The joys of having a map!

Today I did something that a week ago, or even 3 days ago, I would never have thought possible.

My King and I hit the gym at 5:30 this morning for our first full on workout - Shoulders and Abs!  An awesome workout that left my arms shaking!

I ate all my meals, really enjoyed them and felt great, then this arvo I started getting ready to hit the gym again for a cardio session.  3 things cropped up - I was late getting away from work, I forgot my hair ties and also my socks.

The old version of me from last week, would not have contemplated going to the gym twice in one day, and any one of those 3 things would previously have been enough to make me think twice about completing the first workout of the day let alone the 2nd!

So what's changed??  Finally with my health & fitness it's just like when I'm out on the bike, I'm focused on the destination and the journey that's going to get me there, one super exciting and positive step at a time.  I have a clear goal, and more importantly a detailed map that highlights all the service stations along the way!

So at the end of Day 3 - I'm totally pumped! - now time to get to into bed so I spring back out again when that alarm goes off at 5am!  It's legs tomorrow.

Check out my sweaty shoes - 45 mins in the gym with no socks - eeww!

Where is Your Focus?

I was out riding on Hannah (my harley) today and I hit a pot hole - no damage done, but I realised that I hit it because I was so busy focusing on the pot hole that I couldn't avoid it.  It's one of the first rules they teach you at riding school - focus on/look where you want to go. Look around the corner your turning, look up at the road not at your front tyre and it's soooooooo true, riding is much much smoother when I focus on where I want to be that's exactly where I end up :-)

By choosing to focus on the pothole I lost the ability to look at the whole situation and therefore see alternative routes around the pothole.

It's true that the same applies in life - what we focus on expands.
At work I can choose to focus on the fact that I don't like the way my desk faces and that I can't see out a window and how much I hate it and become increasingly miserable everyday and everyday finding something else I don't like about being where I am.
OR
I can choose to focus on the opportunity to increase the amount of time I spend away from the office, either out visiting clients or asking for the opportunity to work from home.

Previously I had chosen to focus on the fact that my King never put his dishes in the dishwasher, over time this festered to the point that when I got home from work I would immediately start looking for things he hadn't done, by focusing on the negative I kept finding more and more negative and I started to think I didn't love him any more (extreme I know)

Now I choose to focus on the things I love about my King - his awesome mash potato, the fact that he hangs the washing out for me, his big bear hugs, how he makes sure our puppy dogs get walked and bathed, the list goes on and on.  By focusing on the positive I'm happier and he's happier (he even puts his dishes in the dishwasher!!)

Focusing on where you want to be and what you want doesn't have to be the domain of the vision board or your journal, it can be part of every day.

Looking for love? - focus on what you do want in a partner
Trying to find your dream home? - focus on what you do want in that home
Kids driving you mad? - focus on what you do want from them
Work making you depressed? - focus on what you do want.
Always get crappy traffic on the way to work? - focus on having a smooth effortless journey to work


You'll be amazaed at the opportunities that present themselves when your putting your energy into getting what you do want instead of stressing about what you don't :-)

PS - Did you know that your subconscious can't hear the word don't - so when you are thinking or saying I don't want a ..........  your subconscious hears I want a ..............