There are some things about my own life I just can’t stand.  They are habits, deeply ingrained over many years and I just don’t like them.  Yet, they have a hold on me and suck up my time and energy.  How in the world will I ever get rid of them?

Well, let me tell you.  I’m going to try.  I’m going to try real hard.  This is just the beginning and I’d love to have positive feedback from everyone/anyone as the process grows and develops.

This is what I’m proposing…

A complete overhaul of my life (with some exceptions).  I want to gut my current life and create a new one, a better one.  It will encompass many aspects of how I currently live and think.

Now, I am a master at planning things.  I can be detailed and exact.  Logistics and timetables are second nature for me.  I’m also a very good manager.  I can get people on task and keep people on task.  But I am terrible at personal follow-through.  With little to no accountability I absolutely suck at personal follow-up on personal stuff.  The kind of stuff that I’m talking undertaking over the next year.

Now, I mentioned that there will be some exceptions to this process.  There has to be.  There are some things I simply will not delete from my life and here is a great time to list them.  So here’s the things I won’t give up.

  • My spiritual convictions.  My own personal relationship with God is unconditional and unchangeable.  I won’t be “switching religions” or looking for new enlightenment.  But how can I be better at living to honor my convictions?  And, how can I learn from other religions?
  • My wife of 30 years.  I love my wife and she loves me.  I don’t want a different wife and I’m not planning on having an affair.  But one of the transformational goals for the coming year will be how I can enhance our marriage and relationship.
  • My daughter.  She always will be my daughter.  We have pretty good relationship right now.  I will always be her father.  So, how can I be a better father to her as a sophomore in university in another country?
  • The family dog, Moab.  He’s high maintenance due to a genetic seizure disorder but he is part of our family.  So, I will have to keep him involved as part of the process.  How can I be a better master to man’s best friend?

Now, apart from these four things, everything else is up for an overhaul.  Everything else is negotiable.  Everything else is changeable.  Everything else can be wiped out and replaced.

And in 2011, I will do exactly that.

So, how do you transform your own life?  I don’t know about your life but you can ride along with me as I transform mine.  I encourage input from everyone/anyone.  Not only that, I encourage accountability.

So, join the uprising.  Stay up to date.  Comment.  Challenge me.  Make me accountable.