cultivate self-discipline

Lately things have been chaotic, and they shouldn’t be. Here is a list of things that I could do to make my week easier:

1. wash clothes regularly
2. lay out clothes night before
3. run dishwasher nightly
4. on Sunday, have scout uniform ready to go, baseball uniform washed and both sets all in one place
5. Sunday- have bible study homework done
6. meal plan set
7. shopping list set
8. vacuum once a week at least
9. wash towels
10. change sheets
11. fold and put away clothes
12. have permission slips signed Sunday
13. have all bills ready to go Sunday
14. assemble meals the night before
15. water plants
16. routine chores
17. make lunch the night before
18. freezer cooking and once-a-week baking

these are the heart of the chaos for this working mom. I know I have time wasters, if only I can avoid those and focus on the above list. This is a start.

of this goal was centered around keeping a tidy, clean house.

Since moving I have developed habits that I am really proud of and keep the most organised house thus far :)

There are always areas in one’s life where more discipline could be applied but for the purpose this goal was intended for, I’m done!

Starting from today,little things that need to be put under my control.
Instead of smoking 10 or more cigarettes as I usually do,I managed to stick to the promise I made to myself and I only smoked 3 until now (08:55 p.m)and I’m allowed to smoke one more after I’m done with my study.
My eating habits need to be put under my control as well,and this is the biggest challenge for me,cause I’m a sucker for everything tasty and I love sweets,but I’m sure I’ll manage to control the “beast” to some extent.
I also need to catch up with my studies in a timely manner and luckily,Christmas is not too far away and I’ll have plenty of time to study in the holidays.
Even the small change I made today,made me feel pretty darn good!I do believe that life needs to be spontaneous and not to be put in a schedule,but always in moderation.Having control of your life and of yourself as much as you are allowed to,keeps you organized and moving in order to be able to live the important moments of your life to the fullest.

Lots of things going well here but I did not stick to the two hours per day on art over my break but that’s okay as I did a lot of reading & did spend some time getting up to date.

Areas to improve – vitamins & maintenance of organised clothing! I’m doing pretty well at this & the finer weather has helped (bar today – doomulent!)

I’ve got some heavy deadlines across the next month so a lot of my focus will be on those too!

I can successfully say that I’ve made a huge improvement on the problem areas I mentioned on this goal 4 weeks ago. I am eating better, sleeping better and taking my make up off every day.

I’m also getting more organised with my clothes which is GOOD.

I want to do the dishes more regularly so that Robert doesn’t end up doing them more than me.

I want to make sure that in my 2 weeks of non-scheduled classes (starting next week) that I get a lot of creative work done, at least two hours per day.

There’s more I’m sure! But these are a few things on my mind at the moment.

at this.
Worse diet, crazy sleep patterns, sleeping in make up sometimes…
Time to take me seriously.

i think at this point in my life cultivating ‘self-discipline’ isn’t working for me. i’ve decided to switch over to the goal of cultivating focus, which feels more ‘right’ for me.

i believe it is the wording, and/or connotations. ‘self-discipline’ makes me think of some level of ‘force’ or ‘control’. i seem to be associating some element of negativity or aggression with these words, so that i’m feeling resistant and reluctant.

‘focus’ on the other hand, feels more ‘zen-like’, calm, relatively gentle in comparison. seeking out ‘focus’ feels inviting, motivating and inspiring right now.

This will be my biggest challenge. It is the lack of self-discipline that makes it so hard to accomplish the other goals. Instead of reading a book to accomplish my read more books or picking up some of the many language tapes I’ve bought or even tidying my house, I’m sitting here wasting time on the internet, watching the bf play halo and letting the pup sit squarely on my lap so that I can’t get up and spend a little time moving towards my goals. So, step one, I admit I have a problem. The problem that is the root of all of the other problems (or at least the ones I can do something about!). Tomorrow, I commit to doing one thing towards accomplishing these goals. Just one thing.

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blegh.

:)

as i see the kinds of mistakes i make, that many of them come down to lack of discipline. Food mistakes, time mistakes, choice of friends.