This week brought all sorts of adventures into our life. We started a new school for the next two weeks for the company I work for, we had friends come from Utah to stay with us for the week, and ran into my first encounters with what it really means to have morning sickness. Oh boy! I must say I learned a lot about myself this week. I learned about what my breaking points were and also what habits I have created that have really changed me in both good and bad ways.
I enjoyed working at the school this week. The kids always bring a side out of me that can only come out when I am around them. Basically I just turn into a big goof ball and act like a giant kid. I particularly enjoyed this school more than others because they have a super cool system there. They have actually implemented the seven habits of highly effective people into everything that they do at that school. Each child has it memorized and they implement it in every subject. I found it perfectly fitting as we studied about this also in class this week. I was impressed to see that with that kind of structure the kids were behaved differently than at a regular school. The teachers were different as well. I found out that each week they anonymously pick someone and just say super nice things about them (a member of the faculty) and it gives them that affirmation that what they are doing is actually making some sort of a difference. The habits we create in the many environments we encounter every day really do make a difference.
As we housed our friends this week we had a blast! They have the cutest little baby and it made me really excited for when we have this baby and it was the best to see my husband play with her and be so cute with her (I think she had a crush on him haha). It also was a challenge as I faced a lot of sickness this week. I always get put in this super uncomfortable position when I want to be a really good host but I feel so sick. I had to kind of just put first things first and give myself a break and really not care that it might look like I am 'lazy'. Also being around them made me realize the things that we do as a family that I love and the things that I would like to change.
All in all I am super grateful and happy with the way our lives are. But of course there are always things to be improved and I just always want to remember that if you are stuck in some sort of habit you can always come out of it. It is easy to feel lazy when you don't feel good and justify certain things. But, I think it is important to get back up on the horse before its too late. A habit can make or break you. Good habits will continue to drive you forward and make you better, while bad habits can drag you down until it seems there is no life left. Always beware of what your habits are becoming and life will stay moving forward and staying happy :)
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