Do not stop the journey

Good morning, everyone!  I wanted to start off by saying an apology for leaving the blog bare for so long.  It’s been a week and that’s not for lack of wanting to blog, it’s poor time management.  The to-do list is long and the blog is always the last thing on the list.  The blog is going to be a priority for me in 2018 because it’s something I love to do.  I will better manage my time and get the job done.

This is a perfect segway into my topic today about carrying on no matter how long it takes you. We are making our way through January and the “new year steam” might be starting to wear off.  Getting healthy, getting organized, cleaning house, and other things usually are goals that people start the new year with.  (I don’t like the whole new year resolution thing.)  There will be a time that you will be less excited/enthusiastic about these things because sometimes it’s easier to just continue the habits of the past.

Every trip takes time.  The journey will not be completed in a day.  When starting something new or changing old habits, remember a new foundation is being built.  Sometimes starting over from scratch may lead to great results but the process is exactly that, a process.

When I decided to lose weight, I didn’t know how long it would take.  I do know the results didn’t come the way I wanted them to come.  I would look in the mirror 3 months in and not really notice a difference.  In the same time period, people would tell Willie was really slimming.  It was frustrating to see him have results and nothing really happening to me.  The number on the scale was inching down, but it just didn’t show.

I could have stopped then because I was frustrated and upset.  There were times I wanted to just give in because it was taking too long to show results.  But there was always the place in the back of my mind that would have wondered what would have been possible if I would have continued to the journey.

Don’t leave yourself wondering what would happen.  No matter how long it takes, continue to chase the goals you want.

Don’t let the newness of a goal wear off to the point where it comes to end.  Just keep going, even when the results are showing.  Things are happening and changing, even if it’s not a visual change.  Change happens on the inside and outside.  The journey may be long.  The journey may not be what you expected.  The journey may be hard at times, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up and give in.

I’m currently struggling with my running goals after having Baby G.  I am going to get better and it’s taking a while for me to get to the point I want to be.  I will not stop.  The complications and the time just drive me to work harder and get things under control. This is not just something I’m telling you to do, it’s something I’m living in my life right now.  We are on these journies together.  It may not be the same journey, but we are traveling down new roads together.

Keep going until you reach your goal, no matter the obstacles and the time it takes to come to completion.  When you need help, ask for it.  When you need a little motivation, search within yourself.  When you need some inspiration, search Pinterest (haha, that’s kind of a joke).  Find the things that will inspire you to keep the fire alive.  You can do it! But you’ll never know if you stop, so keep going.

 

Make life happen

Make life happen

I know I haven’t been blogging and that’s on me. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been here, I just haven’t made blogging a priority when I know I should. I’ve had some tough moments this year and I let some things slip away from me. I may have created a bad habit of complaining instead of acting. I haven’t been practicing the things I say on the blog. The past two weeks I’ve been focusing on change and I’ve come to a conclusion. Make life happen. There is a lesson learned in every situation. There is glory in the journey.…

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Motivation: If you don’t succeed, try again

Motivation: If you don’t succeed, try again

Happy Monday everyone!  It’s time for a little Monday Motivation for you about trying.  I just want to let you know it’s ok to fail, it’s ok to make mistakes and it’s ok to do less than your best.  It’s not ok to let those missteps keep you from moving forward. If you don’t succeed, try again! Let’s all make the committment to live life and that includes trying…and possibly failing. Sometimes there is a need to take chances and step out of the comfort zone. For many years, I would stayed stagnant by not attempting anything new. I was…

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Bad doesn’t always mean bad

Bad doesn’t always mean bad

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Define your success

Define your success

Winning isn’t everything and being the best isn’t all that.  Keep that in mind as you go through life.  It’s great to come in on top and it’s great to highly successful but that isn’t going to happen every time you do try something. It’s ok not to be the best at something.  It’s acceptable to try something and not get it the first time.  It’s not acceptable to give up after trying something that didn’t go the way you thought it would go the first time around. The thing to remember is there is more than one way to…

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Tips for gaining focus

Tips for gaining focus

I’ll cut the small talk and just be honest, I have been lacking focus. I’m easily distracted and that has really killed my productivity. That’s why things have been lacking here in the blog department. The slightest thing will throw me off course and it’s hard for me to get back on this figurative road. Do you know how many times I’ve jumped off this blog post already? I’ve only typed three sentences. I decided my office today would be Panera. You know, because it’s easy not to get distracted here. Wrong! Whever my focus has gone, I would like…

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Five Things: Success, support, compromise and love

Five Things: Success, support, compromise and love

It’s late but I do have to apologize for not being very present on the blog lately.  Things got busy and this not boing my full time job this is something that kind of gets pushed to the back. Today I’m talking about just some general things about improving relationships, achieving your goals and things like that.  Things got a little serious the other day for some reason but I wanted to share some of those things with you guys. Here is my list of my five things to keep in mind as we go through life: 1. Organization is…

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Always be better than the day before

Always be better than the day before

I’ve been trying to post for the past two days but I did something funky with the site. It took me all this time to figure out what I did wrong. Easy fix but many hours to figure it out. BUT I figured it out and I’m back to blogging. I wanted to talk about motivation for my life lately. Being better than who I was yesterday IS a HUGE thing for me. I tell everyone in my cycle classes in the morning to just be better than they were yesterday. It’s something I always say but maybe I don’t…

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