I know I suck. . . I haven't done anything with this in about five months. Can I still use the, "I'm busy with school and figuring out how to get into medical school" excuse? Hopefully so, because that honestly is the reason why. It's not like I *cough* forgot about this blog or anything. Just to prove it, I use Google Chrome. And on my start up screen, I have a few apps, one of which is Blogger. Every time I turn on my computer, which is pretty much every day if not multiple times a day, and go to do homework (look at Tumblr or YouTube) I would see the little orange Blogger icon and think, "hmmm I should post something" and then get distracted before I could. I'm also go to put a disclaimer right now that I have been writing essays for the past hour and a half, so I'm not even going to try to proofread this post and make sure I have commas where commas are supposed to go. I mean who am I kidding, I don't really use proper grammar all the time here anyways. So now that I have rambled for a bit as per usual, let's get on with the purpose of this post.
I am now eight days into 2014 and while my New Years was particularly boring and sad, a story for another time, I naturally have been thinking about what I want to accomplish in wonderful 2014. I was never one for New Years Resolutions because 1) I have a lot of goals that can't really be accomplished within a year, or shouldn't take me a whole year to accomplish and 2) while I think it's nice and wonderful to think about how you want to change your life in the coming year by making a resolution, most people tend to give up on their resolutions by the time February hits. Side note: I think I just made that list because I just finished re-reading Paper Towns by John Green and he does a lot of those lists in that book. So instead, I have come up with some things that I want to do in the year 2014 and hope to keep up with them throughout the year, or as long in the year as they have to be kept up with. You'll understand what that meant in a minute.
Just as the majority of Americans, I want to exercise more. I think I did a pretty good job doing that near the end of 2013, but I want to do better this year. Another side note: does anyone else who is in school tend to think about years in semesters or just school years? Like when I say "near the end of 2013" I really mean the fall semester 2013. And it's also hard for me to think about 2013 because I want to think about it as the end of my sophomore year and beginning of my junior year. Anyways, I hope to do some form of exercise for at least 30 minutes at least three times a week. But let's be honest, I will be proud of myself if I exercise at least once a week once classes start up again. My other goal for half of 2014 is to study for the MCAT for at least 30 minutes every day. I haven't decided if I want to give myself a break on weekends or not, I think I'll wait to see how well I do once classes start. Time is ticking away and I am getting closer and closer to when I have to take the MCAT and I only want to have to take it once.
To keep me motivated for both goals, I have adopted the "Don't Break the Chain" method. Initially created by Jerry Seinfeld and then brought to my attention by Charlie McDonnell, I think it's one of the few techniques that will actually keep me motivated because I am such a visual person. If you don't know what I'm talking about go ahead and check out Charlie's video "Don't Break the Chain". Karen Kavett has also made some 2014 calendars if you want to go ahead and try this technique out. Go to her page here to print them out.
I've done relatively well since starting, however, I didn't start on January 1st because I kinda didn't think to do it til afterwards, but better late than never right? Let me know if you decide to try this method or what your New Years Resolution is!
