I choose...

 

I recently have been in a slump. I felt really unproductive and yet had all this free time that I had been craving and was getting nothing done. I mean, I went to the grocery store, cooked dinner, did laundry, went to work, I did daily living things, but I was getting done of the 'me stuff' done. Like working out or catching up on project life. I was just passing through days. I knew this would happen, when I took my current job I knew I would have an unpredictable schedule and knew that I could have whole weeks off at a time and was thrilled! I thought of the tons of art projects, blogs and people time I would get. But when it actually happened I became lost on the continuum of time and space (insert Friends joke here, did you get it? If so let's be friends).

I decided I couldn't take it anymore, I was complaining to my full-time working friends about how much free time I had and that I was getting too much sleep and watching the entirety of The Office (an accomplishment I am kind of proud of). So, I had a discount code, spent $10 and took Elise's class I Choose from BPC. I know you are thinking 'she really spent money on someone  telling her how to set goals'.  Yes, yes I did. It wasnt a lot of money and it wasnt really any kind of new information, BUT, the fact that I spent money on something meant I HAD to use it. Beside it is an entire workshop built by someone I follow with stalker like obsession and is all about creative goal setting ('me stuff, not boring grown up stuff') and about documenting it (my favorite part of doing things!). So $10 well spent.

So every month I will set generalized and specific goals and share them here as I Choose. I would love it if you played along. Simply pick a picture add your text in an app (I used A Beautiful Mess this time) and instagram it using the hastag #Ichoose. Then we can all encourage each other! Bham. Instant accountability.

So here is my list for October:

• Go on an awesome hike, good thing I already have this one planned ;)
• I want to take some awesome photos of some leaves changing. It's always something I wish I did every year, so this time around I'm not gonna let myself down and go on a fall photo walk
• Go to some sort of fall festival shin dig
• I want to continue our walks through our little portion of the city and document it using #hoopersonfoot
• I want to catch up. This sounds like a big one but I can do it. I like being pushed with deadlines. I am really far behind on my Project Life album and want to catch up so I am completing it each week. I also want to catch up on my favorite shows so I can watch each week and not have to binge watch shows every weekend.
• Lastly, I want to finish 4 books in a month

So, will you participate in #IChoose ? If so, leave your instagram name in the comments and Ill be looking for your goals under the hashtag.

Remember you can follow me on instagram @ lk_hooper