30 Days of Perfection: Day 15 ~ Half Way!!

Half way done - or another half to go, depends on your perspective, but I'm trying to be more positive so - I've made it half way through!  I'm proud of myself for making it this far.

Why does that sound odd? I'm proud of myself for... I did a good job... I'm happy with... These are things I don't often hear myself or my friends say. We usually present our accomplishments with disclaimers. It's not great, but... I don't really like it, but... But here it is, this thing I've done.  I'm telling you it's crap, before you can tell me it's crap. Ha! Beat you to it! You don't have the power to knock it down a few notches, because I already did.

We clearly buy into the saying that "the best defense is a good offense".  I'm guilty of doing this, but it pains me when my friends do it.  I want them to feel good about the things they do. To not be so hard on themselves. To give themselves more credit. I want them to love themselves as much as I love them. And I know they want the same for me. These are gifts that we give each other, but find so hard to give ourselves.

It feels awkward to say "I'm proud of myself for..." because we don't do it enough. We should do it more. We should say it until it sounds natural, until it's normal.  I'm not suggesting any of us go dancing down the street singing a song of self congratulations. "I'm soooo great! La ti da! I'm soooo wonderful! La ti da! I'm the best! La, la, la!!" Some would say we should do this, but let's be real, the singer of that song isn't going to have many friends.  What I'm suggesting is that we not hold ourselves back at the gate.  Take off and see how you do. If you do well, be proud of yourself. Say it out loud. It's o.k.

I'm proud of myself for sticking with this experiment. For setting goals and working to reach them. I haven't always succeeded, but I've tried and I'm happy with that.  Now, if you want to sing my praises feel free. Who doesn't love that song?

Day 15

Family: take time on phone calls

Friends: call my b/f/f

Work: make dinner ahead of time

Writing: write for one hour

Habits: don't procrastinate

Whole Health: meditate for 5 minutes

Day 14 was a "C" day. I did half the things I set as goals. The easily measured things - coffee date, get groceries, write my blog post. Done. Screen breaks - didn't even try. We were in the van for 5 hours. I was happy spending time with Mark. The kids were happy doing there own thing. I didn't want to rock the boat. So many issues in that, but that's the choice I made in the moment. Be patient - ha! Who can be patient traveling with teenagers? I wasn't particularly not patient, but the time it took for our lunch/restroom break was excessive. We ate in the car, it's not like we sat down in the restaurants. Yes, I said "restaurants" - plural. One kid wants this, the other kid wants that. The restaurants are near each other. Why not make everyone happy? Because it takes forever!  Meditate - hmm, after lunch would have been a good time, but it didn't happen. Tried to do it at bedtime, but I fell asleep. Better luck today!