Boredom: What a dangerous thing

  Good Tuesday evening bloggies! As I sit down to write tonight's blog, I am so excited! I love new challenges and I also love new life lessons. Today, those things go hand in hand for me. I've been in a funk for a few days. Lots of different random things going on in the mind-o-Jen. I've learned a lot about myself and I've learned a lot about how I want to be.




 I feel like I haven't blogged in forever, so bare with me, this is going to be a long one. It is also going to be the last one for a few days, but we'll get to that in a minute. First, I love my friends. They are forever teaching me life lessons and forever helping me find things about myself that I didn't know were there. Maranda and I have had quite a few lengthy conversations this week. In those times, we found that self doubt is a nasty little thing, so is being a big bottle of suck. No one is going to improve us, we have to improve ourselves. Waking up and making the decision to renew ourselves and make today and all the days following better than they have been is all our decision. There is nothing stopping us, so we might as well do it now! Being a strong person and overcoming obstacles of our past is no easy feat, but we can do it. There is no better feeling than waking up with a renewed sense of being and knowing that life is just waiting for you and it's going to be great. So, I encourage you all to just sit down and think about where you want to be in life, and make it happen!

  Secondly, as this blog is titled, boredom is such a dangerous thing. I never really thought about it until Jeremy said it to me tonight. Being bored gets us all in trouble in some way. Whether it leads to overeating, not exercising, or being lazy, it doesn't matter what it is, they are all bad things! Don't let yourselves get bored. There are about a million and one different things that we can do in life rather than be bored. Tonight, Cale and I went for a looooooong ass walk in the heat and wind. Did it suck? Sure, at times it did. But ya know what? I did some really good thinking in that time, it got us out of the house, and it gave me some needed exercise. Then, when we got home, we went straight out back and hopped in the pool, which was also fun as hell and cooled us off! So, I challenge you to not allow yourselves to get "bored". Keep busy. Find a new hobby, go for a walk, go for a swim, something, anything!

  Thirdly, I want to talk about distractions. Phil posted something interesting on his facebook the other day. He posted a challenge to stay off of facebook for 48 hours. If you felt the urge to log on, read your bible, pray, anything to get closer to Him and further from facebook. I was inspired. I not only accept the challenge, I am going to add to it. I am going to stay off of the internet and not watch cable for 3 days. Starting tomorrow, the only time I am going to use the internet is to do my homework and sign up for my CrossFit classes, and I am not going to watch tv at all. It's funny that such a thing sounds "hard." I am 28 years old. I grew up without internet and limited cable. There is absolutely no reason I shouldn't be able to do it! I challenge and encourage you all to join me. If you feel yourself getting "bored", write in a journal, read a book, read The Bible, pray, go for a walk, spend time with your family, spend time with friends, set some goals for yourself. I think this is going to be a great thing and I'm so excited about it!!!
  As I said, this is a long blog with lots of words, SO, if you've all stuck with it and read this far, I thank you. I hope that some of you really enjoy this post and choose to join me. I truly believe this will be good for our souls, our faith, and our being. This last week of the paleo challenge is going to be a great one, I can feel it! Talk to ya Saturday! 3,2,1, GO!