To Thine Own Self Be True!

After writing to you on this past "How Am I Doin' Friday", I spent a lot of time asking myself that question over and over again.The bottom line for me is that while I appear to be doing just fine, I am not doing as well as it seems. I have spent a lot of time energy and resources over the last few weeks on bringing one aspect my life back to steady grounds. It has been challenging to say the least and has diverted my attention from many other spheres of my world. Now looking back, I see that the compound effect of my choices and actions has taken its toll on me. While I have done an admirable job of beginning the process of reconstructing the waste land that this one part of my life had become, I have not invested anything in the rest of me. Many of the good habits that I have incorporated along the way on my Journey, have been set aside . The excuses are many.
" I am to Busy!".
"I don't have the time!"
I can only do so much!"
"My attention is needed here not there!"
All legitimate comments, however in my world excuses are just unacceptable!
While each and every one of those comments may have been true in that moment, today's truth is that I have decided to pay more attention to those things that I have temporarily let slip away from my daily routine.
Now I realize , like a diet or an exercise program or any other change in my life , it is not as simple as picking up where I left off.Trust me.....the first day back at the gym can be a humbling if not humiliating experience.
I am well aware of just how much I have neglected and the effort and commitment it will take to bring it all back.It will not happen overnight.An action plan to reintroduce these practices must be implemented. The key words are plan....and action!Planning without action is daydreaming. Action without a plan is a recipe for failure.
What are these opportunities?
My health, my diet,my workouts,my commitment to personal growth, my writing, my gratitude, and my quest for a life of significance.
I have been so focused on one part of my life,I have forgotten about my personal mission ....a life of intentional living .
So it's back to basics today,starting with a list. First the short term goals. Next the intermediate goals. All of them building to what my mentor Darren Hardy calls the BHAG's.(Big Hairy Audacious Goals)!
I can't do 6 5k's this year without doing 1. I can't do one without getting back to walking. I can't find time to walk without committing to a plan where I make time for me.
Today, I start ......once again, one day at a time , one step at a time, one action at a time, to bring back the good habits that have become so important to me.
I must acknowledge that I am doing this without judging myself for having put them aside in the recent past. What's done is done....history...behind me!
Yesterday ended at midnight and today is a new beginning!
A new opportunity.
And every opportunity can only become a possibility when I make conscious choices, conscious efforts , to make them happen!
Shavua Tov!