Skip to main content

F8 - What It Means

In an earlier post I said I'd tell you all about it later, so here I am explaining what my "F8" means.  F8 is symbolic.  And here's a list of ALL the things my F8 symbolizes.

F8 = On your computer you will find the F8 key.  If you are familiar with a computer, you know the F8 key helps you access the Windows recovery system, as well as takes you to the Windows startup menu.
In my journey, F8 is symbolic of many things.  Number one, I'm on my way to 'recovery' and I am 'starting up' now.

F represents the word FIVE.  I chose "F" to symbolize the five stages one goes through to make lasting changes in their life.
The stages of change are:
  1. Precontemplation (Not yet acknowledging that there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed)  
  2. Contemplation (Acknowledging that there is a problem but not yet ready or sure of wanting to make a change)  
  3. Preparation/Determination (Getting ready to change) 
  4. Action/Willpower (Changing behavior)  
  5. Maintenance (Maintaining the behavior change) and Relapse (Returning to older behaviors and abandoning the new changes)
What does the 8 represent?  There are 8 things an individual should do to create a good outline or plot to a story.  In my case, 8 is a diagnostic measure of looking at my life and how it plays out for my future.  What do I foresee?  What contemplations do I have for proposed future changes?  What are the costs?  What will the rewards be?  Do the costs outweigh the rewards?
  1. Set Goals
  2. Consequence: Of setting goals, Of not setting Goals
  3. Requirements:  What do I need to meet my goals?  What do I need to be successful?  What's required to be happy?  
  4. Forewarnings:  Review consequences of meeting requirements, setting goals, being happy?
  5. Cost:  How much it cost?  What I lose?  What I gain?
  6. Dividends:  Finding Balance between Cost and Rewards.
  7. Prerequisites:  Things that MUST happen in order for REQUIREMENTS to happen.
  8. Preconditions:  What must happen before ANYTHING ELSE can happen.
Putting the F8 together showed me there was a method to the madness I perceived as change.  I can make the changes necessary to live a fulfilling life as long as I maintain focus, work towards change, and have an expected outcome/end, and am willing to do whatever necessary to get there.

When you see F8... from now on... on my blog, it will represent the changes I am a presently making towards a better future.  Thank you for reading, and I value your input.  XO

Love 
Sam 💗
Image result for your life does not get better by chance it gets better by change

Ref:  https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/plot-outline.html
        http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gttc/presentations/8eStagesofChange.pdf
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Totally Transformed

So... these days I take a lot of selfies... mainly because I cannot believe the woman in the mirror is actually me.  It’s taken a very very long time to work my way through a multitude of insecurities.  I’m here... or there now.  I love the reflection I see in the mirror these days.  It’s been difficult swallowing my sorrows and pains each time I’d pass a looking glass.  I’m here now... with a new found confidence.  I will finally finish my Education degree and become the teacher I never thought I would become!  I’m so thankful for this opportunity as it offers a freedom that many will never understand.  As for now... I’m enjoying the new me and all the wonderful friends I have accumulated over the past two years because of my transformation.  I’m also thankful for learning what I will and will not accept in my life... or my children’s.  Be blessed ❤️ Love SAM
Post a Comment
Read more

SIGNIFICANT F8

I've been doing KETO for almost two months now.  I have lost a cummulative amount of 15 pounds.  Next week I will incorporate running and exercise!  Hoping to see some significant benefits from both the KETO and the exercise so I can post pictures. This is my journey...  wonder where it will take me?????
Post a Comment
Read more

Back to my Roots

Being outdoors is as natural to me as breathing.  I don't know what I would do if I didn't have the opportunity to venture out from time to time.  I'm thankful my family enjoys fishing and hunting as much as I do, and I'm hoping to do more of it this year than I ever have.  Over the past few months, we've been doing a LOT of fishing.  Since my homeschooling days, I don't get to get on my blog as often, and the topics I cover have somewhat changed.  I'm hoping, however, to get back to my roots and start incorporating my outdoor life with healthy living and eating habits.  First and foremost, I'm thankful for my husband and children.  They are the very air I breath and a blessing from God above. A couple weeks back my, on a rainy day in Georgia, my husband, my children and I drove up to a beautiful serene river in settled in the lower banks of the Northeast Georgia Mountains.  We each had our fishing poles in hand and made a half-mile trek throu...
Post a Comment
Read more