Year 2: Day 307: The Plan

So here is the deal - whenever you learn something about yourself you have a couple of options: 1) ignore it and continue on. 2) attempt to change it completely and over night. or 3) embrace it, find ways to change or improve or work with it and realistically do those things over a long period of time.

I am hoping to achieve #3.

Here is the plan:

1 - Start blogging again.
For some reason, I am better at starting and minting when I blog - especially if I blog daily. It doesn't matter if I am walking every day for a year or just trying to cut back on sugar or even increase my spirituality - I do better when I write. And I do great when I put my writing on a blog for all the world to see (especially  my mom).

2 - Focus on what is most important in each area.
Physical: Building my core muscles. My core muscles are mush and barely doing there job of keeping me up right and moving. Each morning, I am hunched over (because my muscles can not straighten me out) for a good little while (no, I have never timed it because each day is different).

Spiritual: Spending time with God each day. I have known since my children were little that when I spend time each day reading the scriptures and saying my prayers that my day goes better. I am more patient. I am more joyful and optimistic. I am more patient (which is really important to me).

Emotional/Mental: Gratitude. Gratitude could be put under spiritual, but I am putting it under my emotional/mental health. Gratitude helps me focus on the positives in my life. It is too easy to be negative. It is too easy to dwell on what is not happening than on what is happening.

I am pretty excited about each focus. I will probably also write about each one and the progress I am doing.

And for those who are wondering - Yes. Yes, I am still walking. I am walking slow and only for 15 minutes, but every day I feel myself getting stronger and look forward to building back up to 30 minutes.

Happy Walking!