Starting this life

A good friend of mine pointed out today that the way I'm living my life isn't healthy and frankly just plain sucks. So I'm starting this blog for a couple reasons

1. I need something to hold me accountable and looking at this and having to write in it everyday will hopefully help me do that.

2. I want a record of some sort about my progress.

3. I'm starting the picture a day thing because I love photography and it has taken a backseat to too many things in my life

So my friend Kate has given me some advice I intend to follow "throw everything out the window and start from the beginning and by that i mean get rid of all your preconcieved notions and thoughts about everything, every major thing, in your life, rethink everything, and then start again just think about all the things you have in your life, all your hobbies, goals etc and think about why they are there and what they do for you. get rid of the ones that don't work, keep the ones that do, and add new ones doesn't anything make you happy in just the slightest bit?"

These are the things that make me happy right now:

• God
• Being with my friends
• Baking/Cooking
• Photography (obviously)
• Moshpits
• Philosophical Conversations
• My kitten (who is asleep next to me right now the annoyingly cute brat that she is)

So, this is me, my name is Aria by the way, I'm 21, I'm a comm major, I go to school in Philly and while not in Philly I live in DC. So this is how my blog is going to work: I'm going to write the Bible verse I'm reading for today maybe a little blurb on it, write out my todo list and what I've done, if I ever get the guts (hehe) my weekly weight loss, along with just an overview of my day and the picture of the day.

So today my verse is:

"Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility [goes] before honor" Proverbs 18:12 NASB.

It's funny because I need to start doing that, I need to humble myself before God I need to give my life back to Him. One of the happiest times in my life was last fall, I took a leave of absence from school and went home in about October it was a pretty rough summer and I needed to just get back to the basics. I ended up helping my Pastor and his wife Shannon, who is consequently my councilor with their 3 kids, Shannon was pregnant with her 4th at the time and needed a hand with her two youngest munchkins. It was a great time I was completely immersed in God, and His word and serving Him through serving their family. I came back this spring semester and though a lot changed at home some of those changes (that needed to come back with me) didn't. I need more self discipline and I need to get on a schedule and actually stick to it which honestly is one of the hardest things for me to do.

My day was pretty boring woke up went to class, I didn't actually have to go though and then I found out my comm theory professor cancelled class. So I was annoyed cuz DUR I could have slept in >.<>

My to do list:

Dishes

Cat Box

Take Out The Trash

Later Days Kiddies!

-aRia