Great Expectations OK Maybe not Great

I walked Mathew to school on Friday and Monday.  He is home sick today but he is already feeling better and I am really wishing he went to school. 

Walking Mathew to school did not instantly make me feel better.  Actually it kind of made me a little sleepier.  So lesson one:  Don’t quit just because you don’t get the results right away.  I am real good at that, the quitting.  I am not very good with tracking time so I easily feel like I have been doing something forever when in fact it has only been a week or a few days.          

I think it would be a really good idea to have really clear expectations of what I am going to get out of anything I do and then have a set date to reevaluate the effectiveness.  This way I stay motivated and don’t fall prey to the tendency to feel like nothing is working. 

So let’s set the expectation and time line for walking. I expect to see less inflammation in my lower legs.  I will know this because I will get my pretty little ankles back.  I also expect to have more energy.  I will know this because I will stop taking naps.  I am not such a good sleeper so I tend to cat nap during the day.  This can be a real productivity drain.  That seems good for expectations.  Notice they are very specific and I have included the measures that will tell me I am succeeding.  Starting tomorrow I will both drop him off and pick him up on foot.  This will mean I will be walking two miles each day. 

We will revisit this on May 8^th.  Until then I walk each day and I do it just because that is what I am doing and I should not think of it again until May 8^th.  Good luck with that self, good luck.