five on friday

 

Hey! Happy Friday! Here we are for another five random things. Today we touch upon how I'm feeling discouraged in this space, my recent amazon purchases, how I keep finding myself looking at puppies, working out, a cute new sweatshirt, and whether or not I should continue this.

Enjoy!!

one.

Yesterday I found myself getting really discouraged. I have myself convinced I need to portray this perfect life in order to "make it" in the social media world. Not even that my goal is to make it, per say. But I would like to create content that more than just my 250 followers can enjoy. I really am not sure what the actual goal is. A few thousand followers maybe? I cannot get out of my head how things need to be better before I share more of our life. My house needs to be cleaner/more updated, I need to lose a lot of weight, I need to whiten my teeth, I need all new clothes and the budget to buy more clothes so I can share them, I need this long long list of what to share/write about so I never go without content, I need more followers (a lot more), I need more people to be supportive, etc etc. I could give you 6,000 more excuses. I'm in a rut but I'm working on climbing out and reminding myself doubting yourself IS part of the process. I can do this. Even if I'm not perfect. Lots of positive self-talk going on over here these days.

two.

Let's talk my most recent amazon purchases. Lots of vitamin c (it seems someone is sick every other day), a new kitchen rug for in front of the sink (because my kids destroyed my old one), new dog bowls for Duke, new sneakers for me (seriously so cute, on trend and under $75!), cute cat magnets for Kensington's locker at school, some sinus medication for me, lint rollers because we live in a zoo with two cats and a golden retriever and Moroccan oil for my hair. I'm 99% sure I have a sinus infection and because I never ever ever go to the doctors I'm trying to combat it myself. Anyone who knows me is not surprised by this. I will avoid the doctors for myself at all costs. I may end up at urgent care this weekend though if this doesn't let up. 

three.

Lately I've been finding myself looking up listings of puppies ready to be adopted. Do I want a puppy? no. Do I need a puppy? Absolutely not. Am I still looking at puppy listings? Yes. Why? No idea, other than they are cute! We've always been a two-dog family so I do think at some point we will get another dog. I want Archie to be at least 2 almost 3 when that time comes. Duke was a great puppy but it's a lot of work. Puppies are like babies, and I don't want a baby, while we get another baby. So, it'll be a while. It's still fun to look at puppy pictures and to think about what breed we will go with when that time comes. I go back and forth on if we want another Golden or a much smaller dog like Gretzky was. I'd love another Golden. Duke is seriously the best. He's got the biggest personality out of any dog we've owned but the hair...oh the hair!! He sheds SO. MUCH. I'm not sure I could do double the hair.

But there is NOTHING cuter than a Golden puppy! I mean, look at that face!!

four.

I didn't get a chance to hop on my peloton yesterday, but I did this morning. So, I went from 

THIS

to THIS.

I love this new sweatshirt I just got. You can find it HERE. I got it in my true size medium and would say it runs true to size.

I'm really struggling with my Peloton and working out in general. I'm so incredibly out of shape. It's been slow and somewhat steady, not as steady as I would like but that's okay. I honestly have never cared at all what my bike says my "output" is. (if you have a peloton you know) That has never really mattered to me. What matters to me is that I'm being active, even if it's hard and I take a lot of breaks. Here's your friendly reminder....no one hops back into working out and is an all-star athlete. Take your time, go easy on yourself and slowly you will get in better shape, lose some weight and up your stamina. No one is coming to your house to hand you a gold medal for being better than the last person as your work out. Just do your best. Even if your best that day is a slow workout that you took 4 breaks to catch your breath. 

five.

I'm wondering if I should not do five on friday and make these into individual posts throughout the week? It's a thought I had between yesterday and today. I definitely could go into more detail on each subject, but I keep it short here since theres so many things I touch upon. Hmmmm....I'll think this over for the weekend.

Speaking of the weekend, I hope you have a fabulous one!!

xoxo, Kristen