If anyone has been following this blog since Jan. 1, you might have noticed that I took down my "today's challenges" link.  I hated that I didn't complete so many of my goals with seemingly so little to show for the "why" of not completing those goals.  In doing so, I robbed myself of some great initiative.  With keeping my list posted, I was much more motivated even if I failed at meeting my goals.  Without my list, I'm back to "fail to plan, plan to fail".

   So, I spent last night journaling what I did the past two days, and sure enough, our home project is a major time robber.  But unlike just guessing that was the problem, I was able to see that while it is a time robber, we were really getting important must-do things done...things that never made it on my list.

   Which leaves me thinking that not only does it pay to write down my daily food exercise, work, and spiritual goals, but to include in writing what I actually ate, the things that I actually did...in detail.

    Anyhow, this must seem like a very rambly post, but I'm going back to writing my spiritual/ food/exercise/work goals and my actuals each day.  I'm not sure whether I'm going back to making them public (to registered members) or not, but I am definitely going back to journaling. 

    An added bonus (that I realized last night) is that we will have (albeit  mainly at the end of the journey) a written record of these days.

    How about you?  Does journaling your food/exercise/work goals help you stay focused?  Any tips you've found that make your journaling an even better tool?