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Day 16 Reflection pt.1 (Where I realize that I still have no clue...) and Reflection pt. 2 (Where I see my improvement and set goals to help me) and Day 17 (then we're caught up!)


REFLECT: WHAT DO YOU NEED?
Part 1
These are questions you can journal, reflect on, or talk through with a partner. 
  1. What are the activities I need to do every day to feel good in my skin? Well the point of me doing this 30 day challenge is to figure this out! I still have not.
  2. What are the activities I need to do every day to feel good in my mind? Listening to music or my audiobook has been helping me decompress on the way home from work...does that count?
  3. What are the activities I need to do every day to feel prepared for work? Checking my calendar every morning. Keeping on top of what is due and when. My Things to Do list.
  4. What activities do I need to do less of to feel good in my skin? Stop worrying and ruminating about what is happening at school/in the classrooms
  5. What activities do I need to do less of to feel good in my mind? I don't know...
  6. What activities do I need to do less of to feel prepared for work? I don't know...
Part 2
Where I decide to:
I know that the wording in this is very "self critic" and very self-deprecating, but I don't want to make excuses (I'm so tired when I get home, I've been crashing until I have to make dinner, then taking a bath and scrolling through Reddit until I'm ready to fall asleep.) No, I am absolutely NOT taking care of me. 
Let's take a moment to focus and reflect on the positive...
What I HAVE been doing since starting this challenge:
1. I have been going to bed after Scarlet falls asleep instead of sitting on the couch until midnight scrolling through Reddit
2. I have been taking less work home with me
3. I have been cooking dinner
4. I have been eating healthy
5. We HAVE played some board games/Jack Box games together...
1. Eat dinner around the table instead of in front of the tv (update: nope)
2. Do some sort of exercise for the sake of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (update: nope)
3. Less Reddit and more reading my books (update: did it last night)
4. LESS TIME IN THE GODDAMN BATH (update: nope)

 Day 17- Mantra
This is a great mantra to remember as you work to set more boundaries between work and life.
 
MANTRA: WHEN I SAY 'NO', I AM REALLY SAYING 'YES' TO SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT.

Hey I actually like this one...

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