My War With Laziness And The Beginnings Of My New Year's Resolutions (Post #21)

Flossing is something that I don't normally do. I know I'm supposed to and it's essential for good dental health. I always gave myself excuses for not flossing--trying to justify it. So, I've gone for 17 years without flossing more than ten times. The importance of flossing never really hit me until I made a visit to the Dentist's this past week. I've always been all clear, with no cavities and good dental hygiene even without flossing. But this past visit, they took x-rays of my teeth and showed me the beginnings of cavities between several of my back molars! I was shocked. And do you know what they recommended? Flossing.

You may wonder why I have decided to grace you with the story of my dentist appointment. Or, you may be thinking, "TMI!" Whatever it is, I assure you, it has a point!

We've all heard the quote saying, "Man is his own worst enemy." It has been so ingrained into my head that I can't even remember when I first heard it.

I've been battling my naturally lazy tendencies ever since more responsibilities were given to me. Even now, I should be doing something else. And here I am, writing a blog post. (I call it productive procrastination, but really is there any such thing as PRODUCTIVE procrastination?)

At the beginning of this winter break, I thought that I would get so much work done. It's now the end of winter break and I haven't done half of the things I wanted/needed to do. It's not because I didn't have the time, it was because I was lazy or wanted to do something that was more exciting. I kept putting them off like my flossing.

I think part of the problem is that my lack of discipline and my aggravating tendency to procrastinate hasn't really cost me anything yet. I know that it will catch up with me. But the fact that it hasn't so far has been a horrible enabler. Just like how I was able to get by without any cavities for 17 years without flossing.

I keep putting off giving up procrastination. (Yes, procrastinating once again.) I don't want to have to experience something horrible because of my procrastination catching up with me. My mom and dad always tell me stories of what they did when they were younger and end with, "...Learn from my mistakes." I need to learn from their mistakes and the mistakes that I am likely to make if I continue on this path.

Laziness is something that God hates: "Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth." Proverbs 10:4 And it needs to be something that I conquer!!!

Yes, I am my worst enemy. I have a constant battle with myself every day. If I had my way, I would stay in bed or bum around my house in my pajamas all day. But would that please the Lord? Would I get anything worth-while done? NO!!!

This past trip to the Dentist got me thinking about my bad habits. And now, I'm going to make a bigger point of giving them up. Look at that, just in time for the New Year, too!

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope that you make some New Year's Resolutions and keep to them. I'll try my best if you do. :)

More On Growing Up. (Post #20)

Hi, everyone!

I know that it's been a while since my last post. School has started up and I'm still trying to get the hang of my new schedule. I just got my pre-calculus book in the mail today and I'm SUPER excited about it (did you catch the sarcasm there?)!

Anyway, I can't believe how rainy it has been for these past few weeks. School starts and all of a sudden it rains non-stop! I'm the kind of person that gets kinda serious and sober when it rains. I believe I might have a "light" case of what is called SAD.

SAD - also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder. (I always knew I had SOME kind of a disorder...lol)

According to www.mayoclinic.com, SAD is:

 "...a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year [Check]. If you're like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody [Check]. Less often, seasonal affective disorder causes depression in the spring or early summer [Not quite]..."

Since I've been in a more serious mood, I've really started to think about my life and the years to come. I've already had the epiphany about how I'm growing up and can't do anything about it (take a look at my post titled "Life..."). But I've just realized what growing up really means.

I think that when you "grow up," you take responsibility for yourself. That's a really big part of growing up. I know that when I was younger I would always look at my mom for approval before I did anything. Now, (I'm not saying that I'm all grown up now, but I'm on my way.) I don't need to look to my mom before I do something (frankly, she doesn't really want me to either.). I am required to make more decisions on my own. And I guess I kinda like that. :)

When you grow up, I think that you take responsibility for others as well. When you are a little kid, all you think about it yourself. I know this from watching other little kids and our family's home videos. I was a really obnoxious little kid. All I cared about was myself! My mom must have seriously loved me. Little children are always concerned about what movie they want to watch, the snacks that they want to eat, they think that you are only there to please them.  I'm not saying that I don't like little kids. I LOVE KIDS! I'm just saying that they don't know how to empathize and think about others yet. And that's why they need us to teach and take care of them until they can think for themselves and empathize with others. :)

So... the meaning of growing up (to me) = taking responsibility for others + taking responsibility for yourself

I hope this post was ok... considering that I'm a bit out of practice... :P

Thanks for reading. :)

HAH! (Post #19)

I figured out how to allow comments on my other pages! Yay! :) Take that, Blogspot!!!!!!

I figured you out!!!!! :P

lol I get WAY too excited about some things...

Anywhoo... Go comment! ;)

I'll post an actual post later... 

Meanwhile...

Haha! It's called When I Was A Youngster by Rizzle Kicks. I don't know anything about them. I just came across this and thought they had funny accents... AND they look like them had a lot of fun making this video. :)