Everyone has them but do you all follow thru?? I thought I would write about Good Intentions this morning because it has been on my mind allot lately. It seems like I have a ton of good intentions yet am never able to follow through for some reason or another. Every week I wake up and say this is a new week/Day, a new beginning, a fresh start but for some reason the good intentions don't happen. Am I Lazy?, Not motivated? Not focused? Procrastination? What is it????? I write lists, I try to focus but it just doesn't seem to happen. For instance this week I woke up with the good intentions to start fresh, get organized, focus on all work outdoors, exercise, clean house, go to my support groups, etc. and here it is Thursday already and well I am not much further ahead then I was and when I get something done it seems like something else happens and sends me 2 steps back
As much as I try I just don't understand what my friggin problem is and since I don't understand why I am/ get like this I don't know how to fix it. One possible suggestion is that I am just stuck in the ho-hum-drum of life, stuck in my rut and can't get out. I get very lonely sometimes and well I think I live Vicariously through the lives of people on TV.. I am by myself much of the time with the exceptions of my animals and well as much as I love them the conversations are usually one sided. I do have friends but they all have there own lives or significant others/family so they are not always able to be around and not to mention my closest and bestest friend.. FOOD... is no longer available for me to fall back on. Of course, this is just probably one of many possible reasons that I have trouble with following through with my good intentions and still does not get me any closer to solving the problem.
So what about you all???. What do you do to follow thru with your good intentions. Maybe a few suggestions from my readers will my get my butt motivated and in gear.
**** CHALLENGE****
Every morning when you wake up write ONE thing down on a piece of paper that you want to accomplish that day. Make it something that you would normally not do but have been wanting to accomplish, like clean a closet, organize your junk drawer or fix the lawnmower (that is on my list) ... Try to do this for a week and see if you find that it helps you. I am certainly gonna try it and see what happens. Next week I will ask you to tell me about what you have accomplished as well as share with you what I have done.
Good luck
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Oh boy, you sure hit that one the head. I think we all have the "good intentions syndrome". As you said, we have to put it in priority just like getting up in the morning, brushing our teath, feeding the dog, washing the clothes (and for you folding the clothes. lol). It is all about turning an "intention" into a "habit" which turns into a "ritual". You just have to do it. You are right, start off by putting one thing on your list a day and do it. My suggetion is make it one small thing a day and build up....just like walking a race...start slow or you burn out.... Unfortunately I don't see an easy fix here and we ALL do it....With your new life, just make it a new commitment each day and it will slowly come.... .Easier said than done but you have to keep MOVING FORWARD....and it will get easier...I will do your challenge as well, I am normally a list person and do a list everyday... and like you I don't always get it done but I just keep putting it on my list till I do.
Great idea on the challenge. I'll work on that. As far as how to make yourself get moving on your to-do list of good intentions, sometimes I find that accountability is good. If you tell someone you're going to do something, it's easier to follow through because you know that you'll have to answer to that person!
I think you're on an incredible journey and only a part of that is physical. I'll be checking in regularly now that I've met you and can put a face to your name. Keep up the good work!
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