Twenty Five for Twenty Six

It has been time for a goal post for a little bit! So here's number five! Catherine has been working on this as one of her goals as well so it should be fun to do together! Create a schedule and stick to it. EVERY TIME I TRY THIS I FAIL. I would really not like to continue doing that so I have to do lists everywhere and I put stuff in my phone. I will most likely get another planner in January (UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO GET ME ONE FOR CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THEY LOVE ME 😊😊😊😊 ) OR A WHITE BOARD!!! So what does scheduling entail? Well it means that every Sunday (I will allow myself to slip until Monday because my weekend work schedules can be long) I'm going to be planning ahead and writing out what I need to accomplish and when that week. I might even do it on here if I have to, it will just depend on how I do starting Sunday. I will give it a test drive for today and go from there but I'm excited to get on a schedule. I like the idea and I want to be able to stick to it. ...

I missed Tuesday's post because I got home from my other job so late. BUT! On cyber Monday, Catherine and I found a bridesmaid dress for her wedding so that's cool!

So aside from feeling like a trash can and my hair and face looking like a hot mess, Boss Lady Monday is upon us! I put on the fancier clothes today and decided to rock some high heels. Yes, yes, yes part of the goal was to do the face and hair all fancy as well. But I'm lucky I even got my teeth brushed today due to being in a rush and being exhausted. Is that an excuse?... Maybe. But oh well. Today starts the recovery process from Thanksgiving's craziness (which if you haven't read already due to my inconsistent posting over the holiday and you want to update yourself, here you go: Thursday, Friday , Saturday,   Sunday ). Going back to the gym starts today, watching food intake starts again today, chiropractor, chores, all of it. And hopefully posting with more consistency. I know my story doesn't really matter to anyone but me but posting helps me hold myself accountable so I need to do it. I have to. But one of my flaws with every goal is the fact that I'm...

Ok... so I have to admit that most of my posts have been hella late the last few days due to all of the crazy schedule changes. And I mean late as in I just wrote them as I stay up at my job to work the third shift! So I cranked out a bunch of posts so I'm almost caught up. I also accomplished a bunch of work so far at work! I've broken down a TON of files, completed a bunch of discharge work for one client, started discharge paperwork for another, and been able to read over some treatment work as well! All the productivity. And exhaustion. So now it is time for some Once Upon a Time on Netflix and then to go home and sleep and then to go to WDW and work a 7 hour shift there and then go to sleep......

Today has been kind of wonky. I worked for six hours at WDW and then had to come home,e at food, and go straight to sleep because I have to be at my other job at midnight until eight in the morning. Good night.

I have worked on Black Friday for the last five years. While this year is no exception to working, for the first time in five years I did NOT have to work retail which is a blessing. I have never understood the appeal of this "holiday." Its chaotic, stressful, and takes away from the meaning of thanksgiving. BUT I won't turn this into a PSA post. I didn't have to work retail and I'm thankful for that! I got to do the whole therapy thing that I do and ran groups. Then I got to go to the movies with my officemate and eat really yummy mall Chinese food. he movie was "Murder of the Orient Express' which wasn't the best thing in the world (although I image it was better than Justice League... I joke I joke I kid I kid) but it was entertaining! We also kind of geeked out over cute Christmas clothes and accessories while we window shopped. What I didn't get to do was go to the gym which means this week will not be a 3x a week success. However, my excus...

As I said, today was a busy day for my family. Everyone was running around getting ready, going from one food festivity to the next. I babysat my nephews which meant playing light saber battle, video games, tag, chase, watching TV, and more. And yet, amongst all this busyness, I couldn't shake this feeling of being sad. Sad to the point of wanting to burst into to tears throughout the whole day. I couldn't begin to tell you why either. We eventually got to my aunt's house where the majority of my large family gathers to give thanks, eat delicious food, and catch up with each other. As always, this was the highlight of the day. There are so many blessings that we have a family so it is always nice to see everyone and share stories. I did dress up and did my makeup and was generally awesome. However, I took no pictures of this on my own technology so I have to wait until other people share the pictures with me. I also did alright with food but crumbled at des...

Today should have been a WellDressWednesday but because tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I have elected to participate in FasionistaFriday (on a Thursday). I type this from my sister's house in Tampa because I have successfully completed the FOUR HOUR TREK (normally two) in order to spend time with the family for the holiday. In addition to my holiday traveling, I managed to complete a full day at work, an appointment, get a protein shake, play videos with my nephew, pack my clothes, play with all of the animals... There's just so much that was in today and tomorrow will be just as busy most likely. Ugh. I have also realized that I need to make a goal five. I'm not sure exactly what that will be considering I'm not doing too well with my other four. Which is sad. Although, I did print out a bunch of recipes today.... I digress.  Today was busy.

ARE SO LONG!! I got to watch some episodes of Once Upon a Time and then reported to WDW for my seven hour shift in the AA pavilion. There were five of us. It rained. I danced to pass the time.  I also failed pretty hard today on my eating. I had a pie AND an ice cream sandwich. I had no self control (and stress in my life is a little high right now) and it they just seemed like the best options. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. 

to be someone who values fairness and then to have to go against that value every once and (or is it in...???) a while. My other line of work tries my fairness gene fairly often and it tried it today pretty hard. I'm working on not being that therapist that fixes everyone but that doesn't mean I'm always good at it. And because of that, I wanted to save someone so bad from their own situation, all because it didn't seem fair to me for them to have to deal with their own consequence. They got themselves there and now they needed to learn and it sucked. It sucked so much. And it will probably suck every time until I find a balance.  That being said, I went to the gym! I went to the chiropractor! I blogged! I did a chore! Progress.

The time has come for new festival at Epcot! Well not new, it's been there for ever but it is new to me! I have actively avoided Epcot at all times throughout my relationship with Disney. It just isn't my favorite park. In know, blasphemous! How dare I! But it is true. Never the less, I work there and it is Christmas time! Today I got to spend 7 hours fighting with my register, wearing a blinking Christmas light necklace, and listening to German Christmas yodeling. Fun. I'm exhausted so now it is time for bed.

It's crazy to think that I don't get days off regularly but it is true. When you work three jobs days off are few and far between. But today was one of them! I got to help someone make a magical moment for their mother by helping them get into Animal Kingdom, got to walk around the world of Pandora, purchased and put up Christmas decorations, took a nap, watched once upon a time, went to the gym, and cleaned the house with the boo thang! So many things that needed to get done didn't get done but I still had a ton of productivity with self care worked in! Go me! Tomorrow I start the next festival at Disnry and then puppy sitting for nearly a week but the pups are so nice and there's a kitty I get to meet! So excited! 

Today was fashionista Friday (even though I got all dressed up for the wedding yesterday) and I got a ton of compliments on my dress which was a nice self esteem boost. Through out the day I got to talk about forgiveness with the group clients, had good sessions with my individual clients, and got some awesome updates about past clients. It's a great day when you can feel hopeful in my field so I'm grateful.  As far as goals go. I'm slacking and I'm noticing. The back thing has really put a dent in my momentum. I've been half adding posts, not doing the gym time, eating like garbage, etc all because I have an excuse. Must cut this out!! This coming week will have to go better, it just must! 

Today was a long time in the making for the two individuals who got married. I used to babysit the bride's 8 year old daughter and got to see some of the struggles of wedding planning. I'm so grateful to have spent the day celebrating their love story.  It was a beautiful day, beautiful ceremony, beautiful dresses. AND ALL THE FOOD oh my gosh the food. And dancing!! Just wonderful! 

It was bound to happen. Missing a post was inevitable. I got sooo tired I just passed out before I could write anything down anywhere. Obviously I needed it because I stayed asleep!  It isn't the end of the world. You just keep going. End of story.  Today was a boring but productive day. Lots of therapy was completed today as well as another chiropractor appointment. The injury isn't going away so I decided to seek some sort of medical attention. So far it's nice, a good little break. Tomorrow is a wedding and then Friday is most likely a dress up day! 

11/14/17 was a day for getting stuff accomplished! I faxed in my student loan paperwork, saw a chiropractor (more on that later), completed international festival of the holidays training, and got to bed early!! 

I know it hasn't seem like I've been posting. But I have. You can view them here if you'd like: https://twentyfivefortwentysix.blogspot.com/2017/11/blog-post.html?m=1 https://twentyfivefortwentysix.blogspot.com/2017/11/busy-bee.html?m=1 Now that that is out of the way, on to goal number four! I bought a car as most of you know. As many of you know I'm also not the most organized person in the world, especially when it comes to my car. It seems only fitting that I would then make it one of my 25 goals for this year to keep my car clean! Every week, I'm going declutter the car and on a monthly basis, get it washed, vacuum it out, and add smell goods. It's my car. I'm responsible for it, need to act as such. End of story

Long days are hard to write about because so much happens. It was my last day at food and wine (festival ends tomorrow but I don't work Mondays) which meant saying goodbye to people, buildings, and patterns. It meant adventure and fun and venting and silliness. It was pretty great!! Although I'm still contemplating closing that chapter of my life, it was a fun last festival day and I'm excited to see what holiday festivities I'll get to experience.  My back/hip problem wasn't too bad either until around 7 which is progress!! I did pretty well with my eating too (although I did buy a snickers and cookie...) and walked as much as I could!  Tomorrow is another adventure! 

I'll fix it tomorrow because the app is glitchy UPDATE So when I went to add this post to the blog, the Blogger app that I use decided to just stop functioning and would crash literally every time I tried to add a letter. That being said, here you go: I have always struggled with chores. Part of it is lack of attention span, part of it is my upbringing, and the other part of it is that it isn't fun. But I accomplished some chores! I did the dishes, meal prepped, and took down some decorations. I need to make chores a routine thing though so look out for a goal post related to chores. I also need to work on a schedule for my self in general because just blogging isn't enough. It helps but I find my self losing to naps and shows and Facebook videos. It's not good. So that goal will eventually need to be put into place as well.

The injury I inflicted upon myself whilst working out on Wednesday is a really pain in the butt. And lower, left back. It prevented me from being able to work out an generally move around today (I went to the gym and did 40 minutes of stretching though!). Waking was hard. Standing up was hard. Running is not something I could and neither are stairs. I spent all day with a heating pad behind me which was helping until I did some stretches and used a lacrosse ball.   The pain is back with a vengeance and I'm honestly not sure what to do about it. I work my other job tomorrow which a ton of standing so in theory I'll be alright but this is definitely not good.  I forgot to include in yesterday's post. I did my first checkin with Catherine while wandering around Epcot with Brett. We got some goals each to work on. And I think all things are doable in time and with supports.

Today I was able to do some self care activities courtesy of my friends! I was able to finally get my nails done and while one hand is completely messed up (like whoa) it was fun. I love getting my nails done and feeling pampered for a little bit. It's great. I also got to hangout with Brett and finally experience the Food and Wine festival (at a discount because cast, what up) in it's entirety. Brett wanted to celebrate my birthday so I decide on the festival. We ventured to a few of the stands and I tried a couple sips of some drinks (yuck), went on Soarin, and visited Baymax. It was a fun break, hopefully I can schedule more later on! 

Today was actually quite an adventure. It was alway the debut of goal number three!! So far the goals seem silly and that is okay with me. Goal number three is dress up for fun at least once a week. Meaning do makeup, wear something I love, feel beautiful for me and me only because that is part of self care. I shall document this via BossLadyMonday, WellDressedWednessay, Or FashionistaFriday. They are just silly little things I developed a few weeks ago but they have been helping me stay confident. I attached today's look below! I also went to the gym today and made some concrete goals with my trainer! And then I hurt myself by standing up. So now I sit on the couch with a heating pad. Woohoo.

Post! UPDATE: I was actually too tired to function having gotten off from work at 9:45 and home at nearly 11pm. I didn't want to miss the day so I made a title. I tried to type up a quick recap of stuff but the damn app keeps shorting out the moment I type " . " So here I am, adding stuff! Being the wonderful human that she is, Catherine reached out following the Goal Two post and asked to be my accountability buddy! We have it set up to call each other on Thursdays to check in on each others goals and help each other going forward. This is honestly such a fun thing to look forward to because I love her and we have the best conversations. I spoke with Anella (office mate at my counseling job; ray of sunshine; awesome) as well and she is going to be bugging me to follow through with stuff too. Slowly but surely, I'll get there. And I have my support to thank for that. I've tried on my own and clearly it isn't working so I'm excited for change.

Today was the first day back at the gym following birthday madness. I will be posting more nutrition goals later but I want to commit to some fitness goals now. Three times a week. It really isn't that hard. Goal one is lose 25 pounds by 26 and goal two is goal to the gym three times a week. I have one training session a week with my trainer (her name is Alex, she's pretty cool) and I have a boot camp I can go to on Wednesday. The other day should be Friday after work. And I need to commit to that. I need to get into that groove and stick with it. It really shouldn't be hard. And yet, I've struggled for the last 5 months do just that. I've asked for others to hold me accountable, I've made excuses and tried to explain my way out of going, rationalized, and been plain lazy. If I keep that up, I'm going to get diabetes. So here's the schedule: Monday- 6:00pm training followed by 15-25 minutes of cardio. Wednesday- 6:30pm bootcamp with with cardo before or ...

Too tired and the app is too glitchy. Will report more tomorrow.

I know I've only been 25 for a grand total of 48 hours but those 48 hours have been emotionally hard.  I'm not sure how to explain it other than **I don't want to grow up.** I worry about getting older, not being able to do things the way I have been, losing touch with modern things. It stresses me out. And then I worry about physical health. Luckily, Peter has been very support through all of this madness the last few weeks and today I got a surprise!!   He got me a cake (even though I already one), a card, and balloons as an extra treat! Do I need any of these things? Nope. But I love them and I love him.       We ended the night at Halloween Horror Nights and then sleep. 

My choice to spend my 25th birthday in Tampa with my family was one that didn't make sense to a ton of people. But Kaitlin, why wouldn't you go see your friends? Why not go do something fun?  In the end, my fun was with people who are important to me (nephews, boyfriend, sister, grandmother, Catherine) in the one place I truly feel at home.Peter and I drove down to Tampa on Wednesday night in order to spend my whole birthday with people that remind me of home. That remind me of beginnings and hope. We ran around town, visited with my family, and ended the day with Thor 3. Was it the most exciting birthday ever? Of course not but it meant something. It was fulfilling to be home and to see my wonderful people. On another note, I should probably tell the world about a birthday adventure I decided to go on just a little early. Last week, I did something completely insane (for me). Being a generally cautious person, it takes a lot of me to sit down and decide on someth...

I started a project. It came to me one day while I was looking over all the things I needed to accomplish. Go to the gym. Eat better. Organize. Look at the car.  The list was becoming endless. I thought back to some other times when I felt like I had to juggle a ton of things and writing as something that was there to help.  I turn 25 this year. Apparently this is a big deal? Something about a quarter of a century? Becoming mature? It's going to happen; going to happen very soon actually (like as I post this). So let me introduce you, whoever that might be, to Twenty Five for Twenty Six.  Here I'm going to attempt to complete 25 goals by the time I turn 26. I have a year. One full year; 365 days to complete a set of tasks. Have I completely decide what those twenty five things are? No. I'm going to give myself a little time to figure those out. I know I need to work on losing 25 pounds but the rest of the goals are kind of up in the air!  I also want ...