Starting Again

Right, so, I haven't posted here for a long time. (Must remember to have keyboard in front of my hands, not far over out of the way.) I'm not expecting anyone to read this, but I need somewhere to be accountable to myself. I'm sick of not getting done what I want to do, and I know part of the problem is I don't set out clearly what I want to do before the day starts/ends.

So, this blog is now going become just my general blog/journal/goals page/thingy. All the different things I'm trying to include are too diverse for a topic-focused place, like FM or Steve Pavlina or the foody places I hang out. And really, the only person who *really* needs to see them is me. I don't care if other people do (it's not like any of them are embarrassing!), but this is for me.

Goals? Lots. First semester of my second year at uni has just started, and there's heaps of stuff to do. Food, exercise, organising things, things I already have booked in -- ack! And that's not even counting, y'know, the actual uni stuff. *rolleyes*

Daily Stuff:

* Ankle and back exercises (former because I sprained it a couple of months ago, latter because it's just weak), preferably in the mornings.

* As often as possible, cook my own healthy meals. If it turns out good, why not write it up and post it on here!

* Take either a light textbook or some other form of reading with me onto campus every day, so I can have something to if I have a break and no one to talk to.

* Get up with reasonable time in the mornings so I can have a shower to wake me up, and get to bed at a decent time, too.

Stuff to do SOON:

* Email Outdoors club to ask about rockclimbing next Monday night (3rd March).

* Organise my room; papers, wash my dishes, find places for everything.

* Read some of my textbooks, preferably the ones I haven't read much of yet.

* Uni organising; print out lecture notes, pick up lab manuals for geoscience and chem.

* Practise using MATLAB.

* Work out my diary and dates for the semester, or as much as possible anyway.

There's probably heaps more to do, but I can't think of them right now. It's the starting part that gets it all moving, anyway. So, it's quite late and I need to get some sleep.

Wolverine

Month Crossover

I have discovered that it is adding photos at any point not at the very beginning of a post that causes my problems with formatting. If I add one, all the single enters up to the point I'd typed before adding become double enters, and any enters afterwards (as in space-line-enters, not regular line-enters) are not recognised and all my lines get mashed up close together.

Now, they probably like it. However, I don't. I like my words to be spaced out. So I must remember; add photos first if I want to include them.

Didn't get a whole heap done today. 1 lecture and 2 online quizzes took up all of my day (plus a nap and reading some blogs and FM). No chamomile tonight. It's late enough to be bedtime already. I swear, where do the late hours go?


Wolverine.

Picking Up Myself

Another gorgeous sky at uni today. Taken just after 5pm, maybe around 5.15pm. I'd say the colours were gone by 5.25pm. But for those few minutes, they're wonderful. I enjoyed taking the photos; it only took up about 10-15 minutes of my time, yet it was a great break from thinking about uni. I must remember to allow myself these downtimes and breaks, just not let them dominate everything else.

I've linked to this blog over at Forward Motion. I decided I can keep up with fairly regular posts without too much difficulty, even when I'm busy (or supposed to be busy). These are my thoughts, which I have -- up until now -- been unloading onto the 'Daily Page and Word Count' (ie, daily goals) board at FM. I've never felt 100% comfortable about that, however, because most of the people there are busy enough as it is!

Today I got more done than yesterday, which is always a plus when I'm in a slump. However, my affirmations (and probably also my irriation at myself) worked somewhat today at least: I have not napped, although I did put my head down on my knees for a few minutes. Just to close my eyes. I struggled to get up and decided I should lie in if my body needed to. Also, perhaps tuning in to my trying, my 8am lecture tomorrow is now schedule for 10am, and it's my only class. So a sleep in, breakfast and a morning shower. All ways I like to start my days infinitely more than getting up early and rushing off to class.

Affirmations, so I've heard, work better if phrased positively. So, "I will start something tomorrow" is much better than "I will not delay said something any longer". I have been going to bed too late recently, so I must remember to be mindful of the clock at this time of night, my natural time.



I will finish my chamomile and go to bed soon after.


I'm still not sure how to phrase 'tomorrow' in affirmations. It seems repetitive to repeat it in every affirmation, but at the same time I want to send a clear message to my subconscious: This is what is happening (but not right this second). So, for now, I shall just group my 'tomorrow' affirmations together:


I will complete all my quizzes and be ready to do revision afterwards.
I will wash my dishes.


And now my chamomile is too cold, so I believe it's time to finish this up and head off to bed.


Wolverine.