i have been working on this post for at least a week. it seems absolutely silly because i am 99% sure that i am the only one that reads and cares about this blog...i could be wrong, and if i am, please let me know.
...it is officially november. it's the beginning of the end..of 2018. less than 60 days until we write our resolutions for the new year and look fondly back on the year that was. i want to end this year well, and thankfully, i am already working on the best finish...i just need to stay the course. i always plan these lofty ideals of what i'm going to get done in a month and really...i'm doing a pretty good job of not doing this lately. so, here are the things i am going to do this month:
1. work. beyond the daily 8-5, we have two community events this month that i help plan. a) the community campfire is saturday, november 3. basically, i show up, we make a fire and people come roast marshmallows, make s'mores and be social for an hour and a half while i get comp time. b) at the end of the month, we take pictures of kids with santa and print them for them for free. i choose, buy and assemble cute frames and do my best to keep people out of my personal space for a couple hours. this one is fun because some of those kids are really cute.
2. sweat. i really just have to get over what ever fears i have and get my butt to the gym at the dark-crack of dawn every darn day (well, at least 5 days a week). i know that i'm capable of it and i want to do it, i'm just scared. i also know that i can't get the body i want and the health that i want until i allow myself to be the best i can be...and that includes going to the gym. this means i have to establish and stick to evening and morning routines so that this is easier for me.
3. routine. establish and stick to evening and morning routines. this will help me be more alert and open to certain things, as well as allow myself to get to the gym at 5am...a) turn the tv off at 9pm every night (except fridays and saturdays); evening routines = floss/brush/use act; wash my face; use bc night mask; in bed by 9:30pm nightly sunday-thursday. b) gym at 5am monday-friday; shower & do my hair every day, even if it means i start using dry shampoo(!!); be proud of what i wear to work every day...casual fridays are fine but some days, i do literally roll out of bed. i really gotta quit that habit; eat breakfast before work every day (i thimk this will help curb my snacking at work significantly). this also means that i need to change a routine that is deeply embedded in my life...i want to stop enabling the worst habit i have. i need to.
4. money. ever since my grandma passed this summer and left me a monetary legacy, i have been working on whittling down my debt. the first account is nearly depleted as planned - i have used it to pay off my 401(k) loan, pay off two credit cards (to be closed in january 2019), score my dream master closet system (on sale of course!), and have some leftover to help paydown my third account. it will just about have cleared away all my credit debt. the second account i received went straight into the bank, so that's exciting. the third account is an annuity. i chose to close that account and should receive those funds within the next week or so. those funds will wipe out the rest of my credit card debt, allow me to buy a new set of tires and brake pads for my car that has officially reached +100k miles, and have some left over to either put in the bank or blow. once i take care of those items, i'll decide. it leaves me with one more account...i'm trying to decide what to do with the funds -- sell or keep them going -- by the end of the year.
5. study. i am in the home stretch...less than 3 weeks until my exam. i am really starting to feel the pressure.
6. extras. additionally, we are travelling to NoVa for Thanksgiving this year. It will be fun and fine...I was just really looking forward to having the whole week/weekend to get stuff done & being stuck in a car with your parents for 8+ hours...doesn't sounds super fun. i've also been in a really sour mood lately and i can't determine what it is because i'm not sad. monday was the first day i wasn't on prednisone, so that may be one reason. my doctor didn't wean me off it...i don't know but i would really like to get out of it and be a more pleasurable version of myself.
HERE'S TO A GREAT NOVEMBER!
...it is officially november. it's the beginning of the end..of 2018. less than 60 days until we write our resolutions for the new year and look fondly back on the year that was. i want to end this year well, and thankfully, i am already working on the best finish...i just need to stay the course. i always plan these lofty ideals of what i'm going to get done in a month and really...i'm doing a pretty good job of not doing this lately. so, here are the things i am going to do this month:
1. work. beyond the daily 8-5, we have two community events this month that i help plan. a) the community campfire is saturday, november 3. basically, i show up, we make a fire and people come roast marshmallows, make s'mores and be social for an hour and a half while i get comp time. b) at the end of the month, we take pictures of kids with santa and print them for them for free. i choose, buy and assemble cute frames and do my best to keep people out of my personal space for a couple hours. this one is fun because some of those kids are really cute.
2. sweat. i really just have to get over what ever fears i have and get my butt to the gym at the dark-crack of dawn every darn day (well, at least 5 days a week). i know that i'm capable of it and i want to do it, i'm just scared. i also know that i can't get the body i want and the health that i want until i allow myself to be the best i can be...and that includes going to the gym. this means i have to establish and stick to evening and morning routines so that this is easier for me.
3. routine. establish and stick to evening and morning routines. this will help me be more alert and open to certain things, as well as allow myself to get to the gym at 5am...a) turn the tv off at 9pm every night (except fridays and saturdays); evening routines = floss/brush/use act; wash my face; use bc night mask; in bed by 9:30pm nightly sunday-thursday. b) gym at 5am monday-friday; shower & do my hair every day, even if it means i start using dry shampoo(!!); be proud of what i wear to work every day...casual fridays are fine but some days, i do literally roll out of bed. i really gotta quit that habit; eat breakfast before work every day (i thimk this will help curb my snacking at work significantly). this also means that i need to change a routine that is deeply embedded in my life...i want to stop enabling the worst habit i have. i need to.
4. money. ever since my grandma passed this summer and left me a monetary legacy, i have been working on whittling down my debt. the first account is nearly depleted as planned - i have used it to pay off my 401(k) loan, pay off two credit cards (to be closed in january 2019), score my dream master closet system (on sale of course!), and have some leftover to help paydown my third account. it will just about have cleared away all my credit debt. the second account i received went straight into the bank, so that's exciting. the third account is an annuity. i chose to close that account and should receive those funds within the next week or so. those funds will wipe out the rest of my credit card debt, allow me to buy a new set of tires and brake pads for my car that has officially reached +100k miles, and have some left over to either put in the bank or blow. once i take care of those items, i'll decide. it leaves me with one more account...i'm trying to decide what to do with the funds -- sell or keep them going -- by the end of the year.
5. study. i am in the home stretch...less than 3 weeks until my exam. i am really starting to feel the pressure.
6. extras. additionally, we are travelling to NoVa for Thanksgiving this year. It will be fun and fine...I was just really looking forward to having the whole week/weekend to get stuff done & being stuck in a car with your parents for 8+ hours...doesn't sounds super fun. i've also been in a really sour mood lately and i can't determine what it is because i'm not sad. monday was the first day i wasn't on prednisone, so that may be one reason. my doctor didn't wean me off it...i don't know but i would really like to get out of it and be a more pleasurable version of myself.
HERE'S TO A GREAT NOVEMBER!
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