Setting goals
After browsing through this site I began to think about goals. I know people that are totally goal driven. They make goals for everything from their everyday life to their jobs. Me on the other hand, am not. Don’t get me wrong, I do make little goals. You know the usuals, graduate HS, graduate college, get a job, not kill my kids after they’ve been screaming "momma" 200x in a minute. I achieve small goals like getting laundry done before we run out of underwear or drinking enough water for the day.
This goal of competing in a figure competition is a big one. A dooser. I think I haven’t set any big goals in the past because I was always scared of failing. If I did set a goal, lots of times I wouldn’t tell anyone, just in case I didn’t follow through. Well, this is out in the open. Many people know and I keep telling people. What am I doing?! I’m really going to have to do this! I guess another reason I set this is because next year I turn the big 4-0. Something about that number makes people a little looney. When I turned 30 I really didn’t care. 40 is another story. I guess I am being my mid-life crisis. You change the way you think. Granted, 40 is the new 30, but after turning 30 my body didn’t respond the same as it did in its 20’s. Lots of things happen to you in your 40’s. Especially women. You know… the "season". I’m not sure if I should be excited or terrified. I know my mom started early and from my memory, it wasn’t pretty. I’m rambling.
So with next years big birthday looming I figured I would set a crazy goal. Why the heck not. You only live once. I hope to get there. It’s kinda scary. I guess only time will tell.
October 8, 2007 at 11:32 am
Woo-woo! I will be following you every step of the way! 40 is the time to start living large! Have fun with it!
October 8, 2007 at 1:20 pm
You go girl! Braver than most people on here.
Do you have any short term goals that will help you accomplish that big goal?
October 8, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Drink my water, eat clean. I’ve been getting up to be at the gym at 5:30am M – F. so that has kinda become a habit…though I do long to sleep in most mornings. but julofthenile is waiting for me so…
October 8, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I so understand about the goal setting and not telling anyone for fear of failure. Went to bday party yesterday and walked in as "fat girlfriend" where everyone there knew of my PT and fitness goals I started way back when. I wanted to make up an excuse to not go, but my kids would have been sad. Nobody brought up the topic including me. Maybe that helped with today’s motivation…we shall see
October 9, 2007 at 8:22 am
Way the go for you. I still have a little bit to go before the big 40 but you know as Wayne Dyer saiid, "when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
So, go for it and good luck. Take one week at a time and you will surprise yourself at how well you will change the shape of your body.
Cheers.
October 9, 2007 at 8:36 am
Think of a goal as a target and you are shooting a arrow at , at first you will most likely not be a very good aim, or it could be that you didnt really know where to set the distance. After you practice setting the goal and shooting at it you become more accurate at your shot and you learn how far away to set your target. Don’t fear missing your goal, plan to for a while and find joy in the fact that you are closer to it than if you didnt set it at all. I remember back in 2nd grade a teacher had a picture of a target on the wall and it said "If you aim at nothing, your bound to hit it" I remember day dreaming and thinking about that and trying to understand it. As a mother of 3, I know you have what it takes to achieve anything you put your mind to. As far as turning 40, dont think about what could happen and enjoy today, for everyone experiences life in different ways and if we allow ourselves to think bad thoughts then we usually end up living them out. When people say Hi how are you, I always respond "Its another day in paradise". Life is what you make of it, live it in paradise.
1 Peter 5: 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
God Bless you. Brian