I’ll keep updating this post, so as not to clog subscriber’s in-boxes.
I keep thinking about this “do first things first” approach, i.e. cover your basics and prioritize.
I can’t spread myself thin right now (or ever), so let me work on the goals which stay on my way.
A. Heath (physical and mental)
1. Loose 10 lbs by 1/03/12.
Damn, it’s 10 lbs, which I plan on losing since 2009, and instead I gained 30.
*Focus on portions size. start day with a glass of warm water and lemon.
*Cabbage soup/cabbage for dinner.
*Have oatmeal with flaxseed. *Bring soup to classes. have lingenberry tea for a week. *Rice Congee for the Chinese New year week – fabulous comfort food.
*make an appointment with mn detroyer nutritionist.
*create a list of food items that I regularly use.
- do not buy any food items until Jan 3, 2012.
*log a food journal
2. Go to bed by 10:30 pm. (and not @ 2 am as it’s become a recent
habit. Ugh.)
12/20 – fail
12/21 – fail
12/22 – fail
12/23 – fail miserably
12/24 – fail miserably
12/25 – 12/28 fail miserably
12/29 – went to bed @ midnight. Much better!
3. Get up every day at the same time – 7:30 am.
12/20 – fail
12/21 – fail
12/22 – fail
12/23 – fail
12/24 – fail miserably
12/25 – fail miserably
went to school 2 times. Got up today @ 10 am.
4. Exercise daily – 1.5 hrs at least.
5. Go for a 2hr walk daily.
12/20 done – walk to/from stamford station
6. Go to the church.
went on 12/24 for a wonderful service
7. Reiki – at least once a week.
8. Pilates – 2 times/ week.
9. Take Vitamins every day.
12/20 – done
12/21 – done
12/22 – done
12/23-25 – done
B. Green card US and green card Denmark
Found a reputable lawyer in Denmark, transferred a wire.
Changed a visa in the US, started going to classes.
Need to talk to change schedule.
Denmark – initiated a wire for Lardansk
C. Organize my life
*sign for bookclub and movieclub
*make a list for a library
*return a book to a library
*clarify with Larchmont whether I owe anything
*pay traffic tickets
*pick my car
*find a cheap parcel service
d. de-cluttering
6 clothes in goodwill
e. Cleaning and organizing
identified all clothes that I’ll wear during this season
cleaned for 2 hours
2 bags are out
Buy computer, scanner, iPad,ear – whatever this thing is called, and amplifiers for music.
12/20 – 20 items in dry cleaning; found winter fleece, thus I’m on target for not buying anything for current use. On my way to the goodwill to donate the stuff, which bugged me for 2 years – done (6 clothes);
12/21 – applied a structured procrastination approach and focused on systematizing books and the random stuff in book closets. 3 hrs of work, not much result. sent a very pretty Christmas card to MJ. threw away recycles. on a separate reflective note – apparently I can only work on smaller goals, when I’m less stressed (case with shoes and changing batteries. How to make it a system? Finally planted amarylis – but it started blooming without water and soil anyway!!!
12/28 I’ve been clocking about couple of hours/day last week, focusing mostly on accessing what I have and cleaning, plus tons of laundry and dry cleaning. I need to get rid of a lot of empty cartons before New year and then the result will be notable.
12/29 – 2 hrs—tidying the stuff. Threw away several paper bags.
1/6 – picked up clothes from dry cleaning
1/8 – washed crystal and pretty stuff, which I’ve never used.
1/10 First cleaning of New Year. Finally! 3 hrs of tyding up stuff in the kitchen area plus random stuff, which was on the floor between couch and end table.
1/11 – got up @ 8:30 and spent 3 hrs sorting out and cleaning. I achieved something in the past 2 days. It started looking notably cleaner, although nowhere close to the end.
On a separate note, I finally watched “Hoarders.”Unfortunately, some traits like goat ways look familiar. But I don’t see the purpose of the show – organizers are completely unprepared for this job.
1/12 – on my way to donate 6 books to a library. NOT done. But I went to see a great programm about Jani.s Jop.lin, which I always wanted, so it was a good day. I believe I did some cleaning.
1/13 – 4 hrs of cleaning, sorting out, preparing for donating and sending packages to relatives. It is SO slow. I virtually see no progress, but still 1 carton and 3 plastic bags of garbage are gone.
1/14 – 3.5 hrs of sorting out and throwing away the presorted stuff. in the next several days, I’ll need to complete donating/sending/returning duties.
1/15 – 2 hrs of sorting out and throwing away the stuff. IVF Medical supplies are mostly gone.
1/16 – 3+ hrs of sorting out and throwing away the stuff. Refrigerator and 2 purses/bags are entirely sorted out. Boy oh Boy, how I want to see a progress but still there is not much seen. I’m still able to avoid any grocery shopping. Also, today wrote an e-mail regarding cancellation of the Calif. Cr account. Yaay! There is a week left towards Chinese New Year on 1/23.
1/30/12 – did not do anything starting from 1/22/12. worked 2 hrs today on throwing out sorted out papers and shredding docs. No matter how enthusiastic I was 2 hrs ago, right now I’m exhausted and ready to kill everyone. And I did not work on anything hard today (old bills from the counter in Stam.ford. Gosh, where is the end to all this shitty clutter. Need to get up tomorrow @ 6 am, and complete this box. 17 months ago