While taking part in author and speaker Jon Acuff's first Start Experiment I decided to start and finish my autobiography for my adoption and write in my blog each day. Neither happened but I made progress towards each one. When I signed up for part two I initially decided to continue with my first experiment risks. But after reading the day one email from Jon where he said that we get "audacious" and to step out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary.
So here comes my audacious dream: I want to run a marathon in the
future. Yes me the 40 pounds overweight 45 year old woman wants to run a
marathon. That became my new dream because I realized without health nothing else matters.
I've made progress toward my audacious dream and will continue to make
progress. Today's e-mail from Jon asked what can you quit. It's taken me most of the day to figure out what I need to quit: I need
to quit making promises to myself that I'll Make changes in my diet or
exercise routine.
I need to quit thinking about doing things and start doing them. This applies to almost every area of my life but I've decided that I'm going for babysteps. Any movement forward is progress and I have to remember that.
So now is the time to quit dreaming about getting in shape and running
in that marathon (okay I'm starting with a 5k) and do it. I'm reminded what Jon said at some
point during the first start experiment. Confidence is attracted to
action. I think that just became my new mantra.
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