These are some disciplines I want to maintain each day in no particular order. However I need order in my life or I'll get to feeling bedraggled.
(1) Do elastic band arm exercises, which keeps my shoulders from feeling tight in addition to helping to condition my upper body.
(2) Keep my apartment as neat as a pin. When I don't it just gets to looking worse. I'm so much happier when my apartment looks nice.
(3) Read the Bible online following Prof. Horner's Bible Reading System, reading at least half of the ten chapters each day. I love the staying in the Word and I miss too many blessings if I don't stay in the Word.
(4) Blog about what was most meaningful to me in my day's Scripture reading.
(5) Earnestly work on memorizing a Scripture acrostic. Knowing God's word well enough to recite it any time floods my mind with transforming spiritual truths.
(6) Eat 1,500 to 1,800 calories of healthy food each day. I can't feel my best if I don't eat healthily and I want to lose weight. Knowing I'm genuinely working on losing weight makes me more cheerful and optimistic.
(7) Walk or swim everyday if at all possible, unless I'm really tired and need to rest. Exercise makes me feel great and I want to stay at the top of my game. Aerobic exercise burns fat too.
(8) Avoid procrastinating on anything I really need to get done-- make it a priority. I think procrastinating can keep you from flourishing.
I may be adding more things to this list.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Spring Weather!
We've been having some absolutely wonderful spring weather. I've been enjoying it so much, especially being that it's right on the heels of some very cold winter weather. I've really been enjoying taking walks and am walking about 33% farther each time-- four laps around the park instead of three, which is about a mile. I really want to keep walking farther and work up to two miles or more. With this weather I think I'll try walking twice a day. Today was real overcast and damp so I didn't walk. I find that my energy level is so vulnerable to rainy or overcast weather. I had plans to clean and grocery shop today but about all I could aspire to was a long nap and running an errand. Tomorrow it's supposed to be sunny with continued spring weather. I'm so glad that the warmer weather because now I won't be afraid that the indoor pool will be too cold to swim in. I can't wait to go swimming!
In the midst of trying to diet, I feel like I've gained a little weight. I do weigh but the scales usually really fluctuate a lot. It's been difficult to stay within 1,800 calories lately and I've been eating my mom's sugar free cake pretty often, which adds atleast 250 calories I can't afford. I think I'm not going to let myself have any of my mom's cake unless it's on the weekend. I'm going to make a renewed effort at counting calories.
I was so glad to write another post for my Scripture blog. After being hospitalized recently and being on medicine that elevated my blood sugar, I really didn't feel like myself at all for a week or so. It was frustrating to think that I might just be stalled in writing the Scripture blog, so I'm real happy to get it going again. I wrote a new post yesterday and am going to try to post every day if I can.
I really want to memorize some more Scripture acrostics. I'm going to try to work on this more and try to get on the internet less. I've been wanting to write a book which would contain my Scripture acrostics. I've decided to write an e-book! It will have my Scripture acrostics plus two or three more chapters related to God's Word, memorizing, and how to write Scripture acrostics. I plan to begin working on this soon and I can't wait for people to have access to it. I think it could really be helpful to people because the Scripture acrostics have helped me so much. Hopefully I will do a second edition of this e-book which will have exhortations for each Scripture acrostic.
In the midst of trying to diet, I feel like I've gained a little weight. I do weigh but the scales usually really fluctuate a lot. It's been difficult to stay within 1,800 calories lately and I've been eating my mom's sugar free cake pretty often, which adds atleast 250 calories I can't afford. I think I'm not going to let myself have any of my mom's cake unless it's on the weekend. I'm going to make a renewed effort at counting calories.
I was so glad to write another post for my Scripture blog. After being hospitalized recently and being on medicine that elevated my blood sugar, I really didn't feel like myself at all for a week or so. It was frustrating to think that I might just be stalled in writing the Scripture blog, so I'm real happy to get it going again. I wrote a new post yesterday and am going to try to post every day if I can.
I really want to memorize some more Scripture acrostics. I'm going to try to work on this more and try to get on the internet less. I've been wanting to write a book which would contain my Scripture acrostics. I've decided to write an e-book! It will have my Scripture acrostics plus two or three more chapters related to God's Word, memorizing, and how to write Scripture acrostics. I plan to begin working on this soon and I can't wait for people to have access to it. I think it could really be helpful to people because the Scripture acrostics have helped me so much. Hopefully I will do a second edition of this e-book which will have exhortations for each Scripture acrostic.
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