July 1st was the end of my forty days of focus.
What I discovered is that I can only focus for a few days and then it takes me about 40 days to recover and refocus.
I’m sorely disappointed in myself.
I work a day job, two day jobs actually…probably 50-60 hours a week depending on the time of year since I live in a vacation paradise. When I come home from work, regardless of what time it is, I am exhausted. Though I normally get at least 8 hours a night in bed, I don’t necessarily sleep 8 hours and I’m not rested more often than I am rested. My feet hurt all the time, sometimes so much that they’re the main reason I don’t sleep well. I don’t want to start relying on drugs, over the counter or otherwise, to sleep.
In summary, part of my life, the body in which I spend 100% of my time, something I have control over, is a mess.
And so, just as I would say to someone I’m coaching, I ask myself the question: What are you going to do about it?
{5 day break in writing here….}
I read a book this week called Half Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir by Jennette Fulda. It’s not a how to book—more of a why I did it book. Near the end she talked a lot about choices. I really appreciated her insight and it moved me in ways I haven’t been moved in years. She gets it and took control of her intended consequences.
I promise this blog will not become something I never intended it to be and that’s about me. But I realize that for the terrific life I profess to have, my one great failure is my physical condition. It’s just too hard for me to maximize intended consequences so I gave up a long time ago.
I’m taking control of my body again, thinking (and acting) 2 steps ahead about how my life is affected by my physical condition. I’ll check in again in another 40 days or so.
What do you need to take control of today? If it were easy it wouldn’t even be on the radar. Comment and we can encourage each other.