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Jody is awesome and I am so excited to have her sharing secrets with us today! Before we get to the juicy stuff, I absolutely have to recommend her latest book:
I may or may not have devoured this book in basically one setting. I read the first two chapters on the treadmill and had every intention of only letting myself read it in the mornings while I was working out. Yeah, that night I stayed up until my eyes wouldn't focus getting it finished. So much for my reading-to-improve my thighs plan.
But, the book was just that awesome!
Enough about me!
Today is about Jody.
Today is about Jody.
Secret #11: The area
in my life I'm the most inconsistent.
By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund
Overall, I count myself a very self-disciplined person.
I water my plants every Monday. I set my
coffee maker every night before going to bed. I always get up early. I write a certain
number of words per day. I pay my bills
on time. I respond promptly to emails.
Yes, I'm consistent and self-disciplined with most of my life.
But I'm terrible at being self-disciplined in one particular
area. And that is exercising regularly.
I have good intentions when it comes to exercising. I always
tell myself I need to exercise more and come up with plans. But for some reason,
I can't seem to stick with those plans for very long.
Last winter, my goal was to walk with my Leslie Sanone DVD
each weekday morning for approximately twenty minutes. I started out walking
most mornings. But then occasionally I skipped because of an early morning
headache or because I had too many emails to respond to.
And once you get into the habit of skipping occasionally, it
becomes all too easy to skip more regularly, until you're hardly doing it at
all anymore.
Then I went in for a yearly doctor's visit and discovered
that my blood pressure is borderline high. As I evaluated ways I could work on
getting it down (without having to take meds), I learned that exercise was one
way to work on lowering blood pressure.
So, once again, I vamped up my efforts to be more consistent
with exercising. Over the summer, I tried to take a twenty minute power walk
every weekday morning before the kids woke up. And I realized it's a beautiful,
cool time of the morning, with very few people out—mostly just me and my dog.
I realized it's easier to stay consistent with something if
you plan it into your schedule for the same time every day, eliminate excuses,
and just do it whether you feel like it or not.
Even with all my resolutions, I still find myself missing
days now and then. But I'm getting better at becoming more consistent at this
area in my life where I've always been completely inconsistent.
Maybe one day, I finally get there.
How about you? In
what area of your life do you struggle to be consistent?
Publisher's Weekly calls Unending
Devotion " A meaty tale of life amid the debauchery of the lumber
camps of 1880s Michigan . . . exciting and unpredictable to the very end."
To celebrate the release of Unending Devotion, Jody is giving away a signed copy. Leave a comment (along with your email
address) to enter the drawing. Valid only with US or Canadian addresses.
Giveaway ends Friday, Sept. 21st. A winner will be chosen on Saturday.
For more secrets about Jody and additional chances to win
her newest release, visit her Events
Page to see where she'll be next in her "Fun Secrets About Author Jody
Hedlund" blog tour.
Also join in the Pinterest Photo Contest she's hosting. Find
more information about it on her Contest
Page.
Jody would love to connect with you! Find her in one of these
places:
Website: http://jodyhedlund.com/
Facebook: Author Jody Hedlund
Twitter: http://twitter.com/JodyHedlund
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/jodyhedlund/
