Mind, Body, Spirit

8:32 AM Elizabeth Seckman 20 Comments

Normally, I'd never share a photo like this publicly. It’s usually the kind I’d delete after viewing as quickly as Ethan Hunt burns a message. A friend snapped the photo during our trip to the UK. We were traveling by van, and people (Melissa) kept dropping their (her) phone, and since she was squeezed into the middle seat, I was the retriever. It was an awkward job, but someone had to do it!  

So, why did I keep it? Well, unlike Ethan, who has to burn each message after he chooses whether or not to accept it, I need reminders. While I was trying to get things (usually Melissa's phone) from the floor, I realized that if I didn't start making better choices, I'd soon be too rickety to squat in a moving van.

I can’t let that happen. I still have these two cuties to keep up with!

So, I’ve started prioritizing some things that will keep me functioning. Every day, I aim for at least 15 minutes of physical exercise; 15 minutes studying something (currently trying Spanish...no soy muy bueno); and 15 minutes of Bible time. 

I’m also setting goals again that include things that make me happy. One of those includes writing at least one personal blog post per month. Not a post about writing, but about life. I used to do that back in the early days of blogging. I wrote for fun. Then blog posting got called marketing and became a job. Now that I'm on the upper end of fifty, I am committed to doing the things in life that are fun. 

Okay, so the exercise is never fun. That’s an imperative I choose to accept in order to complete my other missions.