In Summer!

Oh man.

It has been quite a while since I attempted to write anything.

So much for writing a new blog post every week!

UPDATE ON MY LIFE THUS FAR: I finished my first year of college in May with a 4.0 and made it on SUNY Geneseo’s President’s List.  Yah for me!  What have I done with my summer vacation?  Well, I wrote and published a few novels, learned a new language, founded a charity organization, won a Nobel Peace Prize, and successfully established world peace. 

No big deal or anything.

In actuality, I have been scrubbing toilets for 8 and ½ hours a day, 5 days a week (although, I did get “promoted” to cleaning and waxing floors all day instead).  I also have been eating incessantly, lounging around my house, and catching up with old high school friends.  As for all the other lofty accomplishments I listed above…well…I think you know where this is going.

I always have these grandiose expectations of what I am going to accomplish during winter/summer vacation.  Ideally, I planned on practicing my Spanish daily, reading at least one book per week, completing the knitting project I started, working out at least five times per week, expanding my vocabulary by learning at least one new word a day and using it in a conversation, posting a new blog once a week, keeping up with the headlines every day, refreshing my dance technique, going on all these adventurous excursions, and working a full time job. 

Needless to say I have not quite stuck with everything as I had hoped, but, with that being said, I still have genuinely enjoyed my summer thus far.

Although I may not have been able to check many things off of my “summer to-do list”, I still have had some pretty awesome experiences.  For starters, I have had quite a few fun/adventurous/spur-of-the-moment outings with friends who I have not been able to hang out with much when I was in college.  I also like my job pretty well (although I still complain about it…I mean, it’s still a job) and am grateful I have my own, semi-steady income.  So yeah, overall I have to say my summer is, from a pessimistic point of view, not super suckish.  From a more optimistic point of view, I have to say my summer vacation has been pretty dang good.   

However, I still have over a month of summer ahead of me.  I could still become really motivated, develop a rock-hard willpower, and put a check mark by each and every one of my goals. 

…Or, I could just flop down on my bed with a bowl of Perry’s ice cream, my cat Fritters, and Netflix episodes on my laptop and call it good. ;)

NOTE: this is just a short-and-sweet post quickly updating on my life so far.  I know I am REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bad at consistently posting to my blog, but I do want to get back to actually writing more habitually.  Maybe if I physically type out my writing goals I will be more apt to stick with them.  Here it goes:

Rachel’s Writing Goals That She Promises (Hopefully/Fingers Crossed) To Keep:

1.      I will write a minimum of 2 blog posts each month (unless some traumatic event takes place that impairs me from doing so…like a tragic Great White shark attack accident that results in the loss of both my hands).

2.      I will follow my #1 goal and NOT make excuses/put off writing because I am too “busy” scrolling through Facebook statuses and watching Netflix.

3.      In the case that I mess up on my goals (accidentally, of course), I promise to deactivate my Facebook account for 1 week.

4.      In the case that I don’t deactivate my social media account, I promise to go 1 week without coffee (yikes!).

5.      In the case that I don’t go 1 week without coffee…well, let us hope that my lack of discipline and self-control does not get to that point.

ANOTHER QUICK NOTE: Since July marks the one-year point of me being an herbivore, I think it only appropriate to write a post about why I chose to become a vegetarian in the first place.  That will be my next blog post!

                       HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING SUMMER!