:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

see more Lolcats and funny pictures
I hafta tell ya… I’ve been doing pretty good on food since joining Eileen’s Challenge. But tonight I forfeited my gold star for a taste of maybe not roses, but still, it was sweet. Okay, okay, no details. But it was nice, not even great, just nice.
I really do believe [...]

Funny, I almost mis-typed that title as “I’ve Learned to be Satisfied with Success.” But that is not it. I really have “learned to be satisfied with progress.”
My DDIL was sharing her own progress the other day and then followed it up with a comment about “but…” and shared how she hadn’t reached her goal [...]

 “ate better, started exercising again, touched base with my friend…”
This comment by our Patty (Sistah Pat) seems to me to be our secret to success here.
We all have differences and try various things over time, but what it boils down to is improving our eating, finding ways to incorporate exercise, and, making time to hook [...]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Good advice.
Why? Because we often don’t succeed at first. We often need to work up to success. And, things go wrong.
So, what stance do we take when our best laid plans are blown away?
Go again. Do over. Pick yourself up and start again.
Panic is optional, and [...]

It’s that first step that gets you. Sure, many of us don’t finish what we start. But an even bigger problem is we seldom start the very things we most want to finish.
I’ve learned a secret.

Start from where you are.
Take one step.
Repeat.

Most of us get caught up in the destination, the goal, the fears or [...]