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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