Investing In Myself

February 27, 2015
Investing In Myself
Well, it’s been a while. Which is probably an indicator as to how I have been doing.

So here is what I have been learning:
My metabolism truly is compromised.
As solid as it may be nutritionally, Dr. Phil’s 20/20 Diet isn’t working for me.
I cannot deny that I have some chronic illnesses that must be taken into consideration.
I still very easily fall back into old familiar patterns.

I truly gave Dr. Phil’s plan a very valiant effort but it just didn’t work and that became frustrating. I’m getting ready to transition to another plan but I’m going to give it some time to see how it works for me before I expand on it.

We had a pretty rough patch of weather. The cold temperatures caused a lot of stiffness and pain and I’m just waiting some of that out. Additionally, as a result of the weather, the routines of our family were thrown completely out of whack resulting in a lot of time spent together. The time we spent together was very nice, but it also meant that I did not have my usual quiet time for myself. So I lost the routine I was developing, devotional, Bible study, prayer and this accountability blog / journal.

I’ve also noticed that I must be very careful to decide which voices I listen to. These are all my own internal voices and some of them need to get the boot. It doesn’t take much to make me feel like a failure or a fraud and I am going to change this. I’m going to continue to remind myself of my value and worth.

I’m ready to invest in myself. I need to invest in myself. Time, effort, resources, I deserve it!

Here is the plan going forward:
Waking up earlier to have my quiet time regardless of other schedules.
Starting a new nutrition plan.
Continuing to increase physical activity.
Becoming selfish to meet my needs to improve my health and opinion of myself.
And good, bad or indifferent, to check in here each and every day to be accountable to myself.