This week is devoted to the you that needs to be empowered to move forward.
-- Oprah

That’s right folks, this is that week, the week that’s been set aside for you to do all the things you must do to stay on top of your game of life. This is the week that is designed for you to review and renew your very best and make it better. This week right here is the week that you must recommit to your Self so that each and every part of you will feel better and shine brighter. This is that week that’s dedicated to that great effort.

This week, reinvigorate your exercise regime. You’ve done great so far, your goal of reshaping that gluteus maximus is going well. This week, step it up and make it better. Find a long, medium-grade hill and walk up it as fast as you can, then slowly walk back down. Repeat 10 times. Also, add cross-training – swimming, yoga, aerobics, rock-climbing, etc. – to your regime so that you can better strengthen and tone your upper body. And, by the end of the week, increase the intensity of your strength-training routine by changing up the exercises and focusing on more muscle groups. Your biceps and triceps are in great shape; what about those abs?

This week, have another look at what you’re eating. You are eating more fresh fruits and vegetables; are you also eating less sodium (processed foods, salty snacks, and fast food) and white bread? Are you drinking more water, orange juice, and low-fat milk, and limiting your caffeine intake and alcohol consumption? If you’ve stayed on track, good for you. Keep it up. If you need to start over, this is the week for it.

This week, begin to learn that thing you said you’d learn. Take the class that will teach you how to best use the power drill and circular saw you got for Christmas. The beads and wire in your craft drawer are still just beads and wire. Weren’t you planning to make earrings and necklaces? Your goal in January was to learn more about West Africa, the home of your ancestors, from its early civilizations to colonization and post-colonial political, economic, and social conditions. Your plan was to also learn how to prepare the best lobster risotto and distinguish between Pinot Noir and Merlot wines, and rosé and dessert wines. And didn’t you want to learn how to play the acoustic guitar you inherited 4 years ago from your uncle? This is the week to do all that.

This week is the week to do all the things you said you needed to do to keep your head up, some light in your life, and excitement in your britches. Sorry it took so long to get to this week, but finally, here you are. So get started. This is the week for you to start.

Or, was last week the week?

You didn’t put it off until this week, did you?

Are you a week – or so – behind?

But, if you wait until next week, you may be too far behind.

Don’t wait any longer. Go.

Now!

Sadiqqa © 2007