My life lesson this week: Keep up the determination!
It is so easy to let yourself slip, even after a short amount of time. Life can get the best of you. With 3 classes at the U, 30 hours of work, a new church calling, a [relatively] new marriage & photography gigs on the side, life can get overwhelming. Now add at least 30 minutes of gym time to 5 out of 7 days a week. That's a hefty load, even for the most disciplined person [which I most definitely am not, but soon hope to be]. When you are determined & have reason & purpose embedded in your heart, you are bound to succeed. For me, It is thinking about my future family, how I want them to be active & healthy. I will not let them feel the way that I did as a child.
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." - Colin Powell
Quite literally sweat & hard work, but in the end, I know that it will be all worth while. Through making my life better now, I can help make a difference in my husbands life, my family's lives, & most of all, the lives of my future children.
Keeping yourself motivated & determined is key. Everyone falls into the, "Well, maybe I'll just have one..." & then you eat another, & another. I do not exclude myself from the pool, not in the slightest, but giving in to just one cookie, or piece of cake, or other indulgence, is risking what you want most. It scares the crap out of me to be in the same room as that business! But that is when I think in my head a line from one of my favorite movies of all time, 17 Again, "I'll buy all the students laptops!" "No" "You would deny the children laptops?! Ms. Masterson, The children!" & that is where my mind changes. Yes, it is a very distant comparison to my real reasoning, but it works. Everytime!
So my advice this week, find what out you want out of life & make it happen! Easier said than done, but the sooner you begin...well...better now than later! :]
Until next week!
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