Today I created a list to live by based on what I consider to be a successful day. It’s slightly embarrassing to share this on the internets, but I really love lists and encouragement so here goes…
To take care of my body by:
Exercising: 60 minutes a day (taking Sunday’s off)
Eating Well: planning meals a day ahead, taking time to cook and count calories
Caring for my skin: Washing my face morning and night, using moisturizer
Caring for my teeth: brush morning and night (minimum), floss and use mouthwash
Caring for my feet and hands
To take care of my environment:
Keeping the dishes clean: not going to bed with a dirty kitchen
Making the bed and putting clothes away
Quick tidy-up in the bathroom, living room and dining room
Caring for plants and animals: watering and tending
To Work Hard:
Complete “musts” on to-do lists
Complete small chunks of large projects daily
To meet deadlines and fulfill expectations, to do more than expected
To Be Creative:
To blog daily
To create new jewelry
Create new recipes
Take photographs
Paint and sew
To Connect:
Return emails as I read them
Stay in touch via phone, email, visits, twitter and facebook
Leave comments on blogs
Take time to do something fun with husband every day
Plan special events with husband, friends and family
All of the red tasks are items that I checked off my “successful day” checklist. I won’t do this every day, but it’s good for me to check in with my goals and to see if what I’m doing every day is taking me closer to them.
I’m making a true effort to get my eating in check this month. I feel like I keep saying it, but I really need to do it. It’s not that I feel that I’m eating horribly, but I can do better. My plan is planning. For tomorrow I have my breakfast and lunch already planned out and prepared with the calories counted. Everything is in a container and ready to go. I feel good about this, but I always feel good on day one. We’ll see.
We’ve entered week SEVEN of insanity and I just cannot believe it. I can hold a steady plank pose now. My stretches are much deeper and I am moving better in general. I’ve noticed that I don’t want to eat bad foods because I am having the thought “I won’t feel good enough to exercise if I’m bloated, or feel sick from food”. Having that thought is shocking for me. That is a thought that I think truly healthy people have; considering food choices because of how they makes you feel. I want to do so much that eating poorly would only take my energy away. I’m just now realizing this, food=energy, bad food takes energy, good food gives energy. Why did it take me so long to realize this?
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