It's been a hot, hot, *hot* minute since I've shared what I've been up to. It only seems fitting that as I procrastinate on multitudes of work, I take the opportunity now.
Here's a peak at my life so far:
I'm an intern! For just a smidge over a month, I have had the opportunity to be a PR/Marketing Intern for The Borgen Project. The Borgen Project is a NPO that fights to pass legislation in order to change the lives of the world's poor. Working for this organization has taught me the importance of advocacy and using my privileges to benefit others. (I also am fundraising for my internship so if you're interested in donating to an organization that changes lives, please consider donating to my campaign!)
I'm traveling again! I am so excited to FINALLY announce that I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel Route 66 this July with a friend of mine. What a way to barrel into my 21st year! If you have any tips/must sees for traveling Route 66, please do let me know! (And don't worry, I'm takin' y'all with me on this adventure.)
I'm working on my best self. For what seems like the better portion of my life, I have been working towards a "skinny" image of myself. I've always felt that I was on the heavier side of all my friends, but over the past months, this image has changed. I've been viewing my body as strong and capable and honestly incredible. Do I have big legs? Heck yes, but they also help me run and lift and hike and those things require my legs to be big. I'm not certain when my mentality switched from "skinny" to strong, but it has made all the difference. While there are still moments where I feel like I "have to" go to the gym, it's switched reasonings. I used to feel like I have to go to the gym to maintain a certain image, now I just feel like I have to go to the gym because I like to see what my body is capable of, and a good endorphin rush certainly never hurt anybody.
I'm missing my homies. As many of you may know, my best friend Court is off on a big adventure serving God this summer at SpringHill. She's been gone for (almost) two months, and it's been super weird not getting texts from her asking me to hang out or drive to see her at weird hours of the day (though now I get snaps of her asking me to drive to her camp site at 7am- a weird hour for me, who doesn't get up until 11 despite my best efforts). This week, my other homie is gone too. Han's hiking mountains in Utah, and I am so jealous of her travels. I can't wait for my two sweet friends to come home!
I'm learning to be quiet. In the last months, I have been feeling sort of out of sorts (wow what a phrasing of words, good job LJ). In my constant efforts to figure everything out like the true Type A in my heart, I've been forgetting to be quiet. I've been forgetting to spend time in a book or THE Book, and listening to God has been put on the back burner. This sounds so horrible to admit, but human nature makes us all flawed, and it's so so important to share these flaws. It's okay to admit them, it's okay to bring them to the light. But it's important to act on them, to make the situation better. So in the last few weeks I've been learning to be quiet again. I'm working on waking up earlier so I have some much needed quiet time with God, where I can journal my prayers and my thoughts and really spend time in the Word. It's making the difference in my heart, but I'm not perfect at it and I'm still learning to be intentional with my time.
Those are some of my major life updates. If you are interested or feel called to donate to my fundraising campaign, just click HERE and you will be directed automatically to my campaign.
While I'm not heading off on my big trip just yet, you won't want to miss out on all my posts from the road. Follow my shiny *new* blog instagram @laurenstateofmind and search #laurenstateoftravel to see my adventures as they happen!
I'm an intern! For just a smidge over a month, I have had the opportunity to be a PR/Marketing Intern for The Borgen Project. The Borgen Project is a NPO that fights to pass legislation in order to change the lives of the world's poor. Working for this organization has taught me the importance of advocacy and using my privileges to benefit others. (I also am fundraising for my internship so if you're interested in donating to an organization that changes lives, please consider donating to my campaign!)
I'm traveling again! I am so excited to FINALLY announce that I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel Route 66 this July with a friend of mine. What a way to barrel into my 21st year! If you have any tips/must sees for traveling Route 66, please do let me know! (And don't worry, I'm takin' y'all with me on this adventure.)
I'm working on my best self. For what seems like the better portion of my life, I have been working towards a "skinny" image of myself. I've always felt that I was on the heavier side of all my friends, but over the past months, this image has changed. I've been viewing my body as strong and capable and honestly incredible. Do I have big legs? Heck yes, but they also help me run and lift and hike and those things require my legs to be big. I'm not certain when my mentality switched from "skinny" to strong, but it has made all the difference. While there are still moments where I feel like I "have to" go to the gym, it's switched reasonings. I used to feel like I have to go to the gym to maintain a certain image, now I just feel like I have to go to the gym because I like to see what my body is capable of, and a good endorphin rush certainly never hurt anybody.
I'm missing my homies. As many of you may know, my best friend Court is off on a big adventure serving God this summer at SpringHill. She's been gone for (almost) two months, and it's been super weird not getting texts from her asking me to hang out or drive to see her at weird hours of the day (though now I get snaps of her asking me to drive to her camp site at 7am- a weird hour for me, who doesn't get up until 11 despite my best efforts). This week, my other homie is gone too. Han's hiking mountains in Utah, and I am so jealous of her travels. I can't wait for my two sweet friends to come home!
I'm learning to be quiet. In the last months, I have been feeling sort of out of sorts (wow what a phrasing of words, good job LJ). In my constant efforts to figure everything out like the true Type A in my heart, I've been forgetting to be quiet. I've been forgetting to spend time in a book or THE Book, and listening to God has been put on the back burner. This sounds so horrible to admit, but human nature makes us all flawed, and it's so so important to share these flaws. It's okay to admit them, it's okay to bring them to the light. But it's important to act on them, to make the situation better. So in the last few weeks I've been learning to be quiet again. I'm working on waking up earlier so I have some much needed quiet time with God, where I can journal my prayers and my thoughts and really spend time in the Word. It's making the difference in my heart, but I'm not perfect at it and I'm still learning to be intentional with my time.
Those are some of my major life updates. If you are interested or feel called to donate to my fundraising campaign, just click HERE and you will be directed automatically to my campaign.
While I'm not heading off on my big trip just yet, you won't want to miss out on all my posts from the road. Follow my shiny *new* blog instagram @laurenstateofmind and search #laurenstateoftravel to see my adventures as they happen!
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