What Now!

 I thought about how I was going to implement the "plan" when I didn't really have the plan. Then when my Success magazine came I listened to the enclosed CD. One of the contributing speakers was Mel Robbins. She was speaking about her new book entitled Stop Saying You're Fine. I went to the bookstore and purchased the book. Ms. Robbins, I think I will call her Mel, speaks about how 100 million Americans are secretly frustrated with their lives. Well at least I am not alone. So my plan is to implement Mel's book in my life. I am the experiement. Chapter One - Stop Hitting the Snooze Button.
Well that is my favorite button. Every morning for as long as I can remember I have hit the snooze button, sometimes many times, and I mean many! Mel says when "I hit the snooze button I surrender power." The snooze button " allows you to effortlessly delay the real work of changing your life." So what I have resolved to do is NOT HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON. That should be easy and so far it is. "No one is going coming to do this for you. You need to push yourself and move forward."
Well I am going to fix the my physical self first. Honing the sword. So I have committed to do the entire 12 weeks of the P 90 X fitness program. I weighed, measured and took pictures, No I am not going to post the pictures or the numbers. They are not bad, but I need to be the best I can be. So therefore my plan is to be that me.
I am on week 3 and really like it. I knew change was needed when I wore my spanx under my sweat pants at the Raymond 5k. Why was I not running with my daughter in the 5k. I recently ran in the Draper 5k and did quite well. I am afarid to run in the Raymond 5k. So now I will share with all that I am going to be ready to run in the Raymong 5k in 2012. AND I will not be wearing my spanx under my sweat pants.

The Plan.

Usually I expect to make gigantic changes of Me with minimal to no planning. And then when I do succeed I can get discouraged and revert back to "normal " Me. One of my favorite quotes is  "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."  Albert Einstein

We all get into our routine and live life, letting time go by and not really participating. Kind of like a being on a life raft drifting hither and nigh on the ocean. Each time a large wave hits the raft it responds by going in another direction. Each time life hits us, do we just drift in another direction OR do we grab an oar, start a motor and create our own direction. We can count on life to buffet us with "waves." We cannot control that, the only thing we can control is our reaction to the "waves."

I have a plan to deal with the buffeting. Now instead of doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result I am grabbing an oar, no I am grabbing a turbocharged four stroke trunk piston diesel engine such as a Wartsila, Pielstick, Sulzer, MAK etc. (as found in the majority of ocean going vessels) and taking control of Me!!!

So I will look at the six areas of my life that I want to change. Determine my optimal expectation and develop a plan. Why? Because I deserve it and so do you.

Remember the next 50 are the Me years. To be the best Me I can be. This is not selfish. Everyone around you will benefit.  Keep reading.... 

Hello

I am ready, finally! The journey I am inviting you to join me on will not just be my ride but yours as well. My hope and my need is that we together can become what we should be. The first 50 years were my work years, growing up, getting through school, getting married, raising a family, working, starting a career, getting divorced, moving to another country, getting married again, going to school, starting another career, watching my children get married, and becoming a grandmother. All in the first 50 years. That is why the next 50, the play 50 are going to be so exciting. Join me, Play with me. I plan on figuring out how I can be the best me I can be. Why? Because I said so and because I got here! My plan over the next year is to disect every area of my life and evaulate it to make sure I am the best Me I can be. The next 50 years are my mine.

So if you are brave join me.