Day 100 – Celebration
Are you ready to celebrate? On Friday February 5th I started on a 100 day challenge with the goal of doing sit ups and push ups alternating days and going to bed between 10:00 and 10:30 6 out of 7 nights a week. Today, Saturday May 15th, I have done more than 1000 sit ups, almost 1000 push ups and my body has shifted into a more natural rhythm of sleeping and waking. In fact, I rarely need the alarm in the morning as I have been waking up before my alarm most days. Have I done the challenge perfectly? Nope. Have I had to recommit daily? Yes. There have been days that I forgot, days that I didnt’t make it to bed on time, days when I tried to rationalize that 10:38 was close enough to count it and there have been days that have gone according to plan.
Now, I am celebrating. I am celebrating that I started, I am celebrating that I restarted, I am celebrating that I did the best that I could and I am celebrating that I have learned more about myself and grown as a result. Will you celebrate with me?
So many times when I suggest to my clients that they need to celebrate their progress, they protest. They tell me that they didn’t do it perfectly, or that they didn’t do everything that they wanted to do, or that they haven’t reached the final goal yet and so they can’t celebrate. What eventually ends up happening is that nothing ever gets celebrated. When we don’t acknowledge our efforts, when we simply move on to the next challenge or project our spirit gets tired. When our spirit gets tired, we get tired and soon, if we’re not careful, we get stuck. So please acknowledge yourself and what you have accomplished. If you are reading this and weren’t a part of the 100 Day Challenge, find something that you have done recently and celebrate that. Have some cake, go for a walk, hug a family member, throw a party…do something to tell your spirit that you are taking a short break and basking in your accomplishments. It will do you and your heart a world of good. I’d love to hear how you are celebrating…post your celebration comments here! Now, I’m going for cake!
Joyfully,
Deb
Hello Deb i am interested in starting my 100 hundred day challenge. Like yourself I will challenge myself to 10 sit ups each day, and there is a standing doorwell stretch that I will challenge myself to do every other day, aswell there is a Petting Zoo where I live and work, I will challenge myself to go for a visit each other day for ond hundred days.
Thanks Deb for inviting me to challenge myself. I enjoyed reading your progress.
I had recently spent six months in Manitoba researching and networking. In my final days I was informed of you and so I will celebrate and continue with practise to celebrate. Thank you Deb. Kimberly Tymchuk.