It's all about you and me, getting where we want to be
Free cheese is always available in mousetraps Every good intention has a pitfall. The expectation that this time will be different, the positive - I will celebrate my wins - comes crashing down like a kite that has lost its drift. As much as I want this with every fibre of my being, I lose…
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and START AGAINRichard Branson Back at week one. Once again, this year has been a roller coaster of trying, and failing. Of wanting and not succeeding. My goals are the same. My end goal the same. An end goal, I might have achieved by now…
Is it a lack of motivation or a lack of purpose? I keep questioning why my days are such a struggle? Recently I have found it difficult to get out of bed. Some days feeding myself is challenging. Other moments, I just want to eat and eat and eat until I pass out. All these…
Story-Time Episode One Progress is not inevitable. It is up to us to create it. The wall, it came for me this morning. I went to bed last night with high spirits. I have completed 5 days, full time. Something that has been a challenge for me. I did it though, exercise, eating my plan,…
You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life. It has been a rough year. If you have been following my journey you will have seen that I have not excelled in this opportunity of shut down. I rebelled, in every way possible, exasperating the demons that make…
It's slow progress, but quitting won't make it faster. It is the 31st of August. It has been three months since I started this journey. An adventure into sharing my experience, a process of documenting my feelings and publicly posting. I would have hoped that by now, progress would be tangible. I want to see…
Progress is impossible without change. Change makes us grow.. I have taken the jump. My faith is in the program. I have leaped onto a new regime and I will see it through. They say it takes 66 days to change a habit. My resolution and resolve to make a change is starting to encompass…
"My wallowing needs to stop. This is not who I am. This is not how I live. It all starts with getting out of bed everyday. Making sure to show up, for yourself. You can't change if you aren't willing to put the work in. " This was how I felt a week ago. This…
"The first step towards greatness is honesty". When we started this blog it was to document a journey. A change I wanted and had mentally committed to. I wanted to be able to keep myself accountable through writing the journey, posting the journey publicly and sharing my intentions. Then the second lockdown broke out (and…
“A mud-stained sunlight began to splatter the sodden fields, and the hateful, nasal world of birds began to come to life. It seemed to me that I was coming out of a suffocating nightmare and that the low clouds flying before the wind were the shreds of an evil dream.”― Blaise Cendrars, Moravagine I don't know how…
Chasing The Dream. 