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Birth Date: Wed, Sep 16 1970

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Sarnia ON, Canada (map)

I am: Married

Schools: University of Guelph, Productivity Points, Life...

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Member Since: 11/12/07
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EXERCISE: 15 minutes every morning. 5 min stretch, 5 min situps / pushups, 5 min breathing exercises (mother pose).
Go to bed by 10:30 and up at 5:30 each day (exceptions will be made if justified by something worthwhile).
Read Life Goals at the start of everyday.
READ - Work enhancing material for the first 15 minutes each morning (with a bonus goal of last 15 min before I go home) for the next 30 days. Topic for May (Policy and Procedure Development).
Book Mexico vacation for December 3-17 by May 29th. 3 bedroom for us and moms. 6 bedrooms for us and the gang.
Open (clean, purge, dig out fire pit, paint, fix up) the trailer by May 29th.
Work out 4 days a week for at least 45 minutes at a moderate to high effort level for the rest of the year.
Record 3 song cover and post it to Youtube by the end of June.
I will complete a 3 day mono-diet (apples) in May to settle down my system and get on track for clean healthy eating.
I will weight 155 lbs by June 30th.
Practice guitar for 30 minutes a day for 30 days. 5 min stretches and setup, 10 min drills, barres and arpeggios, 10 min new song, 5 min song-in-progress, 5 min favourite.
Sing for at least 20 minutes a day for 30 days. 3 min warm up, 5 min drills, 5 min new song, 5 min band songs, 5 min recital songs, 2 min cool-down.
Spice up Steve and my relationship. Bring back the fire we had, the attention I gave him, and the closeness we shared. Start with a gester a day until it is habit.
Put 10 things on my Life list.
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Fri, Apr 11 10:13 AM

No more mouthing the words!

 I am going to be in a local musical! I auditioned for my first musical.  One of my goals was to take singing lessons and to progress to the point where I could sing in public.  One of the motivating factors was the memory of being in school where choir was mandatory and being told to »

 
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Mon, Apr 07 08:04 AM

On the road to health...

 I have successfully completed 1 week of my restricted diet. I had no sugar (other than fresh fruit once a day which is allowed). Not even a breath mint (no worries I replaced it with proper brushing.)I had no yeast or glutten (other than a wrap which is allowed 3 times a week)I had no dairy, includi »

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Mon, Dec 03 10:36 AM

I kicked it into high gear first thing this morning...

 I had started getting into a bad habit at work.  I was not hitting my top priorities until later in the afternoon.  This meant there were occasions that I never attended to them for days at a time. So on the weekend I made the decision to break the habit and hit three top priorit »

 
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Mon, Nov 19 05:57 AM

Step two in the fight against the snooze button...

 Ha who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I figured out this morning that if I wake up 25 minutes before my alarm goes off I don't have to worry about the snooze button at all.  Plus I can jump on my exercise bike which really gets the blood flowing. Now I am having a »

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Fri, Nov 16 10:36 AM

I beat the snooze urge...

 I know it is a bit early to declare I won the war but this is a small victory that is worth celebrating! I woke up to the sound of the alarm.  I mean I actually woke up.  I was pleasantly pleased to start the day. I never had a need to hit the snooze. I am having a great day!&nbs »

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