30 things...

I read an article over a year ago titled 30 things to stop doing to yourself.  I haven't read it for a while so I pulled it out this week.  It's funny how different numbers speak to me at this point in my life, but a year ago I just flew right over them and their meanings. 

1.  Stop spending time with the wrong people.
2.  Stop running from your problems.
3.  Stop lying to yourself.
4.  Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.
5.  Stop trying to be someone you're not.
6.  Stop trying to hold onto the past.
7.  Stop being scared to make a mistake.
8.  Stop berating yourself for old mistakes.
9.  Stop trying to buy happiness.
10. Stop exclusively looking to others for happiness.
11. Stop being idle.
12. Stop thinking you're not ready.
13. Stop getting involved in relationships for the wrong reasons.
14. Stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn't work.
15. Stop trying to compete against everyone else.
16. Stop being jealous of others.
17. Stop complaining and feeling sorry for yourself.
18. Stop holding grudges.
19. Stop letting others bring you down to their level.
20. Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others.
21. Stop doing the same things over and over without taking a break.
22. Stop overlooking the beauty of small moments.
23. Stop trying to make things perfect.
24. Stop following the path of least resistance.
25. Stop acting like everything is fine if it isn't.
26. Stop blaming others for your troubles.
27. Stop trying to be everything to everyone.
28. Stop worrying so much.
29. Stop focusing on what you don't want to happen.
30. Stop being ungrateful. 

I'm going to try and focus on each of these in the next few months.  I want to focus on my weight loss.  I want to forget that I've failed in the past.  I want to stop worrying so much about how much I'm losing; how fast I'm losing.  And I want to stop comparing myself to other people.  This journey is mine exclusively.  It is based on the work I put into it, the food I eat and my body. 

I will focus on what I do want to happen.  I will focus on doing the right things, for me, in the right time, in the right order.  And when I stumble, I will read this list again for guidance.