Being Proactive

It is February 21 2018, and the word of the day is PROACTIVE.

According to Mirriam-Webster, it is "acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes"

This word has been lingering throughout the day, for two very different reasons, both on big and small scales.  

I will star the small scale first.  

I have been on vacation since last Friday.  It has been great, and I have been pretty relaxed.  A little...too relaxed.  I have had a list of things on my to-do list for maybe a month that were just such a pain in my but I haven't.  That is, going to the dentist, making a phone call to my bank to open my online account and oh APPLYING FOR MY SPEECH LICENSE.  My speech license, something that I need in order to be successful and efficient in my field of education, and I am just applying for it.

I have been out of college since August and my speech license has been hanging over my head.  now, that was months ago that I should have done it, but I am about as slow as a sloth.  Or a glacier.  

As I got all this done in one afternoon, I asked myself "Kels, why didn't you do this earlier?"  I cannot answer that question because I do not know.

The idea of being a procrastinator and being proactive all comes down to the basic idea that we are avoiding something that we don't want to do.  Even if it is something that is good for us.  

Now it comes to the big scale.  I don't want to get into such a controversial idea, but in order to implement my faith into action. 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says "For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat."  If anyone is to ignore their duties should be held accountable.  

What am I getting at?  I'm getting at what we need to do to be proactive about keeping our kids safe.  As someone who works in schools, it's mind-blowing that we are having this conversation 5 years after Sandy Hook and 20 years after Columbine.  It hurts my heart to see that these grown adults who were not proactive about gun control are choosing not to protect children and innocent lives.  

I, by ignoring the problem, just kick myself later when the deadline is coming up and I am under complete stress.  However, when lives are being lost due to people not choosing to be proactive, well thats incredibly disappointing.  

Intro

I'm a sufferer of Hashimoto's Thyroid Disease and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome who wants to take a healthy step in the next direction.  I am a newly graduate (as new at August 2017) and have moved home back with my parents in the north shore area of Massachusetts.  I hope to take this time and continue to write and document my life in this transition, and to also motivate myself to follow a healthy, faithful and happy life.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart

    and lean not on your own understanding;
 in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:5-6

Post Thanksgiving Chubs

It is Sunday night after Thanksgiving. The past 3 and a half days have been nothing but indulging ourselves in the sweet delicious goodness that this holiday brings to us. Pumpkin pie, alcohol, stuffing and my favorite...MASHED POTATOES. I also had a second Thanksgiving dinner at my brother's house where I indulged myself even more, but had a fantastic time with my family.  I have been doing okay on what I have been eating, drinking green smoothies every morning and cutting out carbs and white breads...until this weekend.  To be honest though, I deserved it.

Lately, I have been feeling a little down.  I don't know if it is because of there's nothing big in my life going on or that I have to look forward to, or that I have been faced with not moving out from my parents house until I am finished with grad school.  I feel like this feeling of "mehhh" is what a lot of post grads have to deal with during this time.  And what can you do?

I have been on a hunt for a new church that I can call home.  I have taken it upon myself to ask my new testament professor who I fully trust to recommend some churches.  I went to one of those churches and I found some peace that I haven't felt in a long time.  I have been missing practicing faith in my life, and I miss it. I want to find an out to this rut I am in, and after this week of Thanks,  I hope to do that.  I pray to God to keep me on track.

But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living.

— 1 Peter 1:15