Getting Motivated - Again!

Have you ever had a time when your organization system went to pieces, and your email inbox had hundreds of messages sitting there, not acted upon? Too often, we are hard on ourselves and feel bad about our lack of progress. We feel guilty that we have missed a couple of phone calls, or that our progress on our workout goals have stalled, or that we slipped up and have eaten some really calorie laden stuff! Well, that has been me lately. About writing my blog, I simply have not taken the time to write and did not know what I really wanted to write about. So last night, I updated my Facebook profile and it finally motivated me to want to write again today.

For me, the key was to step back and look back on what I have already done. Sure, I missed some phone calls, going to the gym, and missed a few weeks from writing, but look at how much I have already done! So, instead of beating myself up, I decided to celebrate my success, no matter how small. Yes, I will always feel a little guilty about what I have not done, but I feel that it is important that we remind ourselves that it is only a temporary setback so that we will see this as only a small bump on a long road. There I go again; my optimistic view on life is creeping back out again!