Hey Ya’ll. I just wanted to remind you that it’s OK to stray from actively working toward your life ambitions or goals. Life brings challenges each and every day. As the wise sage, Dolly Parton says, you have to “tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive”…. each and every day….But for AMBITION, who is SHE???

The Reality: Whatever you set as a goal or ambition, please be KIND to yourself. Joe’s Baby Steps for goal setting: set a goal worthy of your time, energy and resources, don’t set the goal too low nor too high, make it personal, attainable, and be certain you can realize a benefit once the goal is met, then put your body and mind into motion working toward the goal. Sounds like common sense. Well, it is. Whether you accomplish that goal today is not terribly important, but what IS important is that you gave it your all and you tried. Once you master the Baby Steps, move on to bigger goals. More common sense.

So, Dear Folx, I’m trying to be a better Me. I truly am. And I hope you are as well.

FYI: That Dolly song seems to be stuck in my head right now. It’s a happy tune, but I can’t see getting any sleep tonight unless I can fixate on something else… Counting Sheep? Um, no!!!! Maybe I’ll just play my entire Dolly playlist now till bedtime…

For now, I’m off to the kitchen to load and set my Ambition Maker for a 4:00am start time tomorrow. I’m pretty sure I’m going to need a little assist from the dark, fully caffeinated, rich, full-bodied cup of ambition as I start my day. Ya’ll should probably go Listen to Dolly sometime soon. See you soon.