Day One: Phase 2

OK, I'll have to chock this day up to a bust...  I worked too late, tried to run errands on the way home, got frustrated after 2 different Walmarts & a Dollar Store didn't produce what I set out for, couldn't get the sandwich my husband & I wanted @ one Subway so went to another, bit my kid's head off & tore him a new one for not cooperating, got home after 8:30p, broke my rule of not eating after 7p, munched potato chips with the sandwich, then topped it all off with four (yep, 4!) Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Ugh.

Disappointed in myself to say the least.

Tomorrow is another day, right?

Day One: what IF?

Awhile back I was quite successful living my life with intention. I was focused and determined and accomplished. It felt great! And it only lasted one week. But still - it was a good week!!!

But here we are in the thick of life (March 15th) - a quarter into the new year & I'm feeling the rut begin. Life, as always, is taking over.

I've thought about getting a diary & using it as a focus notebook - a daily tabulation of what I've checked off my daily to-do-list. These are not goals. These are daily rituals I want to make part of my life: exercise, prayer, gratitude, healthy choices, brain power... I've tried different things - notations in my day planner, tracking on a calendar page... it isn't working! So here, now, maybe a daily journal (another one of my rituals on a the wish list: journal every day!) will work? Let's give it a whirl...

what IF?

This is what I've come up with for my slogan of 2010... Dr. Phil is touting "don't do it again in 2010" and mine kinda falls within this category. What IF things were done differently this year? What IF finances, health & creativity were my focus? What IF self-imposed boundaries were ignored? What IF my 45th year was my best ever??? What IF I lived with Intention and Focus this year? What IF???

My focuses: health (exercise, weight, going organic), organize ('nuff sed), brain power (reading business books, scanning the business headlines every day), spiritual (praying, reading the Bible, counting my blessings), appearance (dressing up every day - hair, make-up, outfits), creative outlets (photography, painting, paper crafts, art, writing) and career/business (what am I going to do when I leave here?).

So let the tracking begin:

Food Diary:
coffee: (3 cups)
water:  1
soda:  1
tea:
breakfast: bowl of frosted mini wheats
snack: 2 (2!) Turtle Chex Mix bars (260 cals, 22g sugar, 52 carbs, 7g fat)
lunch:  fiber bar & half a bag of peanuts!  WTH????
snack:
dinner:
snack:

Exercise:

Appearance: black slacks, white cami, blue tunic, black loafer heels; hair/make-up/jewelry - check!

Gratitude: my job, my home, Rick & Cal, my mom, Facebook connections, financial situation (could be better, but could be worse - alot worse! - too), my new focus

Prayer Requests: Yvonne Norton re: Windel Norton; Vernon Nix & Son re: Pearl Nix; Steve Timmreck; Matt Mullis; FCHS alum in hospital (?); Beth Powell cuz she just popped into my head

Bible Passage:

a twist in plans...

OK, 45 is lurking - closer than farther away. I'm sitting her aggravated about my girth, my endless appetite today, my lack of ambition, my lack of progress...

So, starting TOMORROW, I'm going to use this blog to count my blessings, track my food intake, log my (lack of) exercise & set my daily goals... and hope, beyond hope, that I can stay focused and get somewhere.