What Can You Fail at Today?

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Failure

Why is it so scary? Why does it paralyze so many of us from doing what is needed to achieve our dreams? And how can we move through the fear of failure in order to have what we want in life?

The mere mention of the word can stop most of us in our tracks and keep us from doing even the simplest of things toward what we want. Many of us will even act in self defeating ways in order to avoid failure. Inadvertently we set ourselves up for failure by trying to avoid it. Failure plays such a huge role in what we believe to be our social status, what people think of us and how people feel about us as a person. After all, who wants to be seen as a failure?

A Grocery List for Life

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I went to the store the other day without a list and realized it takes me 3 times as long to get my shopping done when I don’t have a list.

New Years Reso-What Now?

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As I have been interacting with people, and blogs, these past days, I have heard so many people casually ask, “What is your New Years Resolution?” I have to say, I honestly don’t have just one answer.  In fact, I have only one or two resolutions that actually fit what most people see as a standard New Years Resolution.  Read more... (1226 words, 1 image, estimated 4:54 mins reading time)

I’m a Failure for Christmas!

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I’ve eaten more cookies than I care to admit this last week, and I’ve still kept my weight off.  Have you finished any of your goals?  I finished my challenges and failed at a few of them.  Where are you?

1) Lose 20 lbs by Christmas Day
I did not actually lose the full 20 lbs.  I lost 7 lbs on the scale.  I’m down to my lowest weight of 178 lbs.  and I feel great.  I lost a belt size, and all my pants are looser, and on top of that, I have gained a significant amount of muscle.  So I am not displeased with the results.  Read more... (999 words, 1 image, estimated 4:0 mins reading time)

Have You Started on Your Goals?

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Well, I did it.  I have finally crossed off an item from my bucket list.  I started small so that I could just get the ball rolling.  It’s actually quite silly, but I’m proud of myself.  Do you want to know what it is yet? Well, do ya?

I can finally solve a rubik’s cube.

I know, silly, but all my life I’ve been in awe by people who can solve the cube and it was always one of my, “One day I’ll learn that.” things.
So I decided last week to learn it, and I have.  It may be small, but the boost to my confidence when I look at my list and see something crossed off, well, that’s immeasurable.  Read more... (652 words, 1 image, estimated 2:36 mins reading time)

Challenge Yourself and Break Through Your “Limits”

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Lately I’ve been reading up on goal setting and personal challenges, and I’ve realized that the most successful people consistently set challenges for themselves and the challenges are usually very short term.  In fact many people find ways to do the seemingly impossible in very short periods of time simply by giving themselves a goal and finding a way to make it happen.  Read more... (1302 words, 1 image, estimated 5:12 mins reading time)