#150 {Bigger Picture Moments}

I woke up without a headache this morning.

It's been four days.

And, in the grand scheme of suffering, this is NOT a big deal...but four days with a headache, a bit of a fever {and a few other not-necessary-to-mention ailments} was enough for me. Monday and Tuesday were both days when I could do little other than rest - even the computer screen hurt to look at after a while. So, when I woke up headache free, I was one happy gal.

AND, it's day 150 of my own little Project 365. Day 150! It is very rare for me to do ANYTHING for 150 straight days...so this feels like a pretty cool milestone to me! You see, I'm very good at coming up with ideas and starting projects. Less spectacular when it comes to fully completing things. Take keeping a journal for example. I'll start in, do great for a couple of days, then miss a day. And then feel like I've failed and need to start all over again. No, seriously. It's embarrassing the number of journals I have that are mostly filled with blank pages. Because they've been "restarted" in a totally new book. 

I think this mentality is, in part, just who I am. And I think it was ingrained more deeply through years of dieting....you know, you start a diet, do great {read follow it perfectly} for a little while....then you "cheat" and that turns into failure in your {well, at least in my} mind....and you have to "start all over again."  My project 365 was born from a desire to conquer this mindset and to push myself to walk {read get up off the couch and get more/any exercise}. And blogging had been something I had stuck with and totally enjoyed for more than a year...SO I combined two things I love {instagram and blogging} with two things I'm not as fond of {walking and daily discipline} to see if I could really start to see these areas of my life actually change!

So, you ask...how am I doing??! 

Well, I'm walking. Not everyday. But most days. And so, so many more days than had I never started this!

AND, I AM PUSHING THROUGH...NOT obsessing on days when I can't (or just don't) walk. NOT beating myself up if I miss a couple of days posting pictures and have to play catch up. AND, most importantly to me? NOT STARTING OVER.

As I woke up on this 150th day, with no headache, I went out to enjoy a short walk (didn't want to over do it and risk another headache!) in the fresh air. There were chirping birds and flowers and I felt like I could hear the movie music playing....you know, that sweet music that plays when all is well and the main character is feeling good about life! And I felt no {read not-even-a-hint} of panic or worry or defeat that I hadn't been out for a few days. Just really glad to be at day 150 and still be aware of and plugged into my project...so much freer than I've ever felt before as I've "tackled" an area of my life that I think needs a-changin'.  

And this is WONDERFUL.

Linking up today at
Peanut Butter in my Hair
to share our Simple Moments!

Someday is Now!

I'm looking forward to having fun.

Instagram fun. With my new iPhone.

I've got stories to tell that

have been waiting for these photos ~
photos from the camera that's in
the phone that's in my pocket.

I look back and remember when

I had to wait two weeks
to see the pictures taken with
my Kodak "instamatic". Two whole weeks.
Down the stairs I'd run when
my dad got home from work
hoping for that envelope of prints.
For days he'd hold out his
empty hands and sing to me,
"Some Day Your 'Prints' Will Come!"
For days. So now that "insta"
really means instant...I'll be counting
 to 365 with the help of
the camera that lives in the
phone that's tucked in my pocket.

Linking up with Melissa
who asked us what we were
LOOKING FORWARD to!