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28 day challenge, building a life worth living, DBT, getting creative, goals, health, stress management, taking charge of my finances
If you’re just joining me for the first time, I’ve got a list of 10 Major Goals I want to accomplish before I turn 40 in 2016. That’s what I refer to as my Life Worth Living; it’s a DBT thing. If you don’t want to stay stuck where you’ve been in life, you have to figure out where you want to go and what it would take to truly make your life worth living.
Every week I do a Creative, Stress Management, Health, and Financial goal that tie back to my Building a Life Worth Living project. I’ve also added a Simplifying goal that ties into my plan to declutter my life this year. Bit by bit I’m reaching for the stars.
Update from last week:
Another strange, but entirely awesome, week. WOOT!
Creative: I want to finish the knit shrug. Trying this one again. Not yet, but I have joined the second sleeve to be worked in the round so the end is in sight.
Stress Management: I really want to start water aerobics again so I’m going to focus on finding a place. I’m also on vacation this week so I’m going to do my very best to relax. Got in plenty of relaxing, still haven’t for sure found a place to do the water aerobics.
Health: I got some new vitamins, new shampoo/conditioner, and I’m going to try to find a different moisturizer. I need to just get back into taking care of my physical health. Picked up even more vitamins and I’ve been using the new moisturizer every day. I like it even better than the first one.
Financial: I need to make sure that I can cover what’s left for this month including paying for the divorce paperwork. I’ll be selling the Honda so that’ll help. When I sold the Honda I paid off a small loan that I had with Mom, my line of credit at the bank (and then closed it), and my credit card (kept that open for emergencies). I also spent some time looking at what my finances should be now that it’s just me and things will be soooo much more comfortable.
Simplify: I don’t think I really even need this anymore. YAY! Yay!
Goals for this week:
Turns out I do have to report for jury duty, at least tomorrow morning. I’m not pleased by this, but there isn’t much I can do. It does mean that I’m going to try to get some of my work done at home, assuming I can get back into my account. I put in a request to have my name changed back to what it had been before I left on Thursday and they actually did it.
Creative: I want to finish the knit shrug, seriously. It shouldn’t take more than a few more days, tops.
Stress Management: I’m aiming to get back on the treadmill at least 5 times for a minimum of 15 minutes each time.
Health: I really need to get back on the healthy eating bandwagon. There’s been a bit too much crap in my diet lately.
Financial: Even though my situation is more comfortable now, I have got to quit buying shit like I’m loaded.
Mental in the Midwest 
Sounds like you are coming along there. Divorce isn’t easy and you seem on this end anyway to be holding it together. Good job. I am divorced, but not in a position to take care of myself completely. Hoping God has a plan for me when my father passes so I won’t be homeless.
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This is my third divorce, first one that was my idea only. My first husband left me, my second husband and I both decided that things were over. This time it was me telling him that I wasn’t interested anymore. And this has been a long time coming. But thank you.
Somehow you’ll be alright. We’re survivors, we land on our feet.
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Thanks for the belief in me. Yes we are survivors.
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