A Boomer's Footprint

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  • Results Fall 2016 – 90 day challenge

    As many of you know, I lost my mother October 1st, 2016. If you have lost a loved one, you know how the grieving process works. Up, down, in, out, sometimes just getting through the day.

    I had just started a new 90 day challenge on Sept. 21st and while I worked on my plan I didn’t have the fortitude to write about my process.

    Now the 90 days have concluded and I am happy to report my results.

    I realize you may have to squint to read all of my accomplishments, but the details are not that important to you. I am sharing this pic to show how I use a journal to track my activities.

    A few of the bigger tasks completed are – (1) I move on 7 boxes or bags of “stuff”, (2) I finally used the NEAT scanner purchased a few years ago and scanned dozens of clients file, enough to fill 2 cartons of papers for shredding, (3) I purchased a new Refrigerator and new Dishwasher, and (4) I continued to sort, organize and move things around to better fit them in my home.

    My for my next 90 Challenge, I am repeating last year’s health and fitness goals. In 2016, I had very modest results. The best I can say is while I used my fitbit regularly, I didn’t see much progress. This is shocking to me since my count is 1,850,768 over 50 weeks –  Dec 30, 2015 through Jan 02, 2017. I have to admit I was not putting enough effort into my “steps”.  So I’ll work on stepping it up this time around. I will keep you posted.

     

  • Overcoming obstacles

    YOU ARE your biggest obstacle!

    If you are having trouble with follow through and motivation, don’t worry it may not be your fault. Discover why……

    We have been battling or even ignoring obstacles over our lifetime already. We may not realize we are doing it or how debilitating this is.

    If your response in the past has been to quit when the going gets tough, now – this challenge – is a great opportunity to face at least one of your obstacles.

    There are so many obstacles:

    There are personal obstacles. Some of them are: psychological, behavioral or just our state of mind.

    There are social obstacles, including: people who can be uncooperative or even sabotage you, shame you, bully you (even adults do this), put you down, or impose their own insecurities onto you.

    There are environmental obstacles. Some are: unexpected occurrences, circumstances and instances over which we have no control.

    Not to mention: bad habits, time management, organization, preparedness, fears, excuses, procrastination, inexperience and negative thoughts and energy.

    To get started – recognize and admit what is standing in your way.

    This is a journal exercise. Make a list of EVERY obstacle you own up to. (This may take more than one sitting.)  Every time another occurs to you, add it to the list.  While the process may feel overwhelming and negative in its own right, admitting what is standing in your way is the first step to change. We may even see a pattern of thoughts and behaviors emerge. Then we will know where to begin.

    For the rest of this challenge, I will be writing about obstacles. Remember an extra benefit of achieving this “90 Day Challenge” is to create good habits, experience and self confidence that lasts a lifetime.

  • Did I sufficiently freak you out with the 90 day Challenge idea?

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    Even I was overwhelmed when I read over my list of obstacles and I already put myself through a 90 day challenge this past spring. So I know what’s ahead.

    The truth is we could have a lot of areas to work on.  And it’s okay. We can tackle them one at a time.

    Today is our first check in – have you chosen your biggest obstacle to work on yet?

    It’s okay if you haven’t. You can mull it over a bit more or start with a smaller problem if the idea of Biggest challenge is too much right now.  The main goal of this “90 Day Challenge” is to choose one area in your life which is holding you back and to change it.

    As I write these posts, I will constantly be telling you to “get out your journal”.  If you done any personal develop work in the past, you know this is an integral part of achieving success.

    Did you know we have between 35 and 48 different thoughts in one minute? Talk about multi-tasking. It’s just not fair to ask our brains to REMEMBER the steps we need to take each and every day to complete our 90 Day Challenge.

    Let’s get going. Research show that regularly repeating an affirmation using language in the present tense, as if it is already true, makes the brain believe you are already where you want to be.

    Action Step:

     Get out your journal.  Writing this statement to the top of the page:

    In 90 days, I __________________________.

    For example:

    I weigh _____________lbs.

    My closet is clean.

    I now work at _________________.

    I have all the time I need to ______________________.

    I sleep __________- hours every night.

    I am drug free.

    I ran my first 5K.

    Next post on Saturday. I appreciate comments and questions. Don’t be shy. Let me know what’s on your mind.

    Good Luck.