New month, new goals. Here are some things I'm focusing on this month...
Firstly, I wanted to type the words -- give myself a break -- and see those words, and register those words. I mean this goal many ways. One of the ways I'd like to give myself a break is creatively. My wonderful new job that I've had for a month calls for me to be creative all day long, so after my 'work' day, I don't necessarily want to do anything creative...and that's okay. It used to be what I longed for after a hard day's work spent teaching, but adjusting to my new schedule, and being creative already, maybe I don't want to finish 30 Days of Lists or this month's one little word prompt or a week of Project Life slips by. NOTE TO SELF: it's okay. ... I would also like to give myself a mental break, someway somehow. I've been worrying a lot lately...over-thinking, mentally stressing...and when that happens, I know I need to do on a daily basis what gets me out of my head a bit. I got my haircut this past weekend and the head massage that came with the wash worked wonders. I think a weekly trip to the masseuse might be me-meeting-this-goal. ;)
Secondly, I want to move purposefully. I goal to participate in some intentional, purposeful physical activity once a day, everyday this month, for at least 30 minutes. My two defaults tend to be a neighborhood walk or bike ride. But with this month's (hopefully) warmer weather, I aim to get back to my beloved trail jogs, and switch it up with some other spontaneous purposeful movement. Maybe another Zumba class with Danielle. Perhaps I could dust off my roller blades? I really really miss the salsa class Tomas and I used to go to once a week. Maybe I could look that up...
Thirdly this month, I aim to (finally & for real) eat consciously. This obviously means 'eat right', 'eat clean', 'eat healthy', 'lose weight', etc. but I struggled with all those descriptions (see goal 1. and my over-thinking). In wording this goal to achieve optimal success, I chose 'eat consciously' because I'm not going to force myself out of eating that pistachio Flying Saucer from Carvel. I'm just not. However, I am going to be aware of what else I eat the entire day leading up to that Flying Saucer. I'm going to eat consciously by writing down when I eat to make sure there's a minimum of three hours before I'm eating again. If I chose the right foods, I should feel sustained. Conscious eating. Mindful eating. If I eat ____, I'll feel ____. Am I eating this because I'm hungry, or because I'm bored/anxious/happy? Hopefully, in conjunction with move purposefully, 'lose weight' will naturally happen. Hopefully.
Do you have any specific goals for the month? ♥ How would you tackle my three above?
You can read this year's past goals and my reflections on them here.
