February 3, 2016 - Goals

Good day!

I am going to be writing a very short entry today. I had a migraine yesterday. I don't get them very often but yesterday marked the peak of one of the worst ones I have ever had. Not the worst, but definitely in the top five.

I'm not looking for sympathy at all. Sometimes my migraines are "self inflicted". I may have had red wine containing a lot of tannins, or eaten cured meat or something else. I was puzzled believing this was not self inflicted but I spent some time analyzing myself.

You see, I have put myself in a position for my brain to rebel against me. Self inflicted. I have been teaching so long that I should be used to January and February. I teach for 6 weeks and then I get paid. Self inflicted. I had some unexpected expenses late last year and ran through most of my savings. Self inflicted. Although I know I will have money coming in to me in a couple of weeks I have allowed myself to get upset. Self inflicted. I had a headache on Saturday as I was working with some material that gave me a small headache, I said to myself “I hope I am not getting a migraine.” Self inflicted.

I’m not saying that every little ailment I am exposed to or get is self inflicted and can be “talked out of” but I do believe I talked myself into this migraine.

So what do you care? I’ll tell you what I did yesterday.

I ate Tylenol and drank water and tried to sleep. Then last evening I knew I needed to organize today. I was starting to feel better and knew I had to be prepared for today.

I decided to listen to a presentation by Zig Ziglar. He was talking about making a life plan. Also a daily plan. Hmmm. He also said 95% of people DO NOT WRITE THEIR GOALS AND PLANS ON PAPER!!!!!!

I then spent about half an hour (that’s all!) writing the plans I have in my mind on paper. I reviewed my expenses and incoming monies. By the way incoming eclipsed outgoing. And wow. My pain was gone. I read a bit before going to sleep – I’m reading a bio on Abe Lincoln. And I slept like log.

This morning I was up and out the door with Bosley for our walk. Home now. I did my brain training. Put soup on for supper. I feel very well indeed.

I suppose my message today is simply this. There are no problems that are as large on paper as they are in your mind. If I had taken the time to map out my time, expenses, income, work and play, I would not have had that migraine.

So. If you feel stressed. Write out a plan. Start with writing out your goals. Then time line your goals. Map out everything else and I will guarantee you that the stresses you were feeling will fall away. They will fall away because there is nothing more powerful in your life than you. Let your mind be filled with positive thoughts and positive achievements will be seen by you.

Have a terrific day. Be well. Stay well.

Peace.