similar to my December Fitness Plan in the way I formatted it but if you look closely I switched up my split (aka what muscle groups I work and and in what order). Feel free to save the picture above if you would like.

Lets talk about last month for a minute! I was very dedicated to my workouts and killed them even on my bad days and while studding for finals. I even studied flash cards while on the stair master! However, with that said I slacked tremendously on my nutrition. Because of that I did not see a change in my body but it really made me realize how I need to focus on my nutrition more. I decided to take a week off of the gym and really focus on my nutrition and creating guidelines to follow. This week break ends tomorrow so come Saturday I will start my January split early.

January Split:

Day 1: 40 minutes cardio

Day 2: glutes and abs

Day 3: bi's, tri's, and chest

Day 4: whammies and quads

Day 5: back and shoulders

Day 6: rest day

I will also be following that same guidelines for setting up my workouts that I laid out in my December Fitness Plan. For my nutrient I really want to increase the amount of vegetables I consume along with my protein intake. To do this I plan to eat a serving of vegetables and protein with every meal. When it comes to "cheat" meals I will also be following some guidelines. 

1. 1-2 small cheat meals a week.

2. Cheat meals can not be on the same day.

3. Cheat meals can not be on rest days.

I hope these posts are helpful and you enjoy them! If you have any questions please let me know in the comments below! I hope you have a great day and become yourself!

December Fitness Plan

Setting And Achieving Your Goals: Step 3

Hello! This post is coming to you a little late with all the hustle and bustle of christmas going on! In todays post about setting and achieving your goals we are going to focus on breaking our goals down in order to keep ourself accountable. If you missed Step 1 or Step 2 you might want to catch up. (;

Lets take a look at our goals that can be measured and are worded in the correct way!

1. In 2017 I am living a fit and healthy lifestyle with my goal body of 125 pounds.

2. I am knowledgeable and continuing to grow my knowledge threw books by reading at least one self-improvement book a month.

3. In 2017 my blog is growing at a great rate, is profitable of $100 a month and on its way to being a sold income.

4.  In September of 2016 I am living a balanced life between work, keeping my grades high, the house clean, and my social life strong. 

Now some people can stop here and achieve their goals with no problem, for other people they have a harder time keeping themselves accountable and on track. For those "other" people, myself included, we are going to break our goals down into small tasks that can be done daily or weekly that help us reach our goal without use even noticing too much.

Lets start with goal 1. Some simple tasks that I want to do daily to reach this goal is to track my water intake so I know I am getting in plenty or it! Work out daily including rest days, you can find my December workout split here. To help with motivation I want to take progress pictures weekly along with allowing a cheat meal 2-3 times a week (my cheat meals can not be on the same day or on rest days). 

Goal 2 is a simple one and takes a little less effort, I plan to read 15-20 minutes every day. 

Goal 3 will take more effort and planning! I want to post 3 times a week along with come out with 2-3 projects threw out the year.

Goal 4 will also take more work but it is work that I find very enjoyable! I want to separate my planners into personal/school and this blog. I want to set aside some time every week to plan my future week in both planners keeping in mind to plan out time for myself, friends and family. Every morning I would also like to create a detailed todo list that includes my "todos" from both planners.

I hope these posts are helpful and you enjoy them! If you have any questions please let me know in the comments below! I hope you have a great day! 

Previous Posts:

How To Set And Achieve Your Goals: Step 1

How To Set And Achieve Your Goals: Step 2
How To Set And Achieve Your Goals: Step 4

Life Update!

I can not believe it has been a month since I posted last! I have been studying like crazy for my finals this semester because I had very high goals for all my classes. I took 17 credit hours so I also had quite a few finals to study for. Some people told me I was crazy for taking that many classes but this semester is that best I have done so far. I am definitely the type of person who likes to have a full plate and I feel I perform my best when I have a lot going on. Next semester I am taking 20 credit hours along with taking on more hours at work. I plan to post three times a week but please forgive me if during midterms and finals I am a little MIA or the posts tend to be short and sweet. If you have any ideas for post please feel free to let me know in the comments.