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Over 3/4th of the way to 100

by tiffanyother updates, Physically Healthy Me April 28, 2015One Comment

If you follow my blog you know that I am doing a 100 day challenge where I do at least a ‘base’ workout. This consists of 10 reps of 10 different exercises. I first challenged myself to this undertaking in my 100 day challenge post. Since then I have recorded little things that I either felt, learned or thought of while doing the workout. I write these little records on a piece of paper and have now filled 3 pages. The first 2 have their own posts (1st post and 2nd post links).

This latest list starts on day 54, but since this is a new post the numbering starts at 1. Here is the latest list.

Feeling pooped and icky is not an excuse. You can still reach for your goals. ( I was happy with this day, since there was a smiley face after it.)
I’m so ready for bed, but I did my exercises so won’t be angry with myself tomorrow.
Good day, good training and good fun. (It was a BJJ class day and I was smiling.)
I feel like a warrior. A sneezing warrior, but still I’m a fighter now.
I took the day off get stuff done and did everything and them some with a smile on my face. (It was another smiling BJJ class day.)
I am becoming a better me at least with fitness. Life is a process.
Only 40 more days until a new goal or challenge. I’m excited.
I’m realizing the scale is not my friend. I am tougher than it tell me since I am not used to muscle.
I didn’t think about working out I just did it. That’s what happens when goals become habit.
You can learn anything, just try and ask questions. ( It was a BJJ class day. )
New goals, new challenges and dreams combine beautifully.
Pushing yourself when you think you can’t won’t only prove the negative thought bit also put a smile on your face.
Always looking back may be a bad thing. Yet being reminded of how far you’ve come is good.
Even if you don’t feel like you can do it doesn’t mean you can’t. You can do it.
You really do control your attitude and mood so believe you can and be happy.
It’s hard to do your daily goals when your routine is off; hard not impossible.
Pushing yourself is always good. ( I went to my first BJJ tournament on this day.)
No matter what you think you are awesome. (I went to the tournament again and decided I wanted to start working towards competing.)
I may have shown up lat to class but I showed up. (I showed up half an hour late to class because of traffic and work. I still showed up though.)
You life is yours so live you life and achieve your goals.
Being positive and thinking positive changes everything.
I’m pretty sure I can do anything I set my mind to and you can too.
Since I danced and did kick boxing I did my workout a bit different but I did it.
The challenge is paying off. I’m seeing physical, mental and endurance changes. (I went to class that day. I must have been able to do more than normal.)
Always be honest with yourself and know what motivate you.
Hobbies and goals should be fun work. If not why do them. (I went to class and it must have been a fun one, since I was thinking about fun work.)
Woot! It’s tough but I keep going (This was on day 80).
Support is great and needed to have. Be grateful for your support system

Bonus thought – Trying is winning because you are beating those who are not trying and your yesterday self.

DreamWard Bound with things.

by tiffanyDreamward bound April 25, 2015May 24, 2020No Comments

This week went really well for me, minus the icky feeling I felt all week. I was able to listen to a good audiobook on my way to work each day and had a half-day on Friday. I also was able to go to two BJJ classes this week. I wanted to go to more, but I’m happy that at least I got to go to my 2 normal classes. I also scribbled down some creative writing thoughts.

I am most happy about editing and publishing a few portfolio pages. Now my portfolio is complete and up for everyone to see. I do have to go back and fix a few mistakes I made and put up some Pinterest pin buttons so that everyone can share anything they want. Plus, it’ll be an easy way for me to share my artwork on Pinterest. I will also be adding a section to my portfolio for the quote art that I do for the blog posts. Still, I have the major chunk done and up.

That is all I have to tell you now, so here is an actual list of things I did this week.

Main Photography page (Link removed due to removal of page)

People Photography page (Link removed due to removal of page)

Nature Photography page (Link removed due to removal of page)

Other Photography page (Link removed due to removal of page)

Random Art Work page

My Artistic side page

Inside thoughts (creative writing)

Images of you (poem)

Weekly Writing Prompt

Better Late Than Never For DreamWard Bound

by tiffanyDreamward bound April 19, 2015May 24, 2020No Comments

I figure writing my weekly update post is better late than not doing one. I will make it quick though, since I actually already did write this week’s post. My computer just decided that the internet wasn’t its friend though and for some reason would not save the post. It could also be the site, but more likely my computer, since its old and filled up with a bunch of different projects.

I did awesome with my God goal and listened to at least an hour of an audiobook about God centered things every day this week. I also did pretty well with my weight/ fitness goal. I realized that I’m starting to see definition and I have lost 5 lbs since starting to actually weigh myself and try.

I didn’t do so great with editing my novel, since I was planning on doing that yesterday. Instead though I got the pleasure of staying in bed with a killer headache. Basically my Saturday was me waking up at 8 drinking a bunch of water, having breakfast and going to class with a slight headache. The Friday night ratio of whiskey to water may have been a bit off, since I had whiskey but no water the entire night of dancing. I thought I would be fine but after a full Brazilian Jit-Jitsu class I was not feeling well at all. I went home, showered, and went back to bed. I slept most of the day and then went out to a birthday dinner. Needless to say I did not get any editing done this weekend.

I would have worked on writing or editing today, but I had another birthday party to go to after Church today. This week I should be able to write and edit. I look forward to at least one night this week sitting down working on things. I did fix my break light this weekend, so I was productive. It’s not as productive as I usually am, but that break light has been out for months.

Now, I will leave you with the two things I posted this week. This next week should be more. At least I hope this next week I will post more.

Bury Deep

Weekly Writing Prompt

DreamWard Bound like always.

by tiffanyDreamward bound April 11, 2015No Comments

I actually am not always dreamward bound. Some days I don’t even think about my goals. However, I feel most like myself when I am. If I have a goal, a plan and a schedule I am happiest. That is why I am happily writing this post.

I at least feel like this week went real well. I revised my goals early in the week and revised my schedule last weekend. I didn’t make every goal and did change one midweek. Still I worked towards my goals.

I should tell you what my new goals are now, before I tell you how I did with them. It might make sense to you if I told you the aim before telling you how close or far I came to the target.

My first goal is to finish my second draft of my novel by May 3rd. This has been my goal for almost a year now. I just kept saying it was a priority but not really acting like it was. I kept writing blog posts and poems. I did not actually give most of my time to it. Now I will. I have my schedule worked out, so that I am editing more. I am also going to take most of next weekend, if not all of it, and dedicate it to getting the novel done. I may even rent a hotel room in order for fewer distractions.

My next goal is the one that I actually revise twice this week. First I was going to try to read the Bible within a year again. The trouble I found with that was that I actually did not pick up the Bible. It was too scary and big of a challenge. I decided it was best to change it. I wanted to focus on God, but actually focus on learning and not just reading. If I stuck with reading the Bible within a year I would not be focusing on learning about God. I would only focus on reading and reading fast enough. It would be come a chore like it had in the past and not a joy and learning experience. So, I changed my goal to taking 10 minutes a day to learn about God. I will either pray for 10 minutes or listen to some audiobook, podcast or sermon. I may also read a book or a chapter in the Bible. This gives me more options and is not as big as a project. After a month I will increase the amount of time I spend learning about God.

After that the next important goal is my weight/ health goal. I want to lose 30lbs by the start of next year. The main reason I want to lose this weight is to make jiu-jitsu easier and if I do compete I won’t be in the heavyweight division if I lose the 30lbs. Honestly, though I am not sure if I will end up losing 30 pounds. I want muscle and having muscle is more important to me than weighing less, so if I lose a bunch of weight and realize that I am losing muscle I’ll stop. Right now though, I want to lose 30lbs.

This goal is followed by my creative writing goal. I want to get back up to writing 5 creative posts a week. This will include my weekly writing prompt, but I will also try to actually use the writing prompts to write more posts. That was the idea for the weekly writing prompts to start with. It was going to be inspiration for the next posts. I got busy though and my schedule was just not allowing for me to write. I want to start writing more, again. That is why my goal will be to get up to 5 posts a week, well 6 if you count my DreamWard bound posts.

Finally my last goal is to read a book a month and I mean really read. I am not going to count audio books as reading. At least I won’t count them at this time. Maybe in the future my ideas will change, but for now I want to actually read a book a month. I mean I have a years worth of real hard copies of books and even more e-books. The main focus for this goal though is to expand my knowledge base, get inspiration and learn about different author’s voices.

I think these goals will be a good mix of challenging and fun to do. I am looking forward to accomplishing them and letting you know how I am doing with them every week.

A New DreamWard Bound Post

by tiffanyDreamward bound April 4, 2015May 24, 2020No Comments

This week was a good week. I posted a few extra poems this week and wasn’t too stressed at work. I also planned out my normal weeks today. I am slowly getting back on track with being productive. I am also going to sit down, either today or tomorrow, and look at my goals. I need to take time to actually look at my goals and decide how I what I want my goals to be. Time is a resource that I am lacking these days.

On another note, I am seeing improvements with my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu skills. This is funny to say, since I am a white belt, which means I have every little skills. Yet, I am improving. I can do things I haven’t been able to do and learning how to move my body and my partners body in order to get submissions or escapes. I know I’m still far from my blue belt, but it’s a journey and I can seeing the steps I’m taking moving me towards the first goals.

That is really all I have to say about my week. I did not do anything too excited, so I will leave you with my list of things I wrote.

Pairs Of Two

A Needed Poem

Weekly Writing Prompt

DreamWard Bound, sort of.

by tiffanyDreamward bound March 29, 2015May 24, 2020No Comments

This week was full of work and being stressed out. I still found time to do some extra writing. I posted one poem and have two more to post this week. It was a long week though and I’m not even sure what I did. I just know that it felt never-ending and the days blurred together.

Since my week was so focused on work I don’t have much to say about my progress towards my goals and dreams. It feels like my future is taking a back seat to my present surrounds. I want to sit down and figure out how to be more focused on my future, but that takes time. We’ll see when I can actually get back on my dream track.

Until I do here is what I’ve posted this last week.

Weekly Writing Prompt(#7)

Half way to 100 days

Contrasting Human (Poetry)

Can We Just Say (Poetry)

Dream’s journey to Reality

Half way to 100 days

by tiffanyother updates, Physically Healthy Me March 26, 2015No Comments

I finished another page of my log for my 100 day challenge, so it’s time for the list of things I thought about while, after or during my workouts.

It’s numbering starts at 1 but really it’s day 27.

Sometimes seeing the tally marks is the only thing to make you/ me to do another day.
If someone, even yourself, says you can’t tell them/ you that you can or show them.
Today I didn’t really know why I was doing my challenge, but that did not stop me from doing it.
Today fun was brought, along with struggle, learning, fighting and sore body. I’m smiling. (It was a class day.)
Forgot to mark I guess I wasn’t thinking only doing.
It’s midnight, I’m not going to be smart. Do it. IT’s easier once it’s a habit.
Another midnight workout. Tired but smiling. I did stuff today. Improv, site and workout.
Not related, but still what I was thinking. Beauty is in the heart and soul not body. New tonight I actually do a sit up fully.
Sometimes you learn from what other people do. I’m smiling. (It was a class day.)
My knee is hurting so I changed things up and did extra of what I could. I didn’t let pain win, I adapted.
Ow, everything hurts, but that doesn’t mean I’m quitting gotta keep fighting on. (It was a class day.)
If I feel my muscles they are solid and great. I’m sore but strong.
I wanted to go for a walk today as if my brain is changing.
I realized today I’m working on being the dream girl for my dream guy which some how means I can’t live in a dream world. (I actually wrote a post about this.)
42% done. (I was a day off). I’m feeling awesome about working out when I wanted to sleep.
Friends make things better. Also experiencing different things. (It was a class day.)
A workout routine or goal routine gets better with momentum so once you start don’t stop.
It always is great when people can see the results of your efforts. (It was a class day.)
Just looking and knowing your progress/ journey helps.
No one really knows where you started only results and what you share.
Just doing what you set out for means something.
I want to be where I want to be but I know once I get there I’ll want to be somewhere else.
Halfway there baby! And almost didn’t even mark it. (Again a day early)
I feel like I had an accomplished day, which I haven’t felt like in a while. It made me want to do more.
Make sure you’re smiling more than you are frowning.
Schedule, plan and remember your goals during the day.
I’m tougher and stronger than I give myself credit for and you most likely are the same.

DreamWard Bound, Still.

by tiffanyDreamward bound March 21, 2015No Comments

I did not fall off the face of the planet or get kidnapped by aliens. Nothing drastic or dramatic has happened to me. I did not even go on a spontaneous vacation. I simply was drained of energy when I had time to write this week and at the end of last week.

I did jot down thoughts and notes, which I will be completing today, hopefully. They just did not make it to completion or to being published, yet. A main reason for writing and not publishing, besides the time and being drained thing, is that I just did not want to fight with my computer or any computer. I love simply writing with a pen and paper more than with typing when I have things I need to figure out. This week seemed to be either figure out stuff or don’t think. Those were my two options this week.

That being said, I don’t have too much else to say, at least not in this post. I could go on and tell you how Otis (the cat that lives in my house) tried to trap me in my bed or that I wore two different shoes the day after. Those deserve their own post though. I wouldn’t want to go off on that tantrum.

I also have a realization post and a pleading poem. I will be sharing both this week, but the poem will be hard for me. I typically try to hold off on certain types of poems before I publish them. This time I just want to be brave and show my heart how it is now.

So, stay tune there will be more writings this week.

DreamWard Bound From A Packed Week

by tiffanyDreamward bound, other updates March 7, 2015May 24, 2020No Comments

This week was a packed week for me. I of course worked at my day job every day, but I was on a role that I enjoy. After work on Monday I went to my BJJ class, which was great. I even stayed for a little while after class, since it was an open mat time.

Tuesday I went to a Bible study and Wednesday I spent the night with friends.

Where it gets kind of crazy is Thursday. Not only did I work and go to my improv group, I also led the group and worked on this site. I wound up finishing my painting portfolio.

Friday I went to a show and took pictures and video.

Today (Saturday) I had class and took a nap, so it wasn’t that busy. I guess when I write it all out I didn’t do too much. It just felt like the week was packed because I did not have a single night to myself.

I also did write at some point during the week. Here is the short list of things I wrote this week.

Writing Prompt #5

A Quarter of the way to 100

A Quarter Of The Way To 100

by tiffanyLife, other updates, Physically Healthy Me March 2, 2015No Comments

A while back I gave myself a challenge and it was a few days, maybe a week or so before I actually accepted the challenge but I did. I mentioned in the post where I shared the challenge that I was going to be keeping a log about the journey this challenge would be. I wasn’t sure at the time how I was going to do it. I just knew that I wanted to be able to share real thoughts that I had through this process. This was to both share with people about my journey and goal achieving, but also to help me. I wanted to motivate myself to keep on doing this challenge.

I decided when I started to actually do the short work out that I would keep track on a piece of paper tapped to my bathroom mirror. I also tapped a page above that and with each tally mark I wrote one line. Some days I squeezed in as much as I could others I just wrote 3 large words. I want to share that log with you now.

It does not matter when you start, just that you start.
Starting is the hardest and scariest part of the journey but needed. (I also wrote see twitter for 2.2.15, which says, “One day I will be able to submit someone in a fight, today is not that day, but it was a learning day closer”)
Change, goals, and dreams don’t happen overnight, work towards them day after day.
Convincing yourself you’re worth the work is work but worth it.
Little by little and step by step is what it takes to see massive changes.
By pushing yourself to do something you don’t think you can do you may find out you can.
Fighting for tomorrow mean giving up you’re today. Also there is 2 parts of you the cannot and the can learn how to make the can side win. (That was after a 2 am workout, because I stayed out late with my friends)
If you know how you learn, you will learn more. (This was a class day.)
Working for what you want will pay off if you are constant.
You know you’ve found your thing when the pain is worth it. (This was followed by a side note of “yay, chokes. :-)”)
Sometimes you just need to take way the options, make your step towards success mandatory.
Starting is the worst, it’s hard and sucks, but shows you what you can do. Stick with it. You got this.
I may be tired; I may not be clever, but I am doing what I set out to do.
Your goals should be fun, educational and worth the pain. (This was another class day.)
Making a goal a need makes it easier to do, even if it’s by force.
Friends should make the goals easier. (This should be a class day note.)
It’s getting easier.
You know you’re doing something different and hard when you start to question seeming random choices in your life.
I guess some days you just do and not learn.Doing is valuable too
Some days you just have to make time. It’s worth it.
Pushing yourself forward is just walking on a path or journey towards your goals. (This was a class day, also.)
You can do anything as long as you work for it.
People will notice your efforts. Keep on to show yourself your efforts. (This was a class day, I know because people are starting to see my efforts in class. I don’t yet see my improvements, though. I still feel like a newbie who knows nothing.)
Strength is worked at not given.
You can still work even if you are tired. It will be more of an accomplishment.
Sometimes realizing it’s the last part of the day makes the rest worth it.

You can see some days I was stereotypical in my motivation, other days it was more aimed towards keeping track of my main thought. I hope you enjoyed it and let me know what you think.