Consistency and Courage

[Anna Louise]

Maya Angelou said:

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

I struggle with both consistency and courage and want to know how to go about developing both.

Do any of you have any pointers? In my gut I know just what I must do to improve my life, but struggle hard with consistency.

[BlessedMama]

Anna Louise, I have the same issues in some areas of my life!

I just read something about setting goals that really clicked for me--to set a long term goal, then walk it backwards. Now, I know others have said this, but I don't know...there was something in the way this lady laid it out that made sense finally! (I read it Large Family Logistics! LOL!)

That said, I realize that is exactly what I've done with certifications!

I have adrenal fatigue, getting better, but I have to be careful to not overdo. I teach 2 classes a week, with a df coming over about every other week. So that is basically 3 workouts a week. When can I practice my TWO? Definitely not on "off" days!

I came up with a plan--I read about the move in Fit and Fab or watch that segment on the dvds, then do 1-2 moves. I'm doing BWO+ weekly, with my class, so I'm not focusing on that with my few moves a day as much as the second half of TWO.

This is my second week doing this and it is working GREAT! At the end of every 2 weeks or so I will try to do the second half of TWO over 2 days. Then go back to the 1-2 moves a day. This way I will go through TWO 10 times by the time certs are here--and hopefully I'll know those moves in my sleep!

Sometimes we might need to break down our goal of consistency just a tad more--that's what I found. I'm using the "just 15 minutes a day" in other areas of my life. I have about 5 BIG areas that need decluttered, including finishing going through my dad and mom's stuff. It's too emotionally overwhelming to do that in too big of chunks, but I can handle 15 minutes at a time!

I'm going to do the same for homeschooling--my goal, of course, is to spend some longer segments some times, but too often I'm a "whole hog or nuttin'" kind of girl and...well, nuttin' is usually what gets done!

So if I spend 15 minutes on phonics here, and 15 minutes reading aloud there....eventually those habits will become more ingrained and I can add to them as necessary.

And I find I feel better about myself and my abilities by doing it this way--success breeds success!

I hope that helps some!

HUGS!