My friend Jayme challenged me to a "resolution project."
Last night I wrote up my list of resolutions/goals: one for my physical benefit, one for my educational/artistic advancement, and one for my mental well-being. :)
#1; to be gluten-free every day (my health goal, I already started working on this one, I even made my own bread today!)
#2 to spend at least 2 hours a week exercising
#3; to spend at least 1/2 hour every day learning or creating something new (whether it's photography, an essay, knitting, researching ceoliac disease, cooking, etc)
#4; to spend at least 1/2 hour every day in meditation/reflection (starting by spending some time every day writing in my new journal)
#3 will probably be the easiest since I am starting school on the 25th--and I always love learning something new! It also ties into goal #1 since I need to spend a lot of time researching gluten-free foods and ceoliac disease.
#4 will probably be my biggest challenge. Why oh why do I find it so hard to take only a half hour a day to relax and spend time with myself? (Away from the computer.) Then again, #2 might be the hardest since I have to go when someone is here to watch Little Monster. I guess I could wake up early 2 days a week... or I could go on one of Mr. B's night's off? I'll work on that one.
I actually got a head-start on my project.
Last night I spent a half hour writing in my journal; I wrote my goals/resolutions for the year and I wrote a little bit extra, just for me. I also spent some time writing at lunch.
This evening I baked my first loaf of gluten-free bread and am excited to eat it in my lunch tomorrow (Om nom nom nom). I've also spent some time researching gluten-free flour alternatives and locating stores that sell flour mixes.
Tomorrow is a new adventure, I wonder what I'll learn or create?
HDT quote for the day: "Let us grow to the full stature of our humbleness - ere we aspire to be greater."
3 comments:
Those are some great ideas! You're going to have so much fun with school too. It will make it more interesting to incorporate school with this project as well - I plan to do that myself. I start on the 5th! EEK! We can do it, we got this!
I was just wondering how I'm going to find time for everything: school, work, cooking, learning/creating, reflection time, exercising, and time with the boys. I'm going to have to make a time budget! Maybe I'll make Bob cook on my work-out nights?
One day at a time! Remember, you don't have to do all of those things every day. Mix it up! A Time Budget is a great plan. I'm doing that with my iCal. I have a rough plot of what I want to tackle in the next couple of days and it will get more precise as time goes on and I get the hang of things. I think reflection/meditation is going to be a big one - if things get too crazy, just stop everything for 5 minutes and BREATHE! :)
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