{"id":1344,"date":"2022-09-22T23:12:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T06:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitways.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2022-09-27T19:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T02:00:45","slug":"jumping-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitways.com\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"JUMPING IN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1344\" class=\"elementor elementor-1344\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38fa6e74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38fa6e74\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24ff94f8\" data-id=\"24ff94f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5c7e1 elementor-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6d5c7e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:-webkit-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:right;-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;-webkit-box-direction:reverse;-ms-flex-direction:row-reverse;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:left;-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;-webkit-box-direction:normal;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{-webkit-box-align:start;-ms-flex-align:start;align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{-webkit-box-align:end;-ms-flex-align:end;align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img width=\"400\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/habitways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/400_62cf59ee92e65_filter_62cf59f243a3a.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Jumping In<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Day one - gotta start somewhere!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-656a2caa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"656a2caa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>July 11, 2022<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not ready to start this yet. I don\u2019t have a domain, haven\u2019t formatted a website, haven\u2019t even fully committed in my head. But that is exactly why I just have to start. A year-long commitment is too much to ever really get ready for. I just need to take it day by day, week by week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>What is\u00a0<em>this<\/em>\u00a0anyway? It\u2019s me being fed up with my life, myself. And finally doing something about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I had a dream last night that one of my best friends from college ghosted me. Blocked my phone number, ignored me when I tried talking to her. It hit me so hard that it woke me up, even though I haven\u2019t even talked to this friend in about a decade. I\u2019ve been so afraid of everything that I have crept deeper and deeper inside a shell to the point where I have no personality. And my friends have noticed. Not that that dream was real of course, but it could be.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, a so-called friend remarked, with an innocent note of congenial surprise: \u201cYou\u2019re fun right now!\u201d I stared at her blankly. \u201cI mean, usually you\u2019re so boring, but right now I almost like you!\u201d She didn\u2019t say those exact words, but that was the unveiled message, and I, unbelievably, was flattered. Ugh! I hate that I didn\u2019t say something scathing about the horridness of a person that would say something like that to someone else &#8211; even such a boring person as myself. But the really blechy thing is that she was right. I\u2019m just so damned afraid of everything that I don\u2019t do anything, and it\u2019s f#@!ing boring!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>And so I embark, day by day, on a year-long quest to change my habits. Every week, for a year, I will adopt a new habit, and keep it up throughout the remainder of the year, and hopefully beyond. Ultimately, this is some sort of attempt to engage in my life, take pride in myself and my surroundings, and stop waiting for perfection in order to be myself. Or am I still on a quest for perfection?! Aargh! I don\u2019t really know the answer to that! But I do know that my house and yard are a disaster, I\u2019m overweight, my health and hygiene are woefully neglected, and my children and husband and dog have been so patiently, lovingly oblivious that they don\u2019t have the me that they deserve &#8211; an engaged, engaging, imperfect me. It\u2019s like I\u2019m waiting for something before I can start living. But there\u2019s nothing that I\u2019m waiting for! Life is here now! I need to take the first step to living it!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Week one: work on this blog weekly. And since it\u2019s the first week, and I don\u2019t have a long list of habits to incorporate into my day, I\u2019m going to try to work on it daily this week &#8211; whether that\u2019s writing or at this point, setting it up, formatting, etc. Day one &#8211; check!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jumping In Day one &#8211; gotta start somewhere! July 11, 2022 \u00a0 I\u2019m not ready to start this yet. I don\u2019t have a domain, haven\u2019t formatted a website, haven\u2019t even fully committed in my head. But that is exactly why I just have to start. 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