Staying Keen

Had a blast last night! Joined a great group of friends for a murder mystery party and had nothing but a bunch of laughs. If you are ever looking for something to do for a party, look into this. Uyen and I hosted one a couple years ago for Christmas and it was a hit as well. Great way to get a bunch of strangers chatting and involved with one another rather than sitting and asking awkward questions for the first half of the evening. Not too mention you get to dress up! And who does not like a good game of dress up?
In the end Uyen ended up murdering a fella by the name of Ace, her recent husband! Too funny!
Not drinking seems to make things a little less amusing at times, but I am not actually bothered by it too much. Not to mention the mornings, who am I kidding, the next DAY is much nicer as well:) There is something to be said about being able to remember the evening and not laying on the couch eating DQ and pizza wishing someone would put me out of my misery.
Back to work this AM with a little less sleep than I would like. But on the upside, it is Sunday. Our sleep in day, and I will crash this evening right good!
Going out to these social gatherings with friends and not drinking with everyone has been a little weird to say the least. But I am committed to seeing this Paleo diet through with no cheat days until Uyen is done her challenge. The I may have a cheater day or two:) Although I will be sticking to this lifestyle indefinately I beleive. It just feels to good.
Rather than giving in to having a drink last night, which would be more than acceptable to everyone, including Uyen, I stuck to my guns. It makes me feel pretty good about what I am doing for myself, and I see others looking at me and thinking to themselves that eating right and taking carie of themselves may not be as hard as they make it out to be. Which is more than I could ask for.(Inspiring others to try eating a little healthier) Not feeling like shit the next day just confirms the obvious, and keeps me more focused on my nutrion and what it is doing for me.
Aside from just the diet thing, it generally reminded me how important it is to stay keen and focused on the tasks at hand and in life as a general rule. By becoming complacent, wether at work or play, you open the door for injury, error, and above all laziness. I find that my mind becomes disengaged, if you will. Unfocused and just tagging along for the ride with the rest of my body. That sense of purpose (in life) is lost, and you seem to just sit there in limbo. Spinning your tires and not really going anywhere.
Many of life's goals may take awhile to materialize, or may already have been reached. (Just because one of your goals has been reached, does not make it any less important) But in either case, staying keen and dialed in to the task at hand keeps you truly involved with life........not just sitting on the side lines watching it go by.
I find the the biggest tell tale sign of losing this keeness/focus, is laziness. The minute you leave something for someone else to do, when you could do it yourself, or you start making excuses for yourself not to do something, is a good indication you are losing that keeness that keeps you involved in life. It seems small, but these characteristics snow ball rapidly.

Funny. But this is the start of the snowball.

When I catch myself passing up something I should be doing.............................me, myself, and I have a little come to jesus meeting and I straighten myself out:) I made a promise to myself a long time ago to always stay keen and make my way through life with a sense of purpose. Never sitting on the side lines watching life go by. So everyday ask yourself if you are staying keen, engaged, focused, and involved. If you are truly honest with this question and more importantly the answer, life will never get boring and you will never get caught sitting on the side lines: -Carpe Diem