Okay, so, have you ever heard that saying,“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” That is literally me.
I always think I’m going to start today, today is the day.
Then I mess up and I confirm with myself that we’re starting on Monday.
Then Monday comes and you know what, let’s just make that a New Years resolution.
So I do, and then it never happens and now we’re back at some random Monday.
Or remember looking at pictures and thinking we used to be fat and now we wish we were the fat that we thought we were in the pictures?
Or constantly having to remind ourselves that we’re perfect the way we are, and we are, but hear me out… What if we could be a better version of ourselves?
How different would we be if we actually drank a gallon of water a day?
How different would we be if we read one book a month or journaled every day?
How different would we be if we left toxic people behind and moved on in a fresh start?
How different would we be if we actually ate breakfast and didn’t drink iced coffee until 3pm?
How different would we be if we didn’t watch Tik Tok videos until 1am and hate ourselves every day for doing it?
I think, pretty different.
But all of those things are the best. Because they keep us on our toes!
Confession: my favorite thing to do is lay in bed after everyone goes to sleep and eat snacks and watch Tik Tok. That is my me time and dammit I’m not giving it up for anybody.
But what if the anybody is me?
How does one exchange one guilty pleasure for a pleasure that is healthy?
You people that were once lazy or unemployed or out of shape or any version of yourself you didn’t like and you one day changed and now your life is completely different for the better.
How did you do it?
Did you just wake up one day and say, “today’s the day!”
Did you wait for a Monday?
Or next Monday?
Was it a New Year resolution you held onto?
Are people born with that motivation bug in them? Because I’m still waiting to be bit!
358 days until my 32nd birthday.
Maybe 32 will be my year.
It’s Saturday so maybe I start Monday?
I already got McDonald’s breakfast this morning so starting the diet today is already shot, right?
Or is this that motivation thing where I have to be like “one small mistake doesn’t mean I failed. Keep going.”
Because, honestly, ew.
Monday sounds so much better.
Like, it’s a fresh week. A new work week. We have all day Saturday to indulge and all day Sunday to prepare. Yeah, Monday will do justtt fine.
But what do I do next Saturday if I fail? Do I stop every time and wait until Monday?
I waited six years to start this blog.
And guess what, I didn’t start it on no damn Monday.
This blog may be my realization of, “hey, don’t wait for Monday, you’re talented and strong enough to do it now.”
What other goals do I have?
Let’s make a list…
Goals:
- Get into shape (workout everyday or at least run/walk)
- Be more consistent with work and picking up extra hours
- Finishing school (who the hell stops when they were almost done??)
- Drink more water (I know iced coffee is mostly water but no, like actual water!)
- Start a hobby I’ve been wanting to learn (piano and tennis. Just, shh.)
- Be more consistent with journaling
- Be more active in my faith (go to church more and join a group/serve.)
- Make one-on-one time with the kiddos/hubby
I think those are all pretty good goals.
I love going on Tik Tok and watching the Day In My Life videos of women literally doing all of my goals in their regular days and I’m like, “how the hell did you get the motivation to do it all at once!?”
Okay so when do I fit in three-hour long naps, Netflix binges and eating snacks while watching Tik Tok until
You’re telling me I have to wake up, workout, journal, go to work, then take classes all the while drinking water and then on my days off, I have to be in church, taking tennis and piano lessons and still make time to have one-on-one time with the kiddos and hubby!?
Actually, it sounds pretty nice.
I can’t wait for that to be my life.
Maybe I could use these next 358 days to get my shit together.
Or maybe I could wait until Monday.
Or maybe I’ll do one thing today, just to give me a head start.
I think I’ll take a walk today. Maybe even get crazy and drink a little water!
Who knows, it’s only 9:00am.
Hell, maybe I can look back and say that I started on a Saturday.
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