So why doesn't my life suck?

I'm not a perfect parent, but I get it right most of the time.

I pay taxes, and I don't mind.

I have a really good marriage.

I am not the most social person in the world, but I really value the friends I do have.

I believe in fairness and equality.

So in general, it doesn't suck.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Finding Courage

I'm the first to admit, I have never been very brave.  I am not very good at standing up for myself, and I rarely follow through on my ambitions.  I have always sort of felt that I just wasn't good enough, or else I was afraid to fail, so I just didn't try.

Wow, my son is just like me.  Scary when you realize such things.

So I really need to figure out how to find the courage to do the things I want to do.  I need to stop making excuses, stop putting things off, stop--existing.  I need to live, to feel, to be something I am proud of.  And right now I am SO not proud of any part of who I am.

The only way to get there is to work hard, so here I go.  I've been eating better and exercising for a week and a half and have lost 6 pounds so far.  I have a LOT more to go, but I am, for once, determined to make it work.  I desperately want to actually, FINALLY start ballroom dance classes, but I keep making the excuses as to why I haven't done it.  And mostly it's because I'm embarrassed at how bad I look.  So I have given myself a goal of losing as much as I can by the end of the year and starting in January.  I will keep losing, but I think it will be good to make that my reward for making progress.

Pretty boring blog, but that is where I am today.  More to come later.

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