Yeses.

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I love this card because it's very true & hilarious! I am learning a lot about myself this summer. If I were to sum it up, I would say God is teaching me how to say and live out "yeses" in my life. Not only learning how to say YES to what He wants for me, but also YES to knowing He can provide and do all things. For example me running almost 4 miles. Those who know me well probably just got a puzzled look on their faces a second ago. We'll get to that later.

Here's my summer day-to-day...
7-8AM (or some unlucky days earlier): wake up, lay in bed, sleep for an extra 30 minutes.
8-9AM: running/strength training/elliptical
9-9:30AM: shower & breakfast
9:30-12PM: FB, email, Pinterest, do some "school-related" planning of sorts. Usually ranges from just pinning to looking up you tube videos to power points.
12-1PM: lunch and watch "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" from the night before. Thanks, Hulu & Roku!
1-5PM: watch "Lost," go shopping, hang out with friends, park, pool
5-10PM: watch more "Lost," make dinner, eat dinner, Pinterest some more.
10-11PM: QT, read a book, sleepy time.

This leads to my list of summer obsessions:
1. Getting healthy via eating healthy. I'm done with excuses when it comes to making the right choices for food. There have been many times (refer to previous post) that I've used food to abuse my body. I'm not saying I'll never have a McDonald's cheeseburger or Chuy's cheesy enchilada. But I have a choice. You have a choice. Every time you make a decision to go through the drive thru on your way to work, you make a decision to put something in your body just because of 1)taste and 2)convenience. I'm not by any means becoming a 100% organic no-carb vegan. I just want to be healthy by eating the right food. This has opened my eyes to how many restaurants I now pass while driving instead of going in. Going into the grocery store now, I think about how many times I've gotten all that over-processed junk. Eating healthier has also opened my eyes to how I want to get better at cooking. The more real meals I cook at home the more I love cooking.
2. Getting healthy via exercising more. If you asked me a year ago if I could ever exercise every day for at least 30 minutes I'd say nope. No way. Now it's part of my morning routine. I've been alternating days between running the green way and going to the gym. I would have laughed if you told me to run a quarter of a mile without stopping a month ago. Now I can go at least 7 minutes! To some that's nothing, but for me that's quite a feat. I am confident that a 5k is underway soon! Yesterday I ran 3.65 miles-- stopped to power walk twice! I love the energy, the competitiveness I have to run better the next day, and most of all the freedom.
3. "Lost" TV series. Got bored one day last week and decided to watch the first episode of many on Hulu. Wow, what an awesome show! I'm currently in season 2 so I still have a ways to go.
4. Pinterest. Yeah, what else is new?!
5. Nashville, I love you. I love your hipness. I love your energy. I love your people. I love that I live in your city.

All in all, I am very pleased with this summer. It definitely contrasts with the last couple summers I've had filled with tons of friends to do anything and everything every other night. No longer in the "college stage" of my life, I am learning lots in the "grown up" stage. I'm learning it's okay to not be married or engaged or pregnant as a twenty-something. I'm learning to love people no matter what. I'm learning that it's okay to have me time. I'm learning I need to take care of my body and health. I'm learning how to turn "I can't"s into yeses.

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