Five a day

Very strange.  I sat down to my computer and I feel compelled to write.  I have nothing on the forefront of my mind, so I’m not sure what is going to come out, but I seriously felt like logging on and writing, so here I am.

It’s just before 8am.  I just let the dogs out and as soon as I opened the door I was pleased.   There was the slightest chill in the air and the air was fresh and crisp.  A sign to me that it’s going to be a beautiful day!  After being in a balmy 118 degree weather in Palm Springs recently, I cannot take these cooler days for granted!

I have tons to do (as always) and as I write, I’m in the ‘deciding’ phase of my day!

My first ‘intention’ after dropping the girls is to workout.  However, I haven’t been feeling it lately and therefore  have been going to bed every night resenting my decision.

As a matter of fact, I spend a lot of nights going to bed resenting decisions I made.  And I usually wake up at 3am and mull them over as I can’t get myself back to sleep!

There was a time not long ago,  I was making decisions for my benefit.  And I was motivated by my small successes along the way.  I was totally driven and motivated  by the momentum I had gained by all my efforts.

And now, just like the titanic, I seemed to have sunk…..

I don’t know what it is that makes excuses so easy.  But the cost of going to bed each night, loathing my bad decisions isn’t really working for me.  Something needs to change, only I don’t know what?

I have a plan for the new school year, but that is over a month away.  What to do in the meantime?  Somehow, over the course of the last year, I have changed from making sure I get my stuff done, to letting it all be optional.  WTH???

I’ve recruited the help of my friends, one of which just got off the phone with me.  She literally said, “Get your shoes on and get your ass over to the lake with me!”  And I totally would have except for the fact my children need to be somewhere in 45 minutes and there is no one else to take them.  *(Sigh……)

So my goal for the day is to go to be proud of myself.  And in order to do that, I will make my list, which includes working out, and check off everything on my list!

I once heard that you should make a list of 5 things you can do towards your goal.  They don’t’ have to be huge, just something heading in the right direction.

Sometimes we get bogged down with doing huge efforts towards our goals and that stops us in our tracks.  If you simplify your tasks and make them more achievable, eventually you will start gaining momentum enough to complete larger tasks.

So with that, I will create my ultimate goal and do 5 things towards that goal.

And with a little luck, I will go to bed happier and maybe even sleep through the night!

Here’s to happy thoughts!