Be careful with your entitlement

Conference crowd at happy hour — Everyone is going through a hell no one knows about.

Two mornings ago i weighed in at 155.5.

Woke up this morning four pounds heavier.

It happens.

Here’s why.

One day we reach a great milestone and then we think we can splurge a little.

But often, a little leads to a little too much.

Note to self (again, for the ~~100th~~ 1,000th time), be careful with your “entitlement”.

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Diet and exercise is all about losing weight

Disney Institute Speakers — Found last night using Google for Disney Institute.

Diet and exercise is all about losing weight.

Until it’s not.

And trust me, it’s not.

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The key to ensure better things happen more often

work life balance speakers — Yesterday a couple minutes into an hour bike ride to the gym.

Over focus on the same things others under focus on or ignore.

When you make a commitment to do this every day for the rest of your life, better things happen more often.

But they don’t happen on demand.

They happen organically, in due time.

Sustainable growth, progress, and change cannot be rushed.

Less than an hour ago i woke up and weighed myself (twice) like i always do.

Hit 157.0 for the first time in years.

i’ve been stuck in the 160-164 range for way longer than i wanted.

Here’s the good news: while stuck there, at least it didn’t get worse. Holding steady, even if it’s a higher weight, is superior to progressively heavier weights. i could be 180 right now had i not been able to hold steady.

It took everything i could bring to each day to hold steady.

And in the last 10 days…a remarkable downturn.

In the 151 – 153 range, vibrancy is at it’s highest.

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You can’t tell, can you?

(No photo today)

Managing my weight may be life’s biggest challenge.

When i do it well, others (like you) won’t give it a second thought.

When i don’t do it well, you’ll easily see it.

i can tell a monumental difference in how i feel about myself when i feel like i’m in control, and, when i’m not.

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You don’t need to worry about it

Greeting card — Yesterday at the Dollar Store greeting card aisle in Allentown, PA.

There are these recurring daydreams that begin with the next sentence as the opening scene.

You don’t need to worry about it.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could become enlightened?

You know, to see farther than what’s right in front of us everyday – past the common, everyday surface level stuff.

i carry this weight, the weight of others believing i have it all figured out. Not everyone, but enough to feel uncomfortable. It’s weird and difficult to explain.

And then the guilt of them believing i have some special ability or skill to come in and rescue them from their challenges.

Truth is, i may be one needle of overwhelm away from breaking the camel’s back.

Please make victory over your demons your top priority.

If you, as i do, spent your time focused on that, you’d understand that’s exactly what i’m going through. Then you’d feel i wasn’t being a hypocrite.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.