Good morning and happy April! April already!? I swear it couldn’t be.
The first of the month is my favorite — you get to reboot with a fresh start. While I never did make aspirations for 2014, the renewal that is tied to Spring inspired me to set intentions for the fourth month of twenty fourteen.
Inspired by task master Caroline’s intentions series, I have noted a few things I would like to guide me through the April, and the beginning of a new season.
1 // Share more about food on Nutrition Nut via recipes and nutrition topics
Over the years that Nutrition Nut has grown, it feels as though my sharing of recipes and nutrition information is not as abundant. I’d like to create a couple of new recipes this month and/or share more of my daily eats.
Gluten-Free Raspberry Chocolate Chip Muffins
2 // IINteract more with my IIN classmates
School is moving right along. Now that we have dove into the coaching material, it’s important that we practice our coaching skills/techniques with our classmates. I’d like to practice with a fellow student four times this month (ideally, once per week).
3 // Reach out to a friend once a week
Most of my friendships have evolved into long distance relationships as we’ve gone our separate ways for jobs, families, experiences, etc. Whether it’s a phone call, e-mail, or text conversation, I’d like to connect with at least one of my friends each week to keep our connection close albeit miles apart.
4 // Build up to some longer distance runs, 6-8 miles
While I have not been running impressive mileage lately, the running I have done has been mostly pain-free (fingers crossed). I would be thrilled to run a couple of 6-8 mile runs in April. #gothedistance
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I’m looking forward to seeing some more recipes! I’ve been setting myself monthly challenges for the last few months; the start of a month is such a nice time to set your mind to something new :)
Sophie
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I love the goals or intentions you’ve set for April. They’re all very easily achievable, but yet enough of a challenge to keep you motivated to make time for them. :) I’ve set the goal to get back on track with my half-marathon training after my Physical Fitness test today. Yikes!
Love these intentions – especially with connecting with those close friends that are separated. Between graduating college and being in the military, my friends are all over the country/world. I think I’m going to make it a point to call someone once a week as well :)
Love these intentions! Especially the one about connecting to friends. A lot of my friends are far away now, too, which is really sad… but nice that we still keep in touch!
I, too, feel like April 1st is a fresh start :) My big intentions for April are to save money for summer vacations and clean out my room.
I love your concept of creating intentions on a monthly basis. Setting one big ‘New Year’s Resolution’ can seem so daunting and cause people to quickly lose focus. Simple monthly intentions seem easier to keep track of and truly invest time into. I’m off to set a few intentions of my own…
These all look awesome, looking forward to the daily eats posts. I like the friend idea as well and will totally have to do this as well!
Love the term intentions vs goals! Great idea about networking – I’m hoping to spend some time getting to know local practitioners I can work with.
Hi Lauren – Are you a student at IIN?
Nope – I’m a dietitian, but I’m just starting to build my local and online private practice, so hoping to connect with others to refer to!
i like this series :) my april intention is to slow down and appreciate spring around me :)
Looks like some awesome intentions! I really like that you are going to make it a point to stay in contact with long distance friends each week – this is something I need to do a lot more of. Looking forward to seeing your daily eats!
Absolutely! I set monthly fitness goals to keep things not only fresh, but manageable.