I don’t know what to write right now. Seriously, everything coming through my fingers onto the screen looks and sounds horrible. This is the last thing I want to be doing.
I’d rather be paying my bills or cleaning my townhome. I’d rather be doing laundry or washing my car. Oh that reminds me, I need to drop off my dry cleaning tomorrow morning.
It’s funny, I’m suddenly thinking about all of the things I need to do and contemplating if I should do them instead of writing. But here’s the thing, I made a commitment to myself and keeping that commitment is important to me.
You see, I used to make “commitments” all the time but in reality I was really only intending to do something. Eat healthy? Yeah, I’m on board with that. Work out 5 days a week? I’ll do it! That kind of stuff.
Truth be told I did have every intention in the world of eating healthy and working out 5 days per week but when a friend said “let’s get a burger and fries” I would quickly jump ship. And that’s because these were just intentions, not commitments.
A commitment by definition is - an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action. The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.
People say they intend to do something all the time but don’t follow through. And that’s not a bad thing but I’m curious how many new year resolutions go by the way side because of this? Or how many dreams or goals get left behind?
Again, I don’t want to be writing right now but I made a commitment to myself and to make sure I followed through with said commitment I put I place a system that guarantees success. For me that meant putting on my calendar the two days per month that I’ll send out a blog because if it’s on my calendar, it gets done.
So here I am. Just for today. One day at a time.
When we live one day at a time that leads to a month of accomplishing the things we committed to which then leads to the year we wanted which can then lead to the life you’ve always wanted.
I’m proud of myself for keeping my commitment.
Love,
Zak
PS ~ Let me know if you struggle with commitments. If it would be helpful I’m happy to talk with you about it.