Today was the first day of this challenge. I’m really optimistic about this and super glad Natalie introduce me to it. Even just having this goal made me feel better, gave me something to get excited about.
I got our lunches ready and got the kitchen all cleaned up this evening, and ate a healthy dinner that only lost me 1 point, and no wine… I think 4 points today for nutrition is great considering I didn’t prepare for this at all before today. Way to go… and good luck tomorrow!
Today is the day my friend and coworker, Natalie, convinced me to sign up for and commit to doing the Whole Life Challenge. I also decided I’d quit smoking and was pretty sure I was going to walk away from the relationship I was in.
I had found myself at the tail end of a 2-week long spell of depression, which is rare for me. I typically go through a day or 2 of not feeling too great when I need to change things up and point myself in a different direction in some way, but this was different and was much longer and deeper depression that I’ve felt in a long time… which told me ALOT needed to change.
“The universe always provides what we need when we need it, it’s up to us to recognize and accept the gifts”, is a very paraphrased quote from basically every conversation my BFF, Dora, and I have ever had. We are both very spiritual people, who happen to believe in very different things on a religious level, but have figured out that it’s actually just different names for the same concepts… but I digress.
Natalie was the universes was of hand-feeding me my solution to my depression, which was really just the symptoms of me making the wrong choices and not tuning in to myself and being true to what I wanted from life… basically shit needed to change and Natalie was there with the framework for me to make those changes.
Within 24 hours I’d committed to quitting smoking, changed my diet, changed my exercise habits, upped my water intake, significantly cut down drinking, joined a group of people who were making the choices I aspired to make, and decided to walk away from the relationship I was in!!
Perfectly Improving 