Check out that shorter list! Almost all the goals are done, and the others are close to being done. I'm liking the shorter list idea. This format seems to work better for me. Shorter is more manageable, and by removing the items each week, I'm only left with the unfinished goals to focus on. I tried doing it with the 101 goals as well, but the list that was left after removing the finished goals was still really long and intimidating. By the end of it, I wasn't motivated to get anything done since I knew I wasn't going to complete them in full. What was the point of trying? But with the short list, it's so much easier to imagine accomplishing it.
Work
1. get to work on time 2x per week (Poor showing this week, only 1 day met my criteria. I think I need to re-jig this goal for next month, maybe start with a larger time window, and gradually reduce it. I am the worst at getting up in the morning)
Fitness
2. be active at least 3x
per week (Accomplished for this past week; I did my 2 regular
activities as well as 2 others. Look at me go - I'm exceeding my goals!)
Health
3. book juice cleanse (DONE!)
Personal
6. make plans with 2 friends I haven't seen in a long time (Done both!)
Condo
9. move more
stuff to storage locker (DONE)
Craft
12. finish green tiger blanket (DONE)
13. start working on red sweater (I finished my current knitting project today, so next time I pick up needles it is going to be the sweater! But I haven't actually done anything on it yet, so I can't mark this goal as done. )
14. figure out pattern for frog pillow (I've been thinking about it, and thinking about colours to use, but have not settled on anything yet. Some internet research might be needed before I make a final decision.)
Financial
15. make RRSP appointment
(I decided to wait on this until I got an RRSP cheque I was expecting from work. I got the cheque last week, now I can book an appointment. My plan is to book it tomorrow.)
16. figure out a new budget (I have no excuse - I've just been lazy!)
Next blog post I'm going to try to come up with my November goals. I'm going to have to try to keep the list short. I find that I have a tendency to keep adding!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Mid-month update
We're already halfway through October! Man, time is going by fast this month. I've had two very busy weekends in a row, both with lots of driving. Next weekend I'm staying home and don't have much planned. I'm looking forward to it!
Here's where I am on my goals:
Work
1. get to work on time 2x per week (Accomplished for this week! I am giving myself a small 5min window as well. Meaning, before 9:05 counts as 'on time'.)
Fitness
2. be active at least 3x per week (Accomplished for this past week; I have 2 regular activities for the rest of October, so I only need to come up with one other activity each week. I'm obviously hoping to do more, but 3 will be my minimum.)
Health
3. book juice cleanse (I know, I'm procrastinating! Even groupon is nagging me, telling me to go use my groupons.)
Personal
6. make plans with 2 friends I haven't seen in a long time (Done one, working on the second)
7. book laser appointment again (DONE - and the appointment is done too already)
8. find a vet, and take cat to vet for checkup (DONE - took him yesterday. Kitty does NOT enjoy going into his carrier, and he disliked his overall vet experience. Loves the dental food the vet gave me though.)
Condo
9. move more stuff to storage locker (I need to go through my fabric stash, which is why I've been putting this one off. I have a pile of fabric that I want to move to the storage locker, but in order to get it into the locker with the other fabric I need to pull everything out and repackage it. Daunting.)
Craft
12. finish green tiger blanket (Almost - need to finish binding the sides. I'm 1/3 of the way done hand sewing it closed. I'm very pleased with how it looks so far, but it is painstakingly slow.)
13. start working on red sweater (not until green blanket is done)
14. figure out pattern for frog pillow (not until green blanket is done)
Financial
15. make RRSP appointment (I have put this in my phone as a reminder. If I listen to my phone, it's very effective at telling me to do things. But I have a bad habit of ignoring the reminders, or moving them to later days. Like booking the juice cleanse . . . )
16. figure out a new budget (I get paid tomorrow at my higher rate, so I'm waiting until that happens to do this one)
I haven't really been thinking about my goals much. This isn't really helping me get anywhere with getting them done. At least by blogging about them I'm getting a (kinda) weekly reminder about them. By putting things in my phone I find that I'm still getting things done, they're just not getting connected to accomplished goals in my brain. But the whole point is to get things done. So it doesn't matter whether they connect - I just have to do them!
Here's where I am on my goals:
Work
1. get to work on time 2x per week (Accomplished for this week! I am giving myself a small 5min window as well. Meaning, before 9:05 counts as 'on time'.)
Fitness
2. be active at least 3x per week (Accomplished for this past week; I have 2 regular activities for the rest of October, so I only need to come up with one other activity each week. I'm obviously hoping to do more, but 3 will be my minimum.)
Health
3. book juice cleanse (I know, I'm procrastinating! Even groupon is nagging me, telling me to go use my groupons.)
Personal
6. make plans with 2 friends I haven't seen in a long time (Done one, working on the second)
7. book laser appointment again (DONE - and the appointment is done too already)
8. find a vet, and take cat to vet for checkup (DONE - took him yesterday. Kitty does NOT enjoy going into his carrier, and he disliked his overall vet experience. Loves the dental food the vet gave me though.)
Condo
9. move more stuff to storage locker (I need to go through my fabric stash, which is why I've been putting this one off. I have a pile of fabric that I want to move to the storage locker, but in order to get it into the locker with the other fabric I need to pull everything out and repackage it. Daunting.)
Craft
12. finish green tiger blanket (Almost - need to finish binding the sides. I'm 1/3 of the way done hand sewing it closed. I'm very pleased with how it looks so far, but it is painstakingly slow.)
13. start working on red sweater (not until green blanket is done)
14. figure out pattern for frog pillow (not until green blanket is done)
Financial
15. make RRSP appointment (I have put this in my phone as a reminder. If I listen to my phone, it's very effective at telling me to do things. But I have a bad habit of ignoring the reminders, or moving them to later days. Like booking the juice cleanse . . . )
16. figure out a new budget (I get paid tomorrow at my higher rate, so I'm waiting until that happens to do this one)
I haven't really been thinking about my goals much. This isn't really helping me get anywhere with getting them done. At least by blogging about them I'm getting a (kinda) weekly reminder about them. By putting things in my phone I find that I'm still getting things done, they're just not getting connected to accomplished goals in my brain. But the whole point is to get things done. So it doesn't matter whether they connect - I just have to do them!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Full speed ahead
A few days after writing out my October goals, I thought I was being a bit lofty in my ambitions. But now, 9 days in, I'm feeling pretty good about it. I've done better than I thought I would. I realized that most of my goals, even though I've broken them down into lots of categories below, fit into 2 bigger categories. The obvious one is health, the fitness and health goals are to help me get back to a healthy weight. And stop me from gaining anymore weight.
The second grouping is organization, in a broad sense. I want my life to feel more organized. I don't want to feel like I'm always rushing to get somewhere (like work) or like I have so much on my to do list that it's paralyzing. With that also goes all of the storage/cleaning goals - if my environment is organized, I'll feel more organized. Which will lead to a better feeling overall. At lease I certainly hope so. If it doesn't, at least my to do list will be significantly smaller.
Work
1. get to work on time 2x per week (My work is really flexible - if I show up late, I stay late. But I just got promoted, so I'm trying to break my bad habit of being late all the time. This goal is going to reoccur each month, until I'm getting there on time more often than not)
Fitness
2. be active at least 3x per week (Working on this - I'm already regularly active once a week, I'm trying to increase that to be healthier, and help me on my overall goal of losing weight and inches)
Health
3. book juice cleanse
4. figure out a healthy calorie consumption level for losing weight DONE
5. start tracking calories and eating healthier DONE
(I joined www.sparkpeople.com, once you put in your weight loss goal and timeframe, the site calculates a healthy daily calorie range for you, and there is a feature that allows you to track your meals. There's also a lot more to the site too! So far I've been doing fairly well at keeping within the calorie ranges. I exceeded on Thanksgiving, but I was expecting that and compensate by eating healthy earlier that day. I'm still struggling with getting enough protein, but since the site also tells me whether I've met my protein goals for the day, I think I'll be able to get a bit better.)
Personal
6. make plans with 2 friends I haven't seen in a long time (Done one, working on the second)
7. book laser appointment again
8. find a vet, and take cat to vet for checkup
Condo
9. move more stuff to storage locker, get rid of stuff in storage locker (Done second half of goal)
10. get roommate to deal with some stuff in the hallway (DONE)
11. start going through jewellery (DONE - I spent a good chunk of this weekend cleaning and organizing my jewellery, as well as purging a fair bit of it. It all looks so great now, I can't wait to wear it. There was so much jewelery I was forgetting about)
Craft
12. finish green tiger blanket (Almost - need to finish binding the sides. I'm still deciding between doing it by hand and making it look pretty, or doing it with the sewing machine and sacrificing looks for sturdiness. I'm leaning towards hand sewing right now, and might try to do this tomorrow night or on the weekend. I'm so close I just want to finish it!)
13. start working on red sweater (not until green blanket is done)
14. figure out pattern for frog pillow (not until green blanket is done)
Financial
15. make RRSP appointment
16. figure out a new budget
Next post I'll take out the goals I finished for this one, and so on for each post, until there are no goals left! Now I have to get on the remaining goals. Otherwise, my list won't get smaller.
The second grouping is organization, in a broad sense. I want my life to feel more organized. I don't want to feel like I'm always rushing to get somewhere (like work) or like I have so much on my to do list that it's paralyzing. With that also goes all of the storage/cleaning goals - if my environment is organized, I'll feel more organized. Which will lead to a better feeling overall. At lease I certainly hope so. If it doesn't, at least my to do list will be significantly smaller.
Work
1. get to work on time 2x per week (My work is really flexible - if I show up late, I stay late. But I just got promoted, so I'm trying to break my bad habit of being late all the time. This goal is going to reoccur each month, until I'm getting there on time more often than not)
Fitness
2. be active at least 3x per week (Working on this - I'm already regularly active once a week, I'm trying to increase that to be healthier, and help me on my overall goal of losing weight and inches)
Health
3. book juice cleanse
4. figure out a healthy calorie consumption level for losing weight DONE
5. start tracking calories and eating healthier DONE
(I joined www.sparkpeople.com, once you put in your weight loss goal and timeframe, the site calculates a healthy daily calorie range for you, and there is a feature that allows you to track your meals. There's also a lot more to the site too! So far I've been doing fairly well at keeping within the calorie ranges. I exceeded on Thanksgiving, but I was expecting that and compensate by eating healthy earlier that day. I'm still struggling with getting enough protein, but since the site also tells me whether I've met my protein goals for the day, I think I'll be able to get a bit better.)
Personal
6. make plans with 2 friends I haven't seen in a long time (Done one, working on the second)
7. book laser appointment again
8. find a vet, and take cat to vet for checkup
Condo
9. move more stuff to storage locker, get rid of stuff in storage locker (Done second half of goal)
10. get roommate to deal with some stuff in the hallway (DONE)
11. start going through jewellery (DONE - I spent a good chunk of this weekend cleaning and organizing my jewellery, as well as purging a fair bit of it. It all looks so great now, I can't wait to wear it. There was so much jewelery I was forgetting about)
Craft
12. finish green tiger blanket (Almost - need to finish binding the sides. I'm still deciding between doing it by hand and making it look pretty, or doing it with the sewing machine and sacrificing looks for sturdiness. I'm leaning towards hand sewing right now, and might try to do this tomorrow night or on the weekend. I'm so close I just want to finish it!)
13. start working on red sweater (not until green blanket is done)
14. figure out pattern for frog pillow (not until green blanket is done)
Financial
15. make RRSP appointment
16. figure out a new budget
Next post I'll take out the goals I finished for this one, and so on for each post, until there are no goals left! Now I have to get on the remaining goals. Otherwise, my list won't get smaller.
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