Posts Tagged ‘goals’
As I mentioned, I’ve been getting up early in the mornings to run. In the past, whenever I’ve found myself having dragged my ass out of bed at the crack of dawn for some special reason or another (or, perhaps, heading home having not yet been to bed at all), early mornings have always felt like I’m getting a secret peek into something infinitely spiritual. Sure, it might just be passed-out homeless stirring in the doorways for their morning cigarette, or produce vendors hosing rotting vegetables from their stands into the streets, but it’s a moment in the cycle of rebirth that many city dwellers never witness. So it felt somehow irreverent to listen to the same fluffernutter music I listen to on Sunday afternoon long runs. I decided I’d try my hand at listening to some inspirational podcasts, and stumbled upon StevePavlina.com – Personal Development for Smart People. The other morning, when listening to his podcast “Faster Goal Achievement,” he hit on some ideas that resonated so strongly with me that I just had to share them with you.
I’ve been in a funk lately. A royal, royal funk. Call it post-race blues, post-election disillusionment, post-flu crappy… off-my-plan pissedness. I’ve just been in a real unpleasant mood, as my esteemed co-blogger can tell you. But, NO MORE! I woke up this morning singing the perennial favorite from late-80’s visionaries The The: This is the day, your life will surely change. This is the day, when things fall into place.
OK peeps, I know there are some of you out there who are getting ready for the July weigh-ins. You officially have 2 weeks to tear it up and make your goals. The 4th of July weekend is coming, and we need to get everyones measurements in before we all begin to pig out on the Fourth of July.
Well, folks, it is halfway through June… do you know where your goals are?
When I did my mid-month check-in, I realized that I set some of my running goals too low, and still need to put some major effort behind some others. So, here we go with a mid-month reality check…
First, thanks again to everyone who came out for the big Fitness Test and BBQ. We are going to make this a monthly thing so that everyone can set out some measurable goals and meet each month to stay on track.
This is the first time I’ve done the testing so close to the first of the month, and it feels great to have a whole month to make some positive changes, so click through to read Month 1 of my FitLifeSF Goal Tracking!