well guys, this is it. week 52 of the selfie sunday challenges… i’ve done a whole year of them! i’m proud of myself for starting this project and sticking with it, even if they were admittedly getting a bit old by the end. it really did end up being a great thing for me – to challenge myself every week with something relevant and current in my life that i could do to better myself or my situation. and even though this will be the last of the selfie sunday posts, i really hope to continue this idea in my life. it doesn’t just have to be on sunday, but when i notice something in my life that i’m not doing well or if i think of a good short-term goal for myself, i want to write it down, whether it’s on the blog or the notes on my phone or a sticky note stuck to my mirror [because writing it down helps keep me accountable], and then follow the wise words of nike, which i don’t even have to type here, because i know you know them well. :)
i do have a new series planned to continue the regular sunday posts, but you’ll have to wait until next week to find out what it is! and nooooo, there will be no selfies involved [thank goodness]. at least most of the time! ;)
as for last week’s challenge, i think i did surprisingly well at being stress-free [for the most part] and taking things day by day [or hour by hour!] during the past week. there were quite a few things that happened that kept me on my toes [majorly], SUCH AS… a culinary school exam on monday afternoon that i learned about monday morning [my teacher had moved the test up and had told the class the week before, when i was in europe]… i kinda had to wing it but luckily i think it went okay… anddddddd a situation i found out about at work where i almost had to jump on a flight to detroit in a matter of a few hours, despite the fact that i had dinner plans that night, a presentation for culinary school the next day that i hadn’t prepared for yet, and a quiz for culinary school that i hadn’t studied for yet… thankfully luck was on my side again and i didn’t end up having to go at the last minute. instead, i scheduled the trip for today and tomorrow, and am currently writing from my hotel room in detroit, which is 4,204 times better than having to go on tuesday at the last minute.
but that’s not all. on wednesday night, i had the brilliant idea to update my phone [what are we at now? iOS 8.3??], even though i still have quite a few photos left from ireland to post. i was several updates behind because i never have enough space on my phone to update, but i remembered my brother saying that i could update through itunes on my computer and not have to worry about getting all my photos/messages/whatever is taking up space off my phone. why i chose to do this right after the ireland trip [and before i finished posting all the pics], i don’t know, but come thursday morning, i not only overslept because my alarms never went off [due to the phone updating and me setting my other alarm incorrectly because i never use it], BUT my phone is stuck at the tail end of the update and isn’t able to update all the way, so basically it’s just a black screen with a sign that it needs to be plugged into the computer. and when i plug it into the computer, it refuses to update no matter how many times i try and says that i need to reset it to factory settings in order to be able to use it. which is pretty much the worst thing that could possibly happen since my ireland photos aren’t backed up [that i’m aware of] and i will lose a whole bunch of them.
so, to make a long story short, i somehow manage to keep calm [even though i could CRY thinking about losing all those pictures] and bring my computer, charger, and phone to work, and then go to the apple store at lunch to see what can be done. and the lady at first tells me that i will lose everything, and i’m devastated but i have no choice since i can’t use my phone, and she restores it to factory settings, but miraculously, she’s able to recover everything since apparently the phone was backed up at the noon the previous day. thank the LORD jesus, and ms. becks the apple store lady, you are officially my hero. i have all my photos and everything else stored on my phone and it’s updated and working perfectly. and all is right in the world. so i learned this week that there is definitely value in just rolling with the punches and trying as much as possible not to be stressed, because in the end, things will likely work out.
and that, my friends, is the end of the selfie sundays. i hope you enjoyed them and maybe challenged yourselves as well. and here’s my last selfie… i hope you weren’t expecting anything beautiful or special because it’s not the best, but lezbe honestttttt – it really won’t be my last…
{just me, hanging out at my second home, the airport.}
have a great week and stay tuned for the next sunday series! xoxo