Last week's success met this week's family illness and overall lethargy which resulted in.....no progress at all. Bummer. But I'm not discouraged. Many things contributed to my failure at meeting my goals. Mostly I was just plain tired out from being nurse maid to my husband and son with 2 differing illnesses. We also helped out my mom who was recovering from a bad bout of a few bugs (she's 80). I am stressed out by illness. Not my illness, but others' illnesses. When illness strikes, worry sets in. And worry wears me out! I have dealt with this issue for a long time because my oldest daughter is 13 and she was sick a lot when she was a little girl. I go into hyperdrive every time illness hits my house. My mind races at the thought of "what ifs", my body races to meet the needs of those who are ill and those who remain healthy. It wears me out. But I did pick goals that were little, so not meeting them this week doesn't set me back to the beginning. That's good.
One new outcome for this week is that I began mulling around future goals for the next month. It's funny to me that in the midst of obvious temporary failure in meeting one set of goals I am getting ready to set new, more challenging goals. Either I'm nutso, very optimistic of the future, or somewhere in the middle. Let's hope it's the middle!
4 comments:
This week has me thinking about future goals as well. I think it's wonderful to not be discouraged, but rather realize that we can fail short term but still succeed long term.
I hope everyone is feeling better. I have started thinking about next goals for the next month also. Have a good week!
So funny you said future goals - I've been already thinking ahead to the next month!
So sorry that your have had your hands full of ill people...and I hope that everyone is feeling better now! Before kids I used to freak out over illness, and now?? I just roll up my sleeves and pray that I don't sick...because as soon as 1 of my girls comes down with something, so does my husband :)
Blessings to you this day!!
you are NOT a failure!! Stopping over from the link-up at 3in30. Sometimes life happens and we need to adjust. Taking care of YOU is important, give yourself some GRACE and start fresh tomorrow. Do you best, that's all we can do.
I've had to readjust my goals now for two weeks. I have NOT quit, therefore I did not fail. =) Keep on girl!!
You wrote about worry and I thought of this quote, it helps me when my thoughts go in that direction..... Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. ~Glenn Turner
Keeping it Personal,
Teri Johnson
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