Regaining Rhythm

So, thus begins a new chapter in my life: Monday of this week I cleaned out my office and turned in my keys at my old job.

Which means I am now self-employed through Mary Kay! And I will be doing whatever I can to fill in the the income gaps until I reach the position of Sales Director!

There are so many changes I need to make to my life:

- become debt-free
- lose 60+ lbs.
- pursue healing and discipline in my spiritual life

This blog will now serve to track my efforts!

During my freshmany year of college, each girl in our dorm was given a complimentary copy of Matthew Kelly's book The Rhythm of Life. I LOVED it. I started rereading it and realized how much I need the wisdom of that book in my life right now, especially as I exit the chaotic merry-go-round that fulltime ministry became for me.

Matthew presents three instruments for helping with this are.
a) Going to bed/rising at the same time every day. This is an EXCELLENT resolution for me. I've also read an article that says exposure to sunlight between 6-8:30 am helps to regulate sleeping patterns and to wake you up more for the day. So, for now, I am resolving to rise at 8:00 am. There, I am publishing it!

b) The second instrument is to have a consistent "Seventh Day" - a sabbath, or day of rest every week. That has DEFINITELY not happened in my life, but I am now resolving to take back Sunday!

c) The third is to have a regular time for prayer and reflection in one's life. I am SO inconsistent with this, but now that I'm in totaly control of my schedule, I am resolving to start going to daily Mass. There's an 8:30 am Mass at the Catholic Church near my residence, so I am going to start walking/riding a bike over there!


I was afraid to try to do this without knowing what my work routine is going to look like, but until something changes, I'm going to go for it anyway! In addition to implementing the three instruments, my goals to be completed by the end of August are as follows:

a) to find enough steady income to cover my necessities (nannying is what I'm shooting for).

b) To go on-target to drive free with Mary Kay! That means I really need to step it up, both with sales and with team-building. This is the car I am going to earn:



They say it takes 28 days to solidify habits - let's see how it goes for me!

Ever Up in the Air

I cannot believe how easily life gobbles away our intentions - like mine to write in this blog at least once a week. Then - snap! more than 6 months pass and suddenly I realize I abandoned this project. Well, no more!

Inspiration: this week I accepted a post as the "Catholicism Examiner" for Examiner.com's Lansing site! I'll be writing a few blurbs each week about Catholic life. The kick to start writing again made me realize how much of a good thing I meant to do with my own blog, so I'm coming back to it.

Now, I could write about how living with my parents didn't work out, how my best friend left his path toward seminary and how we fell in love and are now dating, or about how I resigned from my youth ministry job and am living in my grandmother's attic while leaping in faith toward a full-time Mary Kay business. I hope to get around to all three of those subjects, but for now it is enough to say that God has been taking me on a crazy journey lately and there will be a lot to talk about!