Annnnd it's SEPTEMBER!

I am back and in black! [I just happen to be wearing a black top, lookie there]. Being back to school and somewhat settled in feels so good and I just want to dive into all the things that are happening.

[Reading] The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey. It's a new school year and I absolutely am taking advantage of this refreshed outlook and renewed energy to put my life on a less shambly, straighter path. Unfortunately, I am only about 10 pages in because that's all Amazon would let me preview until the book finally arrives in my hands... that is, IF it arrives in my hands... my campus still has not notified me of a package [AKA a super important textbook that I need!!!] that Amazon reported as having arrived 3 DAYS AGO.... Humph.

Anyways, I read about this guy's crazy experiments with productivity on his blog and I really want to see what I can use from this book in my life. So far I'm at the "teaser" pages which are just telling me to read onward to "unlock" all the stuff he has to say. Needless to say I am sitting in anxious excitement for this copy to be mine.

Photo creds to Google and the guy's website!

[Writing] Ideas down for a column I'd really love to add to my university's mainstream publication. According to this guy who came into one of my major classes, he said that working for the school's paper/website is practically a springboard into a career later, which, I guess would be nice to have.

[Learning] That it is possible not to be a hot mess all the time! Hopefully the above book will help me out, plus the fact that I decided to take a more "minimalist" approach to packing stuff for college this year will make things a lot less hectic.

[Doing/Working on] moar things!

• 100 cards 100 days  [this damn project was supposed to be done by August 11th. Since then I've moved back to school, completed a whole card order for a local business near me, and now I have to get back ON TRACK to finish this. Another thing I want to get good at-- finishing what I started.]
• campus ministry involvement! 
• running to class [but not running late to class -- how revolutionary!]
• attempting to run
• waiting for MY PASSPORT :D.
• applying to study abroad next semester...?????

[Eating] 
- milk
- mac n cheese
- corn muffins
- OREOS. Birthday cake flavor [!!!] and otherwise
- cereal/oatmeal
- SPINACH AND PINEAPPLE [finally...?!!!]

[Drinking] Water. And coffee. Too much coffee.

[Listening] to songs that get me pumped:

[Laughing] at how many things I left at home and how my mother so graciously, on the way down to a college visit for my brother, brought said things I forgot to my new place (,:

[Thinking] about the to-do list, how full this week is, how I wish I didn't have to move my hair appointment to next week because it is getting LONGER and I would like it to not be long.

[Trying] to start the conversations. To take charge, to get what I need and not be afraid to go after what I want, because I am my rescue and the only thing standing in my way [essentially] is myself.

[Hoping] to get outside more this week and reach a goal of running 3 times a week :P

[Loving] my roomies and our new living situation. I honestly couldn't have asked for better time. <3 nbsp="" p="">

[Praying] for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and trying to think of ways to send help, other than the obvious donation that you should totally make here. ❤

Let's do this, September.

💚,
steph