Looking Back To Change Your Future

THRIVE Day Fifty-Seven

Good afternoon! 

Before starting on today's post, I took some time to dig through pages and pages of my Facebook Activity Log to find the first two weeks of my THRIVE blogs.  I was able to copy and paste them here on separate posts named "Week 1 Facebook Post Archives" and "Week 2 Facebook Post Archives".  I plan on doing this for all of my previous writings so that the whole journey will be here on this site and available for perusing.  

What a trip it was to go back and read the first week of my THRIVE Experience.  It seems like eons ago though it has only been just under two months.  I was so floored at how great my body was feeling and amazed at how energized and refreshed I felt.  Now, I've come to expect those sensations.  Nowadays, if I am tired and worn out, it's out of the norm.  In fact, it just plain doesn't happen anymore.  Sure, I get tired... at 11 o'clock at night.   NOT at the daily afternoon crashing that used to occur from 2-4 pm.   It feels SO good to feel so good.  

As I continue to read through those early days, I am saddened to read that some of my plans that have not become consistent realities over the past two months... I had planned to start up a daily exercise regime.  Though I've exercised more in the past two months than I had in the past year, I'm not seeing daily, consistent growth there.  This certainly explains why I've not seen more weight loss.   The good news is that reminding ourselves of our goals and our shortcomings can help us realign our steps for success in the future.  If I really do want to see this extra baby weight come off, then I really do have to make changes.  I know it.  You know it.  We all know it.  It's turning these concepts into actions. 

So now what?  I take a look at what my life looks like today... this week... and I've gotta learn how to juggle.  Not literally, though that'd be fun.  But I need to learn how to take the things that really matter to me, my top priorities and balance them in such a way that they all don't come crashing down when I bounce from 'ball to ball.'    I've taken on a fair amount of new activities, new priorities in the past two months.  This is the part where I take this concern... my time management... and go to God.  I've got to get God's help with learning how to juggle everything. 

More good news!  I recently went to a Women's Conference in Orlando and the Director of the ministry, Deanna Shrodes had recently released this book.  Wouldn't you know it, I said, "How much?!"   I look forward to reading this book and gaining insight from a godly woman on this topic.  I'm glad that I can look back and see what I'm missing.... to see what's falling through the cracks.  I'm looking to make the most of all my days to better my future.  I choose to Thrive. 

I would love to talk with you about how you can THRIVE, too!  Here's the link to my website... check it out!

http://sarahcollison.le-vel.com