21 Days to Form a Habit

Or so they say…

I’m a person who likes schedules and routines.  It helps me stay focused and on track. Don’t get it twisted, I’m not saying I’m boring old hag who doesn’t like new tricks.  I just mean in order for me to be productive I need to do things a certain way.  Anyways back to this habit thing.

There are times when I feel like I have way too much going on in my head (you know especially when I’m trying to sleep) I thought maybe meditation would help and downloaded a few podcasts to help clear my chakras . It worked for a bit and I enjoyed it.  Then I heard about the 21-Day Meditation Challenge  with Oprah and Deepak Chopra. I’ve tried to 2 different meditation challenges and I have yet to finish one completely.  I miss one day, then next thing I’m 2 days behind. Or I try meditating lying down and next thing I’m sleeping (huge mistake by the way) and have no idea what the meditation session was about.  Although it’s only 15 minutes, it’s hard to find the time and then to turn my brain off while I’m sitting there in silence.

A couple days ago I was doing the daily email exchange with my homie Lola.  She sent me a link about some girl who was having a hard time letting go of her ex (very random but we are random people).  The author of the post referred the heartbroken girl to a book by Debbie Ford. Me being the googler I am, I decided to see who this Debbie person was about. I’m interested in self-help books because they either make me laugh or make me think in ways I didn’t before.  Anyways while I was researching, I found this The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse: A Breakthrough Program for Connecting with Your Soul’s Deepest Purpose.

As soon as I read the summary it captured my attention.  I figured why don’t I give it a shot, especially since I’m the soul-searching, what’s my purpose phase right now. But will I actually do it and finish it within 21 days…probably not. How about I do it every other day, meaning I’d actually finish it in 42 days (I’m a math whiz), but then there goes the whole forming a habit in 21 days thing. I did some more digging and found out that Oprah actually did a feature on the cleanse a couple years ago. On Oprah’s Site you can find a day-by day guide about the cleanse. They even suggested doing the cleanse Monday – Friday and using the weekends to catch up if you fall behind. Perfect!

I plan to start it within the next couple of weeks, I need to find the book first. I’ll post summaries of each section to help hold me accountable and maybe, just maybe I’ll finish with 21 days.

Where Am I Going?

I don’t even know where to start. The past few months have been a bit emotional and mentally draining. Looking back I always thought that by 28 I’d have a house, married, maybe a child and loving my career. When I turned 25 I realized yeah maybe not so much. I’ve learned that you can’t really put timelines on things like that. I’m learning that nothing happens before its time and sometimes what we have planned maybe isn’t even all that great.

The past couple of months I’ve been questioning what I want to do career wise. When I graduated from university an accounting job fell into my lap. Five years later I’m at the same company, working towards my accounting designation and completely miserable. When I think back I never really wanted to be in accounting. It just happened.

I’ve done a few things ‘just because’ and as I’ve gotten older, I know better than to do things ‘just because’. Life is too short for that.

So after speaking with my lovely support system I’ve started doing some soul searching. Maybe accounting isn’t for me. I find it boring.  And after speaking to my mentor and a few co-workers I’ve been told accounting is boring. People don’t go into accounting for excitement. They go into it because it can be rather easy but it is stable and can pay well.  I’m all for stability and great pay, but I hate being bored. I’m not much of the creative type but when I have ideas they tend to be good.  So what’s a girl to do? Dig deep.

I have a few ideas flowing around in my head but after having a good discussion with my sissy and Mr. Man last night, I think I’ve found something that I’m really interested in and would like to give it a shot. I just need to research it a bit more. I don’t want to make any quick decisions and end up regretting it later.  After all this is my life, my future we’re talking about.

This morning I woke up happy and excited about what my future could possibly hold. On my way to work I did the usual; check my instagram, facebook, twitter and of course my horoscope.  I can’t say I religiously follow the horoscope thing but I do find it entertaining.  The message in today’s horoscope couldn’t have any better timing.  I guess my horoscope confirms it.  It really is time to start exploring and digging deep.