Revisiting BBY V.3

Guidelines Walk away sooner. If it's right for you, fight for it. Be open. New Paradigm I will accept the good things that are right in front of me & stop looking for elusive perfection. Major Focus Self Values Courage - The willingness to take calculated risks and step outside of one's comfort zone. Growth - Investing in life-long learning, personal development, self education. Independence - Free from the influence, guidance, or control of others. What are my goals for 11/07-11/08? 1. Show love to my loved ones. 2. Keep working on keeping my temper under control. 3. Keep working on my diet & exercise. 4. Keep looking for the good in life. 5. Learn & Grow. 6. Keep trying to speak my mind, even if it's going to hurt. 7. Learn how to get out of negative situations sooner. My Calling Card has always been Breaking Molds. I need to break the mold of past, detrimental behaviors. I need to throw away those things that don't bring me happiness, or contentment. I need to accept that a relationship, any relationship is over when it brings more negative than good to my life. I need to accept that the small amounts of good are not worth, nor do they balance out, the large amounts of negative. Goals - I've been keeping up well enough with 1, 2, 4, & 6. The exercise part of 3 has pretty much been ignored. I took a break due to illness & life getting in the way...and I just have been so BLAH about picking it back up again. I'm still doing the diet part - well in fact. Smoothies & banana for breakfast, salads with diet dressing for lunch, fairly sensible dinner & limited snacking. But the exercising is just not ringing my bell right now. Learn & grow - I suppose on some levels I do this every day, but I haven't been making a point of seeking out things like I was last year. I think though 1 of the better things I'm still learning, is what is not doing it for me, and also...with deeper introspection, what I can actually be OK with. A few weeks ago I posted a discussion with a friend about my work dilemma, to go or not to go. After a great deal of thought, I've decided it's better for now to just stay. I'm being paid well. I'm getting some good training opportunities. My boss is most likely going to retire within the next 18 months...so the way I see it, is what is another 18 months in the scheme of things? Speaking my mind...I haven't had a huge amount of opportunity to, with regards to the situations that really need it. I guess either I'm being more tolerant of the things that bug the shit out of me, or I'm just not exposing myself to as much of it anymore. There's a few things in life that I have issues with, but in the long run, they will be resolved to my benefit without having to be harsh about it. 7...negative situations...well, so far I haven't gotten myself into them, so I guess that's a positive thing. :)