Life Reboot

I have this foundation to my life that I call Black Belt Mentality.  In a nutshell this means that I try to find the small mistakes that I am making in every part of my life and adjust to a version that I think is better.  This comes from teaching students and having to correct the same thing over and over.  I would tell them that they have permission and the duty to find these little mistakes before I walk around and have to point them out.

I try to apply this to the big parts of life the most like diet, exercise and personal behavior.  I keep trying to perfect the foods and portions that I eat to maximize my weight and energy while bringing as much pleasure from what I eat as possible.  If I didn't do this and just ate whatever was available in portions that seem American I would feel like crap and would blow up.

Exercise takes the same attention.  As my body gets older I have to keep from pushing it too hard in something I am not used to while also maintaining a level of fitness that will help me avoid hurting myself in my day to day job.  Oh, and trying to make it interesting and rewarding at the same time.

Behavior is a much broader area if we take into account the many side paths that my brain keeps trying to take.  I need to remember to put God first and stop thinking I am fighting alone.  I need to keep my mind at a state of peace while feeling like I am moving forward and growing.  One of my frequent statements to myself is that "this is not the me I want to be".  My goal is to live my life in peace with a smile.  To do this I need to keep the negative things away and spend as much time with the good as possible. 

Then life happens.  The holidays come and the diet gets a little out of wack.  Then the exercise slows down and stops and the bills have your head spinning.  So now today is a reboot.  I generally discourage making too many changes at once because it is very likely that you will be overwhelmed and fail.   In this case I am just getting back to the schedule that I was on before.  It can be inspiring to just hit the brakes and start fresh.