Paving A Foundation

If you're at all like me, this a journey you've been on before and one you've never quite arrived at the destination of. We all make promises to ourselves about what we need to do to better our lives and make us happier, healthier, more productive people. Yet somehow, that path to a better self is filled with obstacles and distractions. At first, we are always excited and motivated and determined to make the destination a reality, but somewhere down the road, the travel becomes less of a priority. Somewhere we lose our way. We get lost. We find our self back at the beginning. Then we get discouraged. Then we allow ourselves excuses as to why not this time and why it wasn't meant to be.

I'm tired of excuses. I am tired of not having the health physically and emotionally that I would consider ideal. I am tired of not having the career I crave. I am tired of deleting photos because I don't want to be reminded of how far off track I have let myself become.

Today I feel hopeful. Today I feel I have a plan of action to move forward and a map to guide me. I hope to (intend to) write every day on this blog about how far I've come in order to leave myself a trail of breadcrumbs so I won't backtrack or get distracted.

They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. I am pretty sure that is simply a myth. But perseverance is the key to lifelong change. I am going to take that arbitrary number and times that by ten, then by ten again in order to keep redefining my personal image of self and my ideal of health.

My short term goals are to spend every day doing some physical activity for at least 15 minutes, to write at least a page for my personal projects, to meditate for at least 30 minutes daily on my goals and my accomplishments, to track what I eat, to spend at least 1 day a week on de-stressing and checking in on myself, and to cut out processed, pre-packaged, and fast food from 90% of my diet. I'll probably add more goals as I go, but for now. This is the foundation

Day one of this endeavor was met with the expected excitement and determination. Lets see if I can keep going.

xoxo

KW