stop biting my nails

I haven’t picked at or bitten my nails in over one month now, which I think qualifies as completing this goal. True, I’m constantly tempted to hack them all off again, if only so that I stop gouging myself (not being used to having actual nails, this tends to happen a lot!), but then I realize that they look nice and help make my hands look more elegant and feminine. My toenails have been able to grow, too, and they look SO much nicer…just in time for summer!

Sometime after work this next week, I may go to a salon for a proper manicure and pedicure. Until then, I’ve painted them all pink. Me being me, I find the color choice amusing. :)

Anyway, DONE.

What with all of the stress that comes with the end of one’s final semester at college, my nails are nearly ruined. I bite and pick at my fingernails, and pick at my toenails, and while I hate how this makes them look, I always have a really hard time quitting.

Sooo…I’ve decided that I will kick this habit by the middle of next month. If I don’t, then I will give up ice cream until July 14 (aka my birthday). One month sans ice cream may not be that long, but in the middle of summer in Washington, DC I expect it would be very unpleasant.

I’ll consider this goal completed if, by June 15th, I can get both my finger and toe nails done up nicely, evenly, and in a way that does something to hide the years of abuse that I’ve subjected them to. :)