What are you d0 doing for the next 60 days?

It is always interesting how things often come together. You don't see it and then you do.
One of the things I must do is use my SAD lamp. Now this does not sound difficult and yet I know I tend to make it so. Why would I procrastinate from doing something so easy and so helpful to my well-being?
I guess for the same reason we choose to quit doing our workouts and eating non-nutrional food.
Yesterday on my morning trek to Starbucks I was thinking about my H2H and my SAD lamp.
My plan was to use my lamp as soon as I returned with my morning coffee. I could do it while reviewing my email etc.  Hmm I thought, maybe not. I spend too much time on the computer doing mindless stuff.
I have a book called The Success Principals, that like many I own that has never been fully read or acted upon. It has been given my usual rapt attention for a few hours, some overall application and then sits on the shelf. I have picked it up time and again and truly like what it has to say.
My decision was to spend my 20 min reading.
This morning, after a few minutes procrastination I began.
The minute I began to read I recalled why I loved this book and knew immediately why I needed to read it now.
Principle 1: Take 100% responsibility for your life. Ahh yes.
Yesterday I spoke about being 100% compliant to my program. So what about being 100% responsible for my life?

The Book has 60 Principles or Chapters. I can tell you what I will be doing every morning from now till
November 5th. I will read all 60 chapters.
It is interesting how much of a commitment that seems and how I bristle at it. Not because I do not wish to but because it becomes second nature to not be fully responsible for our actions.
Here is some truth. Lately I have felt  a pull to be less than 100% compliant. Why?
Well the real answer is lack of responsiblilty for myself and my actions.
What I have been telling myself however is that the group is not responding. I am listening daily to all the reasons why everyone cannot or does not. Or if it is not spoken it is in actions. Not blogging, not attending to forum, not eating properly, not working out.  Its started to wear off.
I spoke with Caro last night briefly  and one of the things we spoke of was a few of the blogs I had read about people gaining all their weight back since the contest. Wow we both said, that cannot feel good.
I pondered that last night and realized there is no way I am doing that to myself.
Principle one reinforced for me this morning that we tend to take responsibilty for our own actions and love to blame external forces. The group is falling down so I must, the economy, my job etc etc.

You have to give up all your excuses!

We spend way to much time thinking self limiting thoughts and engaging in self defeating behavior.

99% of all failures come from people that have a habit of making excuses.

I really took a good look at my life after reading Chapter 1.

I am in a great place. Why would I do or not do all I can to remain here and continue on an upward motion? Its a great question and the answer can only be that I choose what I want my life to me. ME.

We only control 3 things in our lives. Our thoughts, visualizations and actions.

Today I decided I do want to be in control, control of the quality of my life.

So I leave you with a question. What do you want your life to be and do you plan to do it with intent?

E+R=O

(event + response=outcome)

Where are you going to be on November 5? What goals will you have reached?

Its all up to you and you even have a group of supportive people if you choose.

My next 60 days goal and committment in forum.