be able to look back on each day with a sense of accomplishment

yes i would i like to do this too

im in health care so i feel like i make an impact i have direct pt contact and it is gratifying- but lately my job has been icky… not much to like… lots of pts that dont speak my langauge and are rude… so looking for something a bit more…

most days get my best shot recently…

First Things First helps a lot with this goal (at least being able to check off and see how much you’ve done with the day).

There is something more I want when I look back on each day now, maybe a sense of real fulfillment. Plus I am having a spring clean of my list :D

although I know partly it’s cos I’m having it easier this week! Finishing CAT 4, and getting the Audit out of my hair and my intray, and getting the big event done yesterday has freed me up all over the place and I can pace myself again!

Today I got through everything on my list, made extra progress with code yellow, sent some extra e-mails and got more than halfway through the next CAT chapter – it’s so nice to be able to study when I feel like it, and as much as I feel like it, and be motivated without falling behind.

Most of my work now requires other people to do things for me to push ahead with it, except the studying of course. So today I can finally get back to the practice of having the last 30 minutes of my day to plan ahead and checking my long-term list for the next projects to tackle. I haven’t slacked off today despite the change in pace and pressure and it feels good to have so many things in motion.

is putting in that little bit extra, to make the day go better.

Today I…

• went for a jog
• cooked breakfast and had extra time talking to my honey ;)
• had a good day’s work (including tying up the accruals and faxing off the paperwork, cracking contribution _{that really was the highlight of my day}, and spending an hour agreeing my performance targets for this year (well the 8 months that are left!) with my boss)
• went to aqua and kicked some watery butt
• did a food shop
• got home and washed the dishes, unpacked the shopping and made dinner.

I’m just about ready to collapse now. What a way to spend 16 hours.

actually this whole week has been mad really, I (will) have been out every night except Monday, have seen 2 friends, went to choir, (will) have done 6 bouts of exercise _{with any luck}. There are times the very contemplation of a week like this would send me scurrying back under the duvet, and then there are these times when things seem to flow and I can take on anything and everything at once. I must remember that next time I’m in a funk, that it’s a cycle, and these times will come round again.

and I was really impressed to make it out of bed at all… but thanks to Silvie, Shinyruby & Mary Poppins’ posts on the BYY goal I was motivated to sort out the biggest thing that’s been bumming me out – the grimylicious state of my house. All the worst jobs – hob top, kitchen in general, bathroom, bathroom floor (with added brick dust from when the extractor fan was changed over last week) and the kitchen floor – It took almost two hours but there is not a speck of grime left in the place!!

I am quite exhausted but think the elation of cleanliness will kick in in a little while; while I’m waiting for that I’m going to change my grimy socks and settle down for my 80s YouTube Binge, and later I am making curry to reward myself. That was way more than I expected to get done on a Sunday and I refuse to accomplish another thing (well except maybe brushing up on my Bros lyrics) for the rest of the day!!

at work, yesterday’s planning got me a bit fired up and I was in the office really early looking up news reports to practice reading (Fr + Jp). Spent quite a lot of time broken up during the day on finishing off the CAT preparation – evil chapter 8 – but it looks like chapter 9 and thereafter will be less evil so I was glad I stuck it out and did the exercises properly. A lesson learned that I can only stand it for about 30mins at a time before it does my head in!!

Did my kanji chapter which was less easy than it at first looked, a load of proff-reading, and some little admin things that had been hanging on for ages.

Spent my last exciting half-hour working out requirements for the ITI application, doing a first trim of my CV, and working out my potential coursework areas for the CAT. It works! I feel excited about the possibilities!

Off to aqua class now, wish me luck…

...and I certainly have a sense of accomplishment about it!! I’ve tried new things, checked off a couple of goals, stuck to the plan, did some things that weren’t in the plan, and really really enjoyed myself. Life just seems fulfilling from every angle!!

And now I have the whole weekend ahead of me. Bloke is out drinking tomorrow so I will have some awake and useful Saturday time, which is just what I need!! Taking a leaf from Strangeways’ book, here are some goals to move forward this weekend (not must, just whatever I want to, when I want to):

• French – something – probably more conversation prep
• Russian – want to go through and find out what I still know, also have blog (photos) and a couple of books to look at
• Chinese – look at study plan & websites
• Do some creativity stuff, release some stress (goal 23)
• Exercise routines: run (Sat), pool (Sun)
• Non-fiction books – not directly related but have some notes from the last book
• Foreign-books – should finish the one I’m on
• write an albun – would like to generate some ideas for lyrics!
• game plan – a couple more bits of research to do and then working out the game plan itself, schedule and stuff
• get caught up – letters and e-mails, letters and e-mails. And cute postcards. And photos. Yay!
• PEA-FEST – well this is like the whole weekend!!
• look forward to things – might go and see if there are any pubs with bands playing on Sunday night

bits and bobs and what have you. happy moose!

I got everything on my list done today! either my work is getting faster or my planning is getting better (probably the latter!!)

It feels good to be back into a rhythm.