September 2016 Goals

So its been September for about a week now and I've been thinking about my goals and thought maybe if I write them down, put them out there, I'll be more likely to meet them. These are longer term goals than just September so here they are...

Lose 20 pounds by Thanksgiving.

So this may be a bit lofty, in reality I'm thinking roughly 20 pounds - because to be honest I don't even remember what I looked like at 165. What I do know is that in recent months I've started to dislike what I see in the mirror. Going from a job where I walked an average of 6-8 miles a day to walking maybe 2 has really taken its toll. My mom visited back in July, and while she didn't mention anything (she never would to my face) I could tell she noticed too. I'm not willing to go home at Thanksgiving and have my whole family notice. To help I made a rough 20 week workout plan. I know Thanksgiving is 11 weeks away, but I also signed up for a half marathon in January.

Run a 3:00 Half Marathon

On a whim I decided to sign up for the Rock & Roll half marathon in Phoenix with my mom and aunt. Both run a lot more than me and will be faster. While I don't mind them finishing ahead of me, my mom usually does, I would like to finish roughly around the same time as them. So that where my 20 week training plan comes in. Its really no where near the plans I see online, that's because I wanted it to really reflect how I'll actually workout and the activities I like to do. For example, Ben, the greatest zumba instructor ever, comes back next week, meaning my zumba days will increase. I know I'll need to get my millage up, but I still want to do bbg.

Run a 1:10 10K on Thanksgiving

For the past two years my mom and I have run the Clark County Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Its something I talked about doing every year on Thanksgiving while I saw all these pictures of others doing it but never did. So when we finally thought about it before turkey day one year I said why not do the 10K over the 5K and thus a tradition was born! The first year I ran it in 1:16, a PR since I had never done that distance before. Seriously, always run new distances, you'll always get a PR! Last year I ran it in 1:19, I contribute part of that to the fact it didn't get above freezing the entire race! So this year the goal is 1:10, a nice round number and works out to about 11 minute miles.

Enter the Quarter Life Crisis

The BIG 2-5 happened just over three months ago

I have my degree ✓
I'm working in my field ✓
I have a side gig business ✓
I should be happy with my place in life - but I don't
I feel like something is missing.

ENTER THE QUARTER LIFE CRISIS

I started college with the idea that I would be an physical therapist, but things don't always work out how we planned. Turns out I'm terrible at science! Chem, bio, my brain just doesn't understand them. On a whim I had taken an intro to accounting class. I did great at it so I took another. When it came time to declare a major I figured - why not - I'm good at it, I enjoy it, major selected! Expect for me, the real world of accounting isn't nearly as fun as it was learning about it.

I recently started watching Elementary, there was a quote in the pilot episode that struck a cord with me: 

Holmes: Why do you suppose you hate your job so much?

Watson: I don't have my job/

Holmes: You have two alarm clocks. No one with two alarm clocks loves their job. Two alarm clocks means it's a chore for you to get up in the morning.

I set two alarms every night. Waking up in the morning has become a chore.

The Voice - Shel Silvertein

There's this part of me that always thought after a while in the professional world I'd leave to teach accounting to high school or college kids. But after only two years after graduation I feel that pull, that desire. So I've started researching.

I know I'll need to get my Career Tech Educator Certificate.

I know which schools in the state offer it (only one in the area I want to teach)

I know I can go a different route and get my teaching certificate, then my CTE.

Both options will take any where from one to two years.

Both ultimately mean cutting back hours at work and leaving at some point to student teach. 

My city is saturated with teachers - my college (the town I still live in) has an amazing Elementary Ed program. But will that make it harder for me to get a teaching job?

All of this requires money - I already feel like I'm drowning in student loans, do I really want to take on more? What are my chances of getting financial aid now that I'm an "independent student"?

I jumped on an amazing opportunity to join Rodan+Fields, should I just work my side gig harder and for-go this idea? Will I feel satisfied? Inspired? Happy? There are so many ideas in my head that this is turning into a rambling... I just needed to get my ideas down or I feel I would explode.

If you've made it this far, I thank you, and I am open to your thoughts :)

Lets Talk Rejection

Since I'm using this blog as an outlet for my musing right now I wanna put down in words some of the thoughts and feelings I've been having.

Mainly, rejection. Business rejection. You see, I'm a consultant with Rodan+Fields and for the first year and a half I did very little with the business, I basically used it for the 25% discount. And then a few months ago I decided I didn't want to work a 9-5 anymore (well A 7:30-4, semantics). So I started working the RF gig harder. And I've grown! My monthly income doubled! But now I've gotten greedy and I want more. I see daily all these other men and women killing it in the business and I can't help but thinking, why not me?! 

Then I take a step back and I reevaluate, it is happening to me, just slower. I'm comparing my day to day to their successes. What I don't see if how many no's they've received. How many crickets they're also getting. I'm comparing my reality with their moments of success without taking into account their reality. 

I just need to remind myself that one person's success does not make me a failure. Their success can only help me. When someone else promotes, all that means is more people hearing about Rodan+Fields, and more people who know me being ready to get awesome skincare. 

I will leave with this. There is a reason I choose RF over other MLM. A large part of that was the supportive community I am a part of. Women and men who believe we can all succeed. I just need to remember that this business is built on the "not-yets" then one day a "yes" comes along and makes it all worth it. 

The Book Exchange

I've just joined a book exchange. Well, to be honest, I joined it a month ago but never sent anything. So I'm using this post as a large list of books that I've read that I think everyone else should read.

• The Pact, Jodi Picoult 
• Or most anything by Jodi Picoult
• A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Bachman
• Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
• Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty
• The Husbands Secret, Liane Moriarty 
• Ready Player One, Ernst Cline
• You don't need to have grown up in the 80s to love this book!
• The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
• Gone Girl, 
• Seriously, if you haven't reach Gone Girl yet, WHY NOT?!
• Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll
• The Longest Walk, Richard BAckman
• AKA Stephan King
• Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
• In the Woods, Tana French

Oh, Hello

Hello and welcome!
My name is Kristia (pronounced Kris-ta). Just don't say the second "i" :)
I'm not really sure why I'm starting this blog, I just figure it will become a place where I can put my rambling thoughts and ideas. So to start I'll just list some tidbits about myself.

• I'm 25
• I work as an accounting assistant - it pays the bills
• I also am a consultant with Rodan+Fields - this pays down my debt
• One of my goals is to be able to retire from the 9-5 by age 30!
• I like to run, but am very slow
• I've been in a relationship for 4 years now
• We have a 2 year old kitten named Pepper
• I love the lake, the waterslides, basically all water
• I am currently on a mission to get back into shape 
• I'm doing so by using BBG
• I also