Are you like me and tend to make a dozen New Years Resolutions and don't really follow through on any of them? That has been my problem for years, but not this year, I have a new system that I think will work for me.
Did you ever wonder why you don't follow through?
Did you ever wonder what happened to all of that determination that you had when you made your list?
I went through the same thing and actually took the time to sit down and try to figure out; why I can follow through on so many things in my life, make lists and get them finished, but I mess up on this, year after year.
Actually, what I learned is very simple!
None of the things on my list was really what I considered a priority in my life. Sure they all were things that I had thought about, or rather 'wished' about, from time to time, but 'none' were going to make or break my living cycle.
Just think about the last list that you made, when you read over the list of things that you have on there, are any of them 'all that' important to you?
Probably not, they are probably just like my things on my list and the fact that 'if it happens', it would be nice, but I am not going to knock myself out trying to get them done. Does that sound about right?
So, this year I have a new goal in life and that is, to have only priority things on my list.
Things that I know, that I really want to have changed and improved about myself or my surroundings.
The day after New Years, I will start with item one and keep going until they are all finished. Not only will I have the list but I will set a deadline for myself, to have all of this finished. My guess would be that thirty days should be long enough to finish them all, because now I have a goal in mind that I am willing and able to achieve.
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Can Doreen accept her mom always thought she was thin
By: voterperson | 30-08-2008
MY QUESTION AFTER YOU READ EVERYTHING: Do you agree with what I said? AND AFTER TODAY?S CONVERSATION CAN DOREEN ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HER MOM ALWAYS THOUGHT DOREEN WAS THIN
UPDATE TWO WEEKS LATER:
Doreen: ?Can I ask you something?
Mom: ?What?
Doreen: ?You always thought I was thin?
Mom: ?YES I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE THIN
PART ONE
:: OK yesterday Doreen?s mom (in her 80?s) and Doreen (in her 50?s) went to a movie.. Any way as the movie started all of a sudden Doreen got very hot and extremely dizzy.
Mom: ?What is wrong?
Doreen: ?I feel dizzy?
The dizziness stopped but Doreen was nervous a little bit throughout the movie. When the movie ended:
Mom: ?Just wait until we get into the car I want to talk to you?
Doreen: ?Well if we are going to have a fight I don?t want to hear it?
Mom: ?Then take the bus?
But Doreen got into the car
Mom: ?You have to stop drinking coffee?
Doreen: ?I know I am going to stop?
(And Doreen thought that would be the end of the conversation - wrong)
Mom: ?I know you drink coffee for weight loss. You don?t need to lose any more weight?
Doreen: ?But I was always skinny?
Mom: ?Yes but now you are even skinnier?
This got Doreen mad and they had some fight. When they came home her mom said nasty things to Doreen and Doreen said nasty things back to her mom.
Mom: ?You need to gain weight?
Doreen: ?No I don?t?
Mom: ?It isn?t just the coffee but the way you eat?
Doreen: ?I like salads?
Mom: ?But when you order a salad they give you mostly lettuce and six strips of chicken you leave over two.?
PART TWO; (THE NEXT DAY);
Doreen: ?Mom do you want to know why I got mad yesterday it is because you made it sound like I wasn?t always thin?
Mom: ?That is how you hear it?
UPDATE (TWO DAYS LATER):
Doreen: "Mom you always thought I was thin"
Mom: "Yes"
Doreen: "What about when we had another fight at home after the fight in the car and you said that I get mad if people call me fat"
Mom: "Who would ever call you fat. I only said that because I was mad"
Then Doreen called me and I told her that ?her mom always thought she was thin. Her mom just meant you were always thin but noW you are even skinnier? MY QUESTION: Do you agree with what I said?
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i m suffering from left knee pain since more than 3 weeks. before six month i was having same pain in my left knee 2 -3 weeks but this time i am having pain not only in left knee but also bone from knee to ankle andalso in ankle jointsometimes,sometimes in left wrist too.the pain is internal, no any external painis there.no pain on touching skin no swelling(sogen) on skin, nothing is externally. i walk daily more than half hour not continuesly,10 minuts at a time. when i went to doctor he checked my uric acid level,it was 7.6 before 10 days,he gave me medicine named "no uric".now i chcked my uric acid after ten days in another hospital it is 5.7.the normal range is 3.5-7.0.doctor said me not to eat meat,beaf ,grains(dal),chicken and advised me to eat only vegiterian food and fruits.when i went to another doctor he took my x-ray,the doctor said x-ray is showing nothing,,if u have to know about disease,fluid from u r joint must be taken out by injection and sould be test than only disease will be diagnosed. am i realy suffering from gout or having any other disease.doctor said me if u will not take care of u r food u r kidney will be damaged by uric acid.the medicines are giving make temporory relief,i m becoming well when taking medicines but when i stopped to take medicine suffering with pain again,however the pain is less as compared to my previous condition.at start it was difficult for me to bent the knee completly,now i can bent it easily.sometimes even withoutmovement i feel the pain internaly. at the start of disease when i felt pain ,i was feeling more pain early in the morning as compared to day time.please guide me what to do?shuld i test my joint fluid?is there any disadvantage of this test?should i stopped to take medicnces?is there side effects of medicince? what about no uric tablet?should i take it while i m having uric acid level in normal range? can i eat chicken?can i take anti-inflamatory tablets. what is the name of disease which am i suffering? is it gout?following is the detail of medicine which i have taken. name of medicine contents 1.no uric 100 mg Allopurinol 2.olfen-50 mg diclofenac sodium 4.ciproflox-500 mg ciproflaxacin hydrochloride monhydrate. 5.takepron-30 mg lansoprazole doctor said me to take "no uric" tablets upto 3 months. please suggets me what to do,i m very worried about it.i didn't find here any good doctor,
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