Going 'Ol School

Well, I am taking it back to 1995. If you remember the movie "Dangerous Minds," with Michelle Pfeiffer, then maybe you will recollect the following. She's teaching her students a poem and basically come to a part which really stood out for me. She basically tells the students that they can stay in her classroom or they can get up and leave. She goes on to say that those are the choices they have before them, it may not be a choice they like, but they still have a choice and they still get to choose. I pose this same statement here. In everything in life, we have a choice. We may not like the choices that are in front of us, but either way we go, we must make a choice. It can be a matter of the choice between a pint of ice cream or a bowl of fruit. It could be racing home to catch the tv show or "DVRing" it and hitting the gym for a hot minute.

In the previous post, I mentioned I'd share some pointers about getting started. Whatever you want to make better in your life, it is important that you measure it. The success and failure we experience, come by little choices we make in everyday situations...success and failure are not overnight events. If there is one thing to focus on when beginning a journey, it's having a plan. I know, it's not exactly brain surgery, is it?!?

By creating a plan, it will allow you to respond to life and not just react to it. You must prepare your path for a positive outcome. Make a plan, have someone help you if needed, and be consistent. When the plan is completed or at least in the works, make sure you measure how you are doing. Whether it is daily, weekly, or monthly. Measure how close you are to your goal. Take account of how you are eating in comparison to how you ate last week or last month. Keep a log in your brain of how many times you have gotten out and active, be it in the gym or in the neighborhood. By keeping track, you hold yourself accountable. You'll find where you need improvement, where you will need a friend's assistance, where you will need to tweak things in the original plan you created, and most importantly, it will give you a sense of accomplishment. The little successes and choices you make will start to improve the bigger picture of your quality of life. COMMIT TO IT...COMMIT TO YOU...COMMIT TO THE LIFE YOU WANT AND THE LIFE YOU DESERVE. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO DO GREAT THINGS AND DON'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT!