Week 4

I have to give a big shout out to my friend JC in Seattle. Thank you for the encouragement to keep writing and thank you for reading this blog too. Your recent comment put a big smile on my face. :) And you too, JW. This past fall when I went through a rough patch with a surgery, JW, was completely there for me. She dropped off dinners, walked Kirby, and even spent time watching TV with me when I would have been home alone. Best of all, she knows I have a hard time asking for help and so I didn't even have too ask. Friendships are the best.

So, this week is going to be about celebrating friendships for me! Living my best year is about spending time with friends and making sure they know how important they are to me. I hope you will join me too and reconnect with friends from the past and foster new ones too. Let's pass it on.

Week 2

What a great week. I successfully implemented my goal of watching no more than 7 hours of TV, in fact, I went under. Yeah. I have to admit it wasn't easy because I really, really wanted to watch both Badger basketball games but that would have been 6 hours. I also love the best year labels. When I see the labels, I reaffirm my commitment to the process and it just makes me happier. One of Ford's tips is to remind yourself of your intention daily.

My goal this week was going to be about Feng shui but I've decided to wait a few weeks. I need to look over good resources first. If you know of any good books, websites, tips, on Feng shui please post.

So week 2 is about getting healthier. And it's probably good that I'm starting this goal earlier because I'm going to need lots of energy to have my best year. My goal is 210 minutes of exercise this week to meet the minimum guidelines by Mayo Clinic of 30 minutes daily. So that's that. I'm going to log my time and post on Sunday. It should be easy to do, right? :)

Have a great week!

The Best Year of Your Life: Debbie Ford

I woke up this morning and started reading The Best Year of Your Life by Debbie Ford and just a few days ago watched the movie Julie and Julia and felt inspired to bring those two ideas together. This blog is dedicated to creating my best life along with family and friends in 2010. Plus what could be a better way to keep committed to the process then by blogging about it. I admit I'm scared to death that this will be a bit corny and self-absorbed. So bear with me on post 1 as I feel I'm off to a shaky start with the hope that this could become something better.

So here is the plan: 365 days of creating a better life day by day.

Start Date: January 2, 2010
End date January 2, 2011

Today, I'm going to ease into this process. I'm going to read more of Ford's book and find out how to "Dream It, Plan It, and Live It."

See you tomorrow!