Things I’ve Learned About Myself

I was puddle jumping during my run in the rain this morning.


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It has been raining a lot lately. I honestly don’t mind; I will take rain over snow any day!!


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Since my half-marathon 1.5 weeks ago, I have been dealing with some pain in my right hamstring, but I am happy to report that my run this morning was pain-free! 🙂

I knew I just needed to give it some rest. Now hopefully this continues!

Distance: 3 miles

Time: 26 minutes

Weather: cool, rainy, 50*

I was a short, quick run, but I still got my endorphin-high fix for the day. 🙂

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Breakfast

I tried a new breakfast item today: Kath’s Dough Boy Smoothie.

I actually made one last week, just never posted about it.


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Basically you make overnight oats in the blender the night before but wait until the morning to blend everything together.

My Dough Boy Smoothie contained:

– milk

– 1/2 banana

– frozen blueberries

– old-fashioned oats

– Nancy’s Keifer ~ blackberry flavor

– strawberry Greek yogurt

– cinnamon (I accidentally dumped about 2 tablespoons in, so I had to scoop a bunch out!)

(I switched the settings on my camera to RAW quality but wasn’t able to upload them to iPhoto unless I made them smaller, which resulted in the poor picture above. Does any know if I can (how to) upload RAW images to iPhoto?)

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I am amazed at the new things I learn about myself each day.

One would think they know themselves through and through by the age of 28, but I seriously learn new things about myself each day!

Things I have recently learned about myself:

  • I would rather work for myself than others.
  • I like to change things up.
  • I am not a procrastinator (on most things)!
  • I would rather do something myself than have someone do it for me because I usually have a particular way of doing it.

Things I have always known about myself:

  • I do not like confrontation
  • I am very indecisive.
  • I like a schedule, but I don’t like doing the same thing every day.

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Question

What is something you have learned about yourself recently?

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8 Comments

  1. 9.1.11

    Really enjoying your posts. Don’t know if I could do the overnight oats in a blender though….don’t really like them in the jar either. I like my oats cooked. I liked baked oatmeal for breakfast. I make a pan of it and cut it in squares then just get one out of the fridge every morning. Usually add a piece of fruit and/or yogurt then I am ready to go! 🙂

    • 9.1.11
      Michelle said:

      Thanks!

      Yeah, it took me a while to get on the overnight oats bandwagon. I mostly just eat them because they are convenient.

  2. 9.1.11

    Really enjoying your posts. Don’t know if I could do the overnight oats in a blender though….don’t really like them in the jar either. I like my oats cooked. I liked baked oatmeal for breakfast. I make a pan of it and cut it in squares then just get one out of the fridge every morning. Usually add a piece of fruit and/or yogurt then I am ready to go! 🙂

    • 9.1.11
      Michelle said:

      Thanks!

      Yeah, it took me a while to get on the overnight oats bandwagon. I mostly just eat them because they are convenient.

  3. 9.1.11
    Jamie said:

    I’ve learned that I need to stand up for myself, who I am and what I want! What a process though..whew!

    Also…I LOVE running the rain. I feel your pain with the snow…I’m close to where you ran your first marathon and the winters can be harsh! booo…treadmill!

  4. 9.1.11
    Jamie said:

    I’ve learned that I need to stand up for myself, who I am and what I want! What a process though..whew!

    Also…I LOVE running the rain. I feel your pain with the snow…I’m close to where you ran your first marathon and the winters can be harsh! booo…treadmill!

  5. 9.1.11
    Liz said:

    Glad your leg is healing up. I am also not very confrontational…but I sometimes wish I was.

  6. 9.1.11
    Liz said:

    Glad your leg is healing up. I am also not very confrontational…but I sometimes wish I was.