Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Self Reflectin and Goal Setting


Self reflection is a practice that we should all incorporate routinely. It is an opportunity for us to realign our daily activities making sure they are on track to reaching our goals in life. Based on my reflections I would rate my physical wellbeing as a seven because I am in the best shape of my life at this point but there is still improvement that can be made. My spiritual well-being is a 6 because I can truly feel a connection with a higher power. I have never had as much faith as I do now but I still allow fear to overcome me at times. My psychological well-being is a five because of the mental stress I allow to creep into my mind. I believe this stress generally comes from a lack of faith which is the opposite of fear. Over the course of the last 3 years I have been on a specific journey to live my life on purpose and making the conscious effort to do activities that push me towards meaningful goals rather than randomly living each day. I am a work in progress but I do know that I am better than I was yesterday.
My physical goal that I will set for my physical well being is to reduce my body fat by 5% over the course of the next 30 days. In order to achieve this I will focus on my nutrition, work towards eating less processed foods, and stay consistent with resistance and cardio workouts. My spiritual goal is to focus creating silence and stillness during devotion. I have been doing great with consistency but I often allow random thoughts to enter my mind and cause me to lose focus. My psychological goal is to show more love, kindness, and belief in myself. I am great at providing positivity for others but when it comes to me I often revert to negative self dialogue.
The relaxation exercise this time around was frustrating because I could not listen to it. For some reason the link would not work; however, in the moment of frustration I closed my eyes and began to meditate to bring my sense of awareness to a place of forgiveness of getting angry about something I could not control.

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