ARE YOU ON TARGET? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 41

There is still one-half of 2013 left.  Time to reflect on where you are with any goals you may have set for yourself or any New Year's resolutions you may have made.  It is easy to write a list of goals or resolutions, but review your list to be certain you have not made any of these common mistakes in goal setting:  Are there too many?  Are they too big?  Are they specific?  Are they not planned?  Are there no deadlines?

There is still time to revise your list and take action to accomplish what you said you would in 2013.  You can do it so believe you can do it!

Today's message is

ACHIEVE GOALS

HAVE YOU KEPT YOUR RESOLUTIONS? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 26

Are you a person who on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day creates a list of resolutions that you want, wish or hope to accomplish in the coming year?  As June draws to a close the year will be half-finished.  Are you halfway to completing your resolutions?  I'm not.

I am a compulsive list maker.  At my age I have written lists too numerous to mention.  Resolutions are things I make each year but rarely keep.  It finally occurred to me that I make more resolutions that I think I ought to make rather than resolutions I really want to make and keep.  In retrospect I realize that the only resolutions I keep are the ones truly important to me.

It isn't necessary to wait for the end of a year or the beginning of a new year to resolve to make changes in your life.  That is why I decided to begin this blog because we all can indeed change our lives by changing the words we speak which can change the thoughts we think which can change the things we do or do not do.  I hope you will join me this year by following this blog and adding your comments to share your progress, your frustrations, your ideas, your successes, and to inspire others and allow others to inspire you.

Today's message is:

This is the year!

Life Is What Happens When We Are Making Other Plans

Whoever coined that phrase knew about what he or she was speaking.  I have always been a person who plans, makes lists, utilizes planners and calendars and schedules.  Although since my surgery I have tried to resume those habits, I seem to be lagging behind in getting back on track.  I make a plan, and then I have to change it because a medical appointment must be kept.  I make a plan, put it on the calendar and find I must cancel it or reschedule it.  I now write things in pencil because I have to change plans for various reasons.  Unexpected visitors, too many phone calls from pollsters and/or telemarketers, as well as other interruptions have totally discombobulated my plans.

All that being said, however, I know it is really up to me to take charge of my time and get back to business.
I have begun listing new items on our website www.malcolmfortots.com and our ETSY shop www.malcolmfortots.etsy.com so please check back on both sites frequently to see what progress has been made.

The holidays are rapidly approaching so my mind swirls with ideas and plans for the various special celebrations of the season.  As I add them to my ever-lengthening lists, I also am thinking of new things to include in my blog in 2013.  I so much appreciate the thousands of page views my blog has had since its inception, and I hope to broaden its appeal in the New Year with the changes I am contemplating adding.

Thanks so much for continuing to read my posts.