As I waited for my 4th of July kibbles to be warmed, I logged in to my favorite site facebook (of which I've renamed narcisistbook). I read all the status updates, checking out all the people who are giving you minute to minute updates of what they are thinking, where they are going and what they are doing. As much as I talk about it, i'm just as addicted as the posters. As I scroll down and look at pictures, and read the updates, I feel like a pervert looking at porn, but I can't stop myself....it's addicting.
Suddenly I heard the "ding" from my convection oven and I looked over at the clock...20 minutes had already zoomed by, i couldn't believe it. I popped out of my seat, took out the food wrapped in a bundle of foil, tranferred the contents on to a plate and put some mustard on my turkey burger. I walked back over to my computer with 4 wingettes and 1 turkey hamburger on my plate...not necessarily your ideal healthy breakfast!. I started to scarf down my burger and went back to narcisistbook...burger in one hand the other hand manuerving the mousepad on my laptop all while filling myself physically and mentally with crap...but isn't it sometimes nice to eat and surf mindlessly on the internet? :-) Stay with me people, I'm going to make a point.
As I continued to surf, my bright yellow dream board called me. I looked over to my right at my vision board of all the things I want to accomplish in my life and suddenly I felt nauseous! I wanted to vomit all the unhealthy food I just ate and I wanted to shut down narcisistbook. I stopped everything I was doing and I looked over at my board, the places I want to go, things I want to own, things I want to accomplish and my guilt took over. I looked at the big red X on the top right of my narcicistbook page and clicked on it with the mouse....in light speed the page was gone. I promised myself I would workout for at least 1 hour and I got up and emptied half a container of blue berries in a cup, washed them off and chased the unhealthy foods with something healthy. I decided that for the rest of the day I was going to do positive things toward my life goals.
What i learned today? When we surround ourselves with positive messages and influences, we find that we become more aware of our actions, more aware of the time we waste and more aware of what we are doing to our bodies. Most of us are not equipped with mentors in our lives who are constantly there to lead us in the right direction, but if we use pictures, positive affirmations, goal setting, positive books and dvd's we will find that those methods help us just as much as a physical person would. Write notes all around your home as constant positive reminders. Write them in your car, in your house, at your job and one day you will see a miraculous change in your life. When we have been conditioned to think a certain way for years, it's very hard to break bad habits, but if we keep those constant reminders around us, it's amazing how a daily mental shift can have long lasting positive results.
Tomorrow is Monday, July 6, the start of a new week. Don't wait for the start of a new week to make changes, start now and set your week off right. There is no better time than the present. If you've been wanting to workout, get up, get dressed and go workout. If you've been wanting to travel, go research destinations, if you want to save, start working on a budget to save....your dreams start with action and action is right now.
Stay focused on your dreams because without dreams, our lives can easily become a day to day mindless bundle of just existing.
BE blessed.
