Adjusting Focus

Wow. I sound like I'm writing a college essay or something with that title... Well, long story short, I decided sometime in early October that I needed to start doing physical activity if I wanted to be healthy. So I started running. I began just doing a mile and for a while I just tried to run a mile faster and faster each time. One day I learned that a 5k was about 3.1 miles. I decided that the next time I ran, I was going to just keep on running as long as I could, but at least try to get to 3ish miles. That was in November and my time was about 35 minutes. I signed up for a 5k and kept on running 3.1+ miles on the treadmill (which I realize now that there are better/more efficient ways to train for a 5k, but I really just went for it). Eventually my time got better and better, but, I was running on a treadmill where my pace was kept pretty steady for me. So when the weather got nice and I could run outside, I started to have a hard time. Eventually I just started off by runnin...

Before I continue with this post, I just want to thank you all for reading my last blog post , as well as for the support. I was a little hesitant about putting it up at first, but I'm glad I did. So, in December of last year I put up a post about the end of my first semester at MWCC. Now, the end of my second semester has finally come... and to be quite honest, it was as good as I had hoped. I came away with a lot of good lessons and I had amazing professors this semester. My English professor was literally my favorite teacher I've had and his obsession with Elizabeth Strout and her book, Olive Kitteridge , was quite entertaining. And, don't forget Stoner . I had one professor for three of my classes (Sociology, Intro to Human Services, and Psych of Self), which may sound terrible, but she was awesome, and when you have her for some 8:00am classes and the weather is really bad, life is pretty rockin' because you can sleep in for once in your life. Plus, her classes w...