Once upon a time had someone said where will you be in the year 2011, I would have thought I'd be a lot better off than I am. 2010 was not the best of year for me and Mark, financially, family wise or health wise. I became unemployed, he had an accident and was "let go" from his job, his Mom passed away and I constantly fight a crappy knee.
However, these are all things that we can overcome, understand or at least deal with and improve upon. That's my goal for 2011 - make a better life.
On the bright side, we are taking steps to regain a foothold on our finances. As we continue to look for work, I continue to attempt to make money from my crafts - not going so hot, but a little here and there. The biggest step is that I have become an Independent Rep for ACN, a technology based company that is the largest direct seller of home services in the world. We broker all the major cell phone companies, ADT Home Security, Clear internet, local and long distance and more! It's an exciting company in an exciting time. The financial opportunites are tremendous - we just need to find family and friends to support us through the use of our services and a few good people to build our team with. At a recent business meeting I was amazed to hear all the celebs, sports stars and already wealthy people who are in ACN as a rep, just like me. So I figure if people of that caliber see the potential in what ACN has to offer, then I had better go for it. I don't need to be rich, but I would certainly like to be more comfortable that we currently are. Plus with residual income, we put in a few (3 to 5) years of hard work, then we can slow down, retire if we want, as long as those bills are being paid for the services - we keep getting paid. Won't get that from any employer.
I've also been listening to alot of Goal setting information from ACN and Success magazine. It is helping me to break down large goals into reasonable mini-goals and helping me to realize what it is that I really want out of life. I've started setting goals for 2-3 months, 6, 9 and 12, with the big picture in 5 years.
I've also started setting personal goals for my own well being, mainly my weight. Mark and I returned to the South Beach diet program. I hate to even call it a "diet" program, it really is a way of life. I feel better when I eat the way the program teaches, I loose weight on it, have more energy, etc. I really don't know why I ever went off it in the first place, stupid reasons I guess. I loss almost 30 lbs the last time I did the program, Mark lost even more, I gained back 15 when I went off it. After being on it just 8 days I have taken 7.5 of those 15 back off and almost 3inches off my tummy! It feels so good and I already feel so much better, the gas and bloat is almost gone and I have a little more energy. My biggest enemy is myself, I get lazy I don't want to make the effort to fix a meal, my knee hurts so I don't want to move around. I promised myself today that I would get my excersize ball out tomorrow and have Kristin show me how to use it correctly, I think I have a video somewhere??? LOL. Maybe a trip to the thrift store to search for a video is a good idea tomorrow as well. Plus it would get me off my butt and at least some excersize.
I'm posting a picture of myself, which I hate to do, but I want to be able to go back and compare in 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, etc. I've given myself 1 year to get 100 lbs off. I plan to ring in 2012 that much lighter. At that time or a lttle before it I will evaluate how much more I want to loose. I originally planned on taking 135 lbs off, we'll see.
Tonight I feel like this blog has changed it's purpose, I feel like it's now my outlet to keep myself true and honest to me. I really don't care if anyone else ever reads it, that's not really important to me. It's important to me to have an outlet to say what I'm feeling and what I'm going through. I think sometimes writing things, thoughts down helps to clear and organize our minds -- I know I certainly can benefit from a little mindful organization.
So here's to 2011, lets make it the best year it can be!
