for the second month of the year. How did I do?
Be more patient with those around me: last month I talked about how it was hard living with my mom and sister once again and how i was pretty impatient with them. Well, honestly now that I am out of the house, things are so much better. Living apart is what works for us. I have also started to really work on not letting the little things bother me and it makes life so much more easier to enjoy. It isn't like I don't care anymore but I just decided that only some of the stuff is trivial and I shouldn't bother with it.
Be more active in keeping in touch with family and friends: I think I have done pretty good job with this one. I met up with two of my friends from the Valley during the month. Also met some old coworkers for drinks one night (pomegranate margaritas = yum!) and another night met other friends for dinner. Was good to catch up with all. With my family, I have been emailing some of them and keeping in touch with what we have been up to. We had some family drama at the end of January which sort of made everyone retreat back to their lives and not be in touch as much. It is sad because we had been having a great rapport in group emails but now it's more of a one on one.
Read a book a month:I did it! During my lunch hour this month, I read T
ales of the City: A Novel by Armistead Maupin. It was recommended to me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a quick and entertaining book. It's a story of a woman who moves to SF in the 70's and her new life and the people she meets. I already read my one book for March. I read
Twilight in one day. I gave into the hype. I will probably read the rest of the series in the upcoming week and will make a serious effort to read another book. Maybe I will tackle
The Alchemist this month.
Not buying any more make-up unless they are essentials i.e. foundation, moisturizer, etc.: Seriously impressed with myself. The MAC Hello Kitty collection came out and although I was drooling over it, I did not get a single thing. Not one. I did go into Benefit to get my brows done but again, I didn't even browse. Don't need the make up and don't need the temptation.
Drink more water and less diet soda: I decided to give up soda for Lent. I hadn't been drinking as much as before but thought that maybe I could get rid of it once and for all. Committing to 40 plus days of no soda should do the trick. I am not a hard core Catholic by any means but I decided to do something for Lent. I have been drinking a lot of water and also a lot of tea. While I was sick, I found this brand of tea that is very yummy. They are a local company and their tea is amazing. It's
Might Tea Leaf and some of the teas that I have tried that I enjoyed are Chamomile Citrus and Green Tea Tropical. They are having a 15% promo code (teatweet) if you order from their site any of the 15 count or 100 count tea pouches.
Prepare a budget and actually follow through with it: this month was a total dud. Moving totally threw the budget I had prepared into whack. Between moving expenses, getting things for the apartment and other miscellaneous items that I needed, I spent way too much money. But it was all things that I needed and one time expenses. I hope that I can get in line in March.
Try to be more open to new people and places: FAIL!
Once I get my new place, invite more people over than when I did when I lived in the Valley: Just moved into this place two weeks ago and it isn't presentable yet. Although, people are already asking me when I am having a house warming soiree. Soon!
Take better care of me: been doing ok on this one. Still shopping at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods and trying to avoid junk food as much as possible. I am checking into joining WW again. Need to find a center close by.
Not spending so much on frivolous items: this one was out of control due to the move. However, the only real frivolous item was my
Slanket and now that I have it in my possession, it was totally worth it and an essential.
