The Secret of Getting Ahead....

Sunday, January 01, 2012

January Mantra: 

I am open and receptive to all the good in the Universe. (This comes from the Louise L. Hay 2012 calendar You can Heal Your Life)

Positive thought of the day: 

I am grateful for everything and everyone in my life.  (also from Louise L. Hay)

I am so very ready to make this year my very best year ever! Even though I was not ready to get out of bed this morning when my alarm went off 7am, I was up and ready to face the new year and the new day with enthusiasm. Well, as much as I could muster upon just getting up. I got around and left for work feeling a much lighter load on my shoulders this morning than previously. Although it was dreary outside, I was feeling pretty sunny.

With it being a holiday, most of my co-workers had taken the day off. The chat volume was incredibly low all day long and 99% of my chats were customer service. Seems everyone was either passed out all day or spent all their money on Christmas and bringing in the New Year so no one was looking to buy anything today. It was a pretty boring day but I actually welcomed it today. Work has had me incredibly stressed the past couple weeks so this was my little breather. Tomorrow is another day and as long as I can remember to keep my thoughts on good things, I will be just fine!

The Daily challenge today on www.meyouhealth.com is: Check to see that your lip balm offers sun protection of SPF 30 or higher. Well, I don’t normally use lip balm but I can see how having a sun screen on them can be very beneficial. Our lips are tender and just as susceptible, if not more, to cancer from the sun as the rest of us. I stopped at Walmart before heading home and while I was there I was looking at the lip balms. The highest SPF that I found was 15 and most of them didn’t even have an SPF rating listed. I will continue my search and start wearing lip balm to keep my lips kissable soft and protected from the sun.

One thing that I had on my list of things to do today was to set up my morning routine. I used to follow FlyLady and had done so very well when I did. I lost track of things and haven’t been following the things I had learned for quite some time now. This morning routine is my first step back to FLYing (Finally Loving Yourself).

My Morning Routine – Monday thru Thursday

Wake up at 5:00am

Quiet meditation for 5 minutes

Stretches or 10 minutes on my stepper

Clean cat box

Feed cats

Shower and dressed

Let the dog out

Feed the dog

Breakfast

Check email/Facebook/School

Leave for work

I will see how this works for me tomorrow and adjust it as needed.

Although I did find myself thinking about David a few times today, I managed to sweep him aside and focus on myself and what I was needing to do.

It was a great first day!!!

Quotes for the day:

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. ~Peter Marshall

The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb

Don’t find fault. Find a remedy. ~Henry Ford

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ~Mark Twain

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~James Baldwin