I have read over and over again that writing your goals/resolutions down make them more likely to be achieved. Even better, telling someone else will help you accomplish those goals. This is why people keep journals and create dream boards. Like I said, I have read this over and over again. Its all about visualizing what you want and then getting it. Whether you are consciously working towards your goals or not, your subconscious is...as long as it knows what you want. The purpose is to fill your subconscious with positive thoughts, goals and images. Writing your goals down, making a dream board, these are tangible representations of where you want to go.

Well, I "know" all this, but I must say I have never really, completely bought into this theory. Until a few days ago that is. A few days ago I was rereading an old journal (Have you ever done that? Very humbling, and pretty funny.) This particular journal focused on my husband and my honeymoon to Australia. I was simply reading it to find out the places we ate at so I could make suggestions to a friend traveling to Australia. It was all well and good until I came across this statement:

"For me, Lizard Island and Australia, made me want to take better care of my whole self, both inside and out. Listen to more music- do tai chi and yoga, eat healthier. Less concern about calories and more about healthy food.

I am also more interested in finding a fulfilling job. Law, yes, but a different, better kind of law."

So this is what I was thinking and what I wrote down on November 1,2008, I don't know that when I went back to work and home that I was actively reaching these goals. In fact, I went back to work and eventually changed jobs to a position that was decidedly not more fulfilling and my focus moved not toward me but to starting a family. All along, my subconscious has been working because as of today I do in fact have a much more fulfilling job. A job I love in fact. And not just my day job, but my time spent as beachbody coach helps me live a healthier life. I might not be as thin as I was but I am healthier. No more sweetners in my life. I focus on eating whole foods for both my family and myself. We live a greener life, with the main cleaner in our house being vinegar vs. chemicals. I pay attention to what comes into my home, perhaps because of the little people who also inhabit it but the result is the same. We do live healthier lives. As we speak, my work out program is a combination of yoga and running. And yes, I do listen to more music. (My little buddies are huge music fans.)

Perhaps it took 6 years, but for those last 6 years my subconscious has been quite busy. If writing a random comment in my journal could do so much what would some focused writing do? What would, dare I say, a dream board do? I suppose there is only one way to find out. If you're looking for me this weekend, I'll be the one cutting pictures out of magazines, making a to do list for my subconscious.