Friday, January 28, 2011

30 in 30, Closing Comments - January

     January is at an end (as far as 3 in 30 goes) and I'm here to weigh in again. 
Week 1 I was feeling like I had set reasonable and reachable goals. 
Week 2 I was feeling ten feet tall, despite straying from my original plans. I still thought I would complete my new project and conquer the original three goals as well. 
Week 3 did not go at all as planned because I was sick the whole week.

That brings us to week 4. Maybe I should call it weak four. Because it was weak. I did a few things I couldn't do during a lot of weeks two and three because I had been so sick. Like wash dishes and clean the living room and grocery shop and run errands. But my goals? What were they? The thing I am most proud of this month wasn't even on my original list. I have stopped eating when I am no longer hungry. This was a big deal for me. I still struggle with it. The other night we went to dinner and a movie and I had to leave half of my delicious dinner on the plate. My mouth was telling me to eat it all, but I left it. Because honestly, I was feeling full. 

Goals: 1: move to wii fit or xbox kinect? Not one time all month. Not one single time. I could have done better. Being honest, I just didn't care enough to do it on the days I felt well enough to do it. 2: purge of the house? I did it when I was working, but I just wasn't working enough. 3: get the spare room made into a cozy guest room? There are still cabinet doors in there waiting to be painted. 

     I am not writing January off as a failure. It was more of a learning experience. On one hand, I didn't meet a single goal. On the other hand, I met a new goal and worked on things I would not have otherwise done. Success doesn't always look the way we thought it would, and I am okay with that.

My February goals are not set in stone yet, because honestly, I haven't thought about them. Should I do the January goals again or new ones? I have to think about it some more, and decide what I really want from all of this.
     I am so glad I am getting to know some of you and I am grateful for what you have shared with me and also for your encouragement. Life is like a box of chocolates... I am not disappointed this month - I got you!

*** side note: A bunch of the 3 in 30 participants have captchas or word verification enabled for comments. And many of those don't show up right away, but after you've submitted for the first time. These can be reset so the captcha shows the first time. You could be losing comments from people who click 'comment' and leave. They never see the captcha. I think I've failed to leave a lot of comments in my day when I thought I had. Also, you can totally remove this option. I recommend removing it since blogger now has a spam filter anyway. It would make it so much nicer for the people who do read and comment. Maybe only put it back in place if you find it becomes necessary? I don't have it and I'm  just fine. 

11 comments:

  1. yep my january was so so darn scrapbook program and winter weather :)

    Hope you do great in february. I have the Wii love my dance games and man they are a workout! and fun too.

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  2. OH hh yeah those dreadful Captchas I understand the need but my oh my. That's why I LOVE LOVE LOVE Wordpress, It uses Akismet spam to monitor spam instead of the captchas.

    I understand on the goals thing it can be daunting. . . "just keep swimming, just keep swimming,"

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  3. Oh I'm sure I've left not realizing I was supposed to wait around and type in the 'word'...

    I've been working out with the Wii Fit and Zumba for Wii and have dropped 11 pounds...of course, that's 11 lost of the 17 I gained back after losing the original 83...good grief. LOL

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  4. Looks like January was a good start as a learning experience. February kind of snuck on me in thinking of my goals.

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  5. I love your positive attitude about your January goals, and totally agree with you. Great goals for February! I look forward to hearing about your progress. (I have the captcha thingie on my blogs, too, but am about to go remove them all.)

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  6. thanks for visiting my blog

    all the best for February

    I think if I were you Id break those goals from January into more manageable chunk sized portions

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  7. I've not yet formulated my Feb. goals either. Even though your "formal" goals got a little sideways, you still accomplished sooooo much! Way to go! You listened to your stomach not your mouth- that's HEALTHY and so disciplined. Good for you! Woohoo! Hurray! BTW, word verification bugs me to- especially when I'm on the iPhone. I'm so proud of you! Thank you for all your encouraging words to me! Blog love xoxo!

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  8. Such a sweet post! I'm glad to be making new blog friends, too.

    And I think the thing about setting goals is that you can't anticipate how life might get in the way. The whole thing needs a covering of grace.

    Jeanine
    http://dressmytruth.blogspot.com

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  9. "Success doesn't always look the way we thought it would, and I am okay with that." I love this quote. I think it says it.

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  10. ooooo....as we say here in the country...I smell what your stepping in! Haha. But honestly doesn't it feel like success just b/c we were more aware of changing" something"? Whether it was a goal or not it's like my brain was aware whether my energy and agenda were...my brain kept prompting to work towards something this month. I told myself..that it was only b/c I was so stubborn I didn't wanna have to write a post about not trying any of the goals..I learned one of goals made me feel like crap, one was for an over achiever who had more time than me, and one actually became a part of my routine so at least we are just aware of the change idea...so I say congrats on the stopping when full idea and any other areas you were just aware of that needed change! Honestly I say quite often I'd need to trade words of encouragement for a cattle prod cuz i'm a huge procrastinater!! It's been nice to find you along w/ others on this journey too
    tara from
    undeserving grace

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  11. Oh yea....I forgot...i totally agree about the captcha thingys...I turned mine off months ago just b/c of how annoying they were when I had to do them on other blogs! I haven't got any spam since either so i'm confused why so many people have that turned on?! And your right I think some of the comments I leave are lost somewhere in blogspace b/c of them....annoying.
    tara from
    undeserving grace

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