"The hardest thing about blogging is consistency"

So a few weeks ago I decided to motivate myself to keep up with this blog. As those reading my blogs may have realized, I'm not holding up to my goal of 3 blogs every week. Well I've let others suggest to me that 3 might be difficult to do. and their right, I honestly just can't come up with 3 clever things to share with you guys every week. I know I said I'd try for at least 1 good thought and maybe just a couple pictures or songs... but I have realized I just can't do those pictures or songs... I feel like I'm cheating... though I guess thats exactly what I said I'd do so maybe I just need to get over that.

but here's my point. How many of us have goals... plans... dreams... and how many of us pursue those goals and dreams with consistency??? It's so easy to go hard core after what we want... for short periods of time... for moments... but then we stop... we decide it's not worth it, maybe it's unrealistic. But the truth is, nothing is unrealistic. If Jesus could take Enoch to heaven, if Ezekial could see dry bones dancing... Why do we insist in believing things are impossible. You know there's not much said about Enoch in the bible... just that he walked with God... let me make sure you caught that... he WALKED with God... Do you think it was easy??? I doubt it, I know it was a different world back then... but murder existed, and just a few hundred years later (which at that point wasn't even 1 life time...) God was preparing humanity for the destruction of earth because sin had become such a common way of life.  I'm sure Enoch stumbled alot... so I guess it's a good thing he kept God close by.  He didn't run, he didn't jog... he just walked... he paced himself and he took his abilities seriously. With heaven as the goal he did what he could to keep walking towards that goal, and he didn't stop... He just kept walking.

Someone wise once said

"If you can't fly than run, if you can't run than walk, if you can't walk than crawl, But whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

Martin Luther King Jr.

It doesn't matter how long it takes you too reach your goal or your destination... The thing that matters is that you don't stop... you keep moving forward. No matter how many rocks get in your way, no matter how many obstacles you face. Climb them, move them, go around them, but just keep moving forward and don't ever quit. Who knows, along the way you may discover that your original goal isn't what you want to do anymore... but along the way, you'll probably find a new path to somewhere you never thought of before. 

Time is an interesting concept isn't it??? Something so precious... Each moment is a gift. I was writing a letter to a friend the other day... I bought the perfect card, and I was waiting for the right time to send it... But you know... that was about a year or so ago... the "right time" hasn't come yet... But I finally wrote in it anyways... While I was writing... I realized there's no better time than now. Now is the most precious time you will ever have... Now, is the farthest you've made it on your journey thus far, Now is the beginning of the rest of your life. Now is the moment to take advantage of everything you have. Now is the right time to appreciate everything you have. I know life may seem rough right now... believe me life as it is "Now" may seem like the worst time of your entire life... but right Now... think about what you do have... If your reading this blog... You obviously have life... You probably have eyes which your using to see the words... Maybe you don't have eyes but you have a friend to read this to you... Maybe you have a computer that reads it to you... In that case... you've got something/someone that's around to help you... Hopefully you have family who loves you, friends that encourage you, a heart that still beats with every breath... Maybe the sun is shining, maybe the clouds are providing shade, perhaps you live in Canada and even in the middle of summer the snow keeps falling and you wish it would just stop. I guess that just means you have senses that have the ability to tell you when there's something unpleasant... Now is the time to appreciate it...
I'm not going to lie guys... my life as it is right Now... is kinda rough, I've lost alot, I've gained very little... I'm pretty much sitting in limbo trying to figure out what to do with my life... Living in a world broke and unappreciated... Not really worth anyone's time... And I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what on earth I've done right in the past few months... and it's so easy to find reasons to be miserable... I've pretty much had the short end of the straw... so much so I got kicked out of a country.... It really doesn't seem like there's alot to be thankful for, my life pretty much seems like a waste of time right now... I should just go to sleep for the next few months and wait for this losing streak to be over...
But you know what... I've got family who love me, I've got friends to stand beside me, I've got a past, and I've got a future... Now is the farthest I've come, and Now is the beginning of the rest of my life. Now is the time to be free from the past, Now is the time to dream of the future. My life exists right Now... It may be a rough Now... Now's my chance to do everything I've saved for the "right time" ... Because my Next Now... can only be better... and more special... because it'll be the next beginning of my whole life... and there'll always be better things to save for "the right time" Later never comes... because there's only Now's and future Now's... but each Now is it's own... Don't waste today's Now hoping for another one... cause tomorrow's now has it's own treasures...

http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en

Well here's post #1 for the week. Thank you to those who haven't reminded me that I'm late, I've been traveling and since my laptop has no battery life these days and my phone is not a convenient way of typing up a blog, it's taken me an extra day to get enough time to type this out.

What great thoughts do I have for you today? alas... I have no idea :P I've been thinking about this post for the last couple days and frankly I haven't come to very many conclusions...

Has anyone else noticed how many highschool students are protesting the dress code these days??? One of my friends posted an article on facebook that I just came across... It's written by an individual protesting the protesters.

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/kelly-mcparland-school-is-about-learning-and-that-includes-lessons-on-appropriate-clothing

I actually loved this article. Because it recognizes the responsibility teachers and principals have to educate and demonstrate to students  beyond what is simply mathematics or literature. I can recognize for a few of the students taking on these protests the teachers/principals may have been a little picky as far as the dress code goes. But the fact remains, that teacher/principal has a responsibility to uphold school dress code, and that includes helping students understand appropriate and inappropriate dress for their situation. Every school has a dress code, for some that may mean uniforms, others that may simply expect students to have shoulders covered or no skin showing above the knee... Once your off school property you are no longer under the school dress code. But your still within someone's dress code... that may be the mall which says no shirt, no shoes, no service... maybe the community you live in simply expects to be able to walk down the street and not see their neighbor in their birthday suit...

Whatever the case may be, if you step into a community of some sort there are certain guidelines that must be upheld. Coming from one of the more conservative communities I often hear complaints about not being allowed to wear jewelry, or  not allowed spaghetti straps on campus. I've had friends throw a fit because they left campus and had a party off campus where everyone came back drunk and got in trouble with the discipline community.
 In response to the on campus rules, I recognize that in the "real world" your allowed to wear "anything you want" but thats not the case... There's always rules at work, at home, at softball practice about what you may or may not wear... you might be allowed jewelry... but you may have to get rid of those ripped jeans.
As for the off campus discipline, you chose to go to the school, you knew the rules before you came. You probably came for the atmosphere, the friends, maybe you came because your family told you how great a school it was. As a student, especially of higher levels of education, you carry with you the ability to give your school a reputation. The authority at these schools have the responsibility to ensure that their students uphold the reputation that they strive to create. Just because you take a group of these students off campus... Doesn't give you the right to break every rule...

I find the younger generation forgets why certain expectations exist. With sex offenders on the rise, they still fight the system to be allowed to wear less clothing. Is it their fault if they get sexualized and/or raped??? no, it is definitely not their fault. but they didn't help matters either did they? We should be fighting the problem, not arguing that there shouldn't be a problem...

As far as students and teachers who may not agree with the dress code and feel a protest or blatant disregard is the answer... Remember... your in the system of education, the one that thrives on teachers and students. Students need to stop protesting their problems and address the real issue. If you feel the codes need to be updated from the stone age... then figure out an appropriate way to talk to the teachers and get the codes updated. I won't lie, I'm sure alot of school just copy and paste their manuals and who knows the last time the manual was actually looked through... if it was from back in your grandmother's day when ankles were super inappropriate... maybe you should get the teachers to update it. But if you just really like your dress and think everyone is ridiculous for thinking it's inappropriate... maybe you should rethink whether or not you have the right to complain. Not everything needs to be updated believe it or not... check out different businesses in your community and find out their dress code... is it the tacky shirt with a logo and khaki pants??? you may not want to use them as an example... but how about high class business professionals... banks, real-estate agents... alot of very well dressed individuals... who dress to impress and follow the code accordingly... maybe you need to go to a more casual counselor or gym to find out their codes... but where ever you go to check out dress codes... remember you can't go to a swimming pool and expect class rules to be the same... gym rules and professional rules aren't the same... But assess where on the scale your school/setting may be and remember to respect the authority who's been around awhile and kinda has an idea of what they are talking about.

Well, since last I posted alot has happened, so I'll try to catch you up with much of whats been going on.

1. I'm writing this blog post from my newest Gmail account... kim@soar4him.com. I'm working on putting my goals and dreams into motion, and I've started with a website where I can get it all started and organized. For those of you that have created an organization, feel free to email me a to-do list of what I need to do, Thus far, I'm working to build skills and networking that may help me further this goal, If your reading this and know a school/church/youth group interested in a special youth program let me know. I currently have available an instructor qualified to teach survival skills as well as some basic first aid knowledge. Just looking for groups to present to. Shoot me an email we'll see what we can work out :) Beyond that I'm looking to become qualified to present a seminar on Depression and volunteers willing to become qualified to help with that as well. So far funds and people are holding me back for that. So I'll keep you posted, as to when that comes available.

2. I have gotten 3 accounts set up to post to this blog, I'm hoping to do 1 blog post every day from 1 of the 3.... Though I might decide to make that a Sunday, Tues, Thursday thing... Eitherway... I have 3 accounts, for 3 of my business goals...
a) kmckay@burmanu.ca As a recent Graduate I am definitely looking for work so this is kind of my go-to email for most of my life... friends, family, possible employers, etc... somehow I don't know that organizations that work with @risk youth or adventure therapy really want to be hiring someone who's email is knifegirlkim@gmail.com... o.O ... I mean once they start asking questions I think they'd understand and there would be no problem... but lets get me to that interview before throwing such questions into the mix...
b) knifegirlkim@gmail.com my plan is to continue presenting cutco, keep it as a source of income and keep using it to build my dreams and meet my goals. If you guys want some knives... you know where to go first ;)
c) kim@soar4him.com This is where all my dreams come together... in the next few years I'd like to be able to see this program building, get contracted out to do programs in many different areas of North America to work with youth, to challenge churches to further their circle of influence in their communities, and challenge individuals to grow, to dream, and to create for themselves the lives God has given them to live.
I would like to focus on writing this blog every couple of days, for a few specific reasons:
a) to grow better my writing skills... first of all resumes and coverletters are miserable guys... whoever invented such things were ridiculous... but my theory is if I can write more... maybe a few sentences about why I'm awesome won't be so hard to write out... with all my plans who knows what God will make me write... and part of me says don't get better cause then He'll make me write more... the other part of me realizes He's going to make me write whether I get better or not so I might as well just get it over with and strengthen the gifts He's given me... I find myself always settling for good... and never feeling it necessary to achieve greatness... and I've got lots of reasons for that maybe I've already written them.... maybe I'll write them someday... but settling for good not great is pathetic... and seriously guys... if you have an opportunity to achieve greatness in something... do it...
b) I've thrown around the idea of writing a book someday... and I've had many people tell me I should write a book. all of which... is about 75% joke, 25% serious... so again in my attempt to allow myself the opportunity of greatness... I need to start writing... So lets start with a blog that probably doesn't have a far reach... really if it does don't tell me :P I like being a secret, it makes me more honest... ;) So here's my attempt at becoming a writer...
c) I'm looking to set goals and stick with them... Write now in my life I feel like I'm living in limbo in many areas of my life... nothing to focus on immediately because of commitments I've made, or situations that keep further commitment just out of reach... I kinda just have to make goals and figure out how to make them happen, but I have time frames that keep me from anything too concrete at least for the summer... So here's goal #1 to write more. to make 3 posts on this blog a week...  1 from the perspective of the recent graduate, 1 from sales, 1 from my dreams... Wish me luck, pray for me, and if you're following diligently and you don't see a new post for over 3 days... please try to hold me accountable and send me a message. Ask me if I died, remind me that by setting goals I am better able to achieve goals, remind me that Integrity and follow through are key ingredients to making dreams come true.

3. I'm writing this blog to expand my comfort zone... if your new to this blog... you probably just ready my status on facebook and was like wow! Kimmy's blogging!!! What? yeah... I know... Well... the fact that you know about this is already outside of the comfort zone... I've told a few people... so that they can keep up to date on my life... cause I do alot of stuff but I forget to tell people... so if I have a blog and something really cool happens... I can tell them all at the same time :D and if they didn't read the blog... well... thats their problem they didn't know cause obviously... they didn't read the blog that I told them about so they'd know ;) but... by not posting regularly... really it's my fault... why should they look if I only post every few months... also I can convince myself that I'm totally anonymous and no one reads it anyways so I can say whatever I want... well... I'm probably going to be a little less honest knowing that I've now opened this blog to the entire world of facebook... however... I'm going to attempt to be nearly as honest... because it's partly about expanding that terrible comfort zone... bah humbug... With that in mind guys... I know I've told you to hold me accountable as far as making sure I keep posting... try to pretend that you don't know who's writing here... If I have 50 people remind me to keep posting... I'm probably going to become a turtle and hide in my shell till everyone gives up and goes away... But I will try to not run away...

I think thats all I've got for today, and I gotta run... presentation and cross my fingers she loves the knives... I know she's already looking for a paring knife... so I'll try to keep you posted... haha I've got 3 blogs to do starting in 2 days... so maybe I'll try to post as knifegirlkim on Sunday... also hoping to book a bunch of presentations for sunday and monday... so again... ask me how they went if you don't hear by tuesday ;)

We'll talk to you soon
Kim (the dreamer)

Sorry Guys... I am a terrible blogger... but as I mentioned on the first blog... there could be many months in between posts...
Well here I am to update my blog once again... because my boyfriend found it and reminded me of it's existence. So... here I am to give you a run down of my beautiful life. 

Oh where to start... I guess lets start last January really quick... I was looking through my blogs and thus remembered a few things... 2014 was my year of a relationship with God. and my goodness what a year that was... I'll be honest... I don't remember that deal much after the summer began... so by the end of that year I'll admit my habits began to dwindle and the relationship wasn't as incredible as it had began... but that being said, I think we just got into the groove of the relationship. Which has it's good and bad points... good because it was comfortable, this last year my identity has become Jesus Freak, God's girl, I've gotten back to being comfortable being... Unashamed... Nothing else matters... and it's an identity I'm good with. Bad, because I've gotten comfortable... I've lost the new relationship butterflies in my stomach the world is at our fingertips excitement. And that's a feeling that's hard to come by.

So during the summer... I went to Mongolia, and wrote a short blurb about that so I won't talk too much about that... after Mongolia.... oh man I don't even know what I've been up to... I think it was relatively uneventful... well... I did write a bit about my adventures with Vector as well. So it's been alot of dreaming big, becoming a better me, and continuing to grow a stronger relationship with the best guy I've ever been able to know. God has been good, and whether or not I remembered my commitment for a relationship with Him, He never forgot. 

Well the semester slowly ended, again nothing super eventful, but relationships continued to be strengthened, values continued to be challenged. Became Assistant Manager for Vector Marketing, they were interested in making a District Manager this coming summer and honestly... it's a pretty good deal... Got to go to Toronto for a leadership conference, and then to Olean NY for a tour of the Cutco factory. It was a pretty amazing experience, And it got me pretty excited about the Vector Opportunity. as a result I'm going to help a friend open up a Branch Office this coming May, I might continue throughout the summer, but at least for May I'll continue to be assistant manager. that brings us up to Christmas, finals over I headed home towards family and practicum. Had a delightful visit with my grandparents on the way home, drove into my parking lot at home and my car refused to start. Between God and that precious vehicle of mine... I am incredibly blessed... There were enough troubles with my car before I left for Christmas, the fact that I survived and made it home was incredible... and having my vehicle wait until I got home so I could have family help me fix the car was a miracle. 

After Christmas my car continued to have issues, but nothing we couldn't fix, well... hopefully they stay fixed anyways... ;) 
Practicum began and can I just say it was a fantastic practicum? Putting into action the things I love the most... Dreaming big, working as a team to achieve incredible things, and letting God use us as Lifeboat 14... To do what it takes to reach anyone we possibly can... Set goals and do what it takes to dream even bigger and expect God to help those goals come true. back to a previous post about Jonathan and his armor bearer... Live boldly, do bold things. If God is with you, then you can attack the enemy with confidence knowing God will bless you. Sometimes I think He blesses the true faith with or without His guidance, simply because you trusted and expected Him to bless you. 

Practicum underway I got talking with a dear friend, man... this is where the great part starts and I don't know even know what to say... I have a boyfriend... crazy about him for years... finally let him go and decided to move on with my life, and well... we finally got to close to the right place at the right time. got talking and realized this whole being friends thing... just wasn't going to happen... I did try... for so long... but it just wasn't going to work... my goodness... I can talk about a lot of stuff... and I had a great plan to just let it all go, but i can't... the truth is... He's incredible...
God's timing is always the best. He's brought 2 crazy kids together and it's the best miracle I could have ever asked for. 
So, for all those reading... keep posted for the many adventures yet to come... maybe I'll get sappy and talk about it lots... but for now...

Relationships are great, friends & family & romance...
Work, well for now it's great but it's pretty much all up in the air...
God, good all the time, and I definitely couldn't ask for a better friend...
Me, happy as a clam :)

Hey guys, wow it's been awhile eh?
Life has become chaotic and scattered thats for sure, well let me try and catch you up on some of the awesome things that have been going on!

Well First you got a brief overview of my trip to Mongolia. Sadly I believe thats about all you will hear about Mongolia. I will try to get my schedule figured out so I can spend some time each week working on the blog and maybe one week I will have nothing more to do and can go back to more about Mongolia :)

This summer when I got back from Mongolia, I went back to work. Here's where I get to tell you about my new job. Started working as an Independent Sales Representative for Vector Marketing. Weird eh??? Pretty sure the 1 place I would never have thought I'd work... Marketing... as in... Sales... But seriously, I love my job. I don't know if you guys have heard of Cutco or not, but I get paid to show people the best product in the world, and work with some of the best people.
So what is this job??? Well Cutco is a brand of high quality kitchen cutlery. (Seriously look it up, book a demo with me! I'll tell you all about it, just shoot me an email @ knifegirlkim@gmail.com ;) get paid per demo so I'd love to chat, otherwise we've got a website but I can get you better deals than the website so talk to me first ) (Sales pitch of the day)

But here's the cool part, I'm doing alright selling knives, it's going pretty good really... definitely not the top and not putting as much work into it as I should... but my manager is awesome, and he pushes me, reminding me to make the calls, get the job done, and just rock it. Awesome right? Totally. It's not about the knives, it's about the lives. One thing I'm learning... Dream big, no one cares where your at, it's all about where you will be in 5 years... 10 years... 50 years... No I'm not saying what you do now doesn't matter because you won't be there in 5, 10, 50 years... but that's just the point! Where are you now? Do you like where your at? Probably not. I mean I'm sure there are many people content with where they're at. But are they truly happy about it? Is there something you wish you could change? More money, More friends, more peace, less chaos, less worry? Is your life exactly where you want it to be? When you look ahead in your life 5,10,50 years... would you be happy where you're at? Probably not. I mean people can only do the same thing so long... even if it seems great, we all know it could be better. So what are you doing to make yourself better?
Working @Vector I've come to realize there are so many people who honestly believe their is no room for growth, and even if they wanted it... it's not possible. This is life and thats all there is to it. But guys, there is so much more. And I know... many people are probably reading this saying... "oh no here she goes off her rocker again..." maybe your right... But seriously, it doesn't matter who you are, what you believe, whats going on in your life... You should never stop growing... Never stop being better than who you are now.
Here's the bad news though... It's going to be a long and painful process... becoming better and changing is never easy... First their's social influences... "Why are you different, You don't do this anymore, whats going on" and really... wouldn't life be easier if you just didn't have to answer questions...??? Truth. But the people who ask, they care, and when they see your happy... trust me... Those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind. Let the ones that mind leave... God puts so many people in your life... but He puts them in your life at the level your at. If someone wants to stay in your life... make sure they work for it. Don't ditch them for something better... but don't let them keep you from being the person God intends you to be either....