IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU......

I was thinking about this a lot yesterday. what is important to you? I have found that if something is important to you, you will make time and find time for it, no matter what it is. My priorities have changed over the past few years as well as the things that are important to me. I have found that I make time for the things I want to do. Last night was a prime example of this. After spending a lot of time driving, followed by sitting all day at the hospital, I felt like I needed to stay on my workout schedule. I really felt like I had a built in excuse to skip a day..I was tired, traveling, worn out.... But the more I thought of it.. The more I wanted to do it. I sent a FB shout out to my Aurora friends to find a place to exercise. Thankyou for all of the suggestions Robb, Roman and inviting me to our gyms. Anyway, my brother found a free trial online for this awesome complex that the hospital owns. I filled out the info and later in the day.. Off I went. It required I take a little tour, act like I was gonna join... But then it was off to business. Awesome workout, and I felt so good to have done it. I felt strong again for the first time in weeks. I make time to workout a couple times a month with the best trainer in the world. Is it worth my 6 hour round trip drive? Absolutley! I make time to have Coffee with friends when I don't have a lot of extra time, I work with fun people, I enjoy my kids and their sports, I go out on date nights with my husband, I love my church! So many things.. But so worth it all! I am happy! Do I have dreams and goals..yes! Have I made them all work yet...no! I'm not giving up,though. It will happen! What has become important to me has changed. The funny thing is, is not only do I find that I make time for things like God, family, friends, exercise... But what has become most important to me is the things that my family and friends find important. I seem to get such joy out of helping out others and finding purpose and meaning in the priorities of others. I spoke to one of my mom's nurses yesterday, her name was Eloise. It is probably what got me thinking. I just had gotten back from the gym and she made a comment about how that would take dedication to do that. She said that it was too hard sometimes to make time to exercise when she worked such long hours. I told her that she needed to make it a priority and she would find time for it. For me, that was getting up at the crack of dawn to workout... There tend to be few excuses not to at five in the morning. Let me say this again and again EARLY MORNING EXERCISING ELIMINATES EXCUSES! No excuses...that has been drilled into my head now for a whole and I try to live it. I was happy to learn that Eloise does exercise three or four times a week and combines strength training with her cardio. Yay! Alright, that's all I have for now. Let me end with this... Look at your priorities and make it happen. No excuses! You do have time...(to exercise, to eat healthy, to worship, to have coffee with a friend, insert other here).... If IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU! :)