This post is part of the new Mastering My Life segment I’ve decided to incorporate into this blog.  I’m finding that blogging about finances is theraputic and so I’ve decided to also blog about personal goals as well.

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Two hours.  That’s how much time I spent on me yesterday.

My daughter’s soccer practice was changed at the last minute to a location clear across town and so I decided to just stay there and wait instead of fighting the 5:00 traffic home and then back again to pick her up and then home again.

So for about an hour I sat in the car and I read and got caught up on one of my magazine subscriptions.

I checked out a book from the library called Write It Down, Make It Happen and the concept the author puts forth really appeals to me.  The author talks about how writing down your goals makes you notice and seize upon opportunities that might otherwise go unnoticed.  Writing the goals down on paper brings them to the forefront of your mind and you therefore are more mindful of your environment and how it can help you achieve your goals.  Basically the opportunities are always there but being mindful of the goal helps you to see the opportunities for what they are.

Albeit, some of the examples the author gives are really kind of stupid, but I do believe in the basic premise of the book, and so I tolerate some of the corny examples.

The change in location of my daughter’s soccer practice threw a wrench in my dinner plans and we went out instead.  I actually had the ingredients to make dinner but the last minute change threw me for a loop.  I could have made dinner but we wouldn’t have eaten until late and our family typically likes to eat an early dinner.  Poor excuse really but it is what it is.

Later I did a 30 minute fitness DVD and felt really good after, shaky arms and all.  I debated on going for a run after dinner but between waiting for my food to digest and hoping daylight would last I decided to do the DVD instead.  I’m hoping to run tonight after dinner.  Maybe one of these days I’ll be brave enough to post my goals here in the blogosphere.