What Motivates U??

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." - Benjamin Franklin

What's your motivation? Mine began 2 1/2 years ago when I decided that what I was doing was not getting me where I wanted to be. I wanted to be alive in 10 years, I wanted to see my son (and hopefully daughter) grow up into responsible adults. I wanted my wife to enjoy growing old with her husband. It took 20 or so years for things to finally fit together for me where I was able to receive the motivation I needed to get out of the rut I was in.

Ben was right, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is pure insanity. Are you happy in your job? Why not? Pinpoint the reasons why and decide to do something about it. Happy with your life? What do you want to accomplish? Make a list of things you want to accomplish in the next week/month/6 months/year/3 years/5 years. Make goals and strive to achieve them.

Dave Ramsey tells a story of an old farm dog. A city slicker stops by and old farm to ask for directions and notices an old farm dog quietly whimpering while laying on the porch. "Mister, what's wrong with your dog?" to which the farmer replies, "He's laying on a nail." Puzzled the city slicker says, "Well, why doesn't he move?" "It must not hurt enough..."

If we are unhappy in our careers, life, health, whatever, then we need to get out there and do something about it. We've become too accustomed to sit and have this "woe is me" attitude thinking that the lot in life we've been given cannot be changed. Bull crap. We need to get out of that mindset and into the mindset that WE CAN CHANGE WE CAN DO THIS!

How's the list coming? What? Not finished yet? An unknown author once wrote, "Aim at nothing and you are bound to hit it every time..." What the list is going to become is a sort of roadmap for your life with measurable milestones or points on that map (accomplishments). Just as a snowball picks up snow and momentum as it rolls down a mountain, so these accomplishments will hopefully help you continue your momentum to change your life.

It's easy to get bogged down in the day to day hum-drum and rigamarole, mired in the "why me"s and "if only"s. You can change that and this list is one key to doing that. So what are you waiting for? Dream big, but attain reachable goals along the way. Whether it means to smoke less, walk more, whatever it may be, you CAN change your life! It all starts with you.

As some more motivation, I found that I lost another 4.5lbs this morning bringing the total to 229.5lbs in 29 months! If you need some encouragement, shoot me a message, I am just about always around...


Matty (I weighed more than Jared from Subway)
481/251/225
(starting weight/current weight/goal weight)

First mini goal achieved - 104lbs lost 10/26/04
Second mini goal achieved - 137lbs lost 01/28/05
Third mini goal achieved - 183lbs lost 09/30/05
Fourth mini goal achieved - 204lbs total lost 01/30/06
Fifth mini goal - 231lbs total lost by 09/30/06