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: