Good morning to most and a happy new year to all. It's funny how on the last day of the year we all make some kind of New Years resolution. I myself have made plenty of them through out the many years. I'm going to change this or that thing about myself or my life. Don't get me wrong they're a good thing if you can stick to them and make them come true. As for me not much. I tend to change so many things in my life all of the time. Some work great while others were just never meant to be. Those that work I keep up with it and those that don't I get rid of. Like I do with just about everything. Useful - keep. A waste a time and making my life a living hell - thrown out like yesterday's trash!!!!!! You know like the dead-beat muching friends/deadbeat boyfriends/baby-daddies, well you get the picture.
Perfect example, after I had my last baby who left me at a whopping 250 lbs; I made that old favorite NYR (New Year's Resolution). Told myself that I wanted to loss about 100 lbs for that summer. Didn't happen as we all already know. By that summer I was still at 250 so I said whatever. But here's the funny thing. I did what many of us do, made that NYR and that was that. I didn't put in the hard work that it would have made that NYR work for me. When I came to that realization I said to myself "well that was a complete waste of my time. Why did I make a NYR that I wasn't going to do anything to follow it up?"
The following year the only NYR that I made was not to make any more NYR. That year I had lost almost 100 lbs. Started walking more (not only at work but also around the area I live in.) Started eating a little healthier. I was not about to give up some of my favorite things. So this lady without her morning cup of cafe is not to be dealt with. My chocolate? Hell not that's not going anywhere either. Before I give some of those things up World Peace better happen.
So keep making those NYR's if you can stick to them. But remember to do the work that they require to come true. Wishing and hoping that it will come true dosen't work, unless you're doing the hard work to go alone with the wishing and that hoping.
P,L&B
You hit the nail on the head, my friend. You have to do the work. You have to have faith in yourself and believe that you can reach your goal so you can check that NYR off the list. It's like what Martin Luther King said, "Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase." The good thing is, you're not alone. Let's step together!!
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