Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
This isn’t so much because by not making a decision and working towards it all choices are taken, but by not making a choice, you lose opportunities.
Procrastination is a form of indecision. You are putting off the decision until later.
Dangerous territory.
I will eat better tomorrow. This week is blown; may as well start fresh next week. Only three more months to the new year… I’ll really change then, I will!
But… we don’t. I mean, who really sticks to their New Year’s resolution? Very few people.
And I’m guilty of this a lot. “I’ll start over tomorrow. Today doesn’t matter.”
And then I end up gorging on steak and pizza. Not that there is ANYTHING wrong with either of those, but a 10 ounce steak and two slices of pizza in the same day is a bit much, in conjunction with all the other stuff I ate.
I have a list of goals for 2010. My answer to a New Year’s resolution. I made them and haven’t thought about more than two of them.
1. Study abroad in the Czech Republic
2. Receive my baccalaureate degree in psychology, minor in English
3. Lose 32 pounds (And I'm totally okay with meeting that by, oh, midsummer and reevaluating! It's 10% of my body weight)
4. Be able to complete 2 sets of 12 boy pushups
5. Get my driver's license
6. Watch a Broadway musical
I’ve been thinking about the Czech Republic a lot. How am I going to afford it? The answer is that I have to stay focused and save what I can when I can. I was thinking about this as I transferred money from my savings to my checking account.
“I’ll replace it later.”
I do that to myself ALL the time. “I’ll eat better tomorrow.” “I’ll exercise later tonight.” “I’ll repay myself next paycheck.”
So I sat down and budgeted enough money for me to get two drinks at Starbucks, go out to eat twice (once per week), devote some money to my hobbies, pay my bills, and put the rest in my savings account.
It occurred to me how often I borrow against myself. I justify expenses. This weekend, I spent $35 dollars that I didn’t budget for. So instead of puling more money out of my savings, I’m just not going to go to the bar for the next two weeks. Does it suck? Yeah. Will I appreciate buying beer more in Czech Republic? Hell yeah.
So I need to start focusing on my health in the same way. I hadn’t realized how far I extend my credit with myself until I started looking at my finances and the way I hemorrhage money over stupid stuff. I’m going to cling to the money in my savings and I’m going to work towards my goals.
P.S. If anyone would like to teach me how to park, it’d be invaluable towards that whole “Get my driver’s license thing.” Just throwin’ it out there.
I'm just curious as to how you still don't have your driver's license. What happened there?
ReplyDeleteCouldn't afford driver's education in high school. Been havin' a hard time finding people to let me use their car to practice nowadays. I'm fairly proficient at driving, but reeeeeeally suck at parking. :)
ReplyDeletemmmmmmmm...Steak...
ReplyDeleteI've never met a single person who's kept their resolution past one week. The only "resolution" that I actually made on New year's was that I was going to stay hydrated this year. Drink water!! That was it! And then I lost my water bottle. Do you have any idea how long it takes to slurp 10 ounces out of a drinking fountain?!?! Me neither! So for a while, I gave up. And I tweaked my resolution to "drink a ton when I'm thirsty." Because, as a few people know, by the time your body sends a message to your brain that says "DRINK, DAMMIT! WE NEED WATER, YOU IMBECILE!" you're already dehydrated. It's sad. :(
But I like what you say and I know what you mean about procrastinating. In fact, earlier today I had the exact thought of, "I had a really carby week. Oh well, Monday means fresh start!"And it's SO hard to keep putting myself through the, ah-well-I'll-just-do-it-tomorrow mindset but I learned a trick: Get Over It. We're human! Shit happens! So what you ate two pieces of Pizza. They tasted good, didn't they? Just next time, have one. And then the time after that, have none! Baby steps, my friend, babysteps.
I'm with you on the procrastination thing. And the lack of drivers license. I didn't find the need to spend that much money on Driver's Ed when I live in a town where everything is in walking distance. And lately, I haven't had the time to really go over everything and make sure I'd pass before taking it. And, I think I'm going to wait until after I get married in a couple months so I won't have to have the name changed on it. Procrastination? Yep. Haha.
ReplyDeleteI do wish you luck with keeping yourself motivated to continue on whatever goals you do have. :)