Dear Calendar, thanks for taking care of me, but I need some flexibility from you. – Me.

My friend and fitness hero Jamie Miles says the best way to stay committed to your exercise plan is to make appointments. For example:

Monday, Zumba, 7pm
Tuesday, Elliptical, 12pm
Wednesday … you get the picture.

Here’s the kicker… if you miss an appointment for some reason, you have to reschedule for a different time that same week.

“But I’m a free spirit!” I whine. I hate being held to things. I feel…held down.

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Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver…to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly. – William P. Young, The Shack p. 225

Forgiveness is like an antibiotic for spiritual health. Sometimes I find myself metaphorically double dosing but my metaphorical nose is still runs!

What to do? For me it’s simple stuff like dishes; or challenging stuff like doing something for somebody else. Whatever it is it’s do something positive, and pray for the object of my anger.

Better to pray outward than to suffer nausea inward, right?

What works for you?

My downstairs carpet absolutely sucks and I just want to get rid of it!!  In fact I’m tempted to pull it up and live with carpet-glue floors. I just…want to lose…that carpet! That’s one of my goals for 2016.

What are your goals this year? Lose weight, get out of debt, clean out the closets?

There’s a theme in our resolutions…do you hear it? 

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I’m not an expert, just a person who’s made some really bad decisions and then worked really hard to get healthy again. and again. and again.

I have no answers, just a desire to focus in the right direction.

Impulse is a series that will explore what the right direction might look like. Throughout the series we’ll look at what some of the experts have to say. We’ll share our stories of success and failure.

If you struggle like I do, please join me. If you’ve got it figured out, please contact me! In fact, please contact me either way and jump into the conversation. We are all in this together!

cindy@unrulyhope.com.