courtney rebecca

Here were my goals from last year and how I did with accomplishing them! 1. Read 50+ books this year I did this and double! I ended up reading exactly 100 books this year. I decided since I'm a school librarian that I should be allowed to count picture books and graphic novels. It worked out great to get to double my goal! 2. Get to my (next) goal weight I didn't do this. But I did something better. I stopped focusing on the numbers (which makes me get a little obsessive and can make me extreme about things) and started focusing on what makes me feel good and confident. I stopped weighing myself a few months ago, and I'm really happy. I fit in my clothes, and I feel stronger. I might even weigh more than I did, but I feel beautiful and content and that is what matters. 3. Stay employed Done! 4. Memorize 24 scriptures Yeah, I sucked at this. I did like six, and then never thought about it again. My bad. 5. Be positive every day I think I did better at being p...

I haven't written about this much on here, but I've been working on losing weight since September. Mostly I haven't written about it because this is supposed to be a positivity blog, and MOST of a weight loss journey doesn't exactly feel positive... Anyway! It's very slow going because I don't really have a TON to lose, and I'm not very tall, so it takes a long time to get any weight off. So from September to November I took off about 7 pounds. It was a huge victory though! That's a lot on this 5'5" girl. Buuuut I've just been maintaining this loss since Thanksgiving. So I need to get back on track to get to my next mini-goal, which is only 5 pounds away! I've always had to work on my weight. I also feel like there always comes a point when I get tired of working on it, and I start to sabotage myself. And then I gain it all back, and the cycle begins again. I refuse to do that this time, but I still feel myself leaning that way. Because ...