So, we're back to the whole "Parts" format! Woot woot! I hope you had a lovely, joyful, love-filled Christmas, or that you've enjoyed your holiday season! There's one more holiday coming up (which I'll touch on in a minute) so hopefully we'll all make it through this last week of the festive part of year relatively unscathed!
Without further ado, let's jump right into my weekly update!
Part 1: A Week In Review
So this week not much happened. That's a joke. Christmas was last Wednesday, and it was absolutely amazing! We opened presents at around 9:30 in the morning, and then we ate the best thing ever, which was cinnamon buns, and it lovely. Obviously the best thing I got was PJs, which is all I really wanted because of the functionality. My favorite was probably my sister's reaction to what I got her, which was a personalized necklace that says "You Do You", which is her favorite saying. Of course, the most fun part of the day was skiing, which was kind of crazy considering it was literally Christmas day. We went out to dinner, which was lovely, and the whole day was just amazing and fun.
I also did something entirely within my character that should really surprise no one: I nearly concussed myself. I'm not proud of this, but I dropped a chip and then when I stood up I hit my head on the corner of the cabinet I had left open. My sister and I then spent an hour trying to figure out if I was concussed or not, and then my parents got home and decided that I wasn't. Which is good, but on the other hand it really hurt.
Good job, Rex. Good job.
I went to a yoga class on Friday (yesterday) and I really enjoyed it! It was really nice to just breathe and stretch and relax, even if I was the youngest person in the room (no lie). I've decided that I want to start taking classes when I get home, so that'll be lovely!
The only other thing that's happened is that I've been to the tea place in town more times than I care to acknowledge. Which is kind of ridiculous but who really cares? It's good tea!
Part 2: Happy New Year!
So this coming Tuesday is New Year's eve, and that in itself should be exciting, but even more exciting, I think, is the opportunity a new year represents! So this year I plan on doing a few things to help make this year better and more of a growing experience for myself!
First off, me and my friend Lexi (not her real name) and I are making a list of things we want to do in 2014, and we plan on actually doing all of them. I hope to vlog or blog the whole project, so stay tuned for that! I will probably post an update sometime in the future!
Another thing I plan on doing is trying each month to kick a bad habit, or start a good one. The habit I've chosen for January is to make my bed every morning. I was going to make it to clean my room every night, but I'm saving that for February because I'm reorganizing my room when I get back from Utah.
I plan to keep 3 Journals: one that I write in at the end of every day, one to log progress on goals and resolutions, and one for phrases and quotes I like. Additionally, I am going to try and keep a Good Things Jar, where I put at least one good thing to happen to me in the jar a day. I also hope to take more pictures, read more, and stretch more.
Part 3: The Importance of Clear Thinking
There's not much I feel I need to say for myself. But I felt like this might be something to say now. If someone were to meet me after only reading my blog, they might have a certain idea of who I am. But I can't let anyone believe that this is a totally accurate representation. On this blog, I am trying to write in an honest, but very thoughtful way. I try not to swear in excess, I try not to express all my bad ideas as well as my good ones, although there sure are enough embarrassing things on this blog to last me a lifetime. But I think it's good to clarify that one of the things you would notice about me is that I tend to be a bit less appropriate. I tend to talk a bit less maturely, and certainly not as well articulated when I speak in real life. It's really not that I don't want to be this person, the one I can write as in a better vernacular with more intelligent sentences, it's just that it's not what people expect of me.
One thing I think people should be encouraged to do more often is to reflect with an honest mind, and realize behavioral patterns and habits within themselves that they wish to change. I find it easier to change something I don't like about myself, as in something I think is a bad habit or disrespectful, once I've noticed it and think about it and recognize when I am doing it. For example, basing how confident I feel off the way I think people are seeing me. It's strange to think that sometimes I want to leave the house just for the benefit of being seen, of feeling like someone will see me and think that I'm pretty or some other adjective. But of course I know how I look, and I know that I should base how I view myself first and foremost and mainly off how I see myself. However, I see myself in a light now that is reflective of how others see me, which is really silly and ridiculous when you think about it. Of course, I'll know my best friends for years. But that boy in my class who flirts with me but doesn't compliment me? The next time I see him he'll be telling me about the restaurant that he took over from his father. And that girl who compliments my clothing every day, well, as much as I'd like that personal cheerleader every day cheering on my clothing decisions, I won't always have that.
And what I've noticed is that, when I was at camp this summer, people would often compliment me on my character, and how kind I was. And I felt like me, walking around and helping every one and knowing everyone. I could walk up to literally anyone and they'd know me, and they wouldn't mind talking to me, which is something I long for. Being able to go to any one person in that camp, even if I'd never actually talked to them, and know that they knew who I was if only because I'd helped their friend the first day. I miss being able to just go ahead and believe in those around me because they knew me. I want to be that person again, who's just there for everyone. Because that's me.
I'm going to post twice today.
The quote for this week: "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." John F. Kennedy
Love you,
Rex
Forever and Always
There's not much I feel I need to say for myself. But I felt like this might be something to say now. If someone were to meet me after only reading my blog, they might have a certain idea of who I am. But I can't let anyone believe that this is a totally accurate representation. On this blog, I am trying to write in an honest, but very thoughtful way. I try not to swear in excess, I try not to express all my bad ideas as well as my good ones, although there sure are enough embarrassing things on this blog to last me a lifetime. But I think it's good to clarify that one of the things you would notice about me is that I tend to be a bit less appropriate. I tend to talk a bit less maturely, and certainly not as well articulated when I speak in real life. It's really not that I don't want to be this person, the one I can write as in a better vernacular with more intelligent sentences, it's just that it's not what people expect of me.
One thing I think people should be encouraged to do more often is to reflect with an honest mind, and realize behavioral patterns and habits within themselves that they wish to change. I find it easier to change something I don't like about myself, as in something I think is a bad habit or disrespectful, once I've noticed it and think about it and recognize when I am doing it. For example, basing how confident I feel off the way I think people are seeing me. It's strange to think that sometimes I want to leave the house just for the benefit of being seen, of feeling like someone will see me and think that I'm pretty or some other adjective. But of course I know how I look, and I know that I should base how I view myself first and foremost and mainly off how I see myself. However, I see myself in a light now that is reflective of how others see me, which is really silly and ridiculous when you think about it. Of course, I'll know my best friends for years. But that boy in my class who flirts with me but doesn't compliment me? The next time I see him he'll be telling me about the restaurant that he took over from his father. And that girl who compliments my clothing every day, well, as much as I'd like that personal cheerleader every day cheering on my clothing decisions, I won't always have that.
And what I've noticed is that, when I was at camp this summer, people would often compliment me on my character, and how kind I was. And I felt like me, walking around and helping every one and knowing everyone. I could walk up to literally anyone and they'd know me, and they wouldn't mind talking to me, which is something I long for. Being able to go to any one person in that camp, even if I'd never actually talked to them, and know that they knew who I was if only because I'd helped their friend the first day. I miss being able to just go ahead and believe in those around me because they knew me. I want to be that person again, who's just there for everyone. Because that's me.
I'm going to post twice today.
The quote for this week: "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." John F. Kennedy
Love you,
Rex
Forever and Always
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