The (NOT SO) Skinny Girl

I didn't used to be proud to say I was a Girl Scout- not while I was in middle or high school, at least. When you were in kindergarten, everyone joined up, did it until maybe 3rd grade. Then you started weeding out the sports people because practice and games got in the way. . . because sports earn big scholarships. Mind you, I was able to do Girl Scouts AND play sports, but that's just me. I missed a year somewhere, I want to say 8th grade when I went to a different school? So I fell behind in my scouting. But I joined back up in high school in the hopes of earning an award. I succeeded in earning a Silver Award, the second highest honor the Girl scouts had. I was unable to cram 2 years worth of work into one senior year of high school, so I opted not to go for the Gold Award. However, the Silver Award padded my college applications well enough. While in college, I worked for the local Girl Scout Council at a summer camp as a counselor, making a difference in young girl...

Sitting down and creating a game plan- with plan A and maybe a plan B- is something everyone should at least consider doing. And when I say consider, I mean SHOULD JUST DO IT. Like NIKE, JUST DO IT. (Yes, I grew up in the 90's/2000's) What are your PRIORITIES?  Do your priorities and goals ALIGN?  Are your goals and priorities REALISTIC? ...big question... Seriously though- WHAT IS STANDING IN YOUR WAY? Is it an assumed challenge, a real(ized) challenge, or a mythical monster that is standing in your way? Is it something you can get over? Is it something that's not really there? Is it NBD??? Stop chasing white rabbits down rabbit holes that lead to misty fantasies... stop chasing rainbows in hopes of leprechauns...  Start realizing that either you want it or you don't Either you can do it or you can't                            AND  Either you have what it takes to follow th...

I guess I should say that YES I DO CARE... however there is more we can DO to fix our problems. We can start a revolution, by educating ourselves and our offspring. We can start a movement with deep roots. We can change the way we act to the world, and thus influence the way they act towards us. We can eliminate our problems, not just for ourselves- but for future generations. We can train, nurture, and produce better human beings than we have. We can do this- we can make the difference. Will you be the one to take the first step?

The hardest thing we face as individuals is making a commitment to our individual success. Career success has been rammed down our throats. I mean, we make believe we are grown-ups. We dream of being firefighters, police officers, Doctors, ETC. We dream and play and pretend as kids to do all these grown-up things. And then we work towards it. We learn to read and write. We learn to speak, and then to engage in conversation. We learn motor skills and hone higher levels of thinking. When we were children, we could honestly say we learned something or bettered ourselves every single day. Don't just focus on your career. A career doesn't hug you when you're sad, or listen when you need to talk, or curl up next to you each night. A bank account doesn't console you when you've lost a parent, sibling, spouse, friend, or child. A nice car won't surprise you with dinner or send you a card on your birthday.  I challenge anyone that considers themselves worth the chal...