Revolution

Today I'm home from work and I happen to catch the new show "Revolution."  It's a health and lifestyle program on ABC.  In one segment, the show follows two sisters on their journey to loose weight.  In the process it talks not only about exercise, but better foods and their lifestyle choices such as saying NO to people by taking control of their decisions and rearranging their living room to not only give them space to work out but space to not encourage sitting around and eating.

I enjoy watching and seeing people accomplish goals that they set out for themselves.  As I sat here, I realized that I myself have not accomplished the goals that I have set out for myself this year.  Like everyone, I have good intentions but I always seem to have an excuse that stops me.  For example, we moved into our new house back in June 2011 and two weeks later I found my cancer.  Six weeks after we moved, I started chemo so we never really moved in.  Now, six months later,(after chemo and surgery) I have so many things to do.  I still have a few boxes to unpack and once unpacked, where does it all go?  I have rooms to organize, pictures to hang, kitchen shelves to line, filing, furniture to buy, and so much more.  I also have a very active 4 year old who requires my constant attention all the time.  He's an only child and I'm his entertainment.  So on days like today when I'm off from work I find myself motivated but yet overwhelmed.  How to you tackle new projects when there's always regular household chores like laundry, dishes, cooking and cleaning to do?  And that work out to loose weight that I would love to do tends to fall by the way side since I'm so tired.  The thought of getting everything done before radiation starts is a loosing battle.  I have way to many things to do and now only 6 days left before six weeks of radiation I'm never going to get it done.  So of course writing a list of things to do is the most obvious but will I ever be able to cross something off the list?

I have my own revolution to figure out.