It's all about me.

At the Mothers & More meeting last night, a counselor talked to us about prioritizing ourselves first. She said that the happier we are with ourselves the better we'll be at everything else. It's true but, damn, it's hard. Quite coincidentally, one of the mommies in my online group also posted that she's doing a challenge called Making Me Important (MMI). You commit to 5 days of work in 8 areas.

Here's how it works:

1. FITNESS: Pick an activity or goal.
2. NUTRITION: What change will you make?
3. WATER: How many ounces will you drink each day?
4. REFLECTION: (Me time!) Blogging, meditation, journaling, time out, etc
5. MENTAL FOCUS: What's holding you back? What 1 thing can you change?
6. SLEEP: How much do you need? Make sure you get it.
7. PROJECT: Pick an achievable nonfood/fitness goal and work on it 5 of the 7 days.
8. ACCOUNTABILITY: At the end of the day, mark the areas you completed. Score yourself for each day you give 100% in all areas with a goal of 5/5 at the end of your week.

At the end of the week, you answer the following questions:

1. Where did I succeed this week?
2. Where did I have the most challenges?
3. Where did I have the most flubs?
4. What am I going to do differently?

Sounds easy enough, right? Ha! We'll see. I wanted to try blogging and I need to lose all the weight I've gained back so here I go! This is not a weight loss blog though. I actually had planned that my first post be about painting my hallway. I even took pictures! Guess I'll do that some other time.

MY GOALS 5/27 TO 6/3

• FITNESS: walk 20 minutes
• NUTRITION: eat 2 fruits
• WATER: 64 oz
• REFLECTION: 5 minutes of quiet each night before bed
• FOCUS: Stop wishing, start acting.
• SLEEP: 6 hours
• PROJECT: clear out junk beside the bed
• ACCOUNTABILITY: Update score daily.

• FITNESS: yes, yes, yes, yes, no, yes, yes
  
• NUTRITION: yes, yes, no, yes, no, yes,
  
• WATER: yes, yes, yes, yes, no, yes,
  
• REFLECTION: yes, yes, yes, yes , no, yes
  
• FOCUS: yes, yes, yes, yes, no, yes,
  
• SLEEP: yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
  
• PROJECT: yes, yes, yes, yes, no, yes,
  
• ACCOUNTABILITY: 1/5, 2/5, 2/5, 3/5, 3/5, 4/5