Well, it's been a while. I seem to have gotten busy/lazy/procrastinatory and not written in quite a while, which is really quite a shame because I've had lots of interesting ideas to write about, I just haven't written them. This shall have to be remedied...eventually.
I realized I never posted my goal for week 7, which was the week of June 23-29. Last week didn't count as a week in my goal because I was on vacation. To be honest, I don't remember what my goal was. I think I intended it to be no candy- like I intended week 6 to be no candy, but my adviser had dark chocolate peanut butter cups from Trader Joes. One can't just pass those up. About 1 day into the week, I changed my goal...but I don't remember to what it was changed. This is why I'm supposed to be blogging these things.
Anyways. For week 8, I've decided to focus on enforcing good habits instead of developing new ones. This is a little different from the maintenance week I had about a month ago. That was working on habits I've developed since the plan began. I'm focusing this week on two habits which I've been working on for a while- praying every morning and studying my scriptures. Since coming to the Middle-of-Nowhere, I've had lots of time on my hands and set a goal to study my scriptures for at least 30 minutes a day. This goal kinda collapsed while I was on vacation, I think I got 5 minutes a day instead. Morning prayer has always been difficult for me. Saying a prayer before going to bed is easy to remember, but I don't wake up well, or quickly, so remembering a prayer in the morning is much more difficult. This habit also faltered significantly while on vacation. So, this week will be designated to re-enforcing these two essential habits.
Of all the habits on which I have focused, these are the two that truly make me feel like I'm becoming a better person. Running might bring me closer to making my goal distance, making breakfast might bring me closer to good eating habits, going to bed early brings me closer to getting to work on time. Prayer and scriptures bring me closer to God, there is nowhere else I need to be.
Elora, I enjoy reading your blog (although, I only venture here every once in a while and then read a whole bunch of your posts at once). It is so fun to read about your goals and persistence and it helps remind me that every day is continued effort, but it does have effects. And it's important to keep trying. Thanks for your example and stories.
ReplyDelete~AnnaLisa Maddox
p.s. I'm really glad you came away from that car crash completely unharmed.