52 Weeks Podcast

It's been 11 weeks since we last recorded together in the same room. As we focus on the next 27 weeks, we decided to pivot a little to what will work best for us. In the first half of the year we have gained better insight into what best for us for goal setting and are customizing to what will help us be successful. We want to set ourselves up for success so that when the time comes that we aren’t recording every week we have set habits of reflecting consistently and improving ourselves to achieve goals.

Meredith found this great quote from her Jorge Cruise wonder book:

“Think of your belief as a tabletop and the legs of the table as the references that support the tabletop. For example, if you believe that you are smart (tabletop) you have references which are the legs that support your belief. Maybe people have told you that you are smart, you have many smart friends, and you enjoy doing smart activities such as reading and attending seminars.”

Jorge Cruise

Goalie Goal: Consider your tabletop belief and the legs you need to secure and support it.

John Boitnott a writer for entrepreneur.com put our feelings into words as he shared, “The daily routine, and even drudgery, of life sometimes beats our dreams out of us, a little bit at a time. Before we know it, we’ve lost the drive we once propelled us to achieve our goals.” Preach Johnny boy, preach! John gave 5 tips to consistently kill it and his points hit so close from home we decided to post the article to read the full account go here.

Have you ever thought that the choices you make today can affect your life in the year's future? No pressure or anything. I have been trying to change my habits to help me with my weight loss journey. As we are making these decisions with our goals its shaping our destiny as cheesy as it might sound. This week I started writing out my goals. I wrote down why I wanted to do the goals and how I was going to accomplish them. We can change this quote to be with our podcast. It is in the moments of decisions that our goals are achieved. Kellie talked about how not doing it today has an impact on tomorrow. They are all little decisions that add up. Buying one thing isn't going to have that big of impact on my budget or savings but all the little things add up. I am a rationalizer and because of those moments I am not achieving my goals as quickly as I would like to. If there's not a real purpose behind it there's not a lot of motivation behind it.

It’s Mother’s Day and we felt it was only appropriate to pay tribute to our mothers and the amazing women in our lives. President Russell M. Nelson, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints has said:

“No one can duplicate the influence of a mother. … Anytime I use the word mother, I am not talking only about women who have given birth or adopted children in this life. I am speaking about all of our Heavenly Parents’ adult daughters. Every woman is a mother by virtue of her eternal divine destiny.”

While Meredith, Kellie and I are all lucky to have a biological mother living that we are close to and can lean on, we have all been influenced by the love and nurturing and example of women around us.

Do you ever feel like you're moving through molasses? With the COVID-19 pandemic it feels it's moving so slow. Without an end in sight and summer approaching it is becoming apparent that this summer won’t have the amusement parks, concerts, parades, or anything with crowds. So enjoying our summer and getting to most out of it regardless of changed conditions may take a little more effort and planning. Which is why this week’s quote really speaks to us:

“The only difference between try and triumph is a little bit of umph.”

― Marvin Phillips (Steph’s favorite basketball player)

These goals we are setting are achievable, but need a little more

Our bodies are more than just our shapes and sizes. When you really think about the function of our bodies they are flipping amazing! Steph shared with us some of the gems that she learned from her the self-esteem workbook.

We are changing things up this week by taking a break from our goals. According to Psychology Today, at some point you are going to feel frustrated and discouraged. “To cure exhaustion, discouragement, and wavering commitment is rest. That's right, rest!”

The last ten weeks of March felt like an eternity but April is flying by. It might have a lot to do with the sunshine and blossoms. We are still in the midst of COVID-19 and are recording via the phone but beautiful weather makes everything better. Do you ever feel like you don’t have a purpose? That there are things that you would like to do but you just never take the time to write them down and make them into a goal? Today we are talking about the purpose behind our goals and what we really want.

Another week of us recording individually from our homes. It has now been three weeks of isolation and we are wondering when life will get back to normal. This week we were reminded of the importance of hope. Jeffrey R. Holland shared, “One of the most indispensable virtues during times of hardship is hope.”

Hope is defined as a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Whether it is the circumstances in the world to change, or expecting change with goals, the one thing we need is hope.

Our Glowing Goalie for the week is Ryan Reeve from South Carolina. Two and a half years ago, Ryan was told by the doctor that if he didn't change his lifestyle, he wouldn't see his baby that was two months away from being born. The doctor told him you can't change tomorrow or the next day, but today. This motivation to see his daughter propelled him on a lifestyle change that resulted in losing 146 lbs! In talking about his weight loss journey, he explained Lego houses aren't built with one block. They are built with thousands of Lego blocks. Each piece is a part of your journey. So even though it may seem small only to contribute one piece a week, you are still building something great. He also said that weight loss isn't about just losing weight, but finding a new mindset. Every time he thinks about quitting, he remembers his daughter and why he started. Everyone has a reason for why they started on a weightloss journey. If you can think about that reason, when you want to quit, it will help you to keep moving forward.