Project 41: June Goals
As I wrote just a few days after my 41st birthday, I have a list of goals for this coming year. Other than the big diet one, I thought that the goals are fairly attainable, especially since they weren’t specific. This was intentional; I wanted to concentrate on the main goal (losing weight) and slowly
enjoying the slower pace
Now that I’m getting close to being caught up after having been (mostly) home for the month of May, I’m slowing down a little bit. Today I was finally back to living and not madly doing. And it felt great. I did not feel guilty about it for a single moment… I worked during the
ups and downs, going in circles
Two-thirds of the way through May, and I’m still trying to get caught up from our crazy April. I think I’m almost there. I once again believe that I can find balance. The big question is then, “How do I quickly regain balance, even when an event or serious of events throws me off balance?”
Happiness Project: April 2012 – Giving myself a break
I’ve fallen off my Project 41 and Happiness Project wagon. For much of February and March, I was under the weather. Maybe it was “winter blues” or maybe it was something more (sore throat and icky), but now that we’ve entered April, I’m feeling mostly better other than a few pollen-induced headaches here and there.
an epiphanous moment
This morning, I got right down to work after getting Chloe up and fed. Work out of the way, I took care of my other, now greatly reduced projects. And, when I was done, it was still before noon. Noon!! As Wednesday is the day that Camille and I try out a new Decatur restaurant,
Time to Breathe
Today I finally realized – I now have time to breathe. For years, I felt like I had not a single moment in which to do something for myself or even breathe. The few times I did take time to do something for me, I felt guilty and nervous about the growth of the backlog.
Happiness Project: February 2012 – carpe diem
Incredibly, I managed to just about clear out my to-do list in January. Unfortunately, along with February arrived a head cold that I just can’t shake. The good thing about having a clogged head is that the world is blissfully quiet. Silence everywhere, like that which follows a heavy snow, is quite pleasant. I only
Project 41 Goals: End-of-January Review
The next two or three posts are going to be of the “self-help” variety, making for very, very boring reading. Taking stock helps me stay on track, so bear with me ! As I wrote just a few days after my 41st birthday, I have a list of goals for this coming year. Other than
happiness project: current status
I’ve ben working on my Happiness Project for a few months now, on and off. as January comes to a close, I decided to take stock and think about what I’ve been working on. my commandments so far: 1. Be authentic. 2. No excuses. 3. Be in the moment. 4. Stop multitasking. monthly projects: May
Happy Birthday to Me!
Thursday, my age was incremented by one. Other than the fabulous birthday wishes I received on Facebook, it was a fairly ordinary day around here. Work, shuttling Chloe around, moving forward on the to-do list filled my hours. But I also set aside some time for dreaming about what I want this year to be
Do It Today: Day 18 Thoughts
January is more than half over, and I’m thrilled with my progress on this month’s Happiness Project “Do It Today”. This month, instead of my to-do list growing, it is shrinking. And getting all these things done, keeping up with the stuff coming in, simply sending out emails and making the calls instead of stressing
Do It Today: Day 3 Thoughts
I didn’t sleep well at all last night. Why is it that every appliance in the condo must inform us that the power has gone off and come back on? Beep Beep Beep. All. Night. Long. Add into the mix some aches and pains, and it was a rough night. I finally gave up at
Happiness Project: January – Do It Today
During the weeks before Christmas, I let the list of things that needed to get done weigh me down. In fact, I let these tasks weigh me down so much that I couldn’t do them. Instead of just tackling them, I let them strangle me. And then I found that I wasn’t enjoying the Christmas
Happiness Project: August – Cooking
As I still work on my July portion of my happiness project, Energy, it is now August and time to take on a new challenge. I’ve done fairly well with the “Energy” project; I’ve gained enough energy to really reduce my to-do list and keep up with other things too. But, I’m still not there,
Happiness Project: July – Energy
A new month, a new item to tackle for my Happiness Project! As a reminder (to myself!), May’s focus was on Diet. Unfortunately, our month on the road negated most of what I had gained (or lost) during May. Thus July is going to be a dual focus — getting back to where I was
My Happiness Project continues.
I realize that I’ve been fairly quiet here in regards to my Happiness Project. I just haven’t had much to say, and I don’t want to bore you all… I’ve been making progress on this month’s topic (Diet), but not as much as I’d like. Since I feel myself slipping a bit, this public admission
Too Much Computer
Ugh. By 8pm, I had had it. I had spend almost the entire day, save a trip to the store, on the computer. Not mindlessly web-surfing, mind you. Working, blogging, organizing, replying. Despite still having a long list of things that “have to get done”, I just can’t go on. The computers are going to
Struggling to Keep Up
I had been doing so well at staying on top of everything and even moving forward on a number of projects. But after our trip to New York last weekend, I have managed to fall behind on just about everything, except for work. It is so frustrating to have a to-do list that is a
Happiness Project: May – Diet
Yesterday, I declared the start of my Happiness Project. For May’s topic, I chose “Diet” as that has been an area I’ve been concentrating on recently anyway. Since I’ve already started working on it and I’m getting anxious to get going on my project, “Diet” is going to start right now. At the moment, my
My Happiness Project starts today.
Actually, I’m sure it started even before I started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. This year started out with me deep in my mid-life crisis. What did I want to do with my life? What matters to me? What is my life about? Is this really the life I’ve chosen? As the year
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