Well I am pretty stoked after reviewing my blog statistics. A first time blogger and 70 people viewed my first post. Thank you everyone for your support and interest!
In my first post I mentioned that I am doing a 66 habit challenge. I wanted to share a bit more about this challenge and why it’s so important to me. Yes, I see it as an opportunity to get back on track, but I also am hoping for a new perspective. To be honest 2020 was not good for me, as I am sure many of you can echo the same sentiment; and to be transparent it caused me very bad anxiety and depression. My goal is to grow from where I am today and equip myself with a better arsenal of tools to prevent this again.
Why is this so important…well…I want to live and love life, so I will choose 2021 to focus on myself. To do this I created a vision wall, but not just any vision wall, a vision wall with actionable goals that relate back to my 66 day habit challenge. Now, I’ve done vision boards in the past with all of the magazine cutouts of places I’d hoped to visit, or things that I thought would fulfill me, or that may represented how I wanted to feel about myself. This is different…the vision wall I created is about what it was I wanted to achieve, how I wanted to transform, and what my plan would be to get there.
As I mentioned in my first post my goals are Health, Nutrition, Movement and Personal Growth. Why?…well I think you understand the personal growth from my comments regarding my 2020 mental state and how I see this blog as a way to grow (this blog is one of my personal growth action items), but why health, nutrition and movement? Because, genetics have not been good to me and if I want to live and love life I have to take better care of myself. How have I been dealt the bad genetics card? Well, I am a Type 2 diabetic with heart disease (as I mentioned in my first post I had a double bypass at 49). Diabetes does not run in my family, but heart disease runs deep among the women on my mom’s side. My grandmother had her first heart attack in her early 50’s and died from her third one in her early 60’s. Although we are in very different places healthwise, I seem to have been gifted her poor genetics and was on the same track. Dealing with these things consume me and I understand that managing them will always be difficult and mentally exhausting, but it is important because…well I want to live and love life!
So, this brings me back to the 66 day habit challenge. #1 is managing my diabetes. Type 2 is the root of all evil! All my goals revolve someway around managing my blood sugar. It’s not about the weight, it’s all about how much carbohydrates I consume and burn a day, and how much stress I have in my life. Stress and Type 2 Diabetes are a topic for another day. So, all my goals tie back to improving my overall management of glucose levels. My vision wall reminds me of those goals and action items I’ve set for myself.
I hope you might find some inspiration in my vision wall. Maybe you choose to do something similar. This post includes a photo of my vision wall. If you have done something similar please share it in the comments. I’d love to hear what you are doing, or have found helpful. If you have questions about mine please reach out. I am happy to help you in your journey.
-Jill Marie