"Don't Complain About What You Permit."

I have a few challenges in mind for this year: work 35 hours a week while taking 3 courses, reading 45 books in 52 weeks and losing weight! I also want to make friends. That sounds so funny and corny at the same time. But the truth of the matter is... I'm lonely. I have two good friends out here. One lives three blocks from me. Since I don't want to monopolize her time, we hang out once or twice a week. Lena's out here too but she's about an hour from me.. and the drive. No me gusta. The tough thing about growing up is your social network appears to get smaller. Think about it.. you make friends in school, work, and church (or your religious network). Graduate school is something totally different. I'm in a program specifically geared towards full time working professionals. So my classmates, as nice as they are have families, jobs and lives outside of the classroom. They come to campus for class and don't come back. My two part time jobs.. although I really like the people I'm working with, we don't hang out after hours. My church.. well, I'm starting there.

I went to church last night. It was a little different, but I like the idea of going on Saturday nights. I've never been big on partying so spending my evening in church is not that bad for me. I really enjoyed the service. Pastor spoke about the negative and positive ways that God notices us. He made us repeat "don't complain about what you permit." What a powerful statement. That basically sums up why I moved to California. I was bored and tired of complaining about it. I wanted to try something new and I felt like this was the way to get there. The same can be said about my weight loss journey, and my social life. So this is me.. taking over my life. No more complaining or second guessing... just doing.