So here it is, a new year, filled with all those ambitions and goals, yeah yeah crap right. Well, I don’t typically do resolutions but I do have this nagging goal of fitness that has loomed over my head ever since i left college and settled down into family life. Somehow in the craziness of raising children, building relationship with hubby, managing a house and job- body falls through the cracks. So this is nothing new, but it is let’s say recharged and ready for improvement. So, my plan is this. I think that my goals have been too big and out of reach- like get healthy, eat better, or loose 50 lbs. How intangible right? So I have decided on a new goal, and only one, hopefully a reachable one. Du-da-da-dun (that was my drum roll in case you didn’t realize it)
Walk Abby for 30 days. There is is, plain and simple. Take the dog for a walk 30 days in a row. It reachable, measurable, by golly, I think I can make it! I can’t stand the treadmills at the gym, not to mention they hurt my shins- there is just something for me about being outside, in the fresh air- I’d prefer like a woodsy trail, but whatever, my neighborhood works fine.
I have two days under my belt so far so just 28 left to go. (of coarse the goal is also to make this a habit, ritual, routine, tradition, and all around every day obsession but the goal was to simplify, one goal at a time so as to reach it. I mean, walk the dog every day for the rest of your life, who could keep that, it would snowball into utter failure and an overall sense of worthlessness and depression, okay, maybe not that drastic, but I do want to reach this goal, 30 days it is)
And by the way, I decided to blog about it to build in accountability, of coarse I won’t mention that that happens to be another goal of mine (spend more time writing) so I wont mention that either (or the fact that I want to run a marathon one day and if I don’t get used to running, a lot, I’m never gonna get there.) One thing at a time. simple, reachable, 30 days…What was that old sketch from SNL, I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darnit people like me. Not sure why that came to mind, maybe it was like a built in pep talk, go Becky Go!
Problem is today its sort a rainy- which typically is awesome to go running in, but Abby just got groomed (which not only is beautiful, but also expensive) so I am not so sure about the wet and slightly muddy paws…Ahhh! So I think I am going to modify my goal, the key is building a goal that is reachable. okay so like walk Abby 30 days by the end of February. Except that its Jan 29 and Feb only has 28 days which only gives me three rain days to forgo for her precious paws, but if I make it march that gives me too much slack the point here is discipline. Do you like how I am negotiating with myself here,? So its decided, I am sticking with the end of Feb goal. and here it is written down and memorialized and everything. Let’s do this thing!
