Goal Sheet

I haven't been writing here as much, but I am keeping a daily goal book.  It's one of the things I look forward to each night--looking at my short term goals and my long term goals.  It's what keeps me sane. My major goal for my life, now and forever, is to create a healthy and happy life for myself and my daughter.  It's a fantastic long-term goal, but I've realized, it needs to be broken down into components.  Each of these overall components are items that I save a place for in my weekly goal book. 

Happy

• Being on top of my finances. I have to pay just enough attention to know that everything is okay. The goal here is to get and open all my mail and check my accounts once a week to make sure that things are well.
• Keeping my house clean. There's nothing I like better than going upstairs at night to a bedroom that's clean, with my bed made and my clothes put away.  Again, this is as simple as just doing it, and cleaning never takes as long as I think it will.  Sometimes a mere ten minutes is all that's needed.
• Doing fun things. I like going to the gym.  I like studying about health and nutrition.  I like being creative and working on my novel. I love reading books on my Kindle. I like blogging.  I like hanging out with my daughter.I like laughing with my co-workers. I like visiting my family.  I'm sure there are tons of other fun things out there that I'd love to discover but that maybe I haven't yet.
• Doing nice things for other people. I like when my daughter's friends get to hang out with us.  I like it when I bring flowers into my employees just to say thank you for the great work.  I like being able to help my daughter study for a test or telling her she's done a great job cleaning the fridge.
• Finding the work zone. I love my co-workers.  I work with such great people who make my life better. I sometimes get stressed and that kicks me out the zone where I want to be.  I want to spend more time in my "zone." 
• Keep dreaming. In six years, I'm moving somewhere with a beach.

Healthy

• My workouts. I'm at a plateau, but I won't be there forever. When I reach 19% body fat, I'll continue to workout because I like how it makes me feel just as much as I like how it makes me look. My daughter is in gymnastics, and we'll start walking when the weather is nice.
• Good nutrition. Eating well is something I enjoy.  I am looking forward to adding red wine and dark chocolate and greek yogurt back into my maintenance plan. I like being a good example for my daughter and love it that she's at least willing to try healthy foods. 
• Rest days. I tend to push myself, sometimes too hard.  I need to be okay with taking occasional rest days and allowing myself to sleep when I need it and to just relax...take hot baths, watch bad movies, whatever it takes.
• Health. When I'm sick enough to see the doctor, I need to do it. When I'm sick enough to miss a day of work, I need to do it.  I also need to be proactive and keep my health-related appointments.
• Stress Management.  This is a big one for me.  I'm not entirely sure how to tackle it yet.  It's somewhere in between taking care of myself and having fun, but I don't always know how to manage my stress without getting stressed out about it.  I'll figure it, though.  It relates to both my health and my happiness.
• Keep dreaming. The goal is to be relaxed. peaceful, calm, and content, in a body that supports who and what I am. 

 

Comments

[dad]

I just read the following today: You cant make 'what looks like a mountain'-smaller by just looking at it~it becomes smaller when you 'on top of it!!'

considering your words of 'the long haul' and overall dream~you are amazingly on 'top of it' !! d