This is a big month for me. I know I’ve been talking about it a lot, but I’m really anxious/excited/nervous about heading back to school for the first time in over five years. That is for sure the biggest thing on my mind as classes start back up in less than three weeks now. I am feeling mildly overwhelmed by it at the moment, so I’m doing everything I can to prepare myself now.
Part of my goals for last month was to start reading through my Communication Theory book, so I’ve been making my way through that over the past couple of weeks. I am trying to give myself an hour at the end of every day to read, study and get myself back into an academic frame of mind. It’s coming along, but I still feel like I have a long way to go in the next few weeks.

And speaking of a long way to go, my exercise and training is not coming along nearly as well as I had hoped. I had a goal last month of having a 5-days-a-week schedule and I’m not even close. I’m doing good if I get three in. I’ll probably get more into this in another post, but at this point, I’m just not feeling motivated like I have in the past. Even though I did get up early and go for a quick 2.5 mile run this morning. But I feel like I am so far from doing  a race that scheduling one would be a bad idea, but on the other hand, I wonder if that would give me a goal to move towards. I’m going to have to figure things out in this department.
This could be a pivotal month for me. I’m doing my best to focus myself on what’s important and to not let the little things get to me or distract me from my goals. I am starting my days by reading the Bible and praying and trying to leave all of my worries there and to simply trust. I’ll be the first to admit that I am not the best at that… but I’m learning.
So this month, there’s a lot to do, but I’m trying to not put too much pressure on myself, so I’m keeping the goals simple.

• Kick off my graduate studies strong, being prepared to dive back into studying and learning. Make my way through my theory textbook!
• Keep running. Find my motivation and keep pushing forward, not allowing myself to talk myself out of my planned runs.
• Focus on what matters and take each day as it comes (i.e. lose the worry!).