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[thecurvaceousvegan]

It's finally Friday!

[tryingtobewell-blog]

HHPBC Day Thirty

Day 30: Did you meet your goal that you set on day 10? It’s okay if you didn’t, how can you take positive steps forward to meet your goal in the future?

I didn't meet my goal. But I did increase the amount that I have been doing yoga and drinking tea so I'm happy. 

I just need to keep trying for consistency if I want to get to the point where I am drinking tea and doing yoga everyday. 

[julesthegreatest]

HHBP 25th Nov

What is your greatest words of wisdom for your followers?

Tell someone if you feel like crap and don't want to go on. Don't let that feeling sit inside you and eat away at your happiness.

Eat breakfast.

Try to get outside when you can.

Do something you think you can't.

[marthamindymarlene]

November Challenge - Days 1 & 2

Permit me to squeeze days one and two into one! I have been so busy with family stuff and had barely slept since Wednesday. Had a bed-athon today, though, so let’s do this.

Day One - Something that Inspires You

(In case that live version I’ve linked to doesn’t embed right, you can find the official video on youtube here: Jesca Hoop - Born To)

Music inspires me in so many ways. It makes me move faster. It makes me work harder - even when I’m just in my kitchen scrubbing dishes, even when I can find nothing else to connect with. 

This is the song I had in my head to post since I read the description for day one of this challenge. It’s been somewhat of an anthem for me over the past few months:

When you know what you want, the next step is to go get it.

"Now you’ve got to get it with what you’ve got, with what you’ve been given - or not"

If I was completely prepared for this life, I guess it wouldn’t be living. It wouldn’t be a challenge, it wouldn’t be a miraculous feat of adaptation. This line is so personal to me. Ever since I was born, there has been no easy place for me. I’ve had to carve out my own place many times over. I was born to. I was born to struggle. I was born to fight. 

Every time she sings “I was born to”,  this is what I think. This is what makes me dig deep. This is what makes me push harder. I don’t always have what I want, sometimes I don’t even have what I need, but I’ve got to get it - I’ve got to chase the things that I believe will sustain me and keep working towards my goals, my dreams, my happiness.

Why the struggle? Why the never-ending fight against the odds? Why don’t I have what others have? Why can’t I be another way? I’ve been stuck on these questions at so many points during my life and there has been no satisfying answer.

It’s because “I was born”.

And that’s the line she finishes with. 

Day Two - What have you done today that makes you feel proud.

Today I gave my body a rest. I was tired after a busy few days with family. My aunt is home from Saudi and is staying with me. She’s off to Malta for a few days with her friends and will be back on Saturday. She left at 6am and I was still awake talking with my other aunt (who also stayed with me the last two nights). So yeah, I really needed to catch up on sleep. I haven’t been sleeping well since Wednesday anyway. And I knew my body would be craving some salt and comfort after two late nights in a row, which both involved a little bit of over-indulgence with cheap red wine. So basically, I gave my body what I felt it needed - rest and naps and a full Irish breakfast of sausages, rashers, white pudding, black pudding, fried egg, beans and toast. And I had chocolate and I had these weird pickled onion corn snacks leftover from stuff I bought for trick of treaters - “Space invaders” (taste invaders more like). And I had some of a sugar doughnut that my mother had left, but then I remembered I don’t really like doughnuts. Maybe if it had been a jam doughnut..? Anyway, all this makes me proud because this is not how I usually eat. This is not even how I would ideally eat everyday, but it’s OK by me because it’s not everyday. I don’t feel guilty, and nothing I’ve achieved so far on this journey has even been undermined.  I am working on being anti-fragile - I’m realising that this makes me stronger even when things are chaotic. And I’m proud because my 17 year old self would probably be considering some awful sort of punishment for myself,and generally  feeling like the world had ended - just because I had “slipped up” and been tempted by foods she thought were the enemy. Nah, I’m still in control. And I’m still looking forward to my favourite healthy breakfast tomorrow, and I still plan on walking every roundabout in this town tomorrow (personal challenge - I thought I did it last week but apparently I missed one. So it’s a personal challenge and unfinished business now).

Anyone interested in anti-fragility might be interested in this article one of my fave psych blogs linked to last week:

Live Like a Hydra - How to get stronger when things are chaotic

Chaos monkeys - chaos monkeys everywhere.

[memariamyself]

Grrrr

So I completely lost track on the October challenge! Sowie! Roll on Noweighnovember 😊 who's with me?

[brighterjen]

Day 2 of November Challenge

Day 2: What have you done today to make you feel proud.

Well, today I have been able to pack a lot of my stuff for my trip to America, and I have also been able to study my butt for my math and science tests tomorrow! 

Overall, I'm proud of what I've been through so far, from 10 hours of tutoring each week, over 500+ vocabulary words learned in 10 weeks, extra math homework, interviewing lessons along with school work- I've been able to get through it all.

Now everything I've done will be used for the ten days I'm in America as I have interviews and campus tours for boarding school! :)

>> JOIN THE SUPER COOL NOVEMBER CHALLENGE << 

[loveworkinghardeveryday]

HHBP Day 31: What Have You Learned?

Over the past month I have learned to focus more on myself (health, self-confidence, and self-love.) This challenge really forces you to look within yourself and find things that you didn't see or realize before. Thank you workoutworkitgirl, strongerjen , and pennyswings for creating this challenge!

[basicspace88]

Day 31: what have you learned? It's going to be ok if you just take everyday as it comes!

[thecurvaceousvegan]

Motto for today, everything will be okay with cuddles. My skin isn't that clear though it's just good lighting. Feel kinda naked without make up🙈

[tryingtobewell-blog]

HHPBC Day Twenty-Nine

Day 29: What have you learned throughout this challenge? 

That to get better about talking about myself I need to practice it. I don't often like to draw attention to myself. I would much rather have other people take center stage. That has changed over the past few years since I left high school. Still I would much prefer to prompt somebody else to take the conversation. This challenge has prompted me to think and talk about myself and I think it has made a difference. 

I've also managed to finish this challenge and having responded to each days question, maybe not on the day but they are done. 

[julesthegreatest]

HHBP 23rd Nov

Look in the mirror, what do you see? Did you say something negative? Look closer, look deep into your eyes, look at the incredible person you are, the beautiful smile you have, your cute laugh, you’re beautiful!

I actually felt pretty awesome when I looked into the mirror today.

I am doing something good for myself and I love how it is making me feel more body positive :)

[run-like-a-zombie]

DAY 30: Something that you treasure the most.

One day late, was too busy yesterday. 

What I treasure the most? Every single memory I have of my sister. Every little thing we did, every thing she ever said, every lousy joke she ever told, every thing she ever was. 

The memory of when we walked all the way into the town centre just for her to buy cigarettes and me to buy some candy, and I can't even remember what we talked about then but it was a nice walk. There was snow everywhere and she had just returned to Gotland to celebrate Christmas with us. Her boyfriend was at home with the rest of the family, so it was just me and her. 

The letters she sent me when she lived abroad. I found them again a year ago and I stared crying just from seeing them. I almost cry when I write this now, too. 

But that is what I treasure the most - that I once had a sister. 

[on-my-own-journey]

Health, Happiness, and Body Positivity Challenge

Day 30:  Something that you treasure the most.  

I treasure my body.  I may not always like the way it looks or treat it like I should, but I have legs that take me where I need to go, hands that can draw and write, arms that can lift and carry things, and so much more. It's amazing how much my body can do.

[ofmidnight-blog]

Day 30: something that you treasure the most.

This one is hard. I feel like I treasure a lot of things so I can't choose just one haha but I'm going to say my family, including my friends that are like family. Without them I'd be a big ball of anxiety with no hope.

[loveworkinghardeveryday]

HHBP Day 30: Something You Treasure the Most

My family. It is the most important thing to me.

[basicspace88]

Day 30: something you treasure most My other half is a complete pain in the ass but he is the other half of me and keeps me safe and somewhat same