Daily DeMo 2012

I'm back! What better way to start a new year than to begin learning new things! :) I plan to start blogging a little bit again, even though maybe my readers have given up on me (it's only been ... too many months!), but it's still fun for me to look back on this and see what I've been learning. Currently, I've misplaced the first week's things learned, so once I find those I'll put them up.

Along with learning something new every day, I've also been: 

• Journaling daily/nightly. I've become a little bit OCD about this. I have a fresh Moleskine notebook (love!) and a new Sharpie pen (love!) and haven't missed a day yet. (I will admit though that sometimes on the weekends, I'll need to write something and it's actually 1:30 am the next day, but I backdate it and write the current time and date, just so that I don't mess up the flow of things.) I really wish I would have started journaling a long time ago. It's so nice to see what my prayers are and what's going on. Thanks to Mel for sort of forcing me into it with, "DeMo, you really should start journaling." Thirty days make a habit, and I'm almost there. Speaking of, can you believe that January is almost over?!? Not. Ready. Yet.


• Hanging out a lot with friends. I had a fantastic time this weekend at a birthday party for my roommate. I also try to do dinner with various friends once a month and it's really great.


• Watching Netflix. Way too much. First I had an addiction, yes, to Facebook, but asked myself, "Self, is it really worth all of the time spent there? Do I really find worth in supporting a multi-billion-dollar-aire?" No. Maybe it was a conviction. So I stopped using Facebook constantly and instead started watching Psych on Netflix. Every moment I was home. And again, I said, "Self, is this show really that important that you waste time watching it when you should be sleeping?" So then, I stopped watching Psych, and instead started watching BBC's Sherlock. Which, you know, is kind of like Psych but in a more sophisticated and brainy way, so it's ok, right? Well, fortunately, the first season on Netflix only lasted 3 episodes, so I began a fast from Netflix. And it lasted about a week, but now I choose to watch in moderation. Until Season 2 of Sherlock is released, then I will be in hiding, while politely stuffing Self under a pillow until it's over.


• Reading on my iPhone, thanks to the Kindle app. I started reading Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington. It is very interesting so far, just to know that he was such a smart kid and had this drive to learn, but was held back by his circumstances. I'm not to far into it, but I do recommend it, and it's one of the classics available for free for the Kindle. 


• Pinning. Way to much. This is yet another computer activity that steals time from me. But I think I can tone it down and use it in moderation.


• Quipping (submitting to Quipsologies). I love this site, and I've submitted a lot lately! It's like a little collection of the coolest design stuff. If you're bored and are interested in chronicles of "the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis" then you should check it out. Even if you're not into design, there are still some gems. Such as this one and this one (I highly recommend this one about the painted goldfish). :)


• Exploring the fruit of the Spirit in a Beth Moore study with my Life Group girls. These are the same girls (plus a few newbies) who I read through the Bible chronologically with this past year. I really recommend doing that. It gives such a better perspective of God's people and our history. Anyway, we just began the Beth Moore study and it's a 10-week course. I'm really looking forward to what we're all going to learn, and how we'll all be changed by participating.

I have the first Daily DeMo post of 2012 in the drafts that will come soon, but I don't have time tonight to finish it. Hopefully this has satisfied any curiosity you have of when I'll start the blog again. :)