Thursday, July 10, 2008
great week!
Conditioning- my new word for getting new habits ingrained. What I'm working on this week is establishing new beliefs about myself as someone that does act on the desire to have a good walk or swim several times each week. I love both, but find it's so easy to find excuses not to!
I have also found benefit in clearing space; maybe there is something to feng shui. It certainly helps me to be more focused to not have clutter and piles all around me. So now I can say about myself that I am someone that functions best in an organized, or at least clutter-free environment.
So what does all of this blathering have to do with my previous posts?! I think it is introspection I'm doing as a result of being on my own this week. Having this house to myself this week is a reduction in energy and mass within my environment, and I think it has contributed to me being more organized and having accomplished so much more.
What I'm getting out of this is getting clear-er on how I define myself. One of my favourite quotes: "You will never perform consistently in a manner that is inconsistent with how you define yourself." (Zig Ziglar) When I challenge myself, I can then add new data to my definition bank of who I am and how I am being in the world. I like what I've learned so far this week.
Labels: clutter, goals, habits
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
weak trial week Day 2
At the end of last year I wrote up a list of goals, objectives to reach in 2008. New high standards to hold myself to. One was to not be lazy. This week I put it to the test. Yesterday I was well on my path of sticking to my principals: ate well, swam my first 45 minute swim across Meech Lake this season; didn't pine away for my beloved! Miss him, yes, but didn't suffer. I look forward to assessing my feelings at the end of the week- do I feel better because of honouring this powerful commitment to myself? Did it make any difference? Can I / will I continue on this course? Is it enough of a challenge? Would I benefit from a greater challenge?
Labels: goals, self-challenge
