“What are your favorite animals?”
I have had cats my whole adult life and I enjoy cat videos so they are my favorite. I just love that they have an attitude and they don’t care about what anyone thinks. They just do what they want! And they get to sleep all day.
“Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why?”
I have only been to mountainous areas twice in my life many years ago. I have been to a beach multiple times that I can actually remember in more detail. I think I enjoy the beach more because I don’t have to worry about the large heights involved with the mountains. I also enjoy the sound of the waves on the beach. I do not enjoy the sand being everywhere and sticking to everything. Mountains are nice because they’re still usually windy and have a beautiful view. Overall, they both have pros and cons, but if I had to pick just one, it would be beach.
“What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?”
The top favorites recently are tacos, chicken & veggie stir fry, and spaghetti. These are all relatively easy meals to make during the week while we’re working and going to school. I have also recently learned how to add more and more veggies to all of these meals. For example, with the tacos, I cook the meat with diced bell peppers in it and serve them with lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado.
“What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)?”
The only things that I have found and kept were pieces of nature, like a full, in-tact yellow butterfly that had died on the ground and not been destroyed by the wind. I kept it in a clear glass box and it stayed preserved fairly well. Other things that I’ll find and keep are flowers that I’ll dry and keep or flower petals and cool patterned leaves. Typically if I find unnatural objects, I turn them in to a lost and found, but I rarely find things like that.
“What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?” I don’t have a very structured routine anyway but the part I tend to skip is washing my hair. It is unfortunate but that’s what dry shampoo is for.
Oh, man. This one is a difficult question because I have NO idea. My son will be in his first year of school. I hope to have a second child by then. I hope to have changed careers as I am currently studying cyber security, I hope to be in an entry-level position by then. Other than my hopes, I don’t have any ideas as to what it may look like because I have no idea what God has planned for me in three years.
My favorite websites differ from the websites I use the most. My favorite website by far is Coursera.org because they provide free and paid courses in many different topics and industries from organizations and universities. The websites that I use the most are Instagram and YouTube because they are easy entertainment and I am more than likely addicted.
This is a really sad one but I’ve had to think through it a couple times because of my work in processing insurance claims. I would have to grieve the memories that the things are connected to but I would have to move on eventually. It would probably recur a few times later on where I would remember and grieve the loss or miss an item. I would also work through replacing items, starting with necessities. It would be a whole rebuilding process.
My number one priority for tomorrow is to keep myself on track. I’m going to be tracking my nutrition and my fitness much more strictly like I was in the first half of the year and I fell off in June or July. I am continuing on from where I left off so I’m not starting from scratch like I did in January, but I did fall off my plan. To start, I’ll be prioritizing protein in all my meals and then I’ll also be reducing my sweet snacks in favor of increasing fruits and proteins. I use the MyFitnessPal app to track the calories and macros that I eat through the day as well. The other part of this plan will involve setting a specific time each evening about 7:30-8:30 PM for my at-home workout. I don’t try to think about it, I prioritize upper body or lower body, alternating which one each day, I put on my headphones, and workout for about an hour to an hour and a half at a slow pace. I basically took a whole quarter off my plan and now I’m setting up to have the last quarter of the year to dial back in and lock in. Wish me luck!
I would like to learn what my cultural heritage is. I feel disconnected from my family’s culture as I am not entirely sure what country my family is from originally. We live in the US in North America but we haven’t learned where the family came from. I would be interested in learning where we came from and about the culture in that place.
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