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Interested in forming a community of like-minded friends who are interested in participating in a weekly support system

I live away from my family (another country to be exact) and am very independent. Funny... as soon as I wrote that last statement a little voice inside my head said that that is just an excuse which keeps me from making commitments to others. Interesting how therapeutic this feels already.
Anyway... I want to make a real commit to improve my life. I do not have the confidence to ask my personal friends to work on this with me because I feel like I am the only one who has such a chaotic, lonely, and unorganized life. Besides, I feel embarrassed asking and the one friend that I know who would say yes, would do so simply out of sympathy and I do not want sympathy, I need support.

I read the book Life Makeovers, written by Cheryl Richardson, subtitled: 52 Practical and Inspiring Ways to Improve Your Life One Week at a Time. The problem is that I have no one to hold me accountable, so no matter my great intentions to stick to the week by week program, I always fall short.

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  1. caseygee - 70+ years old

    Posted by caseygee Jun 28th, 2011 at 4:59PM

    If you always fall short of your week-by-week program, then it will not matter what advise people give you, you are going to ignore it. You need to form a relationship with someone on a one to one basis, who will help you to accomplish whatever goals you have set yourself. It seems that you have no will power. You need someone behind you to kick @ss when it is needed.
    Good Luck, and wear padding in your pants, it could be a lot less painful.

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  2. onedayatatime365 - 36-40 years old - female

    Reply by onedayatatime365 Jun 28th, 2011 at 5:32PM

    You are right that I do find comfort and motivation knowing that someone is there for me... whether I need a good kick to the arse or better yet a hug at the end of a long day. Going it alone is a long road...

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  3. Fluffypanda - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by Fluffypanda Jun 28th, 2011 at 4:33PM

    Xuul has a great point there.

    Either way,
    good luck and never forget, be the change you want to be and it's you who make it happen

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  4. onedayatatime365 - 36-40 years old - female

    Reply by onedayatatime365 Jun 28th, 2011 at 4:45PM

    Thanks for the supportive thoughts, but any suggestions how to turn those thoughts into action?

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  5. Fluffypanda - 18-21 years old - male

    Reply by Fluffypanda Jun 28th, 2011 at 4:52PM

    Map it down, write your thoughts down, make a mission statement, read a book about 'change', describe what you want to achieve in the present time, make an oath, a promise, anything to which you hold great belief to and know that all you need is just the right mindset.

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  6. Xuul - 31-35 years old

    Posted by Xuul Jun 28th, 2011 at 4:30PM

    Support for someone to talk to when you need it is far better then having someone hold you accountable. You don't need anyone other than yourself to hold you accountable, you have someone else do that then if they fail you can give yourself an excuse to fail too.
    Anyway, why not try making a group, or joining an already existing group on here and find some people to talk with who have similar goals and junk.

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  7. onedayatatime365 - 36-40 years old - female

    Reply by onedayatatime365 Jun 28th, 2011 at 4:43PM

    It is always refreshing to learn another perspective... I do not think that i would have ever had the internal retrospect to realize that if someone was to join me on this journey and then they bailed, I would probably use their shortcomings to support mine. Thank you for the insight.

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