So, another new year has come and gone… Happy New Year to everyone reading this… Faith, this means you. :)
So, I'm never one to make big New Year resolutions because: 1) I believe every day is a perfect opportunity to start something that will work to the betterment of yourself and/or those around you. 2) My mind is so sporadic that today's resolution becomes little more to me the following day than a footnote of the day prior and 3) This is the most important, my years don’t officially become ‘new’ until July 31st.
I can make a resolution at 9:34 AM and have totally forgotten it by 9:42. I am working toward a better conclusion in this life and I guess every day I just brainstorm and think of the way to live in this day to yield the best result before I set off for bed -- some days its eat ice cream with my Granny, some its run for health, skip the fatty foods and go for a piece of fruit, while others it makes sense to eat bacon super late. Ya know, some days the right answer is to consider my health and others it’s to go BIG -- finish the rest of everyone’s plates and sit down to watch the biggest loser. But this cycle has to stop, seriously, I’m a stroke or heart attack waiting to happen… it’s a family thing.
But, I prayed this morning as I have drawn up a new workout plan for my weekdays. I joined this biggest loser contest at the local YMCA (the winner gets 1,000 buckeroos!) and I'm hoping that it will seriously help jumpstart my overall desire to be healthy. I have quit some seriously bad habits in the past year, I'd like to run a few 5K's this year and just be healthier in general. To fit into jeans I've had to put on the shelf and so forth – yes, even boys worry about looking good in their jeans. I have tried and tried to stick to a workout/diet plan. I can’t do it, so I handed it over to the Lord, I asked him for the strength to stick with it. To not become complacent, to remain accountable for my actions to as many people as I could… it really helps me when I think other people feel let down by my eating and non-exercising ways. I never did like to let others down, you are truly only letting down yourself in the long run but still, just let me have my moments in thinking that I’m letting down the planet.
I bought this little black journal book – my first – in which, I don’t plan to journal per se as much as I’m going to write down everything I eat, everything, and I will also record every single thing I do workout wise. I don’t have resolutions, but I have goals: run 2-3 5Ks this year, be able to do 100 push-ups fairly consistently, ride my bike to and from work, just work toward being healthier and more in tune physically every day. Learn that I CAN put food in the fridge, it doesn’t have to be eaten right now – man, that’s a biggie.
- Write. Just write something, anything will do. An amusing anecdote, a joke, a blog, a something. Maybe even a hilarious? haiku about this post. You can check it if you'd like, it should be a haiku. If not, let me know and I will add 'Learn addition' to my list of today's goals. Thanks. *Note* I do NOT find the below haiku hilarious or even funny, kinda sad really.
My resolution
For today is to write more
Even silly stuff.
- Save more money. Quit spending needlessly on things that I just don’t ‘need’. I don’t know why this is so hard. I don’t like clutter YET I will buy the most useless stuff – paradox of my universe. I’m going to be needing this money in the distant future for well, things… the only person reading this should know exactly what I mean. Hi, you. :)
- Be better. In each moment of each day, just be better. If I’m washing dishes, wash them better.
- Spend time. Sometimes I feel like I’m saving up time, as if God is going to refund my time… like tickets for ski-ball or something. He isn’t going to be so impressed that I cut time short with a friend or family member that he is going to give me some Chinese finger cuffs or a pink elephant with one eye.
- Eat better & move more. I want to quit feeling like I just have to finish those last five scoops of mashed potatoes. I want to be more fluid, to not ache when I run or lift weights. To wake up every morning feeling fine for a change. I’m so out of shape it seems endless, so I’m challenging myself to try and find some sort of end to this madness.
