The other day I saw a tweet from Rob Dyrdek, from MTV’s Rob & Big and Fantasy Factory. I don’t remember the exact tweet, but I remember that I re-phrased it on Facebook and it has had me thinking about the tweet ever since then. Basically, this is what I said, “There’s two types of people you can be. Those that bitch about the shit you don’t have, or those that work hard to get the things you want. I know which I am, which will you be?”
Ever since then, I have really been thinking about it. Not just in my personal life, but in the business side of things as well. I then started relating it to my diabetes as well. I always talk about how I want certain things related to diabetes, and I want to do certain things. Well, it’s time to stop talking about them and doing them. So, here are the top five things that I want and will work my ass off until I get to it.
- Omnipod – I’ve been saying for a long time that I want an Omnipod. I have ripped out so many infusion sets from my wire being caught on the arm of my office chair. Or a hassle to connect and disconnect when I’m at the beach and I want to go into the water. The one and only reason that I am not using an Omnipod right now has nothing to do with insurance or coverage. It is because I use too much insulin. I would be changing sets every single day. In order to cut down on my insulin usage, I need to lose weight. When I was 60 pounds lighter when I was first diagnosed, I was using only about half of the insulin that I am using now. I WILL work my ass off to lose that weight, so I can start using an OmniPod
- A1C below 6.5% – I am definitely not a fan of the A1C, nor do I get too upset when I see a high number. I know the number is important and it gauges how the last 90 days went, but I know that I can always improve it. Well, I want it to be below 6.5%. This is something that is in my control and bitching and complaining about it is not going to accomplish anything. Losing weight, eating better ,exercising, wearing my Dexcom constantly, are all actions that I can take to accomplish this. I WILL work my ass off to lower my A1C to below 6.5%
- New Jeans – I don’t just want any kind of new jeans, but I want new jeans at the old size I used to wear. I am not setting any unrealistic goal here. I want to fit into the size jeans I was wearing about a year or maybe two years ago. There is nothing better than losing weight back into an old wardrobe. I have done it before, but I just went back and ate myself right back into the heavy wardrobe again. I WILL work my ass off to be able to buy new, smaller jeans.
- Attend More Events – This year, I really want to attend more diabetes events. The main reason that I haven’t been able to go to as many as I want to is because of financial reasons. That will be the same issue this year, but I am working on ways for that not to be as much of an issue. The few events that I do get to travel to every year are amazing. I love spending time with everybody that I talk to online and meeting new people at these events. I WILL work my ass off to be able to attend more events this year.
- Make a Difference in my Community – I have plans on being more active with my local government and local leaders on becoming more active with them and getting diabetes in front of their faces a bit more. I was able to start on this last year, but did not have a lot of success, so I WILL work my ass off this year in order to make a difference in my community.