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I have not been living up to my goal. Priority number one was to really dive deep into self reflection and live a more purposeful life. I have been slacking, I've noticed that writing this blog is the only time I really think about what I'm doing or saying. I'm beginning to think that this self-improvement thing might be a little harder than I thought.

So I got to thinking about this snag in my progress and came to the conclusion that I started this project with a goal but with no plan. As with many ventures, you get out what you put in. So the time invested each day to improvement and discovery must become a priority and a daily part of my routine. Scheduling a "reflection time" each day helps me to solidify the idea of exploration into more of a task which, for me, makes it much more manageable. Now that the abstract idea of my personal journey has become a more concrete action, I can pencil it in to my agenda just like all the other daily activities of living.

The second inhibiting factor to my progress is my lack of focus and direction. To overcome this I created a to do/goals list/inspiration board that can provide a visual representation of my path and progress.My apartment came with a boring cork board on the kitchen door so I decided to bring new life to this unused area. I apologize for the bad "before" shot, I originally intended for the picture to show the new window art I had crafted.

I don't know why I haven't tried an organized approach to my obsession with making lists before. I decided to go with a post-it-note approach to make it easy to work on and update as tasks are completed or as new inspiration surfaces. With the existing board as the template, I wanted to do a few simple things to jazz it up a bit.

I purchased half a yard of fabric and with loads of help from my doating assistant Frank got it cut to fit and and glued it to the board. Cut and decorated some construction paper I already had, added the post it notes and viola! Ill admit its a work in progress and not Pinterest worthy yet but its going to help with with my goals so that's all that matters. For now the board is sort of blank so I added the picture but I'm sure with time Ill pin all kinds of juicy things up there.