Bad News

Remember this?! Remember how I didn't want to be in the 71%?? Well, I failed the challenge!! Let me explain.

I was going strong...

Then life happened! LOL!! I had a very busy week preparing for my sister's baby shower, packing for an extended weekend trip home for the baby shower, cleaning the house, exercising, etc! I missed day 59 and didn't even realize it until day 60! We spent all day decorating the venue for the baby shower, preparing the food, getting the games ready, etc. I'm not even mad at myself for forgetting!! It's completely understandable. I thought for a quick second that maybe I should go back and try to pick it back up, but the point of the challenge was to make a post every day. I didn't...so, I failed!

However, this does not mean that I fail at 'happiness'. Like I talked about here, some times you have to live life off the grid to actually enjoy it. I must say having to find something to take a picture of every day was taxing! You go through the whole day wondering if you should take a picture of xyz and post it...or wondering if you should wait to see if something more exciting happens that day. To be honest, I was kind of relieved when I realized I wouldn't have to participate in the challenge anymore! Posting a picture every day just isn't my thing.

If you've been following me on Instagram, you know I've continued to post things that make me smile and that make me happy:
~ I watched my mom's best softball game this year with 2 home runs and a triple (leading her team into the tournament).
~ My family and friends celebrated the upcoming birth of my niece, Ms. Jordynn Aubrielle Newborn.
~ My softball team was 2nd place regular season AND 1st place city-wide tournament champs!
~ I'm campaigning to help Jeremiah raise money to go to the best school for autism in his area (you can still donate by clicking here).
~ I helped on my very first DC friends celebrate her birthday!
~ And I'm steadily making gains with this weight lifting thing!

So, you see...even though the challenge was fun, I didn't fail! I don't have to post a picture every day to enjoy life...

I'm too busy living!

Enjoy your weekend guys! Live it up!! :-)

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Halfway Mark

So far so good!!

If you read this post, you'd know I was a little skeptical about this project. I set out with the purpose of completing this challenge so having faith in myself helped me put my best foot forward. I didn't want to be in that 71%.

This post is to catch you up to speed on what's been going on!

Days 1-25

Days 26-50

I'm glad I'm still on track to completing this challenge. It's definitely been hard trying to keep up with this thing...and a little annoying at the same time. I don't really use Instagram that much so having to use it every day is a task! I'm sure I've had more exciting periods of time in my life but despite that I'm always able to find at least one picture to show some type of happiness in my day. That makes me smile. It's been an emotional, busy, hard, activity filled 50 days...but I've made it through. Time passes so quickly and things change in an instant. Gotta stop to smell the roses.

As of today I have a little over 40 days to go. Check out my Instagram (@allnaturalmi) to follow along...and to see what the first 50 pictures are about!! You'll enjoy every minute of following me ;-)!

Have a great Monday.

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4th of July Festivities

If you remember this post from last year, you would know what my goal was. Who knew I would accomplish it so soon!! Let's get into these pictures because they are amazing!


Before

A cool GIF

Some of the beautiful fireworks

Panoramic Shot...Look at all the cell phones!

Of course we took the Metro and surprisingly getting to and from the fireworks was no hassle at all. There were so many firework shows going on in the DMV area that no matter where you were at any given time you could see and hear fireworks! In NC Fireworks are illegal, apparently they're not in DC. There were people on street corners shooting fireworks, people in businesses parking lots shooting fireworks...and not the baby fireworks, but the industrial kind! Don't believe me?!

Street corner...lol

However, I was happy with the show we saw and this was definitely apart of my #100happydays! I would recommend everyone see it...put it on your bucket list!!!
This post was brought to you by us (because I think we look darn good in this pic)! :-D

Sorry for the pic heavy post, but I had to share...and I had to do it my way! Have a good week y'all!

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100 Happy Days

As I was surfing the net this past weekend, I saw that one of my #BLMGirls was calling upon our group to join the 100 Days of Happy Challenge. I hadn't heard anything about it, but many of the ladies who commented had. I was curious so I checked it out.


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This challenge is daring people to be happy for 100 days straight and acknowledging it. It's not about proving to others how happy you are and if that's your goal, you fail already! If you read this post then you know how I've been feeling since vacation. Although I said I liked being off the grid and enjoyed living in the moment rather than getting caught up in trying to capture the moment, I thought this challenge was the perfect way to keep a good thing going!

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I saw this and got a little nervous. I've tried to do challenges before and have failed miserably. Most of those challenges were 30 day challenges, so I was nervous about falling into this 71%!! I have a hard time sticking with routines, especially routines like these. I mean really, who has the time to post something every single day?! You fail already by not trying at all, so I figured 'what the heck?!' and signed up!

I started Monday, June 2. My 100th day will be Wednesday, September 10th. That's a very long time and I'm sure I'll have trouble remembering to post something every single day. I'll try not beat myself up if I forget a day or two but I'll try my hardest not to. I'm very happy so I shouldn't have any problems finding 100 things!! I guess we'll see...won't we??

I'm encouraging everyone I can to be a part of this challenge. You don't have to register to participate, but its' good for accountability purposes ;-)

Days 1-4

Want to see what my pics are about? Join me!!

If you join or already a part of this, let me know so I can keep up with your 100 Days of Happy!!

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