The "Better Myself" Experiment

Here’s the thing.  I have issues.  You have issues.  We all have issues.  I try to harness those issues by challenging myself to do things - eat paleo, work out, keep my house clean, volunteer… wait, maybe those ARE my issues.  I have so many great ideas but I never follow through with any of them.  Much like most people in the world, I need some serious motivation.  I am so driven and excited to try new things but I give up on them too easily.

My husband has goals listed out on his blog.  He has actual, tangible goals.  Sure, I have goals.  I want to have a perfect body.  In order to do that, I need to stop eating sugar and go to the gym all the time.  I want to have better time management skills so I can fit in the 1,500,000 activities I want to do on a daily basis.  I want to learn how to cook like a pro.  How in the hell do you achieve goals like that?

Maybe perfection is the real issue here.  I admit, I am a perfectionist.  I am a detail-oriented, driven, super organized woman who wants to be in charge and wants to do things right.  All.  The.  Time.  What do you think the chances of me letting up are?  Ask my husband if you want the truth.

It doesn’t help that I have recently been laid off from my job and have been trying to wrap my head around this whole housewife thing.  I am a working woman, but I love taking care of my husband too.  It’s a bittersweet time for me right now, and I am in a slump.  It’s hard to get out of bed early when you don’t have a schedule to stick to.  And once you get out of bed, you want to lie around and check Facebook every ten seconds until somebody posts something interesting.  Leaving the house to go to the gym involves effort.  I’ll just do it tomorrow.

I keep telling myself to stop complaining and take matters into my own hands.  I need to find a way to get myself motivated, set some actual goals and start knocking them out.  

Here’s what I’m going to do.  I’m starting my first challenge.  It’s called the Better Myself Experiment.  I have idea after idea of how I want to better myself, so I’m going to set some goals over time.  My husband can’t keep holding all this weight on his own, and I need somebody to hold me accountable.  All I ask is that we leave this on here and not discuss it in the real world.  If you have advice, please comment.  If you want to join in so we can motivate each other, please do!

A note of warning:  In order to fully commit to this experiment, I have to face the truth about myself.  I might have to embarrass myself every once in a while.  You might find the true me to be vain, crude, or crazy, and you might not like me.  Sorry in advance.

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