Focus

Tazo makes a variety of their black tea called Focus, which I had a cup of this morning and found to be delightful.  I am new to drinking tea, always been a coffee and energy drink guy for my caffeine fix.  Recently I have started drinking tea to switch it up a little.  A friend of mine gave me a new teapot and five different Tazo varieties as a birthday present.  Outstanding gift, I have enjoyed it. I tend to be lazy when it comes to breakfast.  Its not a good habit to skip breakfast but I tend to do it on a regular basis.  Tea is a quick pick me up in the morning.

Focus.  Right now I feel a focus that I have seldom had in my life.  It is intense, as if the eye doctor has finally prescribed the right strength of eye wear after years of trying in vain.  It is easy to set goals, and that is not something that was never a problem in my life.  The hard part is working towards those goals.  It takes a certain amount of hard work and dedication.  Life has a way of throwing obstacles in your path and distractions your way which can easily knock you off course.  If you let it.  In the past I was always willing to allow all sorts of bullshit to distract me.  Relationships are always good for that.  The ridiculous party lifestyle that was more important than work or school. 

Now there is a drive that was never there before.  There is a clarity now in my life that was lacking before.  Now there is a plan of action to go along with those goals, and I have a series of short term goals along the way to help me keep on track.  To keep me motivated and working towards what I really want.  The most important change that has helped me with this is my attitude in general.  I try to keep myself positive at all times.  And when I recognize that I am falling into a negative place I seek out positivity to help get me back to where I need to be.  Through a call to a friend or listening to a good album or sometimes a good hard workout or bike ride to get out frustration.  I feed off of positive energy and try to avoid the negative whenever possible.  I have great expectations of myself, and I am no longer willing to settle for anything less.  Stay the course, stay strong, stay focused....