Week 2/3

Hmmm, so week one went ok.  I guess it was only 5 days, but I accomplished all my goals!  Surprisingly, the hardest was not watching TV for a whole day.  That's terrible.  I am shamed it's that hard.  In one of the books I am reading, I read a section last night that suggests in order for us to be happy we need to practice discipline.  Quite the proposal, but the more I thought about it it made complete and resounding sense.  So, I have decided this blog will be my accountability blog for myself.  I want to set goals, that I will do my best disciplining myself to accomplish them and record my journey here.

After week one, came week two, and I'll be honest while I didn't completely flop on my face, I made quite the effort to.  I watched way to much TV.  I didn't get a whole lot done, and I ate out three or four times.  Darn it!  I did however start to paint my office and took down the wall paper.  I will also note, I didn't blog or set any goal for the week.  Do you think that's where I went wrong!?  Bingo!!!

I am going to set goals weekly.  They are so much easier to stick to, and even if they are longer goals, I am going to reiterate them and report on them weekly.  Whew! Now at least I know kind of where I am headed...

This week I am not going to watch any TV.  What!??  Wait, you can't be serious!  Oh, but I am.  After all, it's only a week.  So, what am I going to do with my free time?  I'm glad you asked.  I am going to seriously pick up my house.  I am going to continue working on painting my office.  Side note: it was ALL mint green. By all I mean ceiling, trim, walls, doors, you name it.  Ugh, it makes me grumpy and I am changing it.  In the mean time the mint green makes the grey color I picked look like purple.  Also don't like.  So with all my free time I can make it look perdy.  Also, I am going to eat paleo for 4 weeks.  It won't be that hard except I have decided to seriously up the ante   I won't be eating nightshades, and I will REALLY try not to eat very many starchy vegetables.  In essence I might be starving myself, but with this one-week-at-a-time bit I can change it after a couple weeks I seem to be failing on all cylinders.  I will be going to church this week (might have to be Sunday, but since I don't think I'll blog until Monday, let's consider my weeks going Monday through Sunday).  Lastly, I am going to not do personal things on work time.  That's going to be a rough one as well, but I think I will do my best!

Whew, I believe that's 1,2,3,4,5 goals.  Its a lot, but gotta set my sights on the stars, baby.

See you in a week!

A better me today

I am starting this for me.  Not because I am selfish, but I just want to start this for myself because I am at a place that if I don't start taking care of myself, I won't ever be able to take care of anyone else.  I honestly don't know where I am at, but it's not good, I am not healthy, and I am not doing better every day.  So, here I am wanting a new and better today than yesterday.  This is where I am starting.  I am going to use this place to create a better me in order to be better for others and do better for those I care about in my life.  It's not about physical, mental, or spiritual health... it's about all of the above and I know I need work in all of these areas.  I am not even sure which one I am going to start with, but I am going to start somewhere.
So, how about a goal in each category each week.  This week I am only going to eat out once- starting tomorrow because I already had lunch at Wendy's.  Oops.  One night I am not going to watch ANY TV.  I know this sounds ridiculous, but again this is about me and I am really starting from the beginning. Lastly, I am going to go to church on Saturday at 5:00pm.  Whew!  I can do it and it's going to be for a better life overall.