She's Different
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Excited
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Settle
I've settled for getting out of shape and its bad news bears. Frustrates me that I've let myself get out of a routine.
I have a feeling that I'll never be in the shape i was my senior year of college, and thats okay...what's not okay is not doing anything.
In other news in Katie's brain:
My boss is going through manager training and she had to do an exercise and ask me a bunch of questions...not many of them were easy. She left me with some "homework" for our follow up..."What Kind of Life Do I Picture/Want? What Is My perfect Life?"
I've had people ask the age old question of "where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years" and I can't always answer it. When she asked me it that way i started to think...my mind wasn't blank but it certainly wasn't a clear cut answer...and it kinda should be.
Somewhere along the way I stopped setting major goals for myself, my life. I've set little ones, but not big ones. Not ones that will get me to where I want to be. Which poses the question...where do i want to be? What's my dream job, lifestyle, home, etc...
I used to be such a planner, to know exactly what I wanted and when I wanted it to happen. When things started to fall through and change and my mind changed I stopped making big goals and proclamations...it got to a point where I just tried to survive, to make it through the day, to find happiness...
Now that I am surviving and I am happy, where are my goals? What are my dreams?
Personally, I think I can be happy in just about any location...give or take obvious outliers (a shack, arctic, suppressive area). I have a man that I love and know that's who I want to spend the rest of my life with. BUT you can't live your life for or through a person so I thinks important to have your goals and happiness OUTSIDE of a relationship. I'm okay with myself and being alone finally...huge step that I'm very happy to proclaim. Next step is to set some goals or a picture of a life I want to create with what I have and what I know. Many of times I've made a list of goals (some ridiculous) and very few of them get crossed off...which makes them pointless to me. I have to find another way to motivate the mind...Pick a few rather than an entire list that seems overwhelming.
A DREAM LIFE WOULD BE:
A large log home with amazing view of texas landscape (or somewhere else, doesn't matter)
4 wheelers and a boat for bass fishing
Land to hunt on and shoot
Core group of friends who are there for you
Continue a strong and healthly relationship with my family
R and I to always be willing to work with one another on a healthy and loving relationship
A part time job that I REALLY love or a full time job at something I'm good at (depending on $ situation)
Barely to no debt
Pay off and have a nice working vehicle (preferably a Jeep Wrangler)
Some travel, things to look forward to
Busy is always good, but not overwhelmed lifestyle
I want to be in good shape
Cooking new things
Is this the recipe to the best life ever? the only way i'll be happy? Not at all, I don't need a large log home with incredible views to be happy, I don't need a bass boat or a new jeep wrangler to have made it...STUFF doesn't necessarily mean happiness or "Youve made it"... I think where I get stuck is WHAT IS MY PASSION? There are so many things I like and enjoy, but I can't think of a true passion other than my relationships with a few people that matter. I can't think of a dream job...a job to which i'd be totally passionate and dedicated. Some people don't find a passion in their job, they find it elsewhere. I'd like to find it somewhere at least.
I'm happy and feel loved and blessed but I'm not content, i know there's more for me out there to find or learn about myself. I do know ultimately, I just want to be happy with R and continue to find things that spark my interest and my mind. And find my place in this world. It can be wichita falls or anywhere. "Where" doesn't matter...It's "who" I'm with, spend time with and how I find my happiness, my spot and joy in life. I don't need to know/plan everything, a surprise and the journey is nice (sometimes haha), but a benchmark or ideas and goals and searches are key.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Almost That Time
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Pink and Red Day
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
On the Horizon
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Buck #2
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
ME
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Crying Wolf
“A different way of thinking has emerged in our country and is becoming ever more prominent in our governments and the rest of American culture. This philosophy, known as environmentalism, is now at the forefront of our decision-makers brains and is constantly shaping their thoughts and policies. It was in this mindset that the decision was made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to transplant wolves from their homeland in Canada and release them in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995 and ’96. The agency, along with many environmental and animal rights groups, praised the decision: it was almost as though they were triumphantly heralding the return of some unjustly banished royalty. But their real triumph was that, by elevating animal over man once again, they were given access to tens of millions of dollars and greater control over both private and public property. You see putting wolves in Yellowstone was never about saving wolves or balancing ecosystems. There was another agenda. One they would not reveal to the American public, but would see through, no matter how far they had to bend the rules, no matter how much they had to steal, no matter how bad they had to lie, no matter the cost. And… they did it. What’s done is done. And nobody has ever looked back since…
…Until now.”
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Decisions
I have a feeling that this next year is going to be full of new things, changes, surprises, stresses and new frontiers. I'm excited for what is up ahead of me, so in the present I'm just trying to relax, take care of what I need to and prepare my head for my adventures moving forward.
Friday, October 7, 2011
iLove
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." -Steve Jobs
Well said SJ, well said.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Home
My apartment is starting to feel more like home. I moved to Dallas almost exactly a year ago. What a crazy year. When I moved into my apartment in January I had all these great ideas and visions of what I wanted it to be like. But with limited funds and not being there very much, fulfilling that vision has been quite a task. Well slowly but surely I'm getting the pieces into place and adding those things that warm up the room and bring it life. Makes me even happier to come home and feel like HOME. I haven't been in a place that felt like "home" since I was in high school so this is such a great feeling.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Patience
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Anchors
Monday, September 12, 2011
Is Something Wrong
From time to time I feel like there is something wrong with me...I know people close to me have heard me say it. Each time its heard, it is denied. According to those I love there is nothing wrong with me...it's just a part of who I am. Feeling overly sensitive, overwhelmed, out of sorts, too emotional...that's part of me. I should believe those who deny there's something wrong because these people know and love me best.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Love and Fear
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
My Life Is In OverDrive
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Missing the Lake
Definitely missing the lake and going fishing. Haven't been in over a month. Losing my tan and that's depressing! I know I'll be going Labor Day Weekend but hopefully before then. Wanna be outdoors but we're day 32 with 100+ heat here in the Dallas Metroplex. Crazy.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Blessed
I'm a very blessed person. My family and I have perseverance and using that to reach down to the deepest depths to find strength in this heat, economy and time in life. But Stepp's are competitive and will fight! I love my family, the few friends I have, the boyfriend and the fact that I wake up breathing and HEALTHY every morning.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
I Forgot I Had A Blog!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
The "Finger" to January
Friday, January 7, 2011
Phew, 2010 is Over
I move into my new place today, pretty excited! As I decorate and get things into order I'll post pictures.
Monday, December 6, 2010
It Just Came To Me...
Not the Blue, but I like the fur on this...