Motivation Monday

Ohh the irony that exists in this post. Last night we got hit with the icepocalypse pt. 2, and it was bad enough to extend our weekend a couple days, YAY! I definitely felt like I was back in high school last night when they called it- my roommate and I were waiting on our pizza to be delivered (it was so bad outside we didn't want to walk to get dinner, it was so wonderfully lame) and our RA goes running down the hallway yelling that classes were cancelled. I don't think that I can convey the excitement of the ladies of 4S to you through words. I must say, not having classes today was delightful and if I were a good student, I would talk about how I used my day to get ahead of all my school work and my room is now spotless and blah blah blah. However, I am a typical college student and used the day to catch up on sleep and getting to work on a project or two that I haven't been able to get to normally (can you say update the blog...), and maybe there has been a "Say Yes to the Dress" marathon going on all day too. And miracle of miracles, Fine Arts was reportedly closed, so I couldn't even feel guilty for not going to practice today :).

So today as I was looking at my favorite blogs for inspiration, and thinking about whether or not I wanted to continue this particular project, I came across a few different "Motivation Monday" series. So the goal then, is to post something inspirational and/or motivational each week on Mondays- and also I found a 5 for Friday link up that I'm considering as well, but more on that later!

I found this picture on good ole' Pinterest this past week and I just couldn't put it out of my mind, and now it's the background on my phone.

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This past week, the session for my mentor-ship program was all about self-esteem. As a human-being, having a strong, positive view of myself is something that I have struggled with for longer than I could articulate and I like having this little reminder of qualities that I value. As I write this even, I think its rather superficial. I know that I have an identity in Christ that goes so far beyond these few qualities, but I also think that having a simple reminder can do a lot in reminding me of that identity. Well, that's the hope anyways :) 

So with a confidence boost for us all, let's go forth and use it to do something lovely with our day!