a healthy lifestyle is going to have to sneak up on me
I’ve failed in my quest for instant change in the way I live. Last week, although I did eat better, and made conscious decisions to forgo the Crappy Cookies at luncheon meetings, ate more sushi and salads, less refined sugar… I didn’t get much in the way of exercise. I walked to the department store to buy my kid more undies, but couldn’t walk back to work because the lines to pay were so slow. I’ve been exhausted this week, and worked 54 hours (not including the three I’ve put in today, oh no)… I am hoping to get up earlier than usual tomorrow and do a belly dancing workout. I hope.
I need to sit down and work out a plan, a list of goals for the next six months, the next year, the next five years. Healthy eating and exercise are all I have the energy to concentrate on in the next few months. But I’ve got to find time to work out a budget and stick to it. I still think I’ll take out a certain amount of cash at the beginning of the month, divide it into envelopes for groceries, transportation, and entertainment, and then put the bank card away. Otherwise, it’s just too easy to justify one more purchase with the plastic. I couldn’t imagine having credit cards. I’d be out of control! I’d own a television! I’d have a new wardrobe of lovely clothes. I’d go on vacation. I’d live beyond my means.
I’m looking for more simplicity in my life. I’ve got baby clothes to give to a friend expecting a boy so soon. I’ve got books to pass onto the next literavore. I’ve got clothes i don’t wear, clothes that don’t fit, clothes that don’t look good on me. Someone else can enjoy them. There are summer clothes to exhume and winter clothes to entomb. I’m feeling overwhelmed, which is a sure sign that I need to take a deep breath, regroup, and simplify. I’m losing things inside my house. That’s just not good.
Plus, I just put a sachet of lavender in my vacuum cleaner. For the first time in years, I’m looking forward to running the vacuum.
How are you all doing?
I received a copy of Rachel Sarah’s Single Mom Seeking and let me tell you, this is deep dish, good, heart tugging stuff. I’m not ready to give it an official review yet, but I’ve been unable to put it down for long. Keep an eye out next week, and we’ll think of a good way to give the book away.
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