The Thirty Day Year

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For those of you who do not already know, Bob Doyle is running the 45 Day Boundless Living Challenge.

It’s an opportunity to share your goal or ambition with others, get feedback and encouragement, meet new folks online, and work toward a goal that has for some reason thus far eluded you.

It begins Sunday (tomorrow), and will end after 45 days from that day.

If you are reading this after this Sunday, you can still join; but your Challenge will still end on the day that everyone else’s does.

One of the steps involved is sharing with others what it is you will be working on for the duration of the Challenge.

I have posted something there, and will post it here as well.

All that Accountability!

Here is what I will be working on:

It has been so difficult, choosing just one thing for this challenge!
I want to work on everything–improve my relationship, do stuff with my kids, improve our family life, get my writing into career mode instead of just doing it as a hobby. so many things..how does one choose just one?
After giving it quite a bit of thought, I came to realize that everything I wanted to do, meant I had to be there!
As in, healthy, breathing, bodily, physically there, and that decision, as well as Patricia’s comment about considering what it is you would want to have done if you were to die on day 46, have helped me finally come up with an answer.
For my 45 day challenge, I will live healthfully, doing things which promote my health and well-being, and cutting way back on those which do not.
This will give me greater energy, improve my moods, hopefully rev up my immune system, and have such an impact on everything else, that in a way I feel it encompasses everything else. I will be better able to do them as well.
Here’s my strategy:
1) I will not drink any alcohol.
This is a biggie, because my husband abaolutely loves alcohol.
I have never actually enjoyed it, but I can be talked into it, if the right person pressures me (such as my husband. Actually, now that I think of it, ONLY my husband!)
I don’t like the taste, first off, and because I have no tolerance for it, not only do I get very drunk very quickly, it also takes me several days of feeling horrible to get back to feeling good again.
So I’m not going to drink anything with alcohol in it. (Danny, take note please!)
2) I will work out properly.
I had been doing this, and had been doing well and getting good reaults, until we had a horrible month where one by one each member of my family became ill over a period of six weeks. My workouts had come to a screeching halt.
Recently, I have begun walking, doing pushups, chair dips, and crunches.
Part of my Healthy Living Challenge will be to do a more intense workout, at least 3 each of cardio workouts and strength training per week, likely the same day.
3) Also, I’ll cut back on the junk food.
I never really like that type of food when I was young, but when I was pregnant with my son, I suddenly had these incredible cravings for sweets!
He’s 2.5 years old now, so I’m not getting those cravings. so stopping the junk shouldn’t be too difficult.
4) Also, in order to have a truly balanced and healthful life, you need to be able to have some time for yourself each day.
Currently, I tend to plunge from one activity to another, generally including my family.this is fun, and fine by me really, however, time to myself sometimes would be nice as well.
I suspect I’ll continue to do this plunging from one thing to another, but am making a real effort to find 15-20 minutes of quiet “me” time per day during this challenge.
Trust me, this last one is HUGE! I love having my kids around me, and may just steal a few moments before they wake up, or after they are in bed in order to accomplish it.
Thank you to all those who have read this far.
It’s a long entry!
All the best to everyone in their challenges.
I can’t wait to read and see what they are!