Decision Day (Day One)

     It hit me tonight when I was scrolling my friend's Twitter feed that I was doing absolutely nothing this summer. Sure she wasn't doing more than me, she might even be doing less than me, she was just doing different things. I don't know why reading her tweets kicked me into gear but it did. I haven't done much with my summer so far. I've only been home from school at Upper Iowa University (UIU) for three weeks. 
     Here is what I've done so far:

1. Work.
2. Read (about four Pretty Little Liars books and recently some fan fiction).
3. Hang out with friends (four or five times).
4. Visit my sister in Madison.
5. Go out on the Mississippi River (once and I spent the whole time reading).
6. Spent a s**t ton of time on the internet (Facebook, Netflix, Tumblr, ect.).

     Outside of work, where I spend my whole shift on my feet, most of these activities are very sedentary. I want to live a more active lifestyle. That being said, I am not the type of person who likes to work out, I'm not an exercise nut. I go through phases where I stick to a regular workout and then I just stop. I get lazy. I don't want to do that anymore. 

     So here are my summer goals (that I made tonight):

1. Do yoga or a stretching routine twice a day, everyday. Starting tonight.
2. Take at least a twenty minute walk everyday.
3. Sketch everyday (starting tonight). I was inspired by a different friend who is posting her daily sketches on a blog, I guess she kind of inspired me to make a blog too.
4. Take at least one good photograph a day.

    Other goals I made earlier this summer:

1. Save $2,000.
2. Finish all the Pretty Little Liars books, including Ali's Pretty Little Lies and Pretty Little Secrets.
3. Read all the books my sister lent me so I can finally return them to her (over a year later).
4. Read three to five other books (that would bring me up to about twenty or twenty-five this summer).
5. Visit my friends stuck down in Iowa at least once.
6. Keep up with my art.
7. Visit my friends and family in Madison.
8. See my boyfriend in person (we are currently 500+ miles apart).
9. Keep in touch with my friends (I'm usually horrible at this, only talking to them once or twice, if at all).
10. Prove myself (whatever that means).
11. Watch the entire series of Castle (I have always liked what I've seen but have never watched it in order).

     So those are my goals for this summer. Yes, some of them are just as sedentary as my life right now, but others will get me up and moving. I have already made plans for a nice hike at a local park with one of my friends! I'm  so excited.

     I plan on making daily posts to this blog explaining what I did each day and how it will help me reach my goals. This may not be interesting to many people out there so I don't expect many, if any, readers but, this is my first blog and it will be nice practice for a future, possibly successful blog. 

     Thank you readers! You are a big help to me in sticking to my goals.