Right Here Right Now

So tomorrow is March 1st and I get to go through all my final things to wrap up February. This includes the inventory of my spending that I have been keeping track of and then plotting it on a graph so I can watch my progress... I also get to start my mini challenge for my happiness project which is solely based on health because i feel like its just a subject that needs to be addressed now instead of in a year...

I feel like February got away from me a little and I want to once again jump back in the saddle and get going on the right track... The only major goal I have for March besides my mini challenge is to spend less then I did this month... I do believe that the tracking is helpful and I pray that by May first I will be moving into a nice apartment somewhere between Lynden and Ferndale... But as we all know only time will tell!!

Happy Me

I just did a few posts for my Simple.Minimalist.Christina blog and realized how happy I am that I have found these blogs as a way to get all the info I have been looking up into one place. Plus I find it funny how so me my blog is. Why is this you ask? Well let me tell you... I don't just have one blog but four total. Yep that's right four blogs I am keeping on top of right now. This is my main blog for my everyday thoughts and feelings and then I branch off to my other three because I like to have order and separation to things. And I love it! Keeps my thoughts organized and if I ever get anyone who wants to follow me they have the choice of following me for that certain topic or all of it... I do love giving people that option as well!

Mini Happiness Project Challenge

I have decided to make March a mini Happiness Project Challenge. I will be posting everything about it after tonight on my Happiness Project blog: http://christinashappinessproject.blogspot.com/. I am only going to be focusing on one topic and only have resolutions for that one topic... This topic of course should come as no surprise because its a huge topic that millions of people are trying to deal with everyday... Weight and how to get healthy.

I will be posting my resolutions for this challenge hopefully Sunday or Monday on my blog. This is something I am very excited about and I think it will be good practice to see how a whole year of resolutions is going to feel like... Stay Tuned!!!

New Workout App

I came across a new workout app today on my phone. Its called workout trainer by skimble (http://www.skimble.com ) and you can access it through your facebook account. Its a really neat app because it goes through an entire workout with you. I did the Front,Back, Side to Side workout tonight and I know I will be feeling it tomorrow... But here are the reasons why I am loving this new app

• It didn't want to know my weight when I joined
• There are plenty of workouts for free that I can't see myself getting bored anytime soon
• I can upgrade to the Pro Workout Trainer at anytime
• Some of the exercises even have videos you can watch on youtube
• They break down their workouts into sections so I can search for yoga workouts for example
• There is a corresponding website to the app so I can add when I do treadmill/Walking outside exercises
• Hello its an app on my phone! I take my phone everywhere which means I now can workout anywhere!!!

Anyways I think this app may be the thing to get me back in gear with my getting my butt into shape!

Oh Happy Day!

So I bought this simple guide to a minimalist lifestyle book on amazon this month to see if it would have a different approach from the other very massive book to simple living I had bought back in January when this tiny 71 page book showed up on my door step. I thought oh gee this was a huge waste of money; but then I started reading it.

This book is the best and most basic and understandable book to becoming a minimalist I could have ever hoped to receive. It's like its writing just for me to understand because I didn't get lost once. The author Leo Babauta writes a blog called Zen habits; http://zenhabits.net/. He has created an almost amazing how to guide for people who want to know about how to become or live a minimalist lifestyle by compiling all his information into this e-book that he created and I am so thankful for it. I plan to go back through it one chapter at a time and follow through with what it advises. Which brings me to the best part; he isn't trying to push his "Style" of minimalism on anyone else just gives you ideas that help you to find your own "style".

There are also tons of amazing quotes in this book that I plan on sharing as I post about what I did with each chapter of his book. Thanks Leo for such an amazing and simple e-book!!!

As a side note Leo posted some resources for this book and I know eventually I am gonna want to check all of these out so here are the links for them. Then I also added some blogs I have stumbled upon through the other blogs.

• http://www.becomingminimalist.com/
• http://simpleorganizedlife.com/
• http://www.simplicityandsuccess.com/
• http://everydaysimplicity.blogspot.com/
• http://www.theminimallist.com/
• http://unclutterer.com/
• http://noimpactman.typepad.com/
• http://www.wisebread.com/
• http://simplifyyourlife.tumblr.com/
• http://www.bemorewithless.com/
• http://adventuresinvoluntarysimplicity.blogspot.com/
• http://www.365lessthings.com/
• http://minimalistlifestyle.wordpress.com/
• http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/

Why I Love My Job Some Days!!!

Every once in awhile at work we serve plated dinner's during events... I love these days because there always seems to be extra just for us!!! Wednesday was no exception. We got a full feast for dinner including yummy salad, steak and salmon and for dessert we had a caramel apple pie!!! Of course we are women and classy women at that and did not eat our entire plates but were able to share the love with our fellow co-workers... But it just goes to show that some days its good to be me!

Cattyness

I am not sure why but I have this unique way to bring cattyness out of people... At work things are a little hecktic right now and we are all just not being nice... My goal is to stop my own participation in this act of cattyness... I am going to attempt to show up to work and just do as I am told and be with myself and not try and get involved in what others are doing or saying unless it involves me... I don't want to be that person anymore who people want to talk about behind my back... If I don't do anything to upset them they wont talk and that's my goal!!

February Goals

So I got off track a tiny bit at the end of last month, but I am back and in full swing again... That's the whole point of this year... No regrets about going off course just as long as you get back on when you realize you have strayed.... Here are my goals for this month

1.Sort through my storage boxes

2.Finish reading Happiness Project

3.Read and go through Your Money Or Your Life

4.Keep reading Simple Living

5. Do my Running Program

walk 3 minutes run 1 minute

walk 2 minutes run 2 minutes

walk 1 minute run 3 minutes

Get a good mile time!

6.Follow my 20 minute rule for 2 hours a day

Anyways Its a long list but I'm gonna get through it one way or another!