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| Part of vet school that make it all worth while? The animals. |
But I feel a lot like I'm just drifting through life. That, now that I've gotten on the path I always wanted, I'm not setting new goals for myself. So I thought if I made myself more accountable for the ones that I've been considering by blogging about them, maybe I'll stick to them and they'll become as much a part of my life as my chosen career has been. I have NO clue who will actually be interested in this. To those of you that I'll invite to read this, don't feel bad if it's boring and you stop following after this one entry, I know we all have super busy lives. But if you find my struggle to find purpose and direction something you can relate to, or even just want to help me out with some encouragement and suggestions, I'd love that too! Plus I figure this might be a great way for me to reconnect with people I've lost touch with and get even closer with current friends. And if anyone stumbles across this (never used this site before so not sure how public this really is) feel free to comment as well, just please be nice :-) So here we go!
Goals I'm considering:
Exercise -
I've always felt good after I exercise but I've never seemed to be able to drum up the follow through to do it for very long. I used to swim in high school and I loved it but then I got injured so that went to the sidelines, at least in terms of competition.
In college I tried going to the gym for a while and hated it unless I had someone to go with, and that was hard to find. So I turned to intramural sports to keep myself active. I had SO MUCH FUN playing softball with my friends.
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| Me at bat. I was a horrible hitter, pitching was my only real contribution to the team. The first time I hit the ball over the infielders' heads I couldn't believe it! |
But I got injured way too many times (3 serious ones and a few minor ones I'm sure I don't remember) so now in vet school I've been a little more cautious and haven't been playing sports involving a ball :-P
So what have I been doing recently? Well living in Colorado, hiking is an undeniable draw. I love it! But again, the follow through is what comes in to play. I don't know why I don't do it more. Weather can be an excuse sometimes. I enjoy it more when I go with someone else and it's hard to mesh schedules when you're in such a demanding professional program. But when it comes down to it I need to stop making excuses and just do something!
I've very recently started trying the gym again. Because I love the elliptical (wish I could afford to buy one and just exercise in my home cause I hate having to leave the house to exercise). And I went on a run near my house today just to see how it felt. 1.4 miles in crazy wind was not fun.
So part of me feels like this is just going to have to be a matter of will power. Set a plan and make myself follow it. But what should that plan be...? Or is that even the best way to go about it. Right now what I've set for myself is super simple (which makes we worry I'll weasel out of it too easily). Do something active every other day. Thursday I went to the gym. Today I ran outside. Lets see if it holds up on Monday.
Healthy eating/cooking more -
I love to bake.
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| Pride of my baking skills...I make KICK ASS chocolate chip cookies! |
I dont really enjoy cooking though, unless it's done in the crock pot. So I tend to eat the same things over and over because they're easy to do. Which means they're not always the most healthy choices. I eat lots of pasta. Usually cereal for breakfast (I'm not a morning person so dont even suggest I get up early enough to make something that takes more than 10 minutes in the morning!). I get sick of sandwiches very easily so I always have a hard time planning lunches. Which means I usually take leftover from whatever I made the night before leading to more...you guessed it, pasta! Money is also a huge reason I haven't worked on this goal before. Being on a student's budget (literally living off of student loans) means I feel guilty whenever I spend money on food. But I get bored with the things I cook so I eat out way more often then I should. No idea where to start here...
Gaining back my good study habits -
I was pretty damn good at studying during my first year of vet school. I love to study with other people. Quizzing/discussing concepts is the way I work best. However, as the years went by and we all got more burnt out and were less willing to spend as much time studying I started to study alone more (again meshing schedules with my fellow students was a huge obstacle here). And I apparently suck at studying alone. All I can ever really motivate myself to do is read my notes. And that is NOT an effective method of studying. So my ill defined goal here is to be more proactive about trying to get people to study with me this semester.
Ok I'm sure that's way more rambling than anyone will care about so I'll stop for now. Thanks for reading if you got this far!
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