How you start your day is how well your day goes

Yesterday I woke up and turned on the TV.  Normally, I wake up and go downstairs and get a big glass of water and decide what I want for breakfast.  But instead, I turned on the TV to finish a movie I started the night before.

As I laid in bed, I liked the feeling of doing nothing.  The only problem is I have been doing “nothing” a lot!

I look around my house and see all that I am avoiding and it’s no wonder that I’m frustrated with myself, which makes it even easier to stay in my room and not peruse the house of shame.

As my day goes on, I am in and out of the house.  And every time I go back in the house, I head straight to my room…. to ‘veg’.

At the end of the day, I got in a few movies and a few interesting shows.  And to be honest, it felt like 900 degrees and I couldn’t get myself to move even if I wanted to.  But I went to bed with absolutely no accomplishments.  And this morning I woke up with what felt like “bed sores”, only it was muscular aches and not actual skin issues.

My point being, I paid the price for vegging all day yesterday and I realized that I set the tone with how I got up in the morning.  I do NOT like to sit in bed and watch movies.  I feel like it’s an actual training session for how to NOT sleep properly.  If I’m in my room, it’s because I have something to do; sleep, shower, or get ready for the day.

This morning when I got up, I wanted to reverse it, so I put on my shoes and went for a short walk.  My body hurt the whole first half of the walk.  I can’t tell you how inactive my life has become.  And as a result, the self-loathing has been creeping in.  I’m really ashamed of myself.  Not long ago, I’d be lucky to get 4 hours of TV in a whole week!  Now, it’s a slam dunk in an afternoon.

And the only thing that has changed as far as my outlook is the fact that I’m inactive and tired.

The good thing is, I know how good I feel when I’m moving more and eating better.  It’s a slippery slope when you start making bad choices in your life.  One bad choice begets another until you soon can’t tell the difference between what’s good and what’s bad.  Yikes…  Didn’t I swear to myself I’d never get there again???

Well folks, here I am!  Crawling my way out of the hole I have dug for myself.

And though today I did what I would consider a palsy walk; at least I got out there.  And my body doesn’t hurt and I’m all showered with clothes in the wash and I’m tasking up my to do list for the day.

I started my day on a better note with a quick accomplishment.  And I know when I go to bed tonight, I will have actually earned my sleep.

And you gotta admit; that in and of itself is a good feeling!

So start your day right!