So after finally receiving my results, the countdown begins to graduation - and I'm really motivated to look my best. This is the first time in my academic career that I've actually managed to pull it out the bag and do quite well - and that calls for celebration. I've found my dress, I'm still on the hunt for my shoes, and I'm yet to order my gown and hat (haha, priorities). This is the last hurrah, the final goodbye, and the beginning for adulthood for most, so of recent, I've been determined to look and feel my best - so for me that means goodbye to the uni student diet, and hello to early morning runs with my Fitbit.
I've been on the "better lifestyle grind" for a few weeks now, and it's shown as I've shed a few pounds - so I'm heading in the right direction, but it seems I'll have to step things up - the day I'm writing this post marks two months until the big day... and I'm still nowhere near where I'd like to be. But that's okay, I'm still actively working towards my ideals and it's actually becoming fun, and in ways has been such a humbling experience - when I first got out and started running, I ran way too fast to start and kept that up for maybe two minutes before becoming completely out of breath and having to walk/jog for the next fifteen before giving up. Seeing the changes in my endurance now, as well as my strength has really shown me that good things take time, not to worry about getting there 'cause I will - and so I should have fun doing it.
This time more than ever has shown me that setting goals is one of the only ways I'll be able to cope with leaving university. Though in ways it's been fun to kind of do my own thing, work when I want to, and catch up on all the things I didn't have time for while I was studying, there is the overwhelming realisation that this is the end of this 18-year-long chapter and the start of the rest of my life. And instead of letting the thought of all this overcome me, setting small, achievable goals along the way makes things feel a little bit more bearable - even if at first it doesn't seem that way.
Having good intentions help, but actually writing things like to-do lists or putting things in your calendar allows you to hold yourself accountable. A person once said "Intent without action means nothing.", and this statement reigns true for me and I will use as motivation for the next three years of my life until it's well ingrained in my being. Intent without action means nothing.
These next eight weeks will be interesting, but I'm loving the journey so far.
C x
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