In the past couple of weeks I have been getting asked about the inactivity with the blog. My response to this is that since my results have become more apparent, and the weight continues to go down, I feel the need to be more social. This leaves me with less time on the computer and more time with friends. The goal of this whole life style change was to figure out what life is to me and then do everything in my power to make myself happy. That is the biggest reason why I started working out, eating healthy, rekindled old friendships and began new ones. Three months ago I felt lost, lonely, and confused on what I wanted to do in life. In just this short time I have felt so overwhelmed with emotions of love, courage, failure,and faith that if my life was a recording, you could mark the tape at July 23, 2009, and label that moment “End of Side 1…Please switch sides.” This new side to my life is going on right now with extreme expectations and goals, and I LOVE EVERY MOMENT OF IT. If you ever want to know what it feels like for just one week of your life, say 'yes' to everything that is offered to you. Even if they are things that you normally wouldn’t do. (I realize this is the premise of “Yes Man," but it's completely true.) My example is that a couple of weeks ago I went to a dance club with a bunch of old friends from college. I normally would not have gone to this bar but I said to myself “why not?” I was so happy I did it too, because it might have been one of the best nights I have had in a long time, and it was fun to just let myself go on the dance floor. Yes I like to dance like an idiot, but it doesn’t matter if you are having a good time. I would not have had the same fun that night if I didn’t go and now that I did I have a great memory for the rest of my life. It's just one of the many times that I initially wanted to say 'no' to something, but figured out that’s what I used to do and that isn't living to me anymore. It took me a long time to look at myself in the mirror and find everything I didn't like about myself. Now is the time to fix what I can to make sure that life stops passing me by.
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I love that you just posted about the premise to Yes Man! I love it because I agree that it's totally true, and I've totally done it before. One of my new years resolutions last year was to try new things, so I started making myself say yes to things I normally would have said no to. Things like blind dates, driving out of town on a school night just to go to a party and come back, going to restaurants and trying food I never would have tried before etc. As the year wore on I started to say no again, but it was definitely a fun experience to step outside of my box for awhile.
Ricky I'm so excited for you!!
Thank you anonymous, but I don't know who you are because you are anonymous! :)
Yeah Ricky! I am so excited for your new outlook!
your friends are suffering when you break their ribs. say yes to the end of senseless ricky violence.
Ricky,
What an encouragement! You have such a broad view of what's going on. You're up to the minute with understanding where you've been and where you're going. What a blessing to "hear" (read) you so motivated. God's designed our bodies to be His temple and I think that's a strange and often lost concept (especially in America where we worship our bodies by starving them or overeating...) You seem so free! I don't really know you all that well but I've know you my whole life...so I guess it just makes me happy and thankful that you are striving to be healthy and love the ONE body you've been given. We all need to be reminded of stuff like this. Whether it's sleep deprivation or eating crappy food but thinking you're ok because you're not overweight or drinking ridiculous amounts of coffee--we do terrible things to ourselves out of laziness or the pursuit to impress others. I know I'm going to sound like the crazy Christian zealout (and I am, so that's ok) but we'll never be happy when we're lazy or trying to glorify ourselves in how we look or act or think or eat...We're God's! We've been given LIFE! For HIM! I'm so happy that you are so happy! That makes me happy!
I love your blog...I'm going to read backwards for a while and see where this thing started...(I'm obsessed with blogs and I do that a lot...stalker? maybe? no.)
Can we all play sometime because Sean is my friend and you're Sean's friend and Linny's my friend and we used to be friends and we should be friends.
Good luck and keep on pushing!
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