Chapter 5: Checking In

I sat down and decided to reread my past blogs today...I was drawn to the one where I was listing some goals I was planning to focus on. So this blog is a personal checkin for myself. While it has taken a while and the steps have been small baby steps, I have been stepping! I have put my "goals" into catagories...
Reclaiming My Soul: I have been working on writing. I love writing and currently I am focusing on this blog and journaling as well. Writing has become a way for me for me to fill some areas in my life where I was using other incredibly unhealthy things before. I used to write alot more in my "younger" years...it was something I truly missed. I realized the only thing really stopping me was...well, me. The time I am able to sit and focus on words and ideas and fleshing them out on paper or screen is a gift I am giving myself.
Reclaiming My Body: You are supposed to treat your body like a temple. Shamefully, I have spent a lot of my life trating mine like a garbage dump. I am walking towards the temple though. I am trying very hard to nurture respect my body. Watching what I am putting into it and how I spending my day with it. Sleep, exercise, water...baby steps.
Reclaiming My Mind: I am also taking the time to fill my mind with more intersting and thoughtful things. I am trying to read books that are stimulating and really enjoying the time I am taking to do that. I am also thinking about returning to school sometime in the near future. My mind is start to crave stimulation.
Reclaiming My Spirit: God has given me so much. Much more than I ever deserved, I know this for sure. I admit that I am not in control of my life, my life is in the hands of my Heavenly Father. With Him, I have everything I could ever need. And while I acknowledged this, I had to also admit that all He wanted in return was my time. So Each day, I am dedicating some time, some quiet time in prayer, in meditation, in His word. I thank Him daily for the gifts which he has placed in my life. I am so very grateful.
Reclaiming Jeanne...a work in progress...