Back to Basics

Hi Everyone.

I had a little hiatus round these parts last week. Things were all just outta wack. I went into the week with the best plan I could have prepared for but circumstances didn't actually unfold as I had expected so my plan ended up being for shit. That frustrated me something serious because I'm a planner through and through. I hate hate hate it when plans don't work out. So I ended up feeling frustrated (because of the failed plans) and empty (because I wasn't doing any of my self care stuff while I was taking care of my best friend) and crazy (because of PMS crap and holiday emotions were running at full speed). I believe that was a bit of a perfect storm.

The result of said perfect storm was one week of disaster and a nasty weigh in yesterday.

Okay, so I can choose to look at it like failure which would be really easy to do. Afterall, my history of weight loss and gain and loss and gain and loss and gain shows a cycle of 3 good weeks followed by one disasterous. Or, I can decide to learn from it and pick myself up and move on. Not so easy a task but definitely the more rewarding. I choose to learn and move on. Yay for me!

So what did I learn? Hmmm....let's see.

• I can't predict and plan for everything. Life is going to happen no matter what I think or want.
• Even though I had a little rough patch, it doesn't mean failure. All I have to do is resume doing what works and there is no failure.
• I learned just how crucial the self care stuff is for me. One week of no self care activities and I'm ready to start cappin' mofos.
• I realized just how much I appreciate the friends I've made around the land of blogz and how much I love love love my accountabilibuddy. BV you rock the party for sure! Thanks for showing up and pulling my head outta my ass for me.

Maybe it just takes a little slip and trip here and there to remind us that we're not invinsible. That's a good thing I think. Humility is something that can be a tough pill to swallow if we're not use to it. Especially for the head strong know-it-alls like yours truly.

I'm going back to the basics.

Definition of Success (Aristotle)
      First defining goals, then pursuing them with untiring determination

Oh yes my friends. Goals and actions. Simple as that. See that list of action items for success up there to the right? There you have it. Done! I'm back to the basics now.