It is just January 2nd as I write this but this is my third day of high productivity. I cheated and started early. First thing I did was weigh myself. WOW! what a great day this is. Today is the first day since December 14th that I got under 200 at a wonderful 199.8. That is one of those carry over goals from 2019. 195 is my real goal but I am content under 200. I began weighing daily back when I was 240 so I guess it works. This is the third day of my getting up from the floor twice a day. I had knee replacements back in 2001 and I was told I should not kneel on them. Somewhere along the way a couple of years ago I got the idea in my head that I just couldn’t get up from a fall. I don’t understand why us aging people get these “I can’t!” ideas but every now and then a new one pops into my head. Jean and I took a course in falling, over at the Senior Center not long ago. On the last day of the course I volunteered and by golly, following instructions, I got up from the floor. I came right home, did it again and suddenly I lost my will to do it any more. I typed out a set of instructions and I knew that they worked but I just kept putting off trying them.
My daughter called on December 30th and brought up the subject of being able to get up if I fall. She sent me several video sites and I promised I would get up, which I did once on the 30th, twice on the 31st, twice on the 1st. Happy New Year! And twice today on the 2nd. I’m planning to make it a daily fun activity.
I’ve taken this same attitude toward several writing projects that I have been dragging my feet on for several years and I seem to have an all new attitude toward them this year. I need exercise for my body and I need to exercise my mind every day too. Since I am still a speaker I must get out and speak too and I am working on that too.
Now that is me, Art Fettig. What about you the reader? I haven’t accomplished much of anything in my life without setting goals and setting some deadlines and doing one hell of a lot of work on those goals. Sure, over the years I have set some really big goals and I’ve met some of the big ones along the way but together with those really big goals I have set some lesser goals that were reachable. Sometimes I have taken just one step at a time and and survived one day at a time.
So, in 2020 I have begun easing into some bigger goals that might appear easy to others but by God, I am working on things one day at a time.
Would you care to join me?
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