No
Excuses. Stay Committed. PERIOD!
With
a new year often come new goals. Or perhaps old ones that you are resurrecting
because you didn't accomplish them in full the way you had intended. Once you
decide what your goals are you need to commit to achieving them. You can’t
have a lackadaisical attitude about your goals or you'll just end
up putting them on next year’s list again.
Eventually frustration sets in & you may give up entirely even
though it’s something you really do want to achieve.
If
you know me then you know that I LOVE to make lists. I’d go as far as to say it makes me
happy to make a list but it brings me JOY to cross things off that list. Are
you a crazy list lover like me? A great
way to get to cross those things off my list is to have a plan for each goal
that I set. Now I know I’m not the only
one that struggles with stuff like this because I talk to a lot of people &
so many have told me that it’s hard to reach those goals. I want to reach my
goals but I don’t want to do it alone. I want to help others achieve their
goals too. So let’s be committed together & have
a plan so that when something besides our plan happens, we can stay on track or
we can get back on track quickly without beating ourselves up.
I’m gonna share what happened this morning
in my house. Now please don’t read into
this & think that I’m telling you that I’m better than you or that you
stink at making a hard choice when things don’t go as planned. That might be
what you ‘hear’ but that’s not remotely close to what I’m saying. If you are a parent I’m sure this has
happened at some point to you, probably even more than once.
With the New Year, a clean slate, I recommitted to exercising 5 days a week. I’m currently on day 6 of Les Mills Combat. My initial
plan was to wake at 6:30am, get contacts in & get dressed & get as much
of my workout done by 7am when I have to stop to get my school aged kids ready
for school. The middle 2 get on the bus
at 8:10, the oldest gets picked up at 8:30 so when those 3 are gone I finish
whatever is left of my workout. This
might not be ‘ideal’ for a workout but one of my new things is to remind myself
that “Some beats none.”
The first morning I had about 20 minutes left
after getting the kids off to school. By
yesterday, I worked my way to only having about 10 minutes to finish after they
all left. I was improving with waking up
earlier so I could get more done before the kids were up. Now remember, I also have a 9 month
old & whatever she decides her schedule is for the ‘moment’, that’s
what I kind of go with.
This morning was one of those unplanned
mornings. I woke up to #1 telling me
that #3 needed me. Of course I jumped
out of bed thinking that she was throwing up or something. (After all the flu is going around like crazy
& with them being back in school….well….)
I hate cleaning up ‘that stuff’. I used to have a daycare & now we've got 4
kids of our own so I've had my share of it.
Thankfully it wasn't the flu. Instead, Morgan’s neck had a terrible kink
in it & she was crying & told me she couldn't move her head at all. I grabbed the heat pad & tried to make
her comfy so she could rest a bit longer. The clock now said something like
6:20 & I knew I had a choice; I could try to fit my workout in later or do it now. But let’s
be honest, I've found that if I don’t do my workout in the morning, the chances
of it happening are extremely low…almost nonexistent. SO I sucked it up. I reminded myself that I
was committed to my routine, I have a plan. I headed down to ‘Press Play’. I tried to hit
play in the SuperGym too but the internet was giving me trouble. I fussed with it for a bit when a glance at the clock told me that it was
decision time. Do I make reasons
excuses that I just couldn't overcome the obstacles or just do it? I laced up my shoes, got my DVD out, TV set
up & pressed play. Great job
Jeannette, you overcame a rough morning. Big smile on my face as I punched
& kicked with the Combat team…. But that's not the end of the obstacles.
Oh
no! Now I could hear the baby
crying. Sheesh! Are you kidding me? Pause.
Run up the stairs. Hold baby & feed her till she drifts off to sleep
again. Put her in the crib. Now it’s even later. I've got about 10 minutes & I have to
wake the kids & still deal with Morgan’s neck & knowing she’s not going
to be able to do much to get ready on her own.
Back downstairs I press play again. Whew! 10 minutes more & time to
press pause again. Woke kids up, called
to schedule Morgan to see the chiropractor, helped the kids with breakfast, made
lunches, etc. Since Morgan’s appointment was
for 8:30 & school is at 8:45, I had another decision to make. Should I try
to squeeze the rest of my workout in or wait until after 9 when I’d get back
from dropping Morgan at school? I decided
that since Braly & Gabby are old enough & pretty good at getting
themselves ready for their rides on time, I needed to press play again so I
could finish. Instead of making excuses,
I stayed committed & finished my Combat workout.
What a morning right? Sound familiar? Even when you plan & have things set out, plans can change. Circumstances happen. Have YOU ever have one of those days? I can honestly say that I don’t regret
pressing play. In fact, I feel as though I earned a gold star for the day &
I want you to have that same feeling.
Once you decide on your goals, no matter what area in your life it is,
finances, exercise, eating healthy, growing your faith, etc. commit to those
goals & don’t let anything get in your way. Do your best to make it
happen. Yes, sometimes ‘life happens’
but if you are committed you can get back on track a lot quicker than if you aren't committed. Don’t let those
thoughts in your head make you feel bad, put it behind you & move forward,
accept it for the slip-up that it was & move on to reach your goals from now
on. No excuses. Stay committed. Period!
Questions: I’d love to hear from you! What
are your goals? What is your plan to reach your goals? Are you committed no matter what?
