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Balancing Ambition

September 18, 2017 in Lifestyle

I’ve always been the type who didn’t want to sacrifice my happiness for something that I had to do. I didn’t understand why I couldn’t do it all. This attitude often landed me into a bit of trouble. For example, during undergrad, I participated in cheerleading and had an on-campus job. My mom urged me to quit cheer to work full time. Why should I have to give up one of the things that I looked forward to most in my day? So instead, I added another part time job on top of that. At one point in my senior year, I was juggling 3 part-time jobs and cheer on top of my full-time course load and social obligations. My priorities were all out of wack (relatively speaking) and I needed a better way to manage them.

Fast forward to the beginning of this year: young “adult” (ha!) Cierra with a full-time job considering graduate school. I thought hard about how I would incorporate graduate school courses into my life without sacrificing the other things that are important to me. I decided that I would come up with monthly bucket lists to ensure that I felt fulfilled in all aspects that I deemed as important in a balanced lifestyle.

 

My basic formula:

 

Social + family + wellness & fitness + health + financial + personal + recipe

 

The lists lived on my walls at work. I often encouraged input about what I should add to my next list. I did not realize, at the time, how much these monthly bucket lists would mean to me. I truly believe that they have opened me up to new adventures and added a true feel of balance to my life. Yes, I have many ambitions that I am working on, but why shouldn’t the journey be fun?

 

I encourage you to complete these challenges with me or create your own bucket lists! I’m always looking for new ideas so feel free to comment or email me activities that I should try! Yes, “adulting” can get tough, but I hope that my journey can inspire you to add a little balance to your life.

♥ Cierra

 

Photo by Michael Ellis Photos 

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  1. Marley Graham says

    September 18, 2017 at 3:25 pm

    Challenge Ideas:
    1) no curse words for a month
    2) compliment 3 people a day
    3) find a random contest to enter online
    4) volunteer once a month
    5) find out about your ancestors!
    6) ride your bike to work one day

    Reply
    • AmbitiouslyCierra says

      September 19, 2017 at 12:22 am

      Wow! I really like your ideas! I’ll make sure to incorporate at least one of these on October’s Bucket List 🙂

      Reply
  2. Jane says

    September 18, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    Congrats on your first blog post!! Can’t wait to see your next one. 🙂

    Reply
    • AmbitiouslyCierra says

      September 19, 2017 at 12:21 am

      Thank you so much! I will be posting every day this week. After that I plan to maintain a schedule of about twice a week 🙂

      Reply
  3. Tyrone says

    September 19, 2017 at 10:31 am

    Blog looking great so far . Love it

    Reply
    • AmbitiouslyCierra says

      September 19, 2017 at 12:44 pm

      Thanks for your support! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Mary S says

    September 27, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    Inspiring! I’ll start my MBL too 🙂

    Reply
    • AmbitiouslyCierra says

      September 28, 2017 at 9:54 am

      Yes!!! and thank you 😀

      Reply
  5. Joanna Oladapo says

    November 26, 2017 at 5:31 pm

    You have inspired me to start my bucket list for each month. I usually set a yearly bucket list but each month is a good idea.

    Reply
    • AmbitiouslyCierra says

      November 27, 2017 at 1:07 am

      Yay!! Let me know if you have any fun suggestions that I should add to my own lists! I think a yearly bucket list is great for larger pursuits (I keep those in mind as well!)

      Reply

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