Ok, so we're about a month into my life overhaul adventure. I didn't exactly anticipate it to be a complete overhaul, but things have certainly snowballed in a way I didn't expect. I started this blog as really another checklist of things I wanted to be accomplishing while having someone to be accountable to, but have really found it to be giving me strength to really find the person I want to be.
This blog, and the way it makes me look at every angle of my life, has given me a level of introspection that might border on insane. I have evaluated my spiritual life, my marriage, my friendships, my work life and my overall sanity level. Oddly enough, I found all of the above to be lacking in one area or another and set about to make myself over. This is what we like to call overkill kids.
In the spirit of honesty, and this is place I've vowed honesty, I wanted to lay this out there - I know that there are hundreds of people out there who look at January 1st of each year and think, "This is the year!" and then about three weeks later they think, "orrrr maybe next year..." I'm not giving up, no way, but I am being realistic with myself. I cannot expect myself to give up swearing, pop, fast food and alcohol (during the week) only to add a yoga class every Wednesday, a church class every Tuesday, volunteering, major attempts at overall optimism and having a true work/life balance for the first time since I became a working adult.
So, in the spirit of enjoying my small moments of happiness, I'm drawing the line in the sand for January that says that I will maintain, but I will not be adding to, "the list." I never actually signed up to volunteer anywhere or started a complete work-out regimen, so both of those things can be backburnered until February. Becoming the person you want to be is a process - and though I loathe running - I do respect the fact that I cannot go run a marathon, but I can start with a 5k (which I plan to do this Spring).
Stick with me - I'm sure it's only going to get more interesting from here.
Coming to this realization early in the process will help in the long run..Good job identifying it so early. A few years ago when I started my volunteering in earnest I would do whatever came along, as long as it helped somebody, I was there. I had stretched myself too thin and became burned out in less than six months, I was shocked, how could helping people become so bad so quickly?? On the advice of some friends and smarter people than I, I took a step back and found the organizations I truly loved and focused on those two. It was the right choice by far, and I feel much better about myself for. Keep up the good work, and the blog
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