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Oportunity: taken or squandered?
I've got another opportunity to change. It's occurred to me that I've had a number of experiences in my life that a lot of people would consider rather extraordinary and potentially life changing. So far, I've kind of taken them in stride. France in high school. England for college and a year of travelling. Moving to New Hampshire and Boston. ( Read more... ) -
Oops
I forgot to sign in this weekend. Yesterday I ate horribly (pizza and a half a pan of brownies) so today I feel rather lethargic and gross. I should remember that :<) It was Super Bowl Sunday so somehow that makes it OK to eat junk food. Too bad it has such an effect on my system. I guess that's what you get when you've been eating rather well ( Read more... ) -
check in
Just a check in entry. I paid $1500 in bills last night so I'm going to have to economize this month. Due to the end of the payroll tax deduction and my contribution to the Health Savings Account (needs to be capitalized!!!!) my monthly paycheck is down $250 anyway. Plus now I have a $380 per month car loan. Not to mention I want to get new ( Read more... ) -
It's hard to drink water!
I really have to work at it to get in 64 ozs of water a day. This is day 2 and I'm already feeling put upon for having to think about this so much. Man, how do people do this every single day ( Read more... ) -
Another Good Day
I went to Bachmann's after mass and bought several plants to put in my room and the office and I think that's going to make a difference in how I feel about the rooms. It does bring life to the indoors. I also bought a indoor water feature. Now I need to figure out where to put it. Where or where will my meditation space be ( Read more... ) -
Daily thoughts
I did a good job yesterday. I went to book club - whoo hoo! It was fun, although I had high school flashbacks. There was a woman attending for the first time and she didn't have the book club version of the book, so rather than thumbing through her version during the discussion, she kept leaning over and trying to read form my copy. It felt ( Read more... ) -
The Truth
It's important for me to be truthful with myself. Living the Deliberate Life can't include lying to myself to meet the new 'rules.' That would just defeat the whole purpose. I don't want to follow 'rules', I want to come up with a better plan for living my life ( Read more... ) -
Living a Deliberate Life
I feel like such a drifter, almost removed or with a translucent barrier between me and the real world. I look around sometimes with such a feeling of unrneality. It all seems like everything is happening to someone else and I'm an observer. I'm not noticed all that often so the aura of invisibility feeds into that sense as well. I want to ( Read more... ) -
Decision to set daily goals
I've decided to set daily goals. I've been thinking in too broad, generalized goals (ie lose 10 pounds). I really really really hate to say it, but the stupid SMART acronym used at work is a good way to set up my daily goals. I want to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. A and R are kind of the same thing, but the ( Read more... )