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How To Reinvent Myself

So, it's been brought my my attention that some of the things in my life need to change.  And by some of the things I mean almost every aspect of my life.  And so to kick start myself doing this I've made a collection of lists to help me into this new life of mine.  Now it's important to remember that it takes time for a new lifestyle to become habit and one of my main flaws is that I'm lazy and never follow through with anything, so while there is a lot on this list, it may take years for all of it to come together.  I have it written down in a journal, but I wanted to share it on here.  So without further ado the lists of reinvention!

Step One: Get My Shit Together

How: 

• Wake Up Each Day (Preferably before 9, or even before 11)
• Clean My Room
• Open My Curtains
• Shower Daily
• Brush My Teeth Twice A Day
• Do My Laundry Regularly
• Do My Chores
• Keep My Room Clean And Organized
• Keep My Bathroom Clean

Step Two: Become An Active Member Of The Household

How:

• Leave My Bedroom
• Kep Keep The House Clean
• Talk To Others
• Go To Church
• Actually Sit Down For Family Dinners

Step Three: Become A Healthy Human

How:

• Morning Walks
• Clean And Cleanse My Skin Twice Daily 
• Use The Apps On My Phone For Stretches 
• Start Eating Healthier
• Stop Picking At My Pimples And Blackheads
• Weekly Sin Treatments
• Join A Gym

Step Four: Being Organized

How:

• Start Each Day With A List
• Start Using A Diary To Track Appointments
• Keep My Desk Tidy
• Follow A Schedule 

Step Five: Finances

How:

• Put $100 (Cash) Aside Each Fortnight
• Only Spend $50 on Pleasure Each Week
• Track All Expenses In A Book

Step Six: Employment And Skills

How:

• Get A Part-Time Job (15 Hours)
• Start A *Free* Bookkeeping Course
• Read 'Event Management For Dummies'
• Do A 'Proper' Bookkeeping Course
• Do A Six Month/Three Month Beauty Course
• Suzan Johnston

Step Seven: Writing And Blogging

How:

• Plan My Posts
• Finish/Re-Do Holiday Blog Posts In List Format With Pictures
• Plot Out All Four Book In Werewolf/Seer Series
• Create A Visual Book For Characters
• Take Photos For Blog
• Use Instagram And Twitter More Often
• Actually WRITE
• Book Reviews
• Products Reviews
• Recipes 

Step Eight: Appearances

How:

• Work On My Everyday Make Up Look
• Start Styling My Hair
• Plan My Outfits
• Purchase Better Clothes
• Practice Walking In Heels
• Wear Nail Polish And Maintain It
• Practice Make Up Looks (Cat Eye, Eyeliner)
• Maintain Brows
• Shave Leg Regularly
• Exfoliate Legs 

Step Nine: Faith

How:

• Go To Church
• Pray
• 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make you paths straight.' Proverbs 3:5-6

Step Ten: A Little Of Everything

How:

• Posture
• Answering The Phone
• Etiquette 
• Making My Own Appointments
• Maintaining My Medication
• Feeding Fairy Floss (and Tabitha)
• Cleaning Litter Tray DAILY
• Cooking More
• Socialising. 

So there it it, ten lists of things I can do to overall improve myself as a human being.  What do you need to improve to be a better human being?  

Live long and prosper, Godspeed.

Becca

xxx

Self Evaluation

Sometimes I think I'm a sucky blogger, but then I remember that my blog is a Self-Blog.  It's my own and I don't owe anyone specifics posts.  I don't have to post what I think others will enjoy and I don't have to feel anxious that I haven't posted my holiday post, it's mine and if I don't blog for three months because the idea of doing it fills me with dread then I don't have to and the fact that I haven't blogged shouldn't interfere with my fiction writing (which it has).

100 Things I Love

1. Spring
2. My friends
3. Reading a Good Book
4. Procrastination
5. Lists
6. Netflix
7. Constellations
8. Cumulus Clouds 
9. Make-Up
10. Curled Hair
11. My Bed
12. Music
13. Lemonade
14. Strawberry Clouds 
15. Verona
16. Money
17. Op-Shops (Thrift Stores)
18. The word 'Eclectic' 
19. Taking Pictures
20. Daydreaming
21. Warm Summer Storms
22. Red Lipstick
23. Clean Rooms
24. The Idea of Eating Healthy
25. Receiving Mail (Postal)
26. My Laptop
27. Notebooks
28. Cute Postcards
29. Sweet Hot Chocolate
30. Wood Fires
31. Laughing with my Friends
32. Relief
33. Cat Cuddles
34. Turquoise 
35. Lamb Roasts (with Roast Potato, Maple Roasted Carrots, Sweet Corn and Mint Jelly/Sauce)
36. Fluffy Baby Animals
37. The Sound of the Ocean
38. My God
39. Inside Jokes
40. Chinese Take-Away
41. Soft Hair
42. The word 'Frivolous' 
43. Novelty Pens (of just Pretty Pens)
44. Queen Anne's Lace (it's a Flower) 
45. Summer/Spring Dresses
46. Lace
47. Old Things
48. Memories
49. E-Books
50. The Smell of Old Books
51. Flower Crowns
52. The Sound Typewriters Make
53. The Sound Film Cameras Make When You Take A Photo
54. Kittens
55. Electric Blankets 
56. Owning Useless Things 
57. Winnie The Pooh
58. Pink Sunsets
59. The Smell in the Air After Rain
60. Disney
61. Writing 
62. Sleeping
63. Miracles 
64. Names
65. The Internet
66. Lollies
67. Laughing Until It Hurts
68. Pampering Myself (although I suppose I actually love the outcome, the actual pampering can be exhausting..) 
69. Having my Nails Done
70. Crisp Clean Sheets
71. Surprising Myself With What I Can Achieve When I Work For It
72. Being Lazy
73. Being Productive
74. Musicals (Broadway)
75. My Eyes
76. Prettily Wrapped Presents  
77. Giving People A Reason To Be Proud Of Me
78. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
79. Matching Underwear Set (Bra and Undies) 
80. The Smell of Coconut
81. Feeling Confidant 
82. Fairy Lights
83. Reliquaire Fudge 
84. Having Aspirations
85. Greek Mythology 
86. Guys with Muscles 
87. Wicked Wings
88. Fresh Bread with Butter
89. Tall Guys
90. Forehead Kisses
91. Paper Stars
92. Glitter
93. Seeing Different Cultures
94. Hugs (Sometimes)
95. Seeing Somebody For The First Time (See Here For Clarification: http://alistofthingsilove.tumblr.com/post/5711442177/1150-seeing-somebody-for-the-first-time)
96. Family
97. Not Feeling Anxious 
98. When People Notice My Quirks
99. Talking All Through The Night
100. Myself. 

TO DO LIST: 15/06/2015 Monday

1) Cookie Pick Up.
2) APM Appointment.
3) Book Orthadontist Appointment.
4) Buy Blue Hair Dye.
5) Lunch at Exposeures with Cookie and Zac.
6) Buy New Toiletries (Toothbrush, Shavers, Shampoo).
7) Check Centrelink - WTH is going on with my Youth Allowence?

TO-DO LIST: 15/06/2015 SUNDAY

1) Wake up before lunch time.  (preferably around ten thirty) -Failed to wake up before lunch time.

2) Have a shower, actually clean self instead of just standing there. 

3) Clothe -in DAY clothes, not pajamas-

4) Begin cooking roast lamb and assorted extras for family Sunday lunch -Mum's done it. 

5) Finish cooking lunch (afternoon tea) and eat it.  (This should be done when the rest of the family joins and not by myself)

6) Sort out photos into dated and labelled folders on my laptop.  

7) Preferably go to bed BEFORE midnight. 

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Hello lovely people!

I am home, home being Tasmania, after two long months abroad And I can say with all the authority I have, which isn't actually that much, that Tasmania has the best water in the world (well the best water in Italy, Greece, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Israel and China since that's where I went). Cleanest, freshest, nicest tasting water, in my opinion.  So there is that.

Now before you all get ahead of me thinking I'll be doing a sort of travel journalist's article about my holiday; no.  No that is not how I will be sharing my adventure.  I will be sharing it, I promise, the whole thing.  I just need to write it all first and categorize my photos so I know when to add them and so on.  So it'll take a few weeks for the full story to come out.  But I will be posting it in chapters, of a sort.  A post, or article, for each different stage.  After a quick introduction here I'll be including a list of everywhere I went, just the countries and cities, and using ONE WORDS to show how I felt about my time in each place.  Some I enjoyed, some I refused to leave my hotel room.  Please keep in mind that I can become very overwhelmed in new circumstances and situations and that I often found myself wanting to sit in my room and read.  I actually did that quite a lot..  I think I read over twenty three books altogether while I was away.  

While many of you are probably sitting there thinking, "you went away for two months wow, you must be exhausted but now you're home and get to relax," there are others who know that when you get back from a long trip a lot of changes suddenly come at you one after another and it's almost like loosing your grip on the page and flipping a bit ahead.  A lot has happened since I left home, and now that I'm back a lot is being set in motion to happen.  

Just before I left Cookie had a job interview in a small town three hours away from our home city.  On the day we left she went over for a trial at the restaurant/hotel she applied at.  She got the job and has probably experienced this book flipping forwards feelings as within two months she's gained employment, rented her own home, bought a car and acquired  kitten.  What does this have to do with me?  Well, since she is my best friend, and since she is alone in a new small town, and since I need a job, we've decided that I'll be moving down with her.  Hopefully gaining a reception job at the hotel where she works.  I won't say too much, but the little that I have said gives you the idea.  So that's a new change heading my way!

I've also decided to put in more of an investment in my blogging and writing.  I love blogging, I do, I'm the sort of person who can talk about myself for hours and it's a great opportunity to let all that out, but I've been pretty lax on it.  First I used school as an excuse, then my upcoming holiday.  Well now there is no excuse.  I'm going to 'wake-up' my book blog and start writing proper reviews and book related posts and I'll be spending more time writing up my general musings that come together to create my mind.  

Now, as for the writing.  As with blogging I love writing.  But for the most part I procrastinate.  This, in the past, has been because my writing isn't about what I want it to be about.  It's usually been for school or some brief passing idea.  I'm still procrastinating.  BUT since now I can write about what I want to write about, and I have two solid ideas/directions I can go in, I have little reason to procrastinate.  I work better under pressure so I'm going to start creating a daily to-do list that I'll be posting the night before in a separate post that I'll update at night confirming what I did and did not do.  On that to-do list I'll include major writing accomplishments (such as Finish Chapter One, or Edit Chapter Twenty Three).  So those are two things I'm hoping to start up with.  They won't be instantaneous, especially if I'm moving in the next three months as I'll be  little busy relocating. But I'll slowly begin to include them into my day to day life. 

Now I do think I've written enough for this evening, I'll get on with the list and let you be off!

Rome: Chaos.

Florence: Michael.

Verona: Lovely.

Venice: Canals.

Katakolen: Small. 

Naeplion: Boring.

Mykonos: Shopping.

Athens: Spectacular. 

Ephesus: Elegant.

Santorini: Rushed. 

Capri: Vista. 

Paris: Piss. 

Amsterdam: Bikes. 

Zaanse Schans: Cute. 

English Canals: Beautiful. 

London: Trains. 

Jerusalem: Family.

Eilat: Nada.

Petra: Flirts.

Masada: Romans

Tiberias: No.

Haifa: Nada. 

Hong Kong: Humid. 

Italy: Gelato. 

Greece: Ocean. 

Turkey: Hassled. 

France: Alright. 

Holland: Clogs.

England: Theatre.

Israel: Alright. 

China: Yucky. 

Now, please keep in mind some of these words are in reference to the place itself, something that stood out to me, or my personal experience.  I mean no offence, and I hope you enjoy the chapters to come!  Be sure to check out my Instagram becca_theory as the next few weeks progress because I'll be posting photos onto there as I go about sorting them and writing the posts.

Live long and prosper, Godspeed.

Becca.

XX