Selfworth 4

Today is Day 4 of the Self Worth Challenge I'm doing. It’s about FOCUS and gaining awareness around what I choose to focus on. So today I choose to be grateful and focus on the things I have in my life. I’m grateful for:
1. flexible hours and work
2. good people to work with
3. sarah learning stress management
4. born in the good ol USA
5. actually have too much to eat
6.  it's the weekend!
7. got to go to Hamilton in KC
8. marriage is in a good place
9. Morgan is doing well out on her own
10. beautiful day

self worth day 3- intentions

Today’s Day 2 of the Self Worth Challenge. I just got done learning about the power of intention and one of the biggest things that stuck out to me was I cannot take care of everyone, but I can take care of me. Part of today’s challenge was completing this intention exercise where we create 6 different kinds of intentions. The categories are creativity, loving kindness, appreciation, growth, abundance, and receiving. I’m going to share my Top 3 favorite ones that I created.

#1 is focus on health. #2 is let go of others' problems and #3 is ask purpose of problems.

Self Worth day 1

Today is Day 1 of this Self Worth Challenge that I'm doing (with Amanda @doit_like you). I'm feeling _stressed out about it and am excited for  some peace . Today's all about living in alignment with yourself and really discovering what lights up my soul and what depletes it. I've created these two new rules for myself to help set better boundaries around the things I want to take time for. Rule #1 is _Eat within my points allowance and Rule #2 is _have  a weekly fun event.

Gratitude Again

Three things from today I am grateful for:
1. my car is fixed
2. I remembered to buy timothy's tickets
3. ac is on

things that worry me

1. grandbaby's health
2. daughter won't be able to take care of baby
3. son won't get through basic
4. son will get hurt in war zone
5. won't be able to lose weight
6. daughter's heart will fail
7. won't have proper clothes for Hamilton
8. business will go bust
9. husband will work himself into an early grave
10. grandpa's don't want to live
11. grandpas' will live
12. grandma is being taken advantage of
13. vacation in fall won't happen
14. graduation will go bad

15.  menopause is driving me nuts

Can/Can't

Things I can't change:
How my husband behaves
what my children's choices are
What I want to eat
genetics
the weather
who calls


Things I can change
how I respond to others
What I eat
How much I exercise
how I speak to callers
how i allow myself to feel
how i feel about myself

Count my Blessings

Been feeling kinda down lately.  I've got one son in Kuwait (actually he's in Egypt at this moment, but he's stationed in Kuwait), I've got another that just joined and is at Basic, I've got a step daughter that just turned 30, a daughter that is pregnant and moved out last week.  I just finished a class on business that zonked me out and put on several pounds.  We were kept in a room for 9 hours at a time with no choices on our food for two meals a day.  It was horrendous and my stress level is through the roof.  I feel old.  I feel duped.  I feel like all this weight loss stuff is pointless.  I am up 8 pounds from my lowest. My grandfathers are old and suffering tremendously.  They are at the end and I know they are just....done. But, today's mental detox says to count my blessings.  Oh, do I! 
For instance:  I am not in class now and can make my own choices.  My sons are very patriotic.  They are relatively safe.  My daughter is doing fine on her own.  My step daughters are doing fabulous including the cutest baby ever!  I have more free time than ever before.  My house is getting clean (it was disgusting).  I am healthy.  I am loved.  I am strong.  My grandfathers had long good lives.  I am blessed.