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You guys. We leave for Europe in two days. TWO DAYS! I am so excited. & SO nervous.

Last week my goals were to:

1. Get ready for a garage sale. We are so thankful for the donations we received for our garage sale. (This was my favorite donation by far.) The donations truly helped. The garage sale was exhausting but I'm happy we hosted one. Some extra cash before we leave really helps. 

2. Sew headbands. This goal was definitely not accomplished. I really didn't have time to sit down and sew. Any of you sew? Taking out the sewing machine and starting a project can be just so time consuming. 

3. Get ready for Europe. Just as I suspected with my to do list. The second I checked something off, it grew again. But I feel that we got A LOT done the week before we leave. Still working on it, but it's almost done. 

My goals for this week are to:

1. Take this flight like a champ. We are leaving Tuesday afternoon. We will arrive in England in Wednesday morning. tiiiimetraaavel. I will be completely honest with you all, I have never left America. I'm not afraid of flying (fortunately) but going to a whole new part of the world is a foreign concept to me. & just logistics of airports and public transportation is kind of daunting for me. Fortunately the people I'm traveling with are pros. ;)

2. Take a chill pill. There is an attraction in Disney's California Adventure where you take a little quiz to determine which Disney character is most like you. One question I always remember is, "Do you like to plan things out? Or see what happens?" I am definitely a "plan things out" type of girl, but I want to be more of a "see what happens" kind of girl. So for this trip I want to be more relaxed with our plans. I don't want to feel anxious about not seeing all of the sites or not being at the right place at the right time. This trip should be more about relaxing.

Wish me luck with my goals! I hope I can achieve them.
What are your goals for this week?

- Christina

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Weekly Wishes, created by Melyssa from The Nectar Collective, is a place to share your weekly goals. 
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Thank you everyone who left such kind words on my previous blog post. I removed the previous post from my blog because everyone who cares about us has read it. I explained a personal situation that I wanted my friends and family to know about, and as time went on, unkind people began to be rude and negative in the comment section. Our situation is hard enough without people making it worse.

Now I'm ready for a fresh start. We appreciate the help we've received with our current situation. We've reworked our budget and with the financial help we received we can make a trip to Europe work. So thank you so much for your help. We are overwhelmed by those who have reached out to us & are thankful you are in our lives. 

With a lot of change in my life, I felt it was appropriate to spruce up my layout on my blog. 

Do you like it? I hope so!

This is my forth installment of Weekly Wishes. I've really enjoyed this journey of setting goals to accomplish on a weekly basis. It has helped keep me focused.

Last week my goals were to:

1. Organize all of my files. That hasn't been accomplished yet, but I plan on working on this on Monday! 

2. Make my own açaí bowl. This goal was finally accomplished. My boyfriend, Keith and our friend, Ballo & I made açaí bowls for dinner. We loosely followed this recipe. We felt it tasted kind of bland. We added agave... I want to look for more açaí bowl recipes. I know I could try and make them on my own, but I like following recipes. :)

3. Work on my Europe to do list. I definitely worked on our to do list. 

9 more days until we leave! 

My goals for this week are to:

1. Get ready for a garage sale. My boyfriend Keith and I are hosting a garage sale this coming weekend to earn some extra funds before we travel. I need to continue to collect my own belongings and I have some donations that I need to organize.

2. Sew headbands. I don't know how realistic this goal is. I make headbands like this. (My friend, Katie won that giveaway and here are pictures of her in one of the headbands during her trip to Ecuador.) I figured I could make more headbands to sell at the garage sale. Hopefully I have time for it! If you are interested in purchasing a headband (now or in the future) please let me know! I want to continue to make more when we return from Europe. I have an Etsy shop. Feel free to "favorite" it so you can be up to date for when I truly stock the shop. 

3. Get ready for Europe (that to do list!). I feel that when I start to chip away at my to do list, more and more gets added. But it's okay, I just means I'm preparing ourselves more, which isn't a bad thing. 

I cannot wait to share my journey with you all. Thank you for all of your support these past 8 months. I've really enjoyed my blog and I feel like it's coming into it's own. So thank you for reading and following along. 

Sorry for a somewhat long-winded post. But thank you for reading. What are you goals for this week? I would love to hear all about them!

- Christina

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I hope everyone had a productive week last week. It was my last week working & now I'm officially on "get my Europe to do list done" & blogging mode. It's interesting and exciting to not have a job to go to. 

Last night for Valentine's Day, my boyfriend Keith and I went to a fun bar called The Blind Donkey in Long Beach. There was a photo booth that I couldn't turn down. I think I've made it a promise to myself to use photo booths every time I encounter one. I hope you had a fun Valentine's Day. What did you do?

Last week my goals were to:

1. Organize my Europe to do list. I finally did it. Everything is in order. I have my "To Buy," "To Pack," & "To Do." This list is long, but I'm ready to tackle it!

2. Order my Warby Parker frames. I am so happy to get this off of my to do list. I've been procrastinating it because I needed to scan in my prescription. You know those easy tasks that you just don't make time for? Ya, that was one of them.

3. Make my own açaí bowl. I didn't do it :( My local grocery store does carry açaí, so that's one step in the right direction!

This week my goals are to:

1. (a really boring goal, but) Organize all of my files. I just recently switched out my MacBook Pro for a MacBook Air & I just threw a bunch of files onto my external. & my Dropbox account is a mess (& I want to clean it up before I travel!). 

2. Make my own açaí bowl! I can do it this week. 

3. Work on my Europe to do list. Now that I have my to do list organized, I can now chip away at it. 

What are you goals for the week?

- Christina

P.S. - I'm currently hosting a giveaway on my Instagram page. Please feel free to enter! Thank YOU!

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So my first round of Weekly Wishes was successful! Last week my goals were to: 

1. Post a giveaway! CHECK! If you missed it, starting yesterday I am hosting a giveaway. I am giving away an adorable tank from Arm the Animals. Please check it out!

2. Schedule my blog posts into a calendar. CHECK! I have a lot of blogpost ideas, it's just a matter of giving myself a deadline. I now have all of February planned out. Very excited!

This week my goals are:

1. Organize my Europe to do list. I currently have a Google Doc that I keep on adding "to dos" & my shopping list to & it's all over the place. It needs to put into categories. Like things I need to pack, things I need to buy, etc.

2. Order my Warby Parker frames!

3. Make my own açaí bowl. I always buy açaí bowls, this post has really inspired me to make my own. Anyone know where I can buy açaí? Whole Foods? Online?

What are your goals for this week? I'm excited for this upcoming week. It's my last week of work. From here on out I'll be focusing on my Europe to do list & blogging. I'm really excited for the rest of this month and leaving to Europe in March. 

I hope you have a positive, productive week! 

- Christina

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Inspired by Coley's Weekly Wishes, I have decided to start making weekly (public) goals for myself. It's really great to have New Year's resolutions that you can focus on during the year but breaking down your goals to weekly just seems easier to accomplish. And making them public makes me more accountable!

My goals for this week (which are mostly blogging related):

1. I have a giveaway planned! So my first goal is to get the giveaway post this week. I'm super excited for it! I hope you are too!

2. & I want to start scheduling my blogposts into a calendar. I think giving my posts a due date will make me less lazy :)

So this week I am starting two weekly posts. Weekly Wishes will be posted on Sundays & I am starting a new series called #throwbackthursday to Vlogmas 2014! Apparently I did have enough footage to participate in Vlogmas. I figured instead of letting the footage just sit there, I would post my Vlogmas vlogs on Thursdays! It will be Christmas in February. (I didn't do too much Christmassy stuff anyway, so they won't look that different from normal vlogs.) I really enjoy vlogging so I appreciate you all watching!

So I'm hoping for a productive week. I hope yours is, too! What are your goals for the week?

- Christina

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