Whew, 21 days just FLEW by.
Okay, not really….
honestly, I think it was the longest 21 days of the year.
Gotta love those self challenges, right?
But, today is the last day!!!!
And I am relieved and excited and completely rejuvenated.
To be honest, I didn’t excel.
I wasn’t perfect.
But I ended up being okay with that.
And I think that was my biggest lesson in all of this.
But there was more…..
I learned:
That I have to let go of trying to accomplish all things in such a way.
That I am human.
That change is a process,
and I deserve grace just as much as anyone else.
That I love the blessings journal.
That I need to work on the self talk…
so I got this workbook and my two best friends and I are going to go through it together.
I started a new way of writing my To Do lists that motivates me more to get things done.
I now begin the day with my bible reading and morning pages,
time for me….
time for reflection.
I let go of a friendship that was unhealthy.
I said goodbye, and I moved forward.
I had moments of giving up,
and moments of persevering.
I struggled with faith,
and managed to stay true to it at the same time.
I sighed,
I hoped,
I laughed,
I cried,
I learned,
I grew.
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Your final challenge….
write out what you learned,
good and bad.
Most importantly,
take note of what will be held in your heart as you walk away from these three weeks.
© 2010 “Le Musings of Moi”
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It truly has been a long 3 weeks! But I thought it was ending tomorrow so I am happy that today is the last day!
I can’t tell ya how many times I fought the urge to drink soda. Which means that I am tired and cranky A LOT because that is when I wanted it the most.
My most important lesson- to be present in my kid’s lives.
Wow, I love self-knowledge and self-growth. Way to go, that’s awesome 🙂
You learned alot! I agree- change is a process…Enjoy your weekend 🙂
I think you hit the nail on the head: “I deserve grace just as much as anyone else.” If we could all internalize that lesson, I think we would be so much better off.
And I’m speaking as someone who hasn’t done that, but desperately wants to. I’m slowly realizing that we judge ourselves and compare ourself and hold ourselves up to this standard like no one else even comes close to doing. We need to be as nice to ourselves as others are to us.
AMEN, Summer. I’m so glad you took such positives away from this challenge; I might have to go back and do it myself!
Longest 3 weeks of my flipping life… seriously! & all that sweet giving up got me nowhere on the scale b/c i just ate other things when I wanted sweets. BAD. haha. I didn’t gain, I just didn’t lose either… so I shouldn’t complain!
I’ve been saving all of my write ups on my days and will post them tomorrow 🙂
Love it girlfriend.. it all made you a better person 🙂
i must have misssed the train for the 21 days thing but i love learning lessons like this! i hope you can continue to learn from your experience.
much love beautiful!
summer, i love this. i love that you stuck to this and saw it through. i need to go through some changes myself, i just don’t know how ready i am for them…
I really wish I could get rid of one certain unhealthy relationship in my life (I wrote a post about her)…
but I loved this. I didn’t do every challenge but I loved the ones I did.
Can I inquire about the new to do list method?? I could use some serious help in that area. Ah ha ha
I’m with Kristin…I think you need to share your new to do list method…mine are SO not working!
It sounds like you had a very fruitful and productive 21 days. Proud of you girl!
yay for growing and learning and feeling better about yourself!
Congratulations! I hope that tomorrow is AWESOME for you!
Good for you!
Glad you hear that you learned so much, let some things go, and became a better and more beautiful you!
I can’t believe it’s already been 3 weeks! Congrats on making it through!