Matched vs. Mismatched Socks

Libby

I was organizing my clothing drawers and I thought, what is stopping me from achieving my goals?  Some people just say I am going to "run 3 times a week" or "I want to drink 64oz of water a day" and maybe even "I vow to never have an odd sock!"  I am just not this person, not so much lately anyway, I feel scattered, brain scattered, priority scattered...have you been there?  Don't get me wrong I have accomplished really cool things in my 39 years, I am talking about lately.  The last few months, I am missing that commitment, shall I dare say drive, to push through the UGH!  The UGH factor is a huge hurdle that I keep standing in front of, running up to it, even jumping over it and falling flat on my face.  

In my defense there are some genetics involved.  I had a personality assessment done by a doctor and it said I am a person of low energy.  This means I like to lounge and drink coffee in the morning, pitter-patter around the house, in short I have to get revved up to do any activity that requires effort. 

Organizing clothes escaped me for many years and then I found a system that worked.  I must keep it simple.  Pants, shirts, pjs, underthings each have their own drawer, Socks all get thrown, unmatched, in a huge sock bin, and semi-nice to really nice clothes get hung up (shoved in wherever I can find room.)    This is all I can handle for clothing organization.  I figured if I can finally accomplish this, aren't I capable of clearing this mental blockage? The answer is yes.  As Dr. Phil says, "it is time to get real honest about this." 

1. What do I REALLY want to achieve?
My Goals are very simple:
To have a consistent, regular exercise regimen that I do like clockwork
To plan healthy meals for my family one week in advance and do this as a lifestyle
To walk my dogs 2 days a week without thinking about it
To train with my kids for a 5K, tell them and follow through with our plan

2. What is REALLY standing in my way?
A very frustrated ME
My lack of planning
No commitment to the above
Most of the time I don't remember I want to make this a priority
No time management

3. What, if any progress have I made to overcome this obstacle? This is not a new thing for me in this area of my life. I have always struggled with this and laundry.  
I switched back from a flip phone to a smart phone, great experiment but not recommended for a life long commitment.  The smart phone allows me to log all of my appointments, that is an improvement.  I walked my dogs once in a week and a half and I plan on doing it tomorrow, that is better than none. I am working hard on the healthy meal planning, this an imperative for my daughter's health and getting her blood pressure down.  My husband and I are doing the Whole 30 and I am super duper grumpy:sugar withdrawals.  Meals and eating are going extremely well, vacations are the killer and I need to strategize for the next one.  So the last one, the family 5K will be the hardest. This one will have the most resistance from the other participants, I will be heading up all of the running outings, and how do I bribe inexpensively without candy?  

This was our last 5K all together it will be a year ago in November.

Oh, I almost forgot about exercising 3 times a week like clockwork. This is the dragon of them all, it will be the hardest to slay.  I have to find the right time, the right mindset, the right partner (basically someone that makes me do it.) and oh my goodness...enough with the excuses I just have to do it.  I will update you on my progress on all of this on my next blog.  Will you be my accountability partner?

I have to be quite sincere about this next statement, blogging has saved me a lot of money on therapy bills.  Tonight I realized that I have to keep my plans and daily routines simple to follow them and be consistent, just like my drawers.  They will stay very organized for quite a while, everything in its place. It will get a little messy and out of sorts so I have to revisit occasionally to get things back in their rightful order; but shirts always go in the shirt drawer.  
As far as the laundry goes, I need an actual therapist to solve that problem.