"No spend challenge!"

     Since I am currently in the process of buying a house, it has become very essential that I learn to save money. I was looking up creative ways to help make that concept more "fun", and I came across this chart! I added up the amount of money I spend a week, and was pretty much appalled at my spending habits! I decided this may be a good way to help make myself realize that I really don't need to spend money on anything but necessities! I am excited to learn if I am able to complete this challenge or not! I love making lists and crossing things out, so I think the idea of crossing off the days, or coloring in the boxes of each day, will be motivating for me!

"... done enough"

     Everyone always talks about how relaxing adult coloring books are. I love coloring and drawing, but surprisingly, I had never used an adult coloring book! For graduation two years ago, a friend bought me an adult coloring book, but I just stuck it on a shelf and forgot about it. I figured this was finally a chance to try it out! Well... it was pretty close to torture! I chose really thin tip markers so I could color in all the spaces. My hand cramped up instantly, I felt myself getting anxious trying to choose colors, and I felt myself getting bored rather than feeling relaxed! I tried to force myself to enjoy this "relaxing activity"... but I couldn't do it and just started scribbling into the design, and couldn't even finish it that way!
     This activity really showed me first hand that every one really is different when it comes to relaxing activities and coping strategies. I know a lot of people who really enjoy these coloring books, but I feel pretty certain I will never color a page from one again, I prefer free hand drawing!

"Who are you"

     I took this picture of my pup yesterday. I used my iPhone X to take the photo, I tried many different settings within my camera, and struggled to find the one that best showed all the aspects I was trying to capture! I grew an appreciate for photographers in this moment, it's difficult to try and get your subject (my puppy in this case) to look "just right" and have everything else line up as well!
 My puppy was laying in the kitchen staring at this little bug, watching him crawl around. He started inching closer to the bug as it was getting further away, and tilting his head back and forth, as if saying "what are you?" "who are you?" "what are you doing?". I was surprised that my puppy wasn't lunging forward and eating this bug, I really got the impression he was trying to figure out what this thing was!
 In connecting this to myself, I reflected on the fact that sometimes, we just need to sit and observe a situation before making a hasty decision on how to handle it, which i do all too often. I was amazed at my puppy's self control in this moment to lay there and figure out what to do with this thing, when people have such a hard time with this concept.