Photo Friday

Happy Friday!

It's been a productive week... I'm fully caught up on my transcripts and school stuff right now, so my big project this week was narrowing my saved emails from around 5,000 to 325... I went through them all and deleted lots of junk mail and trivial stuff, but did my best to save the ones that matter to me!  I needed a mostly mindless project, and it felt good to have a digital decluttering session. =)

You might've noticed that I take and save more pictures than the average person. lol  With Google Photos, I'm going day by day, searching today's date and then deleting any superfluous screenshots, duplicates, and unwanted photos from this day in every past year.  So in theory, by the end of this year, my photo collection will be narrowed down to ones those that hold real meaning to me!

Speaking of pictures, I'll move on with Photo Friday now!

This is so true.  And a paraphrase of a Bold quote! lol  Trying to make better choices here... 

Chet jotted down this great quote by Dr. Phil and sent it to me - always appreciated - I feel like I'm just beginning to make solid progress by focusing on the potential rewards more than I focus on the potential risks!  ❤

*Also, I am trying to get better at thinking externally when I read stuff like this.  My natural tendency is to go internal and think about how it applies to my backstory and personal growth, but I want to be more leadership-minded, looking outward and forward rather than inward and backwards.  It's good to do the internal work first, then consider how I can use my understanding to help others!

Speaking of Chettles, he had a fun hair transformation this week... these pics and the Bold shirt make me happy!

A few random fun memes:

They put these fake alligator heads out at The Station to deter unwanted geese, but the presh turtles are not scurrred! lol

Perhaps we need some fake gators for my neighborhood... these geese were just hanging out on top of the house across the street last week. lol

I am who I am and I love to have a clear record, so I'm fighting myself on it, but it would be unwise to go into too much detail here.  This has been an intense week with some hard moments and some big life decisions ahead of me.  I am thankful for good talks with Chet and Kristin and Mom, my go-to people lately for empathy, inspiration, and supportive truth when life hits me hard.  I gave myself a tiny minute to wallow and feel overwhelmed and eat too much, but I woke up today feeling stronger in my faith and more aware of the warfare at play and the need to stand firm...

New day/new mindset!  We can do hard things, and God is with us and for us!  He knows what is best for my life.  GOD WILL OPEN EVERY DOOR HE WANTS ME TO WALK THROUGH!!  I will pray and take this one day at a time and keep building good habits, and I will trust that God is good and has good things in store!  

I'm feeling all of the deeper memes/quotes below!

And in lighter news, hooray for my sparkly new headband!!  My hair wasn't in the best shape, but I had to take a photo when it arrived yesterday.

And in more significant news, as of this morning, pastor and author Tim Keller is now in heaven with Jesus (after battling pancreatic cancer).  I'm grateful for his ministry and influence... this post by Jennie Allen sums it up well.

"I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received."

~Paul, Ephesians 4:1