Relentless Consistency

This phrase is one of the good things I've taken from my teaching experience while in Phoenix. This was the Principal's mantra for managing the kids at Carol G. Peck Elementary. It sounds very simple but it is extremely challenging for me! Probably the only thing that is ever consistent in my life is going to work (because I have to). I've tried being consistent with practicing yoga, going on walks, cleaning the house; I've read books that deal with 30 day programs only to get bored with them around day 11 or 12.  I admire people who have the self discipline to devote specific time in
their day for prayer/meditation, exercise, or a hobby.  At this point, there isn't one thing that I do like clockwork (which could just be part of my personality), but I feel it is important to be committed and consistent to something personal. A few months ago, I was going to enter my blog in a contest, but if you won you had to submit a blog 2-3 times a week. I had about six weeks until the deadline and I told myself that this was my chance to really push myself and write more. I could do it. And I didn't do anything. I think the deadline came and went without me publishing one post. So after that, it got me thinking that I'd like to practice being consistent. I'm starting here, with my blog! I plan on writing a new post every full moon. There is a little bit of fear involved because what if I don't have anything clever to write about? However, my hope is that this one little commitment every month will turn into a new strength of me following through with the things that I really want to do with my time.

*Note to reader: this blog has been sitting in my draft folder for over two months!! I still plan on finishing those books...