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Friday – Affirmations and Goals
Just 4 Today, I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. I will walk 3 miles, drink 2 liters of water and take my fiber supplement.
This post starts with an affirmation.
Drifting is all to easy for me. I’ve lost whole decades without making progress on my goals. That’s sad but, the lesson I learned from the experience is powerful: Wake up this morning and do something. Right now (I told myself), decide what it is and write it down. So I did.
Your list could (and surely will) be quite different. It’s not my purpose to convert you to accepting my goals. But, if there is something you want to do – something that hasn’t been working in your life then, the only hope you have of getting it done is to do something today.
I’m not going to let the obstacles/challenges/complexities standing (pushing against) me succeed in delaying my progress one more day. So what if it’s snowing – and probably going to snow for the rest of the week? I let that stop me in January but, it’s not going to stop me in February!
I’m going mall-walking.
What about you?
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I was told that new readers are confused by this method – my affirmation on top of a thought-piece. And over the last few years, I’ve experimented with a number of different formats for my affirmation and contemplation posts. Those experiments just didn’t work for me – for this blog – and I’m going back to this format. And I apologize in advance for any confusion for new readers.
June 12, 2008 — Just 4 Today
Just today, I’m not going to eat between meals and I’m not going to take seconds. And I’ll weigh myself and use Nutribase and the tools of The Hacker’s Diet to help me reach (and keep) my goals.
And Just 4 Today, I’ll drink my fiber twice (done once), drink 2 liters of water (I’ve drunk about 1/2 liter), walk 2 miles (which I did yesterday!), NOT eat between meals & NOT take seconds.
What are you going to do today?
5 failure pick-me-ups
My friend, sister blogger Stephanie at Back in Skinny Jeans has a post that is a perfect fit (not too skinny, not too fat) for today:
“Two Tiny Changes”: 5 ‘failure’ pick me up tips + update (Stephanie’s list)
- You may feel like there is a huge letter L tattooed on your head for “Loser” but I can assure you that it’s only imaginary . (snip)
- The failure feeling is blown up because you are focused on only a small part of the picture where yes relative to size, your mistake or inability to achieve something seems huge. (snip)
- For every successful person we see on those “Most Successful” lists, that same person could equally be put on “Big Mistakes ever Made” lists. (snip)
- It’s okay to be imperfect. Those suffering from “Perfect girl” syndrome who are afraid to make mistakes or risk feeling failure need to let go of that perfect image and lighten up (snip)
- On the bright side, if you’re on the bottom, the only way you can go is up. (snip)
Today (this week/month/year) I could put a tick next to each of those points. But, starting now, I’m going to erase them.
I know that making the decision to retire has had a HUGE impact on the pattern of my life. So many things have been “on hold” until June 27th when I’ll be able to set my own priorities. But “on hold” is not a healthy place to be. Our brains keep clacking away and if left to their own devices (mine at least) fill up with the most useless trash.
Today — I’m kicking the trash to the curb.
