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Friday in Focus

 

It took me ordering mini tacos from Jack in the Box and realizing the blueberries I set out for my morning shake never made it into my shake...to connect the dots that staying on Facebook for a week had been a mistake. Call it an accidental experiment. 

One bad habit slowly snowballs into others. The 8 weeks of workouts, good eating with plenty of salads every day, the focus and priority....it was easy to just not care. To not do the walks that day and the next day, to not cook, to not food prep. I had no focus, I lingered long on Facebook and wasted time. When off of it little bits of conversation lingered in my head like annoying sound bytes, agitation was there every day waiting for me. It's a mental thing. I had let one bad habit crawl back in... couldn't the others come back too?

Nope. I deactivated and pulled my focus back to where it needs to be. Back on me, my health, my productivity, my finances, my house, my work, my art, my friends and family, my cats, my goals. Not sure what it is about that social media platform that turns my brain and willpower to mush but it does and I don't like it.

I am so much happier when I just do pop ins and pop offs. So resolve is back. Focus is found again. Another workout today, another salad, another shake... with blueberries that were not forgotten. I'm almost done with my painting and another project awaits. Work at the part time is popping. It's a time of much needed balance, keep all things going sweetly and keep houseplants alive. We're about to close out August. My birthday is around the corner. I'm going to go into my new year with more good habits than ever. 

Happy Friday everyone, I'm off Facebook for a bit but I'm definitely "back" to the good stuff.

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  1. Girl I was getting worried when I noticed you lingering on Facebook more than a couple days. I'm glad you noticed the effects and kicked that trash to the curb.

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    1. Ugh...it's so bad for me! Yeah I'm luckily very in tune with myself and was like no, no, no this is very bad. It's Facebook, jump off! 😂

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