3 Little Words 1/19/10

I told you back on New Year’s Eve that I was formulating my 3 word phrase that I would live by for this year. I learned long ago that making a New Year’s resolution is usually a waste of time for me. I have made many resolutions over the years that are usually forgotten before January is even over.

Last year I read an article posted by Kem Meyer about 3 words for 2009. I took the challenge and did fairly well for the entire year keeping them in mind.

This year, I decided that instead of choosing 3 independent words, that I would instead have a 3 words phrase for 2010. So… drum roll.. my phrase for 2010 is “Stick to it”. Monumental, I know. Over the top creative.

Ok, so granted, it’s not the most creative phrase and not really something new, but that phrase embodies a desire I’ve had for a long time. I am a natural procrastinator. My childhood friend gave me a sign for one of my birthdays that said “Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” I hung that sign proudly over my bed. I don’t think the sign gave me that idea, it just helped me realize a tendency I always had. In college, I would put off the big assignment until a few days before it was due and spend many sleepless nights completing the project. And inevitably at the start of each semester I would vow to change my ways and spread out the work only to arrive to the end of the semester again with a pile of papers due.

As I get older, it is easier to have ideas of something I want to do, but allow excuses and work and family to squelch those ideas… (I am a 30-something who has plenty of years to do x,y,&z.) I really want this year to be different. I want to stick to the plans I make and achieve the goals I have set.

So, as I live by the phrase “Stick to it” here are the things this year that I will accomplish:

• Run – I have started the Couch to 5K and will run the Race for the Cure in May. I will continue my running schedule and will train for the Suntrust Half Marathon in November (a friend wants me to do a sprint triathalon in October…)

• Eat – I am living by the principles laid out in the Eat Clean Diet (I’ll spend a few other blog posts talking about this fabulous book.)

• Read – I am following the daily Bible reading plan as created by youversion.com on my cell phone.

There, I did it. I’ve put into writing, for all to see, and have allowed myself to be subject to questions of how I am doing with my plan to “Stick to it.”

So far, so good.