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Woo! Today is The Engineer and my fifth anniversary! Through ups and downs, through thick and thin, we make a great team. Honey, you’re the best and totally kick awesome! I love you and can’t wait to see where the next 5, 10, 20, 75 years takes us! đŸ™‚
This week I had every intent to work out every day–but I didn’t. I went to the gym on Monday and Tuesday, but I haven’t gone since. Tonight I have 30-day Shred on tap so I can feel like I accomplished something today, and tomorrow I am supposed to run 5? miles. We’ll see how it goes. The weird thing is that I’m motivated, but I’ve been so darn tired this week that I haven’t wanted to do anything. And work was so incredibly boring this week. Sigh. Well, maybe I’ll go eat some brownies. Just kidding. But seriously . . .
p.s. Sorry to those who won my giveaway a couple months ago. I’ll be getting your stuff in the mail as soon as I can.
p.p.s I have some mega-awesome gear I’ll be reviewing soon. I know you’re on the edge of your seat . . .
Generally I have pretty high expectations for myself. While this isn’t bad inherently, it kind of exacerbates my already-perfectionistic tendencies. And if I don’t meet up to these expectations, I do one of two things: 1) Brush it off and congratulate myself on a good effort, or 2) Let the guilt of failed goals settle in–and camp out . . . for a really long time. These reactions certainly apply to my athletic pursuits, but they creep into my life goals and wishes. For the most part, I try hard to meet the expectations I’ve set for myself, but let’s be honest, some of these optimistic goals are never really what I want to do, so those are the failures I don’t allow to bug me very much. But those goals I really strive to conquer? I’m crushed when they aren’t achieved, and I spend too much time worrying about what I could have done better.
The good news is that I’m human, and as such, I’m not alone in this thinking. Now why do I bring this up? I’m setting new goals for myself and am scared that they won’t pan out despite the effort I’ll put into them. I’m terrified of the what-ifs. I’m afraid that I won’t be good enough or that I’ll give up on the goal. But I don’t want to. I really want to meet this goal. I can do it, but I need to be motivated enough to put in the effort and be satisfied with the result. Sorry that I’m being vague, but I needed an outlet to share these thoughts. When I really solidify my goals into manageable pieces, I’ll let you know, but in the meantime, I need a new mantra.
What are some mantras that you live by when you’re working on a goal?