Good Morning,

I have previously posted I would write one of these everyday as a way of maintaining accountability and progress.  Immediately thereafter I stopped.  Not for any good reason.  It just didn’t get done.  

As you know I have taken to listening to motivational videos on YouTube as I workout.  That is assuming I get up early enough and actually work out.  Anyway, one I recently listened to had two simple points, among many actually, that stood out.  

I don’t know the gentlemen who put forth these points but the first one was “Disgust”.  You must reach a point of disgust with your situation to truly act.  It is the feeling of disgust that drives people to want more, to get up early, to make life changes.  

The second point was “Do it”, put forth at some corporate meeting by a very good speaker.  He pointed out how people always come up to him and say “I’m gonna be…, I’m gonna do… or I’m gonna change…”.  An his answer is just Do It.  Don’t talk, just do.  

Last night I didn’t sleep well.  My mind was racing in all directions.  Work, the move, my wife’s doctorate, my husbandship, my kids, my grandkids, my health, etc, etc, etc.  It was pretty much a nightmare in that I found inadequacies in every single area of my life where I have either squandered opportunity or failed to act on good impulses.  I was disgusted. It was compounded by the fact, about 3am, that I had neglected to complete my timecard and approved those of my team.  A real no-no.  I got up, took a look and saw my Division Chief had covered for me.  Disgusted.  

Anyway, I got up this morning, 30 minutes on the ellipical, 12 situps and 10 half-pushups.  I hope you have an awesome morning.