How are those resolutions going? Do you, like me, need a fresh start, a new beginning in order to persist in reaching your goals?
Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.
— Andre Gide
Monday Morning
It’s Monday morning and I’m dressed, ready to go out for my walk – yet here I am, writing this post instead. Lately it’s been a challenge to get myself out for my morning walk. And an even tougher task to eat in ways that cause me to shed pounds.
Not too long ago I was cruising along doing both with ease. No such luck now. I can come up with every excuse in the book for not going out first thing in the morning. And my sweet-tooth plagues me.
This has GOT to turn around. Now would be a good time. I need a fresh start at this losing weight and getting fit stuff. I’m barely holding my own here. And it’s waaaaaay too soon to be in maintenance mode.
Could writing this post serve as Continue reading » Begin Again
No matter what the challenge, it helps to have a fail-safe, a good and reliable fallback – tell us about yours!
A potluck is a gathering of people where each participant is expected to bring a dish of food to be shared among the group.
Some things in life are a given. And one of those is the infamous potluck. A potluck meal, like an old fashioned barn-raising, converts a gargantuan task into a manageable and shared endeavor. And, potlucks often feature some delicious, truly gourmet efforts from committed, creative foodies. But for us non-foodies who think Costco makes the BEST potluck entries ever, there’s the cringe factor – when the office (bunko, gab-fest, book club, block party, family) potluck announcements go out, we face a dilemma: Continue reading » Sometimes You Just Need a Fail-Safe
photo credit: kyzHow do you stay flexible enough to accomplish your goals even when so many things could go wrong???
Have you ever felt that the bulk of your life amounted to doing your best to make your ‘Plan B’ work, despite recurrent longings to somehow get back to working from a Plan A? I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Surely you’ve been there yourself. You had a plan. You knew what you were doing. You knew where you were going and how you were going to get there. You had all your ducks lined up. And then Wham! The “fit hits the shan!” And all bets are off. Or not.
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