Imperfectlyperfect

Depending on your life situation the holidays may not always be a joyful time. I don't have a lot of extended family and my family dynamic is kinda unpredictable at times so holidays can get me a bit discouraged at times.  I thought I'd share some things that have really been encouraging me lately.  Working at the bakery. It helps to have somewhere to go where I can interact with people and feel like I'm doing something useful with my time.  Running. I haven't always had a healthy relationship with running but right now I feel like I'm in a pretty good place. It's not something I dread doing anymore but rather something I enjoy and it helps boost my mood and energy.  My cat. She lives in my bedroom and cuddles with me at night.  Reading books for fun! I stay up to late doing this but we're not going to talk about that right now.  Baking and cooking. This is something I really miss at college. There's something really satisfying about being ...

Right so I kinda figured this would happen: that with school starting I wouldn't keep up very well with this blog and I was right.  But now the semester's officially over which means I'm more than halfway done with my undergrad degree!!!  Here's a brief update on my life since the last couple months.  School: Time management was actually harder for me than normal this semester.  I think it had to do with my class schedule. I had weird gaps of time between classes or work which weren't really enough time for me to sit down and focus on getting anything done but just enough time where I felt like I was wasting it.  Learning to make peace with being average.   Since I was in a lot of classes for my major this year I really wanted to make the highest grades I possibly could. Some of my classmates are really smart though and when I compared myself to them I felt like I didn't measure up. All I'm required to do is my best which might mean th...