Setting goals – baby steps to 2010
Around this time of year, I try to set some goals. And here are couple along with perplexing issues that govern them:
1) I’ve put on weight the past two years – around 15 lbs. I was not a person who could stand a few extra, much less fifteen extra pounds. So I took up step class twice a week and a spin class once a week and wala – nada! Wala – nada is just not cutting it. So I need to take what I’ve got and give it some oomph, but my back has been a real issue that only now is getting resolved (the glucosamine, condroitin, and Omega fish oil). What I’ve learned is that the older you get the more you need to do. It goes hand in hand with the older you get the less you need to eat. Who invented these rules? Anyway, so now my pleasant morning walk with Loca in the morning has got to be energized. And I need to add weights.
But one thing I am considering – seriously – is a treadmill at my desk. Let’s say that this job is what has ruined my eyesight, my wrists and my back. Isn’t it worth it to invest $5000 to make sure that when I’m older that I’m not coiled up like a rusty old spring?
2) Peace of mind – how does one get this? I’m stressed about my mother, about my job, about the adoption, about bills, about my 15 lbs I want to lose, and if that was not enough I’ve decided to be stressed about T completing her book by her deadline along with other work things she has going on. Because you see, my own stress is not good enough, no, I need other people’s stress. So how to de-stress? I don’t know. I had my mystery book that was absorbing me but now we are waiting for the third in the trilogy and so I don’t have that to distract me. Both movies I want to see are not out in New Orleans yet, but this isn’t about a bandaid like a book or movie or Calgon to take me away, this is seriously about how to rewire yourself to not carry the burden like it’s a load. Ommmmmm. Yoga. That is helping.