Day 5 - Empowerment - Attitude

Attitude shapes our lives.

If you have a 'victim' attitude - then everything that happens is the world against you.

If you have a 'pessimistic' attitude - then everything happens is sinister and a lead up to the next bad thing.

However if you have a 'positive' outlook then things never seem to be too bad.

There is always a silver lining - good to come from the bad - or a reason for the event occurring that you can use to your own benefit e.g. to grow, learn and better yourself.

I want to be able to control my attitude to always see the good.

I want to know if even when I simply don't feel like it - can I make myself feel good, happy, energetic, powerful, refreshed, switched on, capable, and / or motivated?

How would you go about it? How would you make it possible?

I have tried in the past to make little diary notes like; avoided bitching today :o)
with a smiley face as congratulations to myself.

However this isn't a life changing action. It isn't big enough for my liking.

I have tried to go all week (then reverted to all day) without thinking of a negative thought.. This is harder than you think. I found myself monitoring my every thought and beating myself up - then not even knowing what the difference between negative thoughts and general observations.

I was sending myself crazy with thoughts like: She has a thread loose on her shirt - ooops is that nasty to think - no because it is just an observation - I am not thinking she is un-groomed and unkempt I am just noticing..... - oh! now I have brushed on thoughts of her being unkempt because of a thread - these are worse thoughts than when I wasn't trying to be positive....

I need something easier and more practical.


I was talking to a guy at work the other day about stretches, exercise and strength. He said he tells himself every time he walks through a door way - it's time to tighten his core muscles. It has become second nature - he just finds himself doing it - rather than telling himself to do it.

A saying I am quite drawn to with this subject is; fake it til you make it...

Also another factor that comes to mind is - motion = emotion.



Depressed people don't move much - and when they do they move like a depressed person - head down - face long and sad - slow and small movements.

Compare that to someone who is completely happy and energetic - big movements - big smile - straight back - facing the world with eyes that are alive.

Some studies have shown: If you have a depressed person mimic the motions of a happy person - they are unable to feel depressed while they are acting the 'happy' motion. Smiling for 20 minutes a day has actually helped some depressed people to over come depression...

(I am not a doctor and I not telling anyone to stop taking their meds - but what can it hurt to prescribe yourself 20 minutes of smiling a day?)

It works the other way too - walk around like a depressed person. Hang your head, walk slow, put on your sad and depressed face - you will actually get yourself to feel depressed and sad.

Or try jumping up - putting on a huge smile and walking around the room like you are unstoppable. You are totally successful and everything you touch goes perfectly. While you are acting it out - you actually feel that way.

I have recently had to put it to the test. My job can seem big and scary and can make me feel totally inadequate and hopeless. While I was going through the 8 weeks of training before I could even start the job - I was petrified some days. However walking into that training room with confidence, a smile a feeling of being successful, and knowing what I was doing, actually helped me get through the training and become a full-time employee.

I completely believe that if I was to have entered training with thoughts of - this is too hard - I can't do this - I'll never pass - there is too much to learn - then I would have failed.



So how can I put all of this together and make it work for me in every day life?.....

• When I sit at the computer to write - I could sit with the confidence I believe Stephen King would sit with.... Would a posture or some other reminder help?

I think this is a fresh and new idea that I will have to work on for a bit longer.. I do think there are answers to be had here. I just need to continue asking better and better questions to get there...

I do believe though that simple actions like smiling - sitting straight - carrying myself with good posture and seeing life through happy eyes is a great way to start making life changes that will impact me in big ways.



I need to delve deeper into what makes my state passionate rather dispassionate. What do I personally do that makes me feel excited? Perhaps it is a good idea to act out some of these states in the mirror and observe myself. I need to know what it feels like. Then perhaps I can make the feeling come and go as I need it to.....

When I ask better questions, I get better answers...

Day 4 - Empowerment - Why

Today is 10 reasons why I need to change my life now.

This exercise is designed to keep the momentum going and make me realise there is no other option, but to create a better life for myself and my family. Not later, not tomorrow, not next year - but right here and and right now.

1. I know I can do better - be better - have better - deserve better. So why would I deny myself another day? I need to change so I can give myself a better life.
2. To build strength. The stronger I am the more I can achieve. The changes I need to make are not hard, it just takes focus and organisation - an organised schedule with focus = success!
3. To find myself. I need to find the real me - I need to be in touch with me at my core. Not the me who does the shopping, cleaning, work and paying the bills. But the real me - my spirit my soul my true essence. I believe this is where real peace and happiness are.
   
4. For my future. I know what my future holds if I don't change. Mediocrity. Average life, without passion or excitement. Average life being an average person with average days. I will not settle for that. I want an extraordinary life. I want a fantastic life which is exciting and passionate, rewarding and fulfilling.
5. I will no longer just be a leaf riding the rapids of life - going with the flow and just accepting what is thrown at me. I am pulling out a great big oar and directing myself to success. There is a strange balance I need to find between - being spiritual and not resisting life (what you resist persists) and being focused and driven. I believe the two go hand in hand when you are in the right place - it is just a matter of working out how.
6. The future of my family. I will not have my children growing up questioning why life is cruel is to them, questioning why they can't have or achieve what the other kids have. My children will be brought up by a strong and confident woman who has her thoughts straight and can guide her children to the best of her abilities.
7. My rocking chair test. I pretend I am sitting in my rocking chair at age 50-60-70-80 etc and see what I would think and feel about my life decisions. What if I never try being a writer. What if I never hang-in there for 6-12 months and give myself a fit and toned body. What if I never tried my best at anything - how much regret and resentment will I feel for myself from my rocking chair..
8. I feel life is like school. If it is compulsory for me to be here the least I can do is do it well. Why settle to be the bored uninspired 'D' grade student when I can be the passionate and excited 'A' student who is proud of her achievements and likes where she is headed.
9. Basically I know where my life is headed is now - I have a pretty clear picture of what I will live like if nothing is to change. However what I have I got to lose from giving it my all? If it doesn't work the first time then perhaps it will the second or the third. Every try is still a learning experience. I want to have a life better than I ever dreamed possible. I am capable of so much more. I want so much more. I will not wake up at age 45 feeling totally lost and hopeless. I am going to create a meaningful life, I am never going to give up until I am living at a standard I think my family and I deserve.
10. To fulfill my dreams, goals and purpose.

How can I break through where I am now - and start living my new life? What practical steps will take me to the next level.

• Daily focus. To remember everyday that this day is going to be better. To remember everyday what my goals are and what steps I am required to take.
  

• Measurement. The ability to measure my success and progress. I am a visual person, if I can see on a graph, or if I can look at figures and see an improvement in my actions and results I am driven to continue and try harder.

• Start the day in a way that is beneficial. I hate seeing people rock up to work still pulling sleep out of their eyes and complaining that they haven't had breakfast yet. I always get up early enough that I can have breakfast and a few minutes (half hour) to myself before getting started. Perhaps I can still better this time. Perhaps if I work out before work everyday (and stop letting the fact that I work 12 hour shifts stop me - or make it all seem too hard). Perhaps if before work I simply review all of my goals....
  

• Learn how to control emotions. If I am in control of my emotions then how could I ever be anything but on the right track... Rather than getting caught up in the pettiness that goes on around us - if I can control my emotions - I will remain focused and on track. I will not become sidetracked - put off - or distracted for long periods of time. I would still expect frustration from time to time - but frustration is great - it shows us that things need to change and it pushes us to find solutions.... In fact I need to learn what all emotions are trying to tell us. With that information I would be able to read and guide myself a lot more effectively.

• Along with measuring successes - I would need to create a structured review process. Like I weigh in once a week for my weight - I should set weekly, monthly and quarterly targets and review the progress I have made - and then review what changes I can make to better my progress in the coming months.

Well I got more out of today's exercise than I had imagined... It has left me with thoughts to ponder.

It is amazing what you can come up with, if you just ask yourself some good questions...

Day 3 - Empowerment - Core Beliefs

I believe everything that happens to us - leaves us with a belief.

Everything that happened to us in childhood - shaped us into who were are now.

There are things we all believe that are not healthy for us.

There are things we all believe that we don't realise we believe...

Today I am going to delve into what some of my beliefs are - both positive and negative..


Beliefs that have a positive influence on my life.

• I can and will be so much more
• I am destined for success
• I am capable of creating the life I want
• I will celebrate large successes in my life
• I will write novels - I was born to write
  
• I will use adversity to create strength and power
• I have a kind heart
• Others like me
• Others can feel my warmth
• My pets are happy and enjoy the lifestyle I provide them
• I will break the cycle of family problems
• I will create a beautiful, loving home and family
• I will be a good mother
• I will work to attain all of my goals
• Daily actions towards my goals create results
• I am worth it
• I deserve to be happy
• I will age gracefully
• Aging is beautiful
• My marriage will be happy and strong
• I can cope with what life throws at me
• I am strong
• I am resilient
  
• I am very fortunate
• I feel blessed and am in touch with my spiritual self
• I am guided by my spiritual self to make good decisions and always take the right path
• Everything happens for a reason - it will all work out
• In crisis I ask what am I meant to learn from this - I then work with it rather than resist
• I will blossom into a beautiful woman at age 30 and life will get better and better from there
  

Beliefs that have a negative influence on my life.

• I am not worthy of happiness
• I don't deserve all the wealth I want
• I deserve to feel bad
• I deserve to be treated poorly
• I am not good enough
• Dad doesn't love me because I'm not good enough. I am damaged goods
• My family abandoned me because I am not worth their love
• I never stick to anything - I know I will stuff it up or revert to the old me
• People don't like me
• I am a prickly person who people don't like
• My presence can have an immediate negative response on others
• I am so unpolished I am ugly and rough
• I will never have a brand new.......
• I will never make my dreams come true
• I've done bad things and deserve to feel bad
• I am odd

Beliefs I have held in the past - but have worked to let go of:

• I am a failure
• I need drugs and alcohol to get through
• The pain of life is unbearable
• I just want to die - it would be better than living
• I am powerless
• Life is horrible
• Life is cruel
• I am just waiting to get out of this hell hole called life
• There is no such thing as love - everyone treats everyone poorly
• Love is nothing but pain
• No one will ever be there for me - I am totally alone and don't deserve love
• I am so damaged no one will ever love me
• I am unlovable
• Everything I touch turns to disaster
• I am always sick
• I catch everything that goes around
• There is something wrong with me
• My life has been a disaster from the start
• What will go wrong next
• My dreams are childish and stupid
• Life is just for work and pain
• I hate myself
• I hate the world

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I see everyone of these beliefs as a pair of glasses through which you view the world. It is obvious the different life experiences you will be giving yourself wearing glasses from the bottom list as apposed to the top list.

We have the choice in every situation to view it however we want - to make the situation positive or negative. If we are unhappy - then that is our choice. If we are angry, upset or 'devastated' that too is our choice.

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Examples of how we are in control:

You're fired from your job (made redundant etc)

• Attitude one: This is the end of the world - I have given that company everything - they are a bunch of *&^%$##@@!!!!! - My life is ruined - this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me - what am I going to do now - I going to the pub to get good and messed up.

• Attitude two: Well this isn't what I was expecting to happen today. I wonder why it did happen today? There must be something else for me around the corner - I wonder what it will be - what opportunity will come from this - what job do I want that I would never have gone for while I was working here? I wonder where I'll be in three months.. A big desk ?- a higher wage - more job opportunities.

A loved one hasn't called you in a while:

• Attitude one: I cannot believe the lack of respect. What if something had happened to me and no one ever bothered to call - I deserve better than this he/she should call at least once a week - is that too much to ask for - aren't I important enough? - there are family things happening that he/she should know about - why do I always have to be the one to call - what about me? - I am the glue that holds everyone together - if it wasn't for me always busting my butt making sure everyone is in contact - well the family would just fall apart.

• Attitude two: Perhaps I should give ..... a call it's been a while.

That person really irks me:

• Attitude one: He's just idiot - I can't even stand looking at him. I can't believe he chose to do that - why would anyone in their right mind do that - look at him what a jerk. I can barely be civil to him - every time I talk to him he makes me so mad - I wish I never had to have anything to do with him again.

• Attitude two: What is it about him I don't like, and why? What we don't like in others is generally something we don't like about ourselves reflected..... We all do the best with what we have to work with at the time - perhaps he is having a hard time...

We have the ability to make these decisions every second of every day.

*******Your life is a reflection of your attitude*******

Day 2 - Empowerment - Exercise

Four things I should do but put off:

• Get healthy
• Writing
• Organising Finances
• Spring cleaning my life - getting rid of years of clutter

Why do I put it off?:

**Getting Healthy**

I guess like many people I have always associated getting healthy with pain. The pain of exercise - the pain of denying myself the foods I want. Plus there is the deeper level of losing weight is somehow losing a part of me - getting smaller means getting weaker (I know that probably doesn't make sense - but do emotions every really make sense?)

**Writing**

Fear of failure. Fear of a life long dream becoming destroyed. Fear of discovering I am not who I think I am. Fear.

**Organising Finances**

Overwhelmed by all the areas of finance. Overwhelmed with all the options, sources of information, choices. It seems like such a huge task to take on - my excuse is always that there just isn't enough time. But seriously - after health what other section deserves more attention and organisation than finances. To be organised financially creates freedom. I use to know where every cent went and had a super structured saving method. I want to get back to that.

**Spring Cleaning my life**

I have moved house 19 times in the last 10 years. I have hauled massive amounts of useless stuff to each and every house. My old bedroom at my dad's house is full of stuff - the shed at dad's house is full of stuff. There is piles of stuff in my life that I just don't need.

I put it off because honestly it is just a c*appy job. It is a big job and requires a trailer and dump runs and rummaging through dust - and making decisions about things I may one-day use, but could possibly through out.... Besides once you start you have to see it through to the end - the house will get messy - it will be like moving - mess everywhere - boxes half packed - piles of things to go to different places. Days and days of sorting through junk just doesn't seem appealing!



The pleasure I have had from not doing these tasks..

**Getting Healthy**

Eating what I want when I want
Chocolate...... MMMMmmmmm Chocolate
and Pizza - and chips and drinks and desserts!

**Writing**

I can blissfully dream about how one-day I will be a writer - I can watch the dream from a far and not have to invest myself into it - and don't have to run the risk of the pain of failure.

**Organising Finances**

I can buy what I want when I want. I don't have to stick to a budget at the book store or the pharmacy (two of my favourite places) - I don't have to be restrained, I am free to shop and spend.

**Spring Cleaning my life**

I can watch another TV show - read another book - go for a drive etc etc - isn't anything better than a week long cleaning frenzy?! I don't have to decide what to do with mountains of stuff, one object at a time.



What will it cost me if don't follow through and make these changes?

**Getting Healthy**

Quality of life. Possibly complications with pregnancy. Energy. Confidence. Personal power. Enjoyment of life. Fashion will always be to cover the bits I don't like. Adventure - I'd never go to a water park in this shape - or the beach - or hiking - or play a team sport. I won't be able to enjoy time with my children in the same way as I could if I was fit and energetic. Experiences, being self-conscious about my body keeps me from trying new things. My mum died very young - perhaps it could even cost me my life and it could cost my children their mother.....

**Writing**

My dream. My sense of self. My identity. I would feel like a failure for not trying. I would have the greatest sense of regret - and a horrible feeling of what-if, what-could-have-been? I would let myself down in the worst way possible. I also think that but not honouring who I am - I would never be the best mother, wife or woman I can be.

**Organising Finances**

Piece of mind. Our own home. Stability. Real financial freedom that comes with owning your own home. The luxury of not having to move at the end of a lease. There is a constant sense of disorganisation that I hate. I feeling of not doing the best we can. I sense of letting myself down. Once we have children disorganised finances will have a huge impact on them. Lack. Lack is actually problem - it feels good to be able to buy what you want on the spot - but in the long term it costs us holidays, travel and all the big items we could easily afford if we were organised.

**Spring Cleaning my life**

It costs me financially every time I move - I have to pay to transport all this stuff. It costs me space, and it costs me organisation - something I actually love. I believe your space reflects your mind set. Cluttered house = cluttered mind. It will cost me the satisfaction of having our own home when I see it full of things we don't need. I like everything to have a home, be neat and organised (labels all facing the same way - all the same size books to be on the same shelf etc.) It costs me piece of mind and makes me feel like a hoarder.



The benefits I'll gain by taking action in all of these areas...

**Getting Healthy**

• A body I am proud of and comfortable in
• Wearing clothes that look good - not just cover things up
• Confidence - confidence is what I also need to write - so it would have a flow on effect
• Energy - the want to go out and about and get things done
• Pride in myself
• Belief in myself and in the knowledge that focus and daily action = results
• A success this big and life changing would have positive effects on every aspect of my life and me as a woman. I would be able to be the real me without embarrassment or shame or excuses. There would be no reason for me to hold back in anyway - the world would open up for me in so many ways.
• I could turn 30 and feel as though I was blossoming into the woman I have always been on the inside.

**Writing**

• The feeling of being the real me
• The ability to analyse life and myself
• Freedom to think, feel and speak from my heart
• Give myself a voice within the world
• Release tension and frustration
• Understand the world better through analysis
• Confidence
• Maturity
• Momentum

**Organising Finances**

• A life plan with clearly defined mile stones
• The ability to have the bigger things in life - e.g. annual holidays
• A sense of stability
• A sense of responsibility
• Power to make informed decisions
• Freedom
• Strength
• Lifestyle

**Spring Cleaning my life**

• Organisation
• A sense of freedom
• Everything could have it's own home
• Our own home would feel great
• A clutter free mind
• Open spaces
• Only the necessities
• Everything would be easily accessible
• Balance
• Guilt free spare time
• A feeling of everything being complete

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Well that was a bit of work - but I definitely think it was a worth while task.

I now feel a deep sense of discomfort when I think about continuing in my less than best ways. And when that is combined with what my rewards would be from doing the right thing - I feel excited and motivated about creating the life I really want.

The life I want isn't just going to magically appear one morning - it takes work. I am willing to do the work and believe it isn't as hard as I have always made it out to be. I think we just get slack and lazy and let things slide. I think with a little momentum I will be well on the way to happiness and success.

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Self analysis is never wasted in my view - the better you understand yourself and your actions and beliefs the more you have to work with.

It is like a teacher getting to know what makes a student tick - once you have the key you are three quarters there.

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Like I said the other day - never leave a decision without making a start on it's outcome. I won't go into the specifics of how I will schedule all of this - however I will make a promise to myself to get all of this done before the end of June 2009 (preferably May).

Day 2 - Empowerment - Building the momentum

Recap from yesterday - what I achieved:

• I went to the gym for an hour and burnt 700 calories
• I bought a writing diary
• I enrolled in a course - Professional Writing and Editing
• I listened to the audio book - CSIRO Total Well Being Diet
• I have researched a personal trainer locally - I just need to save for it after paying for the course!
• I finished the best book I have read in a long time The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards (http://www.memorykeepersdaughter.com/) - which inspired me to then write - 821 words (not bad for 2am).

So all in all it was a successful day! Now to build the momentum and create days like this all the time!



***Day 2***

Today I will make a list of four actions I know I should take now.

Then I will analyse why I haven't already taken the steps to complete these actions.
- What pain do I associate to doing these things?
- Why haven't I just done them in the past?
- What makes me keep putting these things off?

Then I want to know what pleasure I have had from not following through on these things..

Then I want to show myself the pain I will be in from not changing these things. I want to make it so the thought of not doing these things is far more painful than the thought of doing them.

Then I want to motivate myself with the benefits I will receive from doing it! I want to paint the big glossy picture of where I am heading and make the pleasure of that far out weigh any reason to ever procrastinate about these things again!

I'll be back to let you know what I came up with!

Day 1 - Empowerment - Finding Motivation and Momentum

I am currently completing goal setting tasks, implementing lifestyle changes and finding my personal power.

I am inviting you along for the journey - I aim to complete one task a day for the next month... I say I aim to as I work 12 hour shifts, and blah blah blah excuses. It is going to take a mighty effort on my behalf to complete all the tasks I have set myself. But I am always up for a challenge!

***Day 1*** Finding motivation and momentum. Write down two decisions or tasks I have been putting off - AND DO THEM!

Just do something I have been putting off.. Start today.

Once I have decided what my two actions are - I will do something immediately towards making them happen.

Never leave the site of a decision without taking steps to make it happen - otherwise you'll lose motivation and convince yourself you'll just do it later.


**Decision One**
**Health and Diet**


I have been sick for about 3.5 weeks. The dreaded flu (in the middle of summer!!?). My weight loss was going well before this. However since being inactive for so long I have started to put weight back on.

Decision one is to get back on the wagon and start my exercise routine again. In fact I think it is time to up the work load in the gym and go to the next level.

I have two books I need to read / research through to create a new program. One is a nutrition book and the other a weight training. I will schedule time to complete this research.

I also have the CSIRO audio book of Total Well being Diet to listen to. I will schedule this in.

I think I also have to streamline my food and exercise diary to make it quicker and easier.

And I need to monitor the funds to see if I can afford a personal trainer for a month or two and get myself exercising at a new level. Plus the benefit of having a trainer is that he/she will teach me half the stuff I feel I need to currently research and save me time!

After today's blog I will move immediately to the audio book.
Later this afternoon I will start on the nutrition book.
I will go to the gym today.



**Decision Two**
**Writing Career**



Since primary school I have been waiting to become a writer. The classic procrastinator and the classic - never succeed attitude of 'waiting' for it to magically happen.

Well no more 'one-day' - no more 'it would be nice but....' - NO MORE EXCUSES - 2009 is the year.

Success is mine in 2009!!!

Today I will find a course to start. Today I will find a way to learn the skills I need to make this career a reality.

Today I will start a way to measure my writing success.

I will start a writing diary - a diary much like my food and exercise diary. I will record the reading I have completed for the day (I believe reading is a must for any good writer). And I will record the amount of words I have written for the day (and /or the amount of minutes I have written for).

I found with the food and exercise diary - it is a great way to keep focused and motivated. For me it is also a great way to inspire a healthy competitiveness with myself... Well yesterday I burnt 300 calories in the gym - today I want to do 500.

Hopefully it will be the same. Yesterday I wrote 1000 words. Today I will write 1200!..

Today I will buy and start a writing diary.
Today I will find a course to start my writing career.

New schedule and new life here I come.


What are two things you have been putting off - why don't you join me and make a change?

Forgotten Blog?...... Never!

So anyone who reads this blog regularly might be wondering if I have forgotten how to log-in. Short answer; NO Way!

Long answer; I have been working frantically on a goal setting spree.

I believe to achieve, you need your success planned out.

You are never going to magically wake up at age whatever and say 'I am so glad everything worked out the way I wished' - it takes work and above all it takes a clear picture of what it is you aiming for.

If you only have a vague sense of what you want - or a list of things you don't want - then I am sorry to say it is unlikely you will ever just have what you want.

I am working on what goal setting method will work for me. I am trying to simplify the method and find a way to make it easy to review monthly.

I will keep you posted and perhaps it will make your goal setting sessions that much easier.

As I keep saying - I am a new person this year - with new goals and new methods of achieving. I cannot wait to see what I have achieved by the end of this year.

My motto for the year;

Success is mine in 2009!

What would I attempt if I knew I could not fail....

Given the new momentum and focus of my life over the last 10 weeks or so - I am feeling confident and passionate about my ability to make my life what I want.

I feel like I am growing into myself - I am becoming the woman I've hoped to be for so long.

I am at the start of a long journey, a journey that feels like it's going to be an uphill battle for a while - however I am looking forward to every step, and the strength I will gain along the way.

I want to be the best I can be.

I don't want or need to be the best person or better than anyone else... I just want to the best I can be, I want to know that I have fulfilled my potential - no matter what that may be.

I feel like a kid at the start of the school year aiming for an 'A' or even an 'A+'.

I don't want to find myself at age 60 - 70 or 80 - looking back on my life - and thinking 'if only' or 'why didn't I just give it a go' or 'I could have done and become so much more'.

My new attitude and self belief has me preparing for the overhaul of the next section of my life...

What would I attempt if I knew I could not fail.......

... I would - No I will successfully create a writing career for myself.

I have had a passion for writing since I was seven years old.

My crushed confidence and self defeating internal dialogue have always told me I shouldn't even try because the defeat would be too devastating. The defeat would end a life long dream and then I would have nothing to look forward to in the future.

Well the new me is saying - a dream is no where near as good a goal that has been achieved.

I will not let fear hold me back!

Failure is not an option. Every step - whether deemed to be successful or unsuccessful - is a step towards making it happen. Either I have a win or I have a lesson - from which I can find an opportunity to grow.

I am ready to find a way to make this happen. I am ready to go for it!

Day 67! - Changes are happening!

I am really looking forward to exercise now.

I am feeling motivated and gasp! Proud of myself.

I am enjoying challenging myself and pushing myself harder. I am so happily surprised at my progress and my ability to quickly improve.

I am beginning to feel as though I am making contact with my personal power - I am feeling stronger. I am taking action and seeing results - It is such an empowering feeling.

My motions are gaining momentum. Every time I get on the treadmill or bike at work in my breaks - I am aiming to burn nothing less that 100 calories (three times a day that = 300 calories during a 12 hour shift).

I am feeling athletic, fitter and healthier. I feel like the world is my oyster - that optimistic feeling I think we all left high school with before the reality of life hit.

The past 67 days have been some what all consuming - I am eating, breathing, sleeping and practising health and healthy choices. I am keeping food and exercise diaries (a must I believe for a serious life change in the health department), I am focused and unwavering in creating my new life.

My current success and momentum are creating a confidence and appetite. Confidence in my ability to turn my goals into reality.

I am ready to embrace life with passion and have faith in my abilities to be successful...

Day 66! Motion = Emotion

Sundays are my 'weigh-in' day. Today is Tuesday. My goal this week is to lose 1.5 kgs.. I big call I know - but at least it is keeping me motivated to attend the gym time and time again.

I am feeling really good. I am feeling really energetic and healthy. My motivation is high and I am happy.

Seeing that my efforts can have results is very liberating.

I feel like a seed that has waited under the earth all winter - establishing roots and strong network to rely upon - and I am just now breaking through the earth and becoming visible - I am feeling the sun for the first time and basking in the success of creating momentum. Onwards and upwards.

I feel the more I move the better I feel.
Motion = emotion. Positive up beat motions = Positive up beat emotions.
Lack of motion = stagnancy. Sitting still physically (couch potato style) = lack of momentum.

Just like water I guess. You can ride the rapids or you can sit in the pond and go no where.