I promised myself that this year, 2012 I would make more time for the things that bring me joy and pleasure. This past year was very crazy, very draining on me & time just flew by too fast. Quite frankly, a blur. I have noticed that I am having a hard time remembering things. My memory is going, could be my age, yes, but I think it is that too much stuff, too much stress & not enough of doing things that are good for me. SO I decided that I needed to make some changes in my life in order to de-stress me, I decided it was time to write more and find more time to do the things I love. I wanted to make more time for reading, running and my crafts. I did find some time to get to the store and buy some fabric. I was very excited about picking out fabric. I did download some books that have been on my list to read, but I have yet to begin to read them. Every night since the last day I ran, December 26th, I lay out my clothes for the gym, but the alarm goes off & I shut it off. I have tried leaving running quotes on my phone, reminders on my phone, motivational blogs are in my reader, I even put new songs on my I-pod, all things to motivate & excite me, I have all good intentions & yet, I still have not gotten to the gym. So, today I decided, I will write about my intentions, I will blog about them, I will make a calendar of my intentions, as well as a calendar of my workouts, Something that I will look at & will hold me more accountable, a schedule that I will need to fit in my life. I need to "schedule" in the things I like otherwise other silly things will get in the way & I will not get to the things I truly love to do! Here it goes, I've written it down…..I hope this works!
Hugs,
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You can do it! I even write down what I plan to do at the gym. This way I always feel like my time there was productive. Also, I don't end up lumbering around the machines waiting for one to call my name, which never seems to happen. Good luck!
Did it work? I keep saying I will go back to exercising 'next week'. Let me know if you have found the key.
When you are ready, you will jump in. Sometimes it helps to marinate in the idea of the goodness of something for awhile!
Always such a balancing act-- the things we love to do, want to do, need to do, should do. Every year I tell myself I am going to do better…
Thanks everyone, I did get back to the gym 4x's in the past two weeks & LOVE all your advice, so I wrote down my goals for each week for the gym & I dropped off my sewing machine to be serviced. I am NOW ready for the next snowfall should it come, I will be able to sew while it snows or if that fails to come, February vacation I will sew. So far, it is a step in the forward direction!
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