Slow Progress
Oct. 22nd, 2004 05:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosAt work yesterday I listed five things I wanted to accomplish in the late afternoon/evening: go to the Gold's gym near my house to check out their facility and the cost, pick up my favorite vitamins from the Co-op, do my Hebrew Scriptures homework (which is due today), and email the Grail group to see if they will accept Paypal for a tape series I want, and spend 10 minutes in contemplative prayer.
I did not get to the gym or get the vitamins. I've discovered that running errands right after work seldom is a good idea for me. I'm usually tired and hungry, and anything that requires sustained attention is not a good idea (like visiting and evaluating something). So I changed that item to Saturday. Also: I do have vitamins right now, so I moved that task to Saturday as well, since the Co-op is a bit out of my way.
Instead of those tasks, however, I cooked dinner (made baked chicken and pesto pasta) instead of simply making a quesadilla with my little grill or going out, which I do too often. Then I invited The Ex's Goddaughter to join me (she was visiting to do laundry), and I had a great talk with her. After dinner, I did all the dishes (one of my new 1-thing-a-day resolutions). When my mom brought the child back from their visit, we read Harry Potter, I put her to bed, and then did my homework. This morning I sent the email about Paypal.
Also yesterday I paid off two old creditors. I've been capable of paying them for a while. It was sheer cowardice and denial that had kept me simply sticking the envelopes in the holder on my desk and not looking at them. I finally realized how ridiculous I was being and sent one a check and called the other to pay off the entire balances. I still have an $800+ medical bill from a year or so ago when I suffered a panic attack, thought I was having a heart attack (the wife of an acquaintance of mine had died suddenly after suffering a heart attack at work about a month prior to that), and called 911. I turned that one over to the consumer credit group I have helping me handle the rest of my debt.
I didn't do the contemplative prayer, but I'm not going to beat myself up about that. What I did do is find my box of little colored sticky dots, which I'm going to take to work and place a few strategically around my cube. The idea (from my spiritual director) is to use them as reminders for attunement.
Tonight, I'm having dinner with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lexicat and royalbananafish!
I'm feeling good.
I did not get to the gym or get the vitamins. I've discovered that running errands right after work seldom is a good idea for me. I'm usually tired and hungry, and anything that requires sustained attention is not a good idea (like visiting and evaluating something). So I changed that item to Saturday. Also: I do have vitamins right now, so I moved that task to Saturday as well, since the Co-op is a bit out of my way.
Instead of those tasks, however, I cooked dinner (made baked chicken and pesto pasta) instead of simply making a quesadilla with my little grill or going out, which I do too often. Then I invited The Ex's Goddaughter to join me (she was visiting to do laundry), and I had a great talk with her. After dinner, I did all the dishes (one of my new 1-thing-a-day resolutions). When my mom brought the child back from their visit, we read Harry Potter, I put her to bed, and then did my homework. This morning I sent the email about Paypal.
Also yesterday I paid off two old creditors. I've been capable of paying them for a while. It was sheer cowardice and denial that had kept me simply sticking the envelopes in the holder on my desk and not looking at them. I finally realized how ridiculous I was being and sent one a check and called the other to pay off the entire balances. I still have an $800+ medical bill from a year or so ago when I suffered a panic attack, thought I was having a heart attack (the wife of an acquaintance of mine had died suddenly after suffering a heart attack at work about a month prior to that), and called 911. I turned that one over to the consumer credit group I have helping me handle the rest of my debt.
I didn't do the contemplative prayer, but I'm not going to beat myself up about that. What I did do is find my box of little colored sticky dots, which I'm going to take to work and place a few strategically around my cube. The idea (from my spiritual director) is to use them as reminders for attunement.
Tonight, I'm having dinner with
lexicat and royalbananafish!I'm feeling good.
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Date: 2004-10-22 09:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-22 05:59 pm (UTC)That one?
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Date: 2004-10-23 03:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-22 11:27 am (UTC)one of my new 1-thing-a-day resolutions Can you explain please? Have you resolved to do one important housework task each day? (apologies if I've missed any prior explanation)
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Date: 2004-10-22 06:01 pm (UTC)One way of getting a start on goals, especially if one is feeling overwhelmed or inclined to procrastinate, is to choose the "one thing" that you can do that will make any kind of difference and do that. If you feel like doing more, you can -- but just doing one thing that brings some kind of result is a good start psychologically.
For me, taking care of my house has always been a challenge. But committing to wash the dishes every night makes a big impact in my very small space, is very doable, and if I do that I allow myself not to stress out about anything else house-related. Of course, often doing that makes me feel so good I'm inspired to do more.
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Date: 2004-10-22 12:10 pm (UTC)