Payoff!

By golly, I got it!  (Okay, fine, I'm "getting" it.)

I've lost 13 pounds on Weight Watchers.  It hasn't gotten much easier, but now that I am seeing the payoff to the sacrifice, I'm more committed to the process.

See ya'll at the finish line.  :-)

What do you really want?

I saw this on the Huffington Post today:

It really got me thinking about my life and what I want.  So I sat still and wrote down five things that I "really" want.

1. I want to be employed doing what I love and make a great living doing so.
2. I want to see Brendan grow up.  And that means not just being physically alive when he is a grown up, but enjoying him as he grows up.  I want us to see different parts of the world together and spend real time with each other, not an hour in the evening or a few hours on the weekend.
3. I want to live somewhere warm year-round.
4. I want to weigh 125 pounds again; and I want to do it while feeling healthy and energetic (not to mention, looking good).
5. I want to be joyful.  Not "happy"; joyful.  The state where I can enjoy the journey without always checking to see if I've reached some destination. 

Writing down this list really made me re-focus.  Maybe you should try it.