I can’t donate until August because I had acupuncture done as part of physio. The acupuncture was very helpful, but blue cross doesn’t accept your blood if you’ve had acupuncture done within the year. :(
So, I’m going to set some reminders in August so I remember that the time is up, and then get myself to the blood donor clinic.
Yoga has really helped. It has made me much more aware of my spine. I’m beginning to realize that my bad posture has as much to do with my low back as my upper back. And that if I put my mind to it, changing my posture might not be as hard as I thought
Spiritual – read about Bhuddism and Taoism
Intellectual – nothing yet
Psychological – talked with L about how I feel stupid about last
weekend
Social – went out for dinner with friends
Professional – continued to work with high infection control standards
Recreational – read a Memoirs of a Geisha
Physical – did 9 hot yoga classes in 5 days
1. What did I learn last week?
I am happier when I slow down and take time for myself.
2. What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week?
Getting over doing something embarrassing/stupid
3. Which moment from last week was the most memorable and why?
Decorating the Christmas tree and taking pictures in front of it bc it was so much fun.
4. What’s the #1 thing I need to accomplish this week?
Start my marathon training
5. What can I do right now to make the week less stressful?
Focus on doing what needs to be done in the order that wastes the least amount of time.
6. What have I struggled with in the past that might also affect the upcoming week?
Christmas stress
7. What was last week’s biggest time sink?
Worrying
8. Am I carrying any excess baggage into the week that can be dropped?
worrying about my carryings on from the weekend
9. What have I been avoiding that needs to get done?
Clean the bathroom!!!
10. What opportunities are still on the table?
The angio job or the fall out from it
11. Is there anyone I’ve been meaning to talk to?
my mom
12. Is there anyone that deserves a big ‘thank you’?
Linton, for driving me to work this week even though a could walk, because it is cold
13. How can I help someone else this coming week?
I can put together some food for the Christmas Cheer Board
14. What are my top 3 goals for the next 7 days?
1.do 7 class of hot yoga
2. Continue to eat no carbs/sugar
3. not stress out about Christmas
15. Have any of my recent actions moved me closer to my goals?
1. washing my gym clothes will get me to my class easier
2.preparing soups ahead of time and freezing them prevents me from caving to the ease of eating carbs
3. trying to be organized helps me do all the things I need to around Christmas
16. What’s the next step for each goal?
1. Decide what times I’m going to yoga each day
2.make grocery list
3. address envelopes for Christmas cards
17. What am I looking forward to during the upcoming week?
wrapping Christmas presents
18. What are my fears?
That my stress will steal all the fun from Christmas
19. What am I most grateful for?
that my gym offered hot yoga classes at a rediculously cheap price this month. Without it, i wouldn’t be able to afford it, and I wouldn’t have received the amazing stress busting benefits.
20. What can I do to make life more beautiful today?
take a nice bath and pamper myself.
My night shifts really mess with my goals. When I get home at 8 am, I often forget or can’t muster up the energy to floss or write in my gratitude journal or do any of my other goals that are more evening oriented.
Luckily, I got a new job where i don’t have to work nights until march. When I go back, I think doing it before I go to work and not when I come home should help.
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1. What did I learn this week?
Antidepressants aren’t miracles. When shitty things happen is still gonna feel shitty. Their purpose is only to make things manageable.
2.What was my greatest accomplishment this week?
Supporting my husband through a difficult week. He may be kick out of his college program and he is devastated.
3.Which moment from the last week was the most memorable and why?
My husband telling me that he may be kicked out of his college program. This news has far reaching consequences.
4.What do I regret from las week and what can I do about it/learn from it?
The amount of energy that I put into fretting about things that don’t matter, especially the feeling that I am not good enough or that I’m gonna get in trouble for something
5.What is the number one thing I need to accomplish this week?
Keep calm and carry on
6.What is the most stressful thing in my life right now?
whether my husband is going to get kicked out of his program
7.How can I go about improving it?
Remember that empathy is all well and good but too much can be crippling. Also remember that everything that could be done to positively affect the outcome has been done, we just have to wait.
8.What have I been avoiding getting done?
Cleaning.
9. What opportunities are still on the table?
This difficulty is an opportunity to make my marriage stronger.
10. What am I forgetting?
to write all my appointments/things I need to do in my day planner(second week in a row-must do this immediately)
11. Is there anyone I’ve been meaning to talk to?
Sara and Carla
12. How can I help someone else this week?
I can keep Ashley from worrying about school but not dumping my crappy week on her. She is in the same program as my husband but in a different year and it will really stress her out.
13. What treat will I promise myself this week?
Time to make some soap
14. What are my top three goals for the next three months?
1.Train for the marathon
2. Get closer to being able to sell my soap
3. Take care of myself
15. Have any of my recent actions moved me closer to my goals?
1. I did 1hr of weight training and 1 hr of cardio to build my muscles so I can run faster
2. Made soap earlier this week
3. I took a less long term job that does not included over night shifts.
16. What is the next step for each goal?
1. map out my week for my responsibilities, dinners, and exercise regime
2. Make more soap!
3. Remember that I must keep myself mentally/emotionally strong before I can help others. NO OVER EMPATHIZING!
17. What am I looking forward to this week?
Hopefully getting good news on the school and schedule front.
18.What are my fears?
my husband being kicked out of school.
19. What am I most grateful for?
That I have my husband, our health and food and shelter. Everything else is only details.
20. What can I do to make my life more beautiful?
Don’t let worry drain my enjoyment of life
Mostly I just focused on the fact that I was doing this because I thought it would be fun. I think that its very easy to fall into the mentality that something is only worth doing if you are the best at it. I kept reminding myself that it is more important to have fun than to be the best.
4.I’m not afraid to make an ass of myself (case in point: taking a hip hop class even tho I’m a total spaz)
I’m going for my very first hip hop class tonight. It should be known that I am a terrible dancer. My hips don’t really seem to listen to what my brain tells them to do and I have no sense of rhythm at all. But what the hell! I’m going to have lots of fun even if I’m the most spastic dancer there!
First step to donating blood: finding out where and when I can go – Done!
Must consult my schedule and then make an appointment. I will procrastinate if I don’t.
I started training earlier this week. Nothing big, just went for a 45 min run. I did a 3/4 marathon a month or so ago and I’m so glad that I did it. It gave me confidence that I could actually do a full one. I finished in in 3 hr 45 min and it wasn’t torturous at all.
I took a month off (by accident-I don’t really know how it happened) and this week I started back at it. This time around I’m going to focus on running faster for a shorter period of time than I normally run and then increasing the time as I become more comfortable running at that speed.
And weight training! Not my favorite thing to do, but I can be a cardio goddess and still run at a snail’s pace. Muscles are the thing!
Week 1 session 1- done! I concentrated on hip openers bc they are always super tight. So much so that bending over to pick stuff off the ground made my back hurt. But now I feel better :)
I never seem to floss and I think its because I leave it until the very last thing I do before I go to bed. I usually manage to brush but with the threat of very little sleep looming I usually just tell myself that I will do it the next day.
So I’m going to try to get in the habit of brushing and flossing after dinner. It may mean that if I snack on something later I have to brush again but that isn’t really a big deal.
I just started soaping this summer and I really love it. I have very supportive friends and family and I’ve actually been encouraged by some of them to sell it.
My Dad’s girlfriend sells jewelry and I know that I could give some of my product to her and she’d sell it for me. My friend makes jewelry and hosts small sales in her house. We’ve discussed hosting sales together and another friend of ours is opening her house to my friend and inviting all her friends/coworkers. I’ve been told that I am welcome to join in the selling. My mother-in-law is a phenomenal sales woman (she does it professionally and has connections through out the city) and would sell my product if I had one.
If I hadn’t had all this encouragement, I would probably think that I’m not ready to sell my product. However, sometimes I feel like you must take opportunity when it knocks even if the timing is inconvenient. I also have a tendency to not give myself enough credit so there is a good chance that I’m just being insecure about my soap.
I figure that as long as I start small and keep my price low to accommodate my lack of experience, I should be fine.
I’m going to stick with only soap, although I have the ability and supplies to lotion and other bath stuff. Its better have fewer types of product and more quality than to have lots of crappy products.
I think I’ll do two lines of soap:
1. Completely natural soap (no fragrance oils only essential oils for scent, no dyes, etc.
2. SLS, paraben and pthalate free soap (has fragrance oil and dyes but only those that do not contain the listed chemicals)
I’ve decided to do my gratitude/happiness journal old school style. I contemplated doing it here, but I figured I’d have a better chance actually doing it if I put it on my night stand table.
