Day Two: Confessions of a Former Procrastinator

This is exactly what my planner typically looked like.

Empty.

It was probably one of the main reasons that it took me forever to do something. I never planned it out. I would never set a deadline or a goal. I can't even begin to tell you how many planners I had purchased, only to lose them over and over again. Even when my high school provided each student with a planner so that they could remember assignments and deadlines, I ended up using it as a journal or a place to perfect my shapes (still can't do a perfect star). My phone had a calendar, my computer had a calendar, and all of the e-mail accounts that I used had calendars. But did I ever use them? No. Because I always said I would do it tomorrow. A procrastinator's favorite word. If you're like I was, that word is at the forefront of your vocabulary. I never had a problem saying that I was going to do something because when you're a procrastinator, the when doesn't matter!

So, in order to finally start running, I had to let go of that word. My fiance would always ask if I would go running with her and I would always say, "Yeah, of course I'll go with you! We can do that tomorrow..." And I was serious about when I said it! But when tomorrow actually rolled around, I would find something more pressing that would cause me to again use the word tomorrow. The thing that I have had to realize is that I have no control over tomorrow because life will happen and unexpected things will come up. Today is right here, sitting in front of me, and today is waiting for me to bring my narrative elements into the narrative the is already there.

Today, I have conquered tomorrow. Not literally (God's got that one). Just verbally.

Weight: 160.2 lbs.
Exercise: Running/Walking
Distance: 1.2 miles
Breakfast: Toast and egg
Lunch: Chicken and rice
Dinner: Sloppy joe(s)
Water consumed: 1 gallon