Life is filled with distractions. No matter how big or small, easy or hard, tough or tender, distractions will always be around. It’s up to us to feed or give in to the distractions or merely to treat them as another bump in the road. Recently, I heard a guy say to tell anything that you come against, as in a challenge, tell it face to face, “YOU CANNOT BEAT ME!” You may not believe it at first but just keep saying it until you believe it. Don’t give anything outside of your goals, any energy.
Discipline is necessary when there are goals present because it is so easy to get off track or forget what’s at hand. That’s just the reality of our world today. Our attention can be taken away easily and quickly. We live in a fast paced world also. Everyone is always on go mode. There is always something to be done or something to look forward to. If you’ve seen my last few posts, the theme has been to enjoy, embrace and live in the moment.
Over the course of my adult life, I have been extremely disciplined but when it comes to March and celebrating my birthday, I sometimes, well honestly, most times, I get very distracted with celebrating my life. Well this year, my March distractions spilled over into April. So when May got here, I went on extreme lockdown and got back focused. All of a sudden, there were 15 new bottles of fragrances I wanted and a pair of shoes went on sale that I couldn’t get off my mind. I had to sit myself down and have a conversation. I literally don’t need the shoes because I treated myself to about 5 new pairs in March. Also in March, I got at least 5 new fragrances. I do not need another perfume, I need to enjoy the ones I just got. I was distracted by my love for fragrance and my love for a good sale.
Another distraction that hit me recently, was one that I didn’t realize was a distraction in real-time. My cousin mentioned she saw a movie that I recently saw and after watching that movie, I watched a few more in a the course of a few days. Her mentioning it made me think about the journal entry or blog post I wrote because of the emotional reaction I had during the time watching the movies. Well, I searched my journal, my notes app, the blog posts and the draft posts and I realized that I never even wrote about the experience. My whole day was thrown off because I didn’t document this beautiful moment I had, in real time. I did it mentally but not physically. I got distracted and my goal is to journal majority of my feelings and emotions. Especially new emotions that I want or need to process.
In closing, I encourage whomever reads this, to focus and execute. Do not let distractions take you off course. Your end goal is much sweeter when you say no, push through and reach it despite what tried to throw you off course. Whether it’s financial goals, personal fitness goals, daily goals, short or long term goals, do not get distracted. Everything outside of your end goal can wait! Don’t diminish the value of whatever goals you set. It’s your goal and it matters!
Sincerely,
Angie