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My challenge is to enter my 50th decade ready for personal adventure.
In the next 18 months I must focus on getting my internal houses in order. The houses that I am speaking of are the internal perceptions of what "I should be" that influence my external environment. How will I measure any progress? Well, with external markers: health; wealth;and spiritual well being.
My starting point:
Health:
- I'm overweight -230lbs
- I have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and rosacea (both get worse with stress)
- I am a former smoker
- I have a gruelling commute to a job which I feel ambivalent about.
- I don't exercise
Wealth:
- Recovering from bankruptcy due to a failed business and bad personal financial decisions
- I have a savings account which keeps going back to 0 to help pay bills
- Still living paycheck to paycheck
Spiritual Well being or Happiness:
Am I happy? The answer is a quick yes but then I have to ask myself why am I constantly looking for something that I feel I need. This will be the difficult one.
Hi Linda. I'm really proud of you for doing this. Change is hard. Really really hard. And scary - you can't know if it will work the way you want or not. And it is sooo easy to not value the things we do well, have success with, are good and positive in our lives.
ReplyDeleteBut - after the last few years with my son I know people can change. He had to go to rehab to do it, but he made some tough choices at a young age after getting into a serious drug habit. He is approaching the 1 year anniversary of his sobriety and it has been a bit of a struggle, and he's not yet back in school, but it will come. Your changes will come too. Just remember to celebrate the small successes.
B. x0x0