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Hello everyone 🙂 Welcome back to the Dairy Free Diaries. I am so very excited to bring you this week’s blog post because my goal plan and ability to stick with it has impacted my life intensely.

I have transformed and continue to transform into the person I strive to be because of this. But we will get into that. First, I want to share a little bit about my week.

One word – Routine: I know this word is so commonly used, but it perfectly describes my week this week. Last week was my first week at my new job and it was a balancing game trying to manage the long work hours with LSAT studying and keeping up with my personal goals.

But after enduring the adjustments, I have a much better idea of what is realistic for me on a day-to-day basis. Therefore, my days are becoming a routine.

I know that on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays I have time to get in a workout after work and that’s it. I could do so much more but one of my personal goals is to get 8 hours of sleep every night, and this is the only way to do so.

I also know that on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I am able to get in a couple hours of LSAT studying after work. These are usually my lighter days, so I don’t feel super tired.

I try to plan those study hours in but if I can’t it isn’t the end of the world because I have scheduled ample time on the weekends for LSAT studying.

I would much rather study when I am able to truly focus rather than just do it to get it over with. And that is my plan for during the week.

On the weekends I focus on studying, spending time with my family, self-care, and prepping for the next week. And this is what I mean by routine in terms of my week. I know where I can squeeze a study session or workout in.

But I do want to note that although my days are planned, I always remind myself that nothing is solid. Life is never that easy and you have to be able to adjust and that is something that I have had to learn how to do.

The more I have put myself in changing situations, the better I have become at handling change. Its like a muscle that must be worked to grow.

One low point – Stressing myself out over the long list of tasks I had to do: I think its so important to remember that although you can have these great weeks with planned to do lists, the bad habits still fight their way back.

I used to constantly stress over the laundry list of things I had to do each day and the next day and in the next week. I was a huge worrier and productivity was one of the avenues for this worry.

And recently I have been really trying to improve this. And although I have made such amazing progress that I am extremely proud of, there are still times where those intrusive thoughts come back.

And I’m not going to lie, this time they started to get to me. I have been able to swat these thoughts away, but this time I let it take over.

I started stressing out that I wasn’t going to get all the things I needed to do and how that means I am going to have so much more to do tomorrow when I already have a lot as is. And I’m sure you can imagine, it just kept going on an on.

But after the anxiety plateaued and I started worrying less and less, I was able to take back control. I reminded myself that there is only so much I can do in a day and that measuring your days by what you get done only brings negativity into my life.

And like that I was calm and back to normal. I think that this situation is a metaphor for life. There are going to be times where things don’t happen as they usually do, and you end up taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back.

But that’s just a part of life. The only thing to focus on is picking yourself back up. It can be for the simplest of things, each of which can make a huge difference overall.

One high point – Turning 21 this weekend: I can’t believe that this weekend I am turning 21 years old. It seems like just yesterday that I was entering high school and now I am entering my 3^rd year of college and working a full-time job.

This is definitely a high point for the week because I am so excited for what’s to come. The past year has been extremely transformative, and I have learned a lot about myself.

I have also taken the steps towards becoming the person I want to be. I look back at who I was at 20 years old and have come to realize how different that person is from me now.

And for that I am eternally grateful for. I am proud of where I am at 21 and how I am living my life. I have had to learn a lot of things the hard way, but I wouldn’t trade any of it.

I think this is an important thing to remind yourself when you are hitting a rough patch or dealing with something negative.

There is always room to grow and view your hardships as obstacles to cross in order to progress. They are there to show you the type of person you are or want to become.

And that has been the biggest lesson I have learned and can be applied to all areas of life, whether it be personal, work, or school.