The main thing I want to stop doing is eating at Gibbes. Just kidding. Maybe. Not really. Let's be real, Gibbes let me down every time. But it's so conveniently close! So realistically, will I keep going back? Yes. Dammit Gibbes. You mock me.
The REAL thing I want to stop doing is procrastinating. Shocker, right? I know, novel stuff. But on the real, procrastinating is a legitimate battle. Here's a glimpse of an assignment period in the life of Jo:
Step 1. Give self false hope that I can successfully complete an assignment in one day, or in only a few sittings.
Step 2. Proceed to procrastinate on said assignment.
Step 3. Realize I fucked up after it's already too late.
Step 4. Cram.
Step 5. Soft sob.
Step 6. "I'm never doing this again."
Step 7. Repeat.
Or, an alternative assignment period mapped out by an example:
Young Jo has two assignments. She has a super fun photography project due in a week, and an incredibly tiresome essay due tomorrow. Guess which one she chooses to work on?
So, as you can see, my life is a constant cycle of doing next to nothing and then doing everything in a period of like two days, or of putting my priorities in the wrong order. Ideally I'll stop doing this so I don't start getting grey hairs before I'm 30. In actuality, will I ever be that person that's always prepared and then some days before assignments are due? Probably not. But there is a happy medium.
-A slight disclaimer that while I do procrastinate often, I have it down to a science and manage to get overall solid grades while always completing my work. My success with procrastinating doesn't help towards the cause of me ceasing to do it.-
The main thing I want to continue doing is going to RUF and its peripheral events. I love the people there, and am already forming great friendships with tons of them. They also talk about faith in a way completely contrasting what I grew up with, and it's really refreshing. I feel like I grow a lot as a person by being involved with them.
I'm also playing and singing (yikes) with their band tonight for the first time, which was decided last night because they needed another person. (I'd never played with them before, or even practiced with them for that matter.) Wish me luck!
And last but not least, the thing I want to start doing is writing (for more explanation refer to personal challenge idea). Okay, technically, I started writing two days ago, but I want to actually start writing. And keeping up with it. And enjoying it while I'm at it. I know I've scarcely begun my composition, but I can already tell I'll enjoy doing it if I allow myself to enjoy it. I might even incorporate photography into the project, because it could both visualize my ideas and give me something I LOVE doing to add to it and look forward to.
The selfie(s) that best describe my week technically happened last week during my time at home as a refugee from the floodpocalypse, but the blog got pushed back so I'm sharing them now. I have to share two for you to get the full effect.
This is the before picture. Notice the utter dumbfounded joy. Also notice how soaking wet we are. It rained the entire first hour we were there. (Disclaimer: don't ride a rollercoaster in the rain. It feels like bullets.) Also my sister photobombed.(:
This is the after. Notice how totally and completely awestruck my friend Ben is. Also, though it's hard to tell, we were completely dry by this time.
After we got off the ride, I saw a guy in a squid hat and said "I love your squid hat!!" as he walked by. He yelled back, "I love you!!" Then, a few more steps forward, I looked down and found 10 whole dollars on the ground! The entire night was just fan-freaking-tastic.
