Stress Free Month….

Eliminated all my projects and clients and got lots of things out of the way and now I’m down to a couple major projects as I wine down my year!

Mission accomplished!2 years ago

When I could, I worked out in the morning and evening. I also drank more water than usual. 2 years ago

and October is looking to be worse. So I’m taking a month off.

Good luck all. x 2 years ago

..but I guess it was cos I was too busy getting on with it. This month I’ve applied for lots of jobs, been to quite a few Zumba classes, and got some movement on my baby goal (movement as in starting to work out why there is no movement). Nothing’s really shifted, and to be honest it hasn’t been the greatest month, but I am trying at least. At some point things will drop – I’ll just keep sawing away at the rope. 2 years ago

I think this has been a really successful month for me and getting on with it. I have come a measurable way in getting my marketing business off the ground and I can’t see it going anywhere but up.
The exercise is more consistent. I made a much needed visit to the doctor, my house is getting more and more in order. I am finding that I am spending way less time learning about doing and a lot more time doing. Yes I am just getting on with it. 2 years ago

This September theme served me well. The thing I really got on with was exercise. Most days in September, I did morning and evening exercise, averaging a 1000+ calorie burn per day. And I lost no weight at all. Go figure. But I’m sure my heart and lungs appreciated the effort, and I know my dogs did!

On to October! Rawr!!! 2 years ago

Progress with my paper work and taxes, moving forward with the business. Found a mentor that I think can really help me.
The grapes and pears are almost done—thank goodness.
And I got in a good hike. All in all, very productive day. 2 years ago

I start the month feeling pretty locked in but then I go wandering. This was a pretty successful month bootcampwise though!

Chant each morning Yes

Fly routine/sadhana…do this right away and get it done with before doing other things (after work). Half the time

Study and take one board exam Studied and exam is mid-October.

Avoid chocolate for the month of September…it was suggested to me that cocoa isn’t good for me and I want to give my body a break from it this month and see how I feel. I like carob a lot, too, and will turn to that for solace. I have been so good this month. I only ate chocolate twice since I made this decision, and they were small amounts. I substituted with carob things, caramel, and Swedish fish.

Exercise by taking public trans (requires a lot of extra walking), go contra dancing, Flamenco dancing and taking yoga classes
I’m on day 15 of a 40 day yoga practice. It’s been a beautiful way to start my morning. After struggling to find a form of exercise I’d like, I feel like it’s falling into place…along with dance and lots of walking. Still working on aerobic stuff, but the next step of buying a bike will be a reasonable one.2 years ago

I do great at the beginning of the month and then slow down. Okay, then, that’ll be my new plan. Do GREAT at the beginning of the month and not beat myself up for the slowdown toward the end.

I took several turtle steps and have come to a new acceptance of my sleep patterns. I didn’t do as well at the gym, but I’m still strong and toned.

I’m starting a Pleasure Boot Camp in October and there are 70 pieces of homework that month alone! So that will be my focus in October. I’ve no idea what all they’ll have me doing, but it should be interesting. Or terrifying. Or both. 2 years ago

September has had a lot of pushing to “get on with it” as much as possible, but it’s been a strange and busy month, so it was more of a flail than a focused plan, hence the lack of entries on this one.

We made it out of town, I’ve kept up with my health and exercise plan, started a food journal, visited with some friends, caught up on some entries, chipped away at some of the tedious household stuff, and nearly completed my secret goal, but adjusting to the new kindergarten routine and dealing with some somewhat stressful medical and ICBC issues meant unexpected monkey wrenches flying about. Very distracting.

I could definitely use a fresh refocusing in October. 2 years ago

HEALTH Been keeping up with my medications for the most part. Still miss an evening or morning dose here and there, but doing a lot better. The fits of pounding like my heart wants to jump out of my chest have reduced, even in those weird quiet moments when I’m sleeping or sitting. But exerting myself while exercising is still a problem (could be old CFS too) where I get dizzy easily or feel like I’m just going to drop to the ground if I don’t stop. Its three weeks now that, I’m taking a gentle aerobics class at Gilda’s (which is more like a gentle dance movement class) and really like going to it before group. The change in diabetic medicine helped from the sudden increase going on, now its back to what I call a low-high 163. Still not good, but its not inches from 300 like before. Slathering stuff to help my skin to heal from psoriaisis outbreaks.

WALK Haven’t gotten a routine of morning walks established like I hoped for this month, but am getting out and walking a lot more. Maybe for October I’ll start walking every morning.

DECLUTTER My 1985 TV died last week. I tried setting up Bunny’s TV from storage, but it won’t do the digital thing, so I got rid of both. Did the usual upkeep but havent done anything reeeeeally serious. Have to get serious.

BEAD + Still beading. Bought some bead stuff.

GETTA JOB Been going to Parnossah’s workshops and pushing to get a job counselor. Spoke to a volunteer counselor last week, and have paper work to read and fill out. Drafted a work history of my non-traditional gigs, they’re all I’ve done. Created another facebook for the theory of webnetworking (sometimes listening to people talk about this theory feels delusional).

GETTA LIFE Seeing C on Fridays after her sessions, J is avoiding me because I confronted about something. K only calling about her problems has reached my limits, and not having balance or talking about other things or going out and doing something fun is a drag. Getting out and keeping busy, but still not making any real connections.

Given away 1,001 cheers. That was fast.

WRITE Need to finish. 2 years ago

Because I just kept pushing. Instead of thinking negatively about forgetting things, or waiting until the last minute, or whatever other negative things push me in the wrong direction and make things worse, I just kept saying to myself, look at all you’re doing, keep breathing, keep pushing and it will work, and it did, better.
So part of it is to cut the negative self-talk. This is a link that I found to be both important and inspiring because it makes me stop and think about negative self-talk http://www.marcandangel.com/images/thoughtquestions/20.jpg
We have to be our own best friend first, before we are good to anybody else. 2 years ago

It frustrates me. i make a plan and then fail to work it. I don’t know if its self sabotage or what. i made this brilliant plan, but even while I was writing it I knew I couldn’t, wouldn’t do it. You can’t get up at 4:30 AM, when you’re typing away at 12:30 Pm and function worth a darn for the rest of the day. Maybe some super humans can, but I can’t. I do need at least 6 hours of sleep to mentally function. So because I got up late, I was off the whole day and I ended up getting very little done. That’s where my time goes and why I’m not doing what I want to do. So now it is 8:30. I don’t have any cheers. I’m not going to sit around and hope I get some and I’m going to bed in half hour so that I can get what I schedule done. 2 years ago

I worked out twice a day, drank more water than I have been and kept my meals light… One glitch, going to the cider mill and having fresh,hot donuts ;) I did 45 minutes of cardio afterward though~ 2 years ago

Getting on with exercise by riding my bike, even up hill.
Family always comes first, even if I don’t get done what I want. This might sound like an oxymoron, but it’s not. Nothing is more important than getting on with family.
Despite that, business is moving right along. The Internet marketing analysis that I’m offering and follow-up phone calls are bringing me more interest than anything else I’ve done. 2 years ago

Turtle: Maybe they’re box turtles and they’re hibernating. Or maybe I’m chickening out. It has been surprisingly busy for a Friday, so making the calls couldn’t have happened yet even if I were brave.

Gym: My trainer stood me up! Apparently he’s in Vegas. Dumbass. I still worked out. I hadn’t worked out in the evening on my own in a long time and it was fun to see the mallrat makeup-caked hotties and tiny-tanked musclehead guys checking out my BOSU moves.
60 sec. each leg, warrior III, BOSU round side down (Imagine what the woman in the picture is doing, if the rock was flipped over and she was standing on a flat surface with the round side down.)
1 set 20 bicep curls, BOSU round side down, 8lb dbs
1 set 15 shoulder presses, BOSU round side down, 8lb dbs
1 set 20 one legged bentover rows, switch legs at 10, BOSU round side down, 8lb dbs
1 superset 20 tricep ext/chest flye or press, on balance ball, on tiptoes half the time
1 set 20 crunches on BOSU, round side up
1 set 20 rollouts on balance ball, knees on BOSU, round side up
2 supersets 24 crunches, 12 obliques ea side, holding 10lb medicine ball with straight arms
1 set 20 one legged squats, ea side

Since I had some extra time, I checked out the new Thai place near the house and it was excellent. Lots of great tasting food for $10 and a sweet server and lots of vegetarian items. A good find.

Sleep: Since I’d sipped the Thai tea the server gave me while I was waiting for my order, I figured meds might be in order and took half a pill. Slept quite well. 2 years ago

FFS added to the end of this. It’s been such an odd month. October is going to be…I can’t even tell you. I know I’m going to be challenged a lot in Pleasure Boot Camp, moved out of my comfort zones in some pretty major ways. Only 100 women are being accepted into the Boot Camp, so it’s going to be intense and personal. I don’t want to waste this opportunity, so I plan to really go for it. In the meantime…

Turtle: I think I’m over my original plan to release seven, but I put two phone numbers in my cellphone last night so I have no excuse not to call and make appointments with, or at least talk to, the shamans. Something big is shaking loose in my spiritual life. Actually it’s not shaking loose because I’m holding my soul’s eyes shut with both hands, both feet, and all my will!

Gym: Part of the Pleasure Boot Camp is to take care of our bodies. I’m seeing the trainer tonight. My last workout was amazing. Mr. Yes and my girlfriends are going to help me stay focused in October. I’m letting go of all expectations for the rest of September. Good enough is fine.

Sleep: I think my version of sleep is part of the spiritual whatever. I think it’s a natural sleep pattern for me that doesn’t work for a 9-5 job. I didn’t take meds the last two nights and cycled through sleep/doze/vivid images & ideas a few times, falling into a deep sleep toward morning. I’m going to stop calling it insomnia and start calling it mine. 2 years ago

So no night hike, but I walked 20 minutes home and back to get grapes at my friends house today.
Business meetings went well and so did interview. Haven’t been at the computer much today, but still got a lot accomplished.
On my way to see my grandkids. A little late, but grand daughter needed A Blast From The Past something to wear to school tomorrow for spirit week and I had a bonnet and a jumnper for her to be a pioneer girl.
So exercise, work, family all taken care of. 2 years ago

Darn, I’m dropping the exercise ball. Getting lots of other things done, but didn’t exercise yesterday or today. Of course it shows up in blood sugar spikes. The 20 minutes of walk/running makes a difference. Surely I can spare 20 minutes of running. Hiking tomorrow evening, so I know that I’ll at least get that done.
Work is moving forward. Getting into the networking groove again and following up with estimates and contacts.
Today was a good spouse day. Both of us need to stop and spend the time we need to just be together and enjoy each other’s company. 2 years ago

Turtle: I read my second novel. Then I cried a teensy bit. If I want to do anything with it, I’ll start again as if I never wrote or read the first draft. I don’t know that it’s salvageable. There are some characters and moments that are quite good, but the majority of it is useless.

In better news, I got the prelude of the next novel, if I’m brave enough to write it.

Gym: I might as well leave this blank, as I’m likely to move into beating myself if I continue. I haven’t done cardio in forever and missed doing muscle/BOSU work today.

Sleep: If I can sleep only if I take meds, does that lead to functional dependence? Is it the definition of functional dependence? What else is going on? When I don’t have to go to work the next day and perform, I don’t mind lying awake all night. Maybe it’s not the sleep that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my life. 2 years ago

Fixed my hearing aide and my car all in one day. That is pretty remarkable for me. Usually I plan stuff and something comes up that makes things stuck. But today I just pushed forward.
If I can figure out how to move forward quickly in others areas of life I will get a lot more done. 2 years ago

So much fun. Headache’s gone. Runny nose’s gone. Feeling crappy’s gone.

This is what 5km can do. Woohoo! 2 years ago

Turtle: Did an exhaustive search and finally found the printed copy of my second novel’s first draft. The turtle is currently sitting on my bed, waiting to be read.

Gym: I am still feeling Friday’s workout and I am so jazzed that I pushed myself that hard. I haven’t been back to the gym and am nowhere near the goal I set for Sept, but I danced for over two hours this weekend.

Sleep: I had am Ambien on top of a drink of whiskey (oh, hush, I was camping) and still slept only two hours. That is so messed up I can barely stand it. The good news is that I was cheerful the next day because camping had gone so well and I’ve gotten two good nights of sleep since. 2 years ago

but been sort of sticking to my goals!

Started exercising again on the bike, been eating okay, but not great.

I’m doing well with the “soul” aspect of my goals – been talking to the woman I attuned to reiki 1 and 2 about her moving forward to do her Masters… and she’s keen, so that’s cool. Been listening to visualisation and meditation CD’s and keeping a gratitude journal again.

Feeling good! 2 years ago

Well my plans for this month has pretty much changed but I have been getting on with other things. School for one, registration was such a drag and a whole lot of drama that came along and after it! But I got on with it!

I’ve got alot of other things as well. I’ve realized that as long as I’m getting things done, it’s not as important as my Sept 1st entry. Important things are being achieved and I’m happy with that.

Also the one thing that I am getting on with from my original list is my “Me-time” and I couldn’t be happier about that! It’s definitely needed and I’m having fun doing important things as well…which is killing two birds with one stone! 2 years ago

Dropped the exercise ball today, ut other than that, what a great and different day.
Lots done on my business, because I got up early and worked for 3 hours with no interruption.
Then cleaned the house a little,
then went shopping and took Jess to the movies. Great day! 2 years ago

Turtle: I hung my homemade bulletin board and put up my 100 items, six page Desire List, a letter I wrote to my pussy, a card showing a beautiful elegant woman, pictures of me and family and cowgirls, a note from Mr. Yes, and decorated it with puffy star stickers, necklaces, and red thread from red thread ceremonies I’ve done in different women’s circles. Then I hung a hot pink feather boa over the whole thing. Putting my personal style, sexuality, and desires on display is a big deal.

I also spent three hours last night cleaning my room and getting rid of stuff. Three hours and it still looks a bit cramped, but better!

Gym: All of the BOSU exercises were done with the BOSU round side down.
2 sets of 20 bicep curls, standing on BOSU
2 sets of 15 shoulder presses, standing on BOSU
2 sets of 20 one-legged bent over rows, switching legs at 10, on BOSU
60 sec ea side one legged on BOSU with arms, leg extended
60 sec ea side on BOSU, Warrior III position (fell at 10/50 sec, but got back on and finished up my time)
1 set 20 crunches on BOSU, round side up
1 set 20 Russian twists on balance ball
2 supersets 20 chest flyes or presses, 20 tricep extensions, on balance ball, on tiptoes for 10 of each 20

Gee, is that all I did? No jumproping on the BOSU? No one-legged squats on tiptoes? I gotta say that being able to work out on the BOSU and feel confident and get sore in that good way is so much fun. If only I felt the same way about cardio.

Sleep: I’m still taking meds more often than not. My mind is incredibly active at night, full of creative ideas and happy scenarios. I think because I’m not stressed out or anxious, I discount how much that cheerful whirring keeps me awake. Ahhh, the challenges of being a night owl in an early bird world. 2 years ago

I am definitely getting on with it and things that I started in the past are now in full swing and get on with it even more!

You can’t stop me now, lol =) 2 years ago

My perfectionism is creeping up on me and holding me back from getting on with it. I am trying to develop systems in by business so that I can train others to take over part of what I doing. The systems don’t need to be perfect. The reports don’t have to include all that I’m trying to include. Just get them done. 2 years ago