Day Eighty-Seven - Don't Be Blinded by Your Own Procrastination

Since this entire blog is about meeting goals, I figured I'd share that we accomplished some here in our home today.  When we moved into our home two summers ago we decided not to purchase blinds at the time.  Now don't worry, we haven't been running around the house without window coverings (actually, that isn't entirely true.  Our kitchen shade tore a while back.  And by a while back I mean at least eight months ago).  In an effort to save money we purchased temporary shades.  Being that they were temporary we decided that they should stay up for almost a year and a half.  So we finally bought real blinds (at least for the majority of the windows) and they are now up.  I am very impressed with blindster.  The quality of the binds is great and the measuring, ordering, and now installation was easy.

Getting blinds was the end goal for use.  We were unable to reach that goal when we purchased the house, but we didn't just sit around until it was in the budget to buy the blinds.  We put up a temporary solution, something that would get us started on our path to the final goal.  If you have a goal and are "waiting for the right time" to start working towards it, please stop.  Just be honest with yourself.  You need to change your mentality and just start your journey.  Whatever the goal is, saying that you'll start later or when you are mentally ready is all just lies you are telling yourself.  Just start small.  If it's weight/diet related, just change one thing.  For me, it was cutting out all soda and other sugary drinks.  After my kidney stone (I really need to post about that soon), I decided I need to make a change, but I wasn't sure what the change needed to be.  I didn't just sit around until I knew what I wanted to do.  I did something I new would be heading in the right direction, while I worked out how I was going to lose weight.  Don't be blinded by your own procrastination.  Stop telling yourself you'll begin your journey next week or when you are prepared.  Just start with some baby steps and your ultimate plan can be developed later.  That's how I did it, and now I'm losing my butter half.

It was a great day for my calorie intake and another nice workout on the recumbent.
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