“Starting today, (fill in the date), I am going to (fill in aspiration).”
Has anyone else started their day this way?
You get fed up with one or another activity that you’ve been doing (or not doing), and vow that starting this particular day you are going to change your ways.
These changes are most often positive ones — ones that will help you break bad habits or forgetfulness or start a new project. They are things you know you need to do, things you want to do, yet have not done for a thousand different reasons. But your common sense and determination has decided that enough is enough and you are going to finally stick to your guns and do it.
I say this almost every week. I’d say “every day” but there are times I forget what it was that I wanted to change.
I hate getting older.
I can’t tell you how many times I have uttered those words with pure purpose and determination. With real heart and emotion. Done with habits I’ve picked up and thoughts I’ve had and things that aren’t good for me.
But how many of these utterances are based on real facts and how many are based on the emotion of the moment?
I’ve dumped pills in the toilet I’ve thought were slowing me down, only to find days later I really did need them. I’ve vowed to take my time in the morning and have a real cleansing regiment only to forget to brush my teeth or wash my face. I’ve vowed to walk more, eat cleaner, and keep organized, only to make the same statement a month later.
Is it laziness? Or is it the start of dementia?
Forgetfulness or too much on my plate?
I know I overanalyze my life on a daily basis, judge what I should and should not be doing based on what those around me are doing. Setting goals too high or too ambitious, only to beat myself up later for not being able to meet those said goals.
It’s a bad circle habit I’ve gotten into. I just can’t tell if it’s bad judgement, unclear thinking, unrealistic goals, or just getting older.
I’m curious to hear if any of you go through this never ending circle of madness.
Because as of today, (fill in the date), I am going to start (fill in aspiration).
Humoring the Goddess 
I do whatever I feel like doing everyday. If I have plans, I meet up with someone, but otherwise, I don’t see the reason to repeat the same tasks over and over until I die, with any strict rules. If I feel like reading, the cleaning, or organizing can wait. If I’m dead, I’d rather be dead with a good book than a sponge. We each have to decide what makes us happy and do that. Everything else is simply maintaining sometimes unrealistic standards that don’t matter in the least. If I die with a perfectly clean house, it will be dusty and dirty in a few hours. I’d rather have people say, “She died having fun,” than saying, “She died cleaning the house AGAIN.”
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I think you are very on the mark. I write down the tasks I don’t want to forget, and do the others when I think of them. I have to get that I dig myself into the biggest holes, and it’s easy not to fall into them again and again. All I have to do is pay attention. And cleaning house is WAY down on my priority list at times.
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I’m always looking for ways to do things better. Except in the summer because it’s too hot.
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Ha! Yes! I have to watch out to not turn into an air-conditioned potato on the hot days — today of which is one! But I’m taking my brother-in-law grocery shopping today (which is an adventure to begin with!) so I won’t be a fried potato as much as a gently boiled one…..
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Have you ever seen those writing prompts that say, “What advice would you give your younger self?” My answer is that I would always say, “Focus on staying flexible! Do more yoga!” and yet I hardly ever take even a few minutes to stretch now. 😦 But I have been walking more at least. It will be hard to travel the world if I can’t fit in my airplane seat.
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You are so funny! But so on the mark! I get tired of hearing myself talk the talk. So after I finish my little stint online (for now) I’m going to go wash my face AND brush my teeth!
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