I have always read that you need to reward yourself for reaching goals especially in Weight Loss. My reward will be to take a Caribbean Cruise. I’ve been on a couple before and would love to go again. I would like my next vacation cruise to be to Jamaica. I’ve been to the Bahamas and Cozumel Mexico but I’ve been looking forward to a Jamaican Cruise vacation.

If you’ve never taken a cruise before I want to tell you to GO. It’s fun and cheap and offers a lot of the amenities of Las Vegas. Gambling, Shows and the sights are memories for a life time. I need to set the weight at which I will reward myself. 199? maybe but I am thinking 225 lbs. I’ll think on this some more and report back later.

It’s not what I want right now that matters but rather what do I want in the future. I know that I am not alone when I speak of wanting instant gratification. The choice between eating the pizza now and stay fat or eat the salad and become thin later. We all desire to be thin but for some reason the urge for instant gratification over rides our thoughts and controls our actions.

What helps you focus on your goals? For me, I have to consistently see the goal and become obsessed with it. For example: This blog is a major part of keeping me on track. When I write and keep it up to date, it becomes my primary focus. In the beginning, I was more interested in seeing how much money I could make with this website. (BTW: I’ve turned off all advertising). Now my goal is simple - lose the weight and live the life I want. Not now but soon!

Where is Tony Robbins when you need him? I have a goal. I have the desire. I have the tools needed to achieve my goal. Nothing can stop me from reaching my goal if it is truly my desire to achieve.

“Do you remember the man that gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and pizza? He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.”

I need to replace a bad habit with a good habit. Deprivation is one key to failure. So, when I quit smoking I need to exchange it for something else that I like.

Recently I purchased an audio book by David Allen called “Getting Things Done” or GTD for short. The principal behind GTD is to streamline your work and get it out of your mind and onto paper, computer or something else. The premise is a clear mind equals a productive mind.

After I bought the audio book, I didn’t realize how big GTD actually is. It’s been around for some time and a lot of businesses have David Allen and his Company come in for seminars and help learning the GTD system. I hope that I can learn to implement my variation of GTD with Microsoft Outlook so that I can become better at project managing then I have been lately.