{"id":9783,"date":"2018-11-01T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2018-11-01T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:15:13","slug":"pep-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=9783","title":{"rendered":"Pep Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who me? Have my very own pep talk? Of course. Why not? It’s a healthy way to push our minds towards our dreams.<\/p>\n

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What is my dream? One of my dreams is to have Good health, to have a good report with my blood work this month, to stay away from meds as I creep up in age, I want to be like my grandma, never taking a med in her life. Aside from a med here and there to recover from an illness, if she ever had an illness. Come to think of it, I don’t remember her ever being sick.<\/p>\n

While I’ve focused on good health the last couple of years, I’m at the point where I’m introducing new habits that support my dreams. It was the other day when I read a quote that stuck with me.<\/p>\n

“Try to focus on one new habit at t time. After all, you can do anything, but not everything.” David Allen<\/p>\n

Love that quote!<\/p>\n

The big difference from reaching our dreams or not, is our actions, what we do about it. What we are willing to do arrive\u00a0at the place we want to be.<\/p>\n

So yesterday, Halloween, I was driving to book club. And it hit me. I was having a pep talk before I was really thinking about it. And it occurred that it was deep and positive. I love keeping thoughts positive.<\/p>\n

My thought pattern went something like. I know this is Halloween. There will be goodies at book club. But I really know what I want most out of book club. It was to be there, spend time with friends and enjoy our amazing group discussion about the book that I enjoyed so much. That’s what I wanted.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in the book I was reading, it was Before We were Yours by Lisa Wingate<\/strong>. What an incredible read, loved it!<\/p>\n

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And I drove away with the reward of being blessed by others.<\/p>\n

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Another thing that’s on my mind, is the most wonderful holiday season of the year. A time to be with family and friends. A time to adjust the thought pattern if necessary, to remind myself of the dream I’m reaching for for a lifetime. It’s my actions, my choice, my decision, with no excuse (good or not so good) that determines a lifetime of good nutrition and hopefully good health too.<\/p>\n

Sure, I’m going to have my pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. And I’m celebrating Christmas. But what I do on a few days out of the year, outside of day to day living, I’m ok with and accept that.<\/p>\n

It’s also good to be back on the blog. I enjoy writing things here and there about my journey. It’s another tool that helps to keep me honest with the way things are going.<\/p>\n

Happy November People! Can you believe it’s November 1st already?<\/p>\n

Blessings – Debbie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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