Motivational Monday

Motivational Monday: Find your peace

Are you spending your days trying to find peace?  If only my life was more organized, or I had less errands to run or activities to do.  If only I could organize my linen closet it would all come together (Is that only me who has thought this?)  The fact is that it doesn't matter how simple or slow our life becomes, if you can't find peace in the chaos of life, you are never going to find peace in the solitude.




Motivational Monday: Tomorrow Never Comes

Today I told my son he was going to school tomorrow.  He said that was not true because his teacher said tomorrow he didn't have to go to school.  Well, it was a different tomorrow.  That was my explanation to him, but it got me thinking about the concept of tomorrow and seeing as it is a Monday it was the perfect set up for motivation.  

Don't wait for tomorrow, because if you ask a 
two year old you'll know, tomorrow never comes.


 

Motivational Monday: Trust the Journey

One of my daily goals is to read/listen to ten minutes of personal development and I must say that while I wasn't sure at first, I'm loving it.  We are two thirds of the way into 2014.  That's right, only 4 months left of the year, and dare I saw, the busiest 4 months.  That is no reason to throw in the towel on our New Year's Resolutions that we (me) haven't started yet.  Look back 4 months.  If you had started working towards a goal 4 months ago, where would you be now?  If you added 25 sit ups to your day or 10 minutes of reading each night, where would you be?  Start small and build, because life is fast, and small will be big if you just let time do its thing.




Motivational Monday: Be Grateful!

I (we) spend so much time trying to be better.  Be stronger, healthier, more organized, richer.  The list goes on and on.  All in the name of reaching goals that will make us happier or better.  What if we stopped all that.  Not the eating healthy or exercising or working hard?  Just stopped doing all these things so that we could reach the goal of happiness.  Instead what if we just tried to be grateful.  That's it.  Each night with my kiddos we pray and say what we are thankful for.  Instead of waiting for night I am going to start each morning this week thinking about what I am grateful for.  A challenge you to do the same thing.  Let's bring gratitude back into our lives.  A little gratefulness could make the journey so much happier.


Motivational Monday: It's your birthday!

I was looking for a quote about birthdays.  Most of them have something to do with "wake up like its your birthday" or "Start each day likes its your birthday."  Well, today is my birthday and its a work day.  That being said I get their point.  Most people think that, each year we get to start over twice.  On New Year's Day and on our birthday.  Frankly though, I view every day as a chance to start over.  Don't wait for your birthday or the first of the month or a Monday.  Heck, don't wait until tomorrow.  Each moment is precious and each moment is a great chance to start becoming who you want to be, who you really are.


Motivational Monday: Make Yourself a Priority

Sometimes I think its best to view life like an airplane ride.  Get your oxygen on first.  If you aren't your best self how can you really help others achieve their best.  Whether its your children, your partner, your coworker, your friends or your family.  You are only good to them if you are taking care of yourself.  If you know what to do eating healthy doesn't have to take any longer than eating unhealthy.  A 30 minute work out is not even 2% of your day.  Make your happiness a priority today. 



Motivational Monday: Your First Step!

So many times I see inspirational quotes about taking the first step.  "The first step is the hardest."  Often times, the first step is the hardest because we think it needs to be a huge step. If you want to lose weight, is your first step to eat healthier or exercise?  What does eating healthy mean?  What kind of exercise?  There are so many questions that paralyze us before we even take the first step.

This is why I encourage you to make the first step a baby step.  A tiny little baby step.  You want to eat healthy?  Don't worry about a run to Whole Foods or revamping your entire eating plan.  If you put 2 tsps of sugar in your morning coffee, put 1.  If you put 1, put 1/2 tsp.  If you drink two sodas a day, drink 1 soda and 1 water.  If your goal is a big one, like running a marathon but you've only run 3 miles, run 3.5 and see how you feel.  Heck, run 3.1 miles.  The first step is only scary if it is big.  The big scary first step holds us all back.  Make the first step small, baby, simple.

Changing your life only takes one small step.  What is your first step to healthier you?


Motivational Monday: What are your goals for the week?

Each Monday I set out to reach new goals for the week.  Some are small, simple goals and some are large goals that must be completed this week.  Different goals have different purposes for my life and famliy and thus different effects on my life and family.  No matter what the goals,  I take inspiration from the words of others.  What are words that inspire you?