Being ME

One of the lessons gleaned from The Happiness Project was the idea of "being ME."  Being true to myself ... accepting who I am ... accepting my likes and dislikes.

This is not to be confused with not growing, not changing, not challenging conceptions, not try new and different.

It's things like - I like to get 8+ hours of sleep.  Shouldn't apologize for it, shouldn't try to be discrete about it, shouldn't worry that others may find it lame - lol.  I own it.  It's me.  I feel my best with regular, good sleep.  Being ME. (But when circumstances exist - either for want or need - I am fine with nights of less-than in the sleep department.)

That philosophy helped me edited my List.

The number 60 is "my" number this week.  60 on the List.  Day 60 of W30 today.  I did it.  Tried the W30 for 60 days (I get that sounds weird - now it should be W60 - except it isn't!).  I was curious to see if 60 days would yield even more amazing results.  But 60 days is a long time to put friends on hold, social life on hold-ish.  Luckily, logistics happened in my favor and I was glad to take advantage of a rare schedule.

Good news is I don't feel any better than I did 30 days out.  That's good because I don't feel compelled to extend.  This IS how I feel when I eat well.  Sure, over lots more time, there might be slightly more "good" to be had, but it will crimp my LIFE living!  I know my "top" level - the level where I want exist to be healthy and happy.

Now the challenge is keeping this level of GOOD with still living my social life.  Not surprisingly, this is a harder challenge for me.  Gray areas mean head conversations, bartering, mental fatigue.  Black and white is easy.  No need to think - it just is.

Things for me to remember:
Let HEALTH dominate the reasons why (not just pants fitting).
Focus EVERY social event on the event (fun, friends, family, etc).  Food/drink should always be down on that list (it can still make the list, but not the primary focus).
Sitting on the sofa isn't SPECIAL.  This doesn't count as a reason to indulge.

Off to start my day.  Tabata this morning (yea - it's been a couple of weeks), lunch with a friend and a Costco run.  Later gators.