We held a company meeting today and our CEO ended the presentation with a statement about attitude. The statement was something to the effect of the only thing you can control 100% of is your attitude. That hit me, hit me hard. Not just about work life but personal life as well.
At work, I'm a firm believer that if you don't like what you're doing, do what you can or need to do to change. Life is too short to not enjoy what you do for a living. Yes, you have bills to pay and obligations and responsibilities. But do what you can to be happy in what you do. There are a lot of things you can't control in life, especially at your workplace. Your attitude can make or break your experience as well as the experience of others around you. Be the leader and make the others around you appreciate what they do and what they have to help all of you be a success.
So many things in my personal life, I do not control. If you have children, you know what I'm talking about. They need a last minute supply or project completed. Or maybe they don't have any clean clothes for school today. Maybe your significant other has a last minute change in their schedule which means everyone needs to change what they are doing. Families are in constant flux and schedules change from moment to moment, most of those changes are out of your control. Go with it! You may not be able to change what's going on but you sure can change your reaction to the disruption. Life is too short to stress out over things you can't control. Just focus on what you can control, your attitude. You and your family will be much happier for it.
I can control what goes in my mouth, food and drink wise. I can control how many steps I get in every day. What I cannot control is how my body reacts to these things. Every morning, I step on my scale. Yes, every morning. People may disagree with that system, however, it's what works for me. The main thing I can control is my attitude about my weight loss journey. I get frustrated some times because I may lose from week to week, but it may not be as much as I'd like. Well maybe I should have gotten more steps in. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten those 1 1/2 scrumptious peanut butter cookies (yes, that happened yesterday. And they are not bite sized cookies). I'm ok with that. I enjoyed it, I stopped after 1 1/2 and I made good choices with the rest of my food yesterday. I need to stop bullying myself if I don't see the results I want to see, control my attitude and get back on track. I have come a long way and have a ways to go. My attitude is a large part of my success so far. I see the results and my attitude stays in check. Those times when I don't see the results I want to see, those are the times that I have to work harder to keep my attitude in check.
Life gets messy sometimes and sometimes, you need to find something that you can control so you feel you have power over something in your life. When you can't find that something, look at your attitude and do all you can to control it so you have that comfort that something in your life can be controlled.
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Stop the bullying!
No, I'm not talking about bullying among kids, or even adults, but yourself! I was listening to a podcast this morning and the person that was being interviewed is someone that helps people on their weight loss journeys. She said something that stuck with me, stop bullying yourself. We are our own worst enemies aren't we? No matter how good things are, we still beat ourselves up and focus on our shortcomings.
I say today is the day to stop bullying yourself! It has become normalcy to focus on our faults, even make jokes about it. Why can't we celebrate our successes? Why can't we toot our own horn occasionally? I'm not suggesting you gloat and become self absorbed. However, be proud of your accomplishments. Be proud of how far you've come to this point. Let me start.
I'm not one to toot my own horn very often. However, I don't feel I have had much to toot about over the last, 2 decades. Well that is changing. I have decided that I want to be successful, I want to make something of myself. My first step of transformation was returning to school. I did that about 1 1/2 years ago. I earned my Associates Degree and now I'm on my way to earning my Bachelors Degree. I changed my program to the program that I was too afraid to go into when I started out. Now I'm on track to earn my Bachelor's of Social Work in Spring, 2017.
My next step of transformation was my weight loss journey which many of you know about. I have been losing part of a pound here, part of a pound there. Slow and steady wins the race right? Well this past week, I tried really hard to focus on portion control and making good choices no matter if we were at home or not. 2.3 pounds gone this week! I haven't had that much of a loss in a while. And I'm so close to losing 50 pounds! This is shocking to me. Less than a year ago, I did not care what went in my mouth and whether or not I got any type of physical activity. Today I am 180 degrees the other direction. Sure I flub from time to time, but I do NOT go without. I find an alternative that makes me feel satisfied and proud of myself for making a good choice. Proud of myself.......
Yes, I said it. I AM PROUD OF MYSELF!! Sure it helps that people are calling me "skinny" now which cracks me up. Sure it helps that I am in a smaller size and almost able to share clothes with my "skinny" stepdaughter. But most of all, I'm proud of myself for making positive changes in my life. And YOU can too!
I get asked at least once a day, how are you doing this? I love sharing my journey with anyone who will listen. If it can help them, I am happy to share. Even if they don't jump on the bandwagon with me, that's ok. I didn't jump on right away either. I had to do it in my own time and I'm so glad I did.
I want to challenge each and every one of you to make a list, start with 5 but list as many as you want. Make a list of at least 5 things that you like about yourself. Even if the list includes things like sense of humor or the shoes you're wearing today, that's ok. Make a list of 5 or more things you like about yourself. Burn it, delete it, post it on Facebook, make it your phone background, whatever you need to do with that list so it makes an impact on you, DO IT! Stop bullying yourself and focusing on the negative. Build yourself up like you build others up. YOU are worth it and you deserve it! We are all special in our own way. God doesn't make mistakes. He made all of us in our own unique way for a reason. Find it, celebrate it, share it and stop being a bully to the person that should be your favorite, YOU!
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed your stay here on my front porch.
I say today is the day to stop bullying yourself! It has become normalcy to focus on our faults, even make jokes about it. Why can't we celebrate our successes? Why can't we toot our own horn occasionally? I'm not suggesting you gloat and become self absorbed. However, be proud of your accomplishments. Be proud of how far you've come to this point. Let me start.
I'm not one to toot my own horn very often. However, I don't feel I have had much to toot about over the last, 2 decades. Well that is changing. I have decided that I want to be successful, I want to make something of myself. My first step of transformation was returning to school. I did that about 1 1/2 years ago. I earned my Associates Degree and now I'm on my way to earning my Bachelors Degree. I changed my program to the program that I was too afraid to go into when I started out. Now I'm on track to earn my Bachelor's of Social Work in Spring, 2017.
My next step of transformation was my weight loss journey which many of you know about. I have been losing part of a pound here, part of a pound there. Slow and steady wins the race right? Well this past week, I tried really hard to focus on portion control and making good choices no matter if we were at home or not. 2.3 pounds gone this week! I haven't had that much of a loss in a while. And I'm so close to losing 50 pounds! This is shocking to me. Less than a year ago, I did not care what went in my mouth and whether or not I got any type of physical activity. Today I am 180 degrees the other direction. Sure I flub from time to time, but I do NOT go without. I find an alternative that makes me feel satisfied and proud of myself for making a good choice. Proud of myself.......
Yes, I said it. I AM PROUD OF MYSELF!! Sure it helps that people are calling me "skinny" now which cracks me up. Sure it helps that I am in a smaller size and almost able to share clothes with my "skinny" stepdaughter. But most of all, I'm proud of myself for making positive changes in my life. And YOU can too!
I get asked at least once a day, how are you doing this? I love sharing my journey with anyone who will listen. If it can help them, I am happy to share. Even if they don't jump on the bandwagon with me, that's ok. I didn't jump on right away either. I had to do it in my own time and I'm so glad I did.
I want to challenge each and every one of you to make a list, start with 5 but list as many as you want. Make a list of at least 5 things that you like about yourself. Even if the list includes things like sense of humor or the shoes you're wearing today, that's ok. Make a list of 5 or more things you like about yourself. Burn it, delete it, post it on Facebook, make it your phone background, whatever you need to do with that list so it makes an impact on you, DO IT! Stop bullying yourself and focusing on the negative. Build yourself up like you build others up. YOU are worth it and you deserve it! We are all special in our own way. God doesn't make mistakes. He made all of us in our own unique way for a reason. Find it, celebrate it, share it and stop being a bully to the person that should be your favorite, YOU!
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed your stay here on my front porch.
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