For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ~Jeremiah 29:11
Oh my goodness! It’s been another month! I sound repetitive…I say this every month, but seriously! How has 1/2 of 2017 flown by already??
This month, I’ve been really REALLY busy, so I haven’t really done very much media stuff, so this post might be a bit on the scrawny side, but here goes!
Aaand, it’s another Currently post on the first of the month! This month’s host are: Anne and Carrie!
This month’s prompts are: watching, eating, saying, wearing, and posting! Incidentally, these prompts are almost all things that I’m giving up on for Lent, so I’ll talk about that as well.
In case you didn’t know, Lent is the forty days before Easter, which begins on Ash Wednesday (today; also why it’s called that I don’t even know) and ends on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter). Lent is a time of repentance, fasting and preparation for the coming of Easter. It is a time of self-examination and reflection. In the early church, Lent was a time to prepare new converts for baptism. Here’s the link that I c/ped from XD
Although I’m not Catholic, I’m planning on participating in Lent this year by giving up something(s) (which I’ll talk about in my points)
Watching-
I don’t really watch movies or shows, but I do watch more YouTube than is good for me. XD (Top 5 Favorite Youtubers). So for Lent this year, I’m giving up on watching YouTube . . . except for one channel: Monica Church. She’s prepping for the Big Climb for Leukemia (climbing up the tallest skyscraper in Seattle), and all revenue from the channel will go towards Leukemia and Lymphoma society. I’m really interested in leukemia (I want to be an oncologist some day), so it’s a cause I’m standing behind.
Eating-
Well, I can’t really think of anything in particular that I’m eating. o.0 (BUT RIGHT NOW I’M EATING SUPER GOOD MAC AND CHEESE SO THERES THAT)
But anyways, for Lent, I’m giving up eating sugar. (as in, pure, refined sugar, not like fruit sugar). This one’s probably going to be hard, and I’m going to be eating a lot of fruit XD
Saying-
Saying. . . .that I’m going to die soon. XD No, but seriously, there’s SO. MANY. THINGS. coming up and like, *flailing*
lowkey like that gif way too much
Wearing-
Summer AND winter clothes! Seriously, how is it 45 degrees one day and 70 the next?
Posting-
Lots of blogposts and lots of Instagram posts! I’ve been a bit more consistent posting Instagram posts, so I’m actually pretty excited about that!
For Lent, I’m giving up on following everyone on my personal Instagram that I don’t know personally. After Lent, I’ll decide on whether I’ll follow them back (don’t worry, y’all, you guys are on my blog Insta, so you aren’t affected :P)
What are you up to Currently? Are you giving up things for Lent? What are you giving up for Lent? How are you planning on growing in Jesus in March?
Usually I do a “What Happened This Month” recap every month, but this month I’m going to try something different. The WHTM posts are getting really big and hard to load, so I’m splitting it up into a “Media This Month” post with the new media I found this month and a “What Happened This Month” with a monthly summary and highlights and stuff.
Playing flute in the Christmas Eve and Christmas church services
Going on a family trip
Awesome-
When you follow 123 people on Twitter, 123 people on Instagram, and have 123 written blogposts at the same time
When you find Diego Rivera from the PSAT on a SAT/ACT prep question…
WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO MAKE CLICKY PICTURES ON THE BLOGGY BECAUSE WORDPRESS DOESNT DO IT FOR YOU
When a guy tells you to go on Pinterest to look up something
Awkward-
That ONE WEEK you’re on top of things and post homework early, no one else does so you can’t reply and get full credit.
WHEN YOU DO WORSE ON YOUR PSAT THAN YOU DID ON YOUR PSAT 10
When you go for 4 days without checking Insta and Twitter and get so behind that you don’t even bother to catch up
When you forget to post on both Instagram and Twitter on Christmas
WHEN YOU GET A PRETTY DANG AWESOME SAT SCORE BUT GET A 3 ON THE ESSAY ON A SCALE OF 2 TO 8…. AND NOW HAVE TO TAKE IT AGAIN
When the first semester is officially over and I still don’t know how to pronounce the last name of my calc teacher, because asynchronous online courses…
When all the paperwork together for your online course is literally 8 inches thick, thus disproving the fact that online stuffs are more environmentally friendly
When an essay prompt is “Elaborate on your academic and personal experiences with science and tell us WHAT MAKES YOU HUNGRY FOR MORE?”
When colleges email you and ask you to apply but don’t tell you WHAT STATE THEYRE IN.
That Moment When-
You learn the hard way that unless you like really, really cold showers, don’t be that idiot that showers last.
You get flooded with blogmas posts to read and vlogmas videos to watch but still have to study for finals
You find out that it’s National Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day (LIKE WHAT EVEN)
You finally stalk the twitters of people you actually know in real life for the first time since you’ve made a twitter in 2014.
WordPress tells you to to upgrade to “rockandminerals4him.blog” for $22, when you could move to “rockandminerals4him.com” for $15
Colleges be like “Congratulations on your recent outstanding academic achievements, NOW COME PAY ME A LOT OF MONEY MUAHAHAHA”
Autocorrect changes “is” to “Ida” because OBVIOUSLY “Ida” is more commonly used than “is”
