Procrastination - Your Time Has Come!

So many times I tell (lie to) myself, something along the lines of: "Not right now, I'll do it tomorrow."

There comes a time when you realize that "tomorrow" is going to come, regardless of what your choices are today.  I cannot continue to put-off until tomorrow, what needs done today.  I know what I want tomorrow to be like and continuing to procastinate is not going to get me where I want to be.

I want:
...a house that is mine to do with, what I will.
...to be financially fit.
...a full-time job in a career I will enjoy.
...to wear that ideal (in my head) size again.
...my health to be on track.
...my headaches to leave me alone.
...to go "home".

This is just a partial list, but it is a good representation of where I want to be.  Of these, I am making progress on only 4 of these, at the moment.  I'm ready to up that ante to 5.  I'm not sure I know how to make the headaches stop. 

I'm ready to start working on the health aspect again.  I did pretty good today.  There is always room for improvement.  I have my "plate" full right now, but I know it is all in the interest of progress. 

It's time to stop procrastinating, and to start narrowing in on my "tomorrow".



30 Day Challenge - Day 2

Priority Worksheet 1

What are my areas of importance?  
*My health
*My diet
*My education
*Financially Fit
*My family
My home
Getting Exercise

My family is always an area of importance and priority, but I'm looking for changes, and my family does not need to change.  My family is my "intrinsic" priority.  It is what makes me who I am.

Top Three Priorities
1- My diet
2- Finances
3- Education

01- The reason why "my diet" is of greatest importance is because my diet affects my health.  I need to change my diet to change my health.  I will honor my number one priority by vowing to do my best by always using a food log, making wise food choices, and avoiding pitfalls.  The following actions would be inconsistent with my commitment to my number one priority:  Binge eating, Avoiding the Food Log, Caving in to triggers and cravings.  To honor my number one priority, I will commit to consistency and discipline.  To live my life in accordance with my number one priority, I need to change my habits.  I need to choose healthy food.  I need to be accountable to myself and others.  I need to use Shakeology as a tool.  I have to stop binge eating.

Top Priority Clarity Statement:
My number one priority is to take control of my diet, and this means that on a daily basis I will be accountable for every bite/drink I put inside my body, and commit to a reasonable diet plan.  I will exercise consistency, commitment and discipline; and this is important because my diet plays a huge part in my overall health.

Compound Effect, pgs 32-43 (Be Aware of Choices)

The area in my life that I want to be most successful in, 
after "being a mom", is in my finances.

My top 5 list would be:
(2-5 are not necessarily in order of importance)
1- I want to be a good mom.
2- I want to be financially fit.
3- I want to be healthy.
4- I want to lose weight.
5- I want to successfully, with a high GPA, gain a bachelor's degree.

The first step toward change is awareness.  You have to be aware of your choices.

Track every action: Track every penny spent.  Track every bite you eat. Track every pound you lose/gain.  Track your progress at school.  Write it all down, one way or another.

I am going to start tracking every penny I spend, on 05/30/2013.
(I am referring to the careless money I spend, not my monthly, regular bills.)

I am going to diligently start tracking every food/drink I consume, on 05/30/2013.

Notes:
No matter what has happened, take complete responsibility.  (page 33)

I made the many choices to ignore obvious red flags and warning signs.  In the end, I am responsible for the results. (page 33)

When we choose to make the smallest changes and corrections consistently, over time we will see the results. Chances are that no one's going to notice them anytime soon.  There will be no applause.  No one is going to offer you congratulations.  Eventually, the compound effect will result in an exceptional payoff.   It is the littlest disciplines that pay off over time.  (pgs 42-43)

Something to think about:
$4.00 a day spent on a daily Starbucks drink, may not seem like much right now.  Over time that daily expenditure adds up.  After one year of $4.00 a day Starbucks visits, you will have spent approximately $1,095.  After five years, $6497; ten years $16,099; twenty years $51,834.

Think about that in terms of a pack of cigarettes a day (@ $6 a pack).
Think about that in terms of a bottle of soda a day (@ $1.60 a bottle).
Think about the cost of ONE value meal a day at McDonald's. (@ $7.00 a meal).

Tony Robbins & Dr. Oz

Watching Dr Oz, and he has Tony Robbins on his show.
Here are some thoughts from the show.

Three Steps to a Health Breakthrough:
1- Change My State. (Mental, Physical, etc)
2- Change Your Story. (The way you think, act, do.)
3- Create a Strategy.  (Make a plan.)

Life is happening for you, not to you.
The quality of your life is the quality of your emotions. (1, 2)
Whatever is spoken, effects us emotionally. (2)
All I need, is within me now. (1, 2)


Establish 15 minutes to fulfillment.
1- Invest 5 minutes waking up your body.
2- Spend 5 minutes taking inventory.
3- Spend 5 minutes visualizing the positive.

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Create A Healthy Gut:
1- Build an Alkaline Environment
2- Choose plant proteins.
3- Take a probiotic.

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Notes:
1000 mg Calcium (no more than 600 mg in supplements)
 450 mg Magnesium

Keep L-Cartadine down (whey, red meat).

Time 2 Make Those Changes

There comes a time when you have to move on and make changes.
You simply just get tired of being sick and tired.  You are tired of the four walls always seeming to close on you.  You acknowledge that you are not willing to walk on eggshells.  You figure out that YOU are important, and YOU deserve BETTER. 

Someone told me that as I progressed through my classes, I would recognize changes within myself.  This is true.  I am gaining confidence.  I am recognizing the obstacles in my path; some of which are of my own doing.  I have allowed myself to be boxed in, held back and I have taken too many "dead-end" roads.  I do not want to be this way anymore.  I'm ready to move on.

As I start to see the progress and as I start to see the smaller goals accomplished, I find myself more determined to achieve even bigger goals and accomplishments.  So those changes on the inside need to become changes on the outside.  Example:  The more health (science) classes I take, the more I realize that health care is where I need to be, when it comes to a career.  If I can easy go through these classes and I have the knowledge to easily answer questions and do my class work, why am I not applying the knowledge I have, into my own life?

It is time to make even more changes.  That is what it comes down to.