Moving Along

Day 2
Today was good, I met my goals. I read Les Miserables, my grammar book, and completed a drawing for the book Drawing on the Right Side of Brain. I did my acne regimen morning and night along with the exercises at night. I enjoyed spending the day outside and just had fun. I had a hesitant attitude about completing my tasks for both drawing and doing my acne regimen and workout. I didn't feel like doing it.
When it came time for me to do my drawing, and didn't want to do it; I went to the TV instead. I turned it on during a random time, so there really wasn't anything I wanted to watch. I did, however, notice a show coming on in fifteen minutes that I really wanted to see, so I decided I would do my drawing during that fifteen minutes. Once I got drawing I was fine and enjoyed it, but I just needed that bit of motivation of the TV show to get started. Getting started is always the hardest part.
When I had the bad attitude about doing the regimen I gave myself fifteen minutes to chill before I required myself to start washing my face and workout. I do them together. I have to wait for my face to dry in between washing and applying the ointment (I follow the www.acne.org directions); I do a '8 min. abs' and '8 min. arms' workout video (can be found on YouTube!) while I'm waiting. I love those tapes, they are simple and effective and have a sweet 80s vibe. At first you can't really feel them working, but once you do them for awhile it is good workout - its all about consistency. I set a timer for fifteen minutes and once it rang I stopped what I was doing and went to start the regimen and had a much better attitude. I remembered my motto "get excited about doing what you don't want to do;" I got pumped up and did my workout with strength and determination.
Overall my attitude today was just get it completed and don't excel - I did the bare minimum. I said to myself, "That's enough for now," and quit when it may not have really been very much. I want to switch my attitude from praising myself for doing it to desiring to get the most out of it. It is the idea of you have to do more than just show up. Right now I am happy for myself for getting it done, but I need to be striving for greatness.