:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

This phrase almost always conjures up an image of whiny little kids (even us, maybe!) bemoaning the length of the trip, sometimes having just started.
And yet, are we any better when we expect instant results on what we know needs to be a long-term effort ?
How many of us set out to lose 20, 50, [...]

I’ve been thinking all day about all the changes I’ve made and all the changes I’m just starting to make. And, even looking at a friend’s changes! lol
Suddenly it came to me that the way I used to live (and the way my friend used to live) was normal. At least, for us. It was [...]

Here’s a quote that has helped me a lot:
 Transitions are never smooth.
Every time I remember that I think about all the times my family took a small boat between two islands, heading out into the gulf stream. In that place of transition, between the inter-coastal (barrier island protected) waterway and the open ocean, currents ran together around of those two [...]

Today I’m thinking about having a dream and *wanting it.* Not having a dream is like not having a destination when you leave the house. That can be fun sometimes, but not when you want to get somewhere. And I’m thinking I need a specific dream, just like it helps to have a specific destination.
So, I [...]

Tara, over at Life Changing Journey posted this, definitely worth reading:
The Law of the Garbage Truck

I’ve been reading some lately and noting down a few good quotes that really speak to me, but also having some other good thoughts just pop into my head. Like:

If you cheat to win, you didn’t win.
Your life will never rise above the values you’re living.
Choose for what you want, not by what you have.

See? [...]

Commitment is the Key to Consistancy
Consistancy is the Key to Victory
Choices Have Consequences

I just read a blog post on Confessions of a Bulk Eater about an article on MSN linking early ear infection to obesity in adults. She makes the joke that she is *not* going to go out and eat pizza over this news.
We all know how that works! LOL And, we have probably [...]

Believe me - I don’t feel bad. I’m still keyed up to be doing all this.
Today is reminding me not to look too long at the numbers, just stay focused on doing the plan. Doing the plan. Doing the plan.
Trust the process and do the plan. As long as I do the plan long enough [...]

This thought came to me today while I was musing on getting back to my dearly beloved CrossFit (fitness plan).
To Do Anything Is a Start
I’m seeing it in terms of how we complicate our lives and goals. Old me would think I would have to have some big plan and do some list - a [...]

Last night I succumbed to one of my most long-recurring temptations. I stayed on the internet and watched the Olympics most of the night and never went home to eat dinner. I did finally get hungry and ate 15 almonds and two candies about 11:00 p.m.
When I went home (at 2:30, ouch!), I ate a [...]

This odyssey doesn’t have a clear beginning and won’t ever end (until I leave this world) so we’ll be racking up progress in blog days here – days since I started blogging the odyssey.
Progress is defined as anything I did or even thought about that would tend to result in odyssey-related movement. Motivation. Forward movement [...]