BYUI Spring 2016: Goals, Goals, Goals!

Well hello there! Long time no blog! 

I feel like I have a million things to say but also nothing to say, so this is probably going to be all over the place. Sorry in advance. 

As everyone probably already knows, I'm back at BYUI after my 9 month break. It's so great to be back. My schedule is really tough because I'm trying to play catch up after having time off from school, so I'm taking 17 credits (8 classes, 4 of which are biology courses). All of my professors are really nice and I know I can make it through this semester with good grades as long as I can keep my motivation in tact! 

I'm trying really hard to keep up with the goals that I set for myself at the beginning of the year, most of which are fitness goals. This week, I worked out at the gym 3 times, attended a yoga class, and went rock climbing twice! My body is definitely feeling it, but I know that I am going to feel so much better in the long run. Along with fitness, it was a goal of mine to improve my nutrition, so I have started meal planning & prepping my meals for the entire week. A quote that I have on my wall that is really motivating to me is "Live the life now that nobody else will so that you'll have the life later that everybody wants." For me, it's not so much the life that everybody else wants, but the life that I want. I'm trying to live that motto this semester. 


I've been using an app called DuoLingo to try and pick up some Spanish since I'll be in Ecuador all summer. It's actually working rather well for a free app that I just happened to stumble upon. 

Aside from all of that, I've been getting to know my roommates, catching up with some old friends, and just keeping myself busy. Today at church I got called as an FHE (family home evening) Leader, so that should be a fun calling. I'm so glad its spring semester because once the weather warms up, there are so many things to do for FHE. 

I think that's all I've really got for this week. There are several other things that I want to blog about, but I either don't have all my thoughts together yet, or I'm just not quite ready to talk about them yet, but they will be coming soon! So keep a look out for lots of blog posts this semester. 

Hope you all have a great week! 

XOXO,
Anna.

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