Insane, Doing the Same Thing and Expecting the Different Results

The other day I overheard my boss say this quote, which I have heard many times before, but it never really registered with me until that moment. I thought to myself my life is pretty stagnant, am I insane? Let's back up for a second and review my goals, number one: find a new career/money-making opportunity, number two: find someone nice to date, and number three: lose weight, get in shape.

In the last two years I have squeaked by with odds-and-ends jobs and I've gone on dates, dated one guy for about 5 months and manage to "maintain" my weight with a little fluctuation. But all-in-all life hasn't really changed. So I thought, maybe I am doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

So, today I went into my day with a different perspective. I thought about the small things that I could change that would help me do things to reach towards my goals. My main focus today was health. The co-workers decided to order Mexican, which I LOVE and normally can't resist, but I had a healthy salad with tuna on it. So instead of saying forget the salad I decided to stick with it and it turned out to be a really nice lunch. Not only did I get a TON of vitamins from it I also didn't feel like taking a nap immediately proceeding my break.

Next, after fairly healthy meal and logging my food I said, you know what I need to work out. I was tempted to take my nice after-dinner relaxing shower, but then I thought if I take a shower right now I'm not going to work out. I can change my routine to make time for it. You know what it felt great and now I have SOOO much energy, not sure if that's a good or bad thing at 10 p.m.

So, yes I do make a huge effort to be healthy, BUT I always fall off the wagon and when I do that I regress to my old ways doing the same thing and expecting different results. Looking at my goals I put health last, but I really think it needs to come first. After all it is going to improve my mood, my energy and all around my spirit, so hopefully it will be the first step for me reaching all my goals.

So to all you out there in Blogland, don't be insane change it up and see new results.