How many times have you made a New Year's resolution and then failed to complete your goal??? Happens all the time right? This year my main resolution was to stay away from soda all year. So far, so good, but the problem is that I am making up for it in other ways. My major downfall right now is sweets in the form of sweet tea and candy. Yeah, I make cakes, but I don't crave them since they are around all the time.
I had decided that I needed to put some things in writing for all to see to make sure that I complete some more small goals of mine These are things that I want to accomplish to help my body to be in better shape and to help me fulfill my big goal, the marathon. That is the point of this blog anyway, right?
So, I was planning on starting today, but I actually got a couple of extra days in since I have been "sober" from my sweet tea since Sunday. My goal is to stay off of it at least until the end of May. As far as the candy, I say "one step at a time". We'll work on that next month!!
My other goal for this month is to complete the Tri-Y at the YMCA. It is like doing a olympic distance triathlon but you have two months to complete it. I finished it in one month last year so my goal for this year is to do it in 3 weeks or less. I already got rained out of the pool this morning so I feel like I am a little behind!
I want to hear about your short term or long term goals. Is there something that you have been trying to talk yourself into doing?? It does not have to be something that is a huge deal, just as my sweet tea is not. For you it may be similar, some food or drink addiction that you know is hurting your body, or it may a goal of walking around the block everyday. It may be something bigger like running a 5k or joining the gym. Whatever it may be, help yourself by telling someone about it. One of my good friends called me last night to tell me that she had started her running program !!! First of all, I am so proud of her, and second of all, I am so glad she told me so that she feels the accountablilty she needs to keep with it. That may be whats pushes you to conquer your goals as well. Find someone to push you and encourage you. No matter what you goal may be, it will feel great to say, "I did it!"
Great blog Nadia! My short term goal for now is to finish building a bass guitar. I started with the idea when I was in college, a good 13 - 14 years ago. At that time I wanted to build it out of plexiglass. I was able to get a piece of wood that I could make the neck out of but plexi glass was to expensive for me to pursue it. So I gave up on it for awhile. Moving forward 11 years, I meet the high school wood shop teacher in town and we started off a good friendship. I mentioned to him about wanting to build a guitar to see if he was interested in helping with that. He agreed and we started the project. It has taken a couple years to accomplish, mainly because I only work on it in my free time, but now I am just a few steps away from completeing it! I have a little sanding to do, then stain. After that I need to order some strings, install the electonics, a nut, string stays and strap locks, and it will be done. My goal now is to get it finished with in 2 months. I gave my self a little extra time so I don't rush my self with the staining process. ;)
ReplyDeleteOoo! Good one Nadia! I started my food overhaul one month ago by eliminating meat. So I have been a vegetarian for an entire month! Eek! It hasn't been that hard for me but I did it all to prepare me for the next step which begins on Saturday. . .NO SUGAR! This one is gonna be a hard one because I love sugar and anything with sugar. We'll see if I can be as successful with this as with meat. Ill take it day by day!
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