Happy Saturday!

I have been wanting to blog about this topic for a while now. I'm sure I got confirmation to do so with all of the events happening in my corner of the world now.

Ever since forever, it felt like I was trying to measure up. I always wanted to be a better student, nurse, daughter, etc. To me, I don't get to a certain place in my life and feel like its "good enough", I've always wanted better. I'm not saying it's a bad thing to want better, it's not. The toxic part about it is when you are chasing perfection when in reality it doesn't happen. The only time I've experienced something perfect was knowing and learning from a perfect God and His son.

Chasing perfection can be exhausting, especially knowing it doesn't exist. We, as humans, should always be striving towards something better. If not, you'll be stuck doing the same old things. It's absolutely insane to know people who apply the techinques to a problem expecting different results.

So for me, I know I can't be perfect, no matter hard I try. I know for a fact I can try to be better--especially when I know I screwed up. One of the most beautiful things I've seen in the bible is that God Himself doesn't expect us to be perfect but to try.

I would love to hear from you all on this topic.

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3 things-

1. My bonus

2. Next weekend off

3. This weekend off :-)

<3,

Barbara

Happy Wednesday all! Hope your week is going well!

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The past month has been an eventful one for me. I got a promotion at work, completed two 5ks, and my boyfriend and I took our relationship to the next level. A lot of accomplishments for someone who set some expectations. I attritube this to how I conduct myself.

My accomplishments are proof that others have expectations for me. My employers had expectations for me to meet in order to get promoted. I set expectations for myself in order to complete my 5ks. My boyfriend set expectations in order for us to improve our relationship. In order for one to meet expectations, you have to the right mindset and conduct. With a poor mindset and negative conduct, you will not get far in life.

I believe in my heart that God wants His people to go from glory to glory. Even Jesus said that He wants us to have life and that more abundantly. So why not set a code of conduct for yourself? A simple way to do this is to write out rules and hold yourself accountable. That is what my boyfriend and I did for our relationship and we will re-evaluate those soon.

I would love to hear from you. What rules of conduct do you have for yourself? For others? How do you hold yourself accountable? I know personally God and the people closet to me hold me accountable for my actions and words. Intergrity is extremely important to me.

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Three things-

1. Yay promotion! More $$$!

2. My upcoming project at my job

3. That my body, mind, and soul are healthy

With love,

Barbara <3 xoxo