guys! gals! you beautiful people you! this is the 4th week. in a row. that i have posted! and while it might not seem like much because the number four is a rather small number. for example if i were to say, “i have 4 dollars” you wouldn’t be too impressed, but what i speak of has less to do with the number and has everything to do with sticking to goals.

in these past few posts i have discussed with you all about owning the year and making it yours through setting goals and creating the steps to get there. i want to make it clear with you all though that while i am so excited i have managed to stick with it these past four weeks (something that has never happened in the past two years of my website being around - talk about monumental) it was not easy. yes, sticking to one post per week, a rather manageable goal, was still tough. week one - a breeze, week two - the fire was still fueled, and that’s when it hit me, week three. now week three i had already written out an idea of what i wanted to discuss, but because i also had other things going on i knew i needed to get it typed up tuesday or at least the majority. my busy mind, stressed out, started to think well maybe if i don’t get around to it i can always just post it one day late. not bad. i mean i was busy and one day couldn’t and would’t really hurt right?

wrong! i told myself that i was to post once a week, on wednesday. reasonable enough. thing is, earlier in the week i had time that i could have been working on it and simply choose not to, so if i had to pay the price by staying up a bit later i would make a point to do so. no excuses. plus, i couldn’t give up my goal, it was too soon. now i realize there is sure to come a day when matters are really too much, and unexpected things happen to the point where i really will not be able to get it done, but when that day comes i am not going to stress over it because i will have the motivation to get back to it as soon as matters allow. that’s why now i am so focused on building a strong foundation and when things like that happen i can easily jump back to them. right now i am still in the process of breaking some habits, and getting over that initial struggle to creating a better and more consistent routine for my blog. so yes, i am going to face some times where i have to force myself to work through it, but what i am creating for myself will be well worth it.

the book i am currently reading goes hand and hand with this topic. “girl wash your face” by rachel hollis, the book almost every girl posts about on her ig while reading and righteously so because rachel knows whats up, is truly a book that we can all relate to, especially in regards to promises and how it is important we do not break the promises we make to ourselves. she provided the example of a friend who often breaks promises and reminds us how we would not trust an individual who had such habits as easily. yet, we often break promises to ourselves. over and over again we break promises to ourselves. uhhh can someone say relatable. there have been plenty of times i say i want to start doing something, and i never get around to it. even recently i told myself i would try one new lunch and dinner every week as a way to get into cooking. i even wrote it down to make it seem more important, but because the habit of not cooking was there and little to no effort was put into looking up recipes, grocery shopping the items i would need, and actually making and cleaning up (it’s a whole process i tell ya) i never even made it past the first week. what can i say i like eating it more than making it, but i really do want to get better about it. honestly, it’s a bit embarrassing how poor of an effort i put into it thinking back, but it’s so true and we all have been there, at one time or another. why do we do this to ourselves? one word. habits.

habits do not break over night though; they take time, effort, trails, struggles, mini successes, determination, persistence, love, kindness - you gotta be all in. thing is, it’s tough being all in 24/7, seven days a week, in every aspect of your life. all in is physically and mentally draining not to mention there just does not seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. that means we won’t always be able to do it all, but we can still be all in, in everything we do. i’ll say that again; we won’t always be able to do it all, but we can still be all in, in everything we do. week three of my blogs, i.e. the one that i had to remind myself to just getter done and not hold off, i had to cut out my workout for the night in order to write it. i had originally planned on working out and typing up a new blog, but because other errands took longer to do it meant something was going to have to give and seeing the blog post needed to be up on wednesday it took priority over working out. i was bummed that i broke the promise of working out to myself. it was a usual workout day and i wanted to have time to do, however, time got away from me, but thank goodness i had already built a fairly good habit when it comes to working out that i knew darn right i would jump right back into it. it was important though that i stuck to working through those struggles with my blog and that i got back to my workout goal like i said i would. so are you holding yourself to your goals or letting habits get in the way of achieving your goals? what is one thing you can do to help you improve achieving your goals? one thing to help you fight those instincts? focus on that this week and celebrate each little milestone you reach because these seemingly little guys are what help form solid, healthy, new habits. four posts in four weeks, check. here’s to four more, and even more after that.