#day10- January 10, 2016: My "Why?"

My roommate and I had a great conversation about self-discipline and how hard it's been to give up television, for me, and cable for her! It all seems dumb and pointless right now. We've both found ourselves getting a bit frustrated by the process and even wanting to blame God or be mad at Him for where we are in life... I know, I know... That doesn't make a lot of sense and is ultimately not fair when I think about it.

One technique that I've practiced lately that helps me stay on task and committed to this challenge is to remind myself WHY I gave up television. I'll list them below:

1.) Maximizing my Time: I want to say last year, but if I'm being completely honest, I'll say for as far back as I can remember I have always spent my idle time in front of a television. There has always been something else I could be doing such as, organizing my living space, cleaning out my car, creating a plan for the day, week, month, or year, catching up with family friends, etc. Isn't it funny how we(or I) can give you a blow by blow of my favorite celebrities life, but can't tell you how my friend or family member is doing?! It's a sad or unfortunate truth that I am not proud of at all. With this challenge, I am committing to make better use of my time. 

2.) Saving money- Now that we both have given up television/cable, our new internet bill is so much cheaper than what we were paying... I'm talking like $140 cheaper. With this amount of money going towards catching up on bills (my divorce kind of jacked up my finances) and eventually putting this money away, I can take more trips and save for the house I hope to own in the next year or two! This definitely helps me stay on track! 

3.) Finding/ Focusing on my passion- Modeling is something that I really want to pursue and grow in, however I have never committed the time I need to, to make it happen. There are so many celebrities that I admire for always hustling and growing in their field and have always hoped to muster up the energy and drive that they have to pursue my dream. I know for a fact that they aren't sitting in front of a television. These people are studying their craft, building relationships with people in their field and working with them, and etc. Without television, I have time to do the same. Study my craft... Grow in that craft.! 

4.) Discovering new things- I hope by the end of this challenge I can say that I've tried lots of different things and found that I love some of them. Because I'm athletic and competitive, I am always down for a new sport to try. I've tried tennis and loved it! I will definitely revisit that sport with lessons in the spring. I plan to try my hand at golf as well. Recently, I signed up for a kickboxing class and a boxing class! I'll definitely blog about both! I'm looking to using some of this time to try different classes and see where it goes... Who knows.. I may take a cooking class! lol I'm not really about that life... But we'll see! 

Anyway, I was definitely motivated by our conversation to continue to focus on my "why" and continue to tackle this challenge with everything I have! This challenge could quite possibly lead to this year being "the best year ever" (another quote from my vision board) if I let it...

We shall see.

Until next time, 

Stix