New Beginnings
New beginnings start tomorrow!
I had a really good conversation today with one of the coaches at the gym who also does a lot of work with mindset…which is such a huge part of my success – we kind of mapped out a plan for how I’m going to make certain changes in my life so that I can be the happy, healthy version of myself that I so desperately want to get back to. That version…like 4 years ago when I made my first attempt at 75 Hard.
He really put things into perspective. A question that he asked was about projecting things out – “How would you feel if you were in this same space a year from now?” And when I thought about that…it made me really sad because I also knew that I wouldn’t be in the same space as I am now if I continue to do what I’m doing…I’ll be worse.
So then he asked “How do you WANT your life to look in a year from now?” And, “How do you want your life to feel a year from now?” These are the questions that I’m going to write about tomorrow. I really want to think about that in depth…and make the details matter. I want it to be drastically different than the life I’m currently living.
I’m not sure if I’ll be writing in here more or less with the new things I’ve set up for myself. I want to get back to paper journaling on a daily basis…and coming in here for accountability to say I’ve done the things is, hopefully, going to be redundant…but I also don’t want to just regurgitate what I’m already writing down. I guess we will see how things work themselves out.
So, here’s where I’m at – I made my daily non-negotiables list tonight, I made the decision to quit drinking, maybe not entirely, but for this month it’s a sober start. I feel like I need that to really feel out how I’m affected by the changes I make gradually instead of the 0-100, all or nothing mindset that I feel like I’ve had since ever. We talked about that on our call today, too. I need to focus more on consistency, progress – not perfection, baby steps, 1% better every day. I need this plan to be sustainable.
I’ll do my miracle mornings and have a better bedtime routine – structure. I need more structure.
Following my healthy eating plan, Hungryroot has been really good lately and I didn’t even pick out my meals for this week because I was out of town and completely forgot!
Exercise. I have got to get my ass to the gym. I’m tired of doing the yo-yo thing and I KNOW I feel so much better after I go. Going to the gym will also be a lot easier when it’s in our apartment building so I am really looking forward to that.
Journaling and reading is going to be done daily…I’m going to do the Artist’s Way form of journaling again – no less than 3 written pages right away in the morning. I should re-read that book…there’s a few others that I want to read again as well. Atomic Habits is another one that I want to refresh my brain with.
It’s my birthday month and I feel like it’s the perfect way to go into my 36th year. It feels so weird to write that. I’ll be closer to 40 than 30. Agh. BUT it will be my best year yet. I can choose that, that’s something I have control over.
I’m also going to go back to my guided meditations. I am not very good at meditating unless it’s guided…and I found a really good one on Youtube a few years back.
I think that’s about it for now – xx