Today I’m a little annoyed with not getting as much done in a day as I would like to.
I’m a little annoyed that that’s happening a lot of days.
I know it’s natural. Some might even say a positive sign. Better to have too much to do rather than too little, I say.
But since Jan. 1st I’ve been obsessed with setting goals and making sure I’m sticking to them. This is the first time I’ve really set goals. Not resolutions – but goals. But when I choose to do something… I sit down and outline the goals, highlighting points to keep in mind and even making notations for self check-ins that we’re doing what we need to do to reach the goals.
And when I maybe don’t see those goals accomplished on Jan. 2, I also consider myself a slacker.
I’m not writing this just to pat myself on the back but the truth is sometimes you do have to pat yourself on the back when a pat on the back is due and to be completely honest, I think it’s due.
There’s a lot going on right now that’s not perfect but … for the record …
In about three and a half months, I have changed the way I look, feel and move. That’s a lot. And it’s no small feat.
It’s not the size so much as the fact that everything about me feels fitter. And every day I notice a little something getting a little stronger. Push ups get a little bit easier and walking lunges holding a 25 lb. weight over my head is not impossible.
But it’s not even that.
It’s that I find a way to do something – every day.
It’s that when I’m driving, I look for ways to practice box jumps, in parks, on porches … When I hear about a workout or a competition, my first thought is a mental jump at the chance. “I gotta do that,” I think.
Competition is no longer scary or rooted in a self-defeatist attitude. It’s fun. And it bleeds into everything else. Work. Home. Play. It’s about getting better. Getting stronger. Getting faster. Getting smarter. Getting kinder.
It’s about not sucking at life… to be perfectly honest.
I have to remind myself of these things on these days because it’s easy to forget when it’s Jan. 4 and you’re still not the amazingly awesome person you plan to be 361 days from now..
If you’re going to get anywhere – You gotta remind yourself you’re amazingly awesome enough from the start.
