So, I'm at work with nothing to do for the last 2 hours and nowhere to be for another hour. I'm bored. I figured I may as well blog and kill some time. There's not really much to report so far. The list is going ok. Not great, not horrible, just ok. I have definitely found a few items to be more challenging than the rest. Several of them I have been successfully doing for months now, just not with any type of strict regulation or tracking. Eating and drinking healthier are easy at this point (thanks e!), even on a daily basis. Writing out my eating and workout habits for the day, however, along with getting 6 hours of sleep a night, are not so much. I find myself procrastinating journaling until just before bed, at which point I'm already tired and want to just skip it, but not tired enough to actually think for a second that the punishment tomorrow would be worth it.
On the weekly front, I think the musical practice will be the hardest to keep up with. Most weeknights, I don't get home until around 10pm, and the last thing I want to do is something productive. It's already Tuesday and I still haven't had my first practice, which means I can either put it off until Thursday/Friday/Saturday, or suck it up and just do it around 11pm tonight or tomorrow night. Neither sounds particularly appealing.
On a better topic, thanks to everyone who wrote back or commented/browsed this blog! I think a key part of actually keeping up with this is having lots of others supporting and cheering me on, so your e-mails and comments are greatly appreciated! I'm also open to suggestions for new goals or ways to achieve my current ones. Anything at all is welcome! That's it for now. I will hopefully have more exciting news to blog about later...
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Researching: Motorcycles
Weighing: 169.6 pounds
Playing: Nothing, again...
Crap I Need to Do, Or Else
Daily – 250 pushups, 250 crunches, 250 knee bends
- Drink more water and green tea
- Get at least 6 hours of sleep
- Eat at least 4 times a day and hit current calorie count
- Update workout/food journal
- Pray
Weekly – No Video Games Next Week
- Update blog
- Work out at least twice outside of kung fu class
- Attend at least 5 kung fu classes
- Practice guitar or piano at least 3 times
- Keep weight under 170 lbs. (more allowed if muscle mass)
Monthly – No TV Next Month (Live or Recorded)
- Increase reps or weight
- Go out with friends in
- Talk to all family members
- Read at least one book
- Find and research a new and interesting topic
- Find an opportunity to take photos
Yearly – Pick One Random Item from the Eventually List to Start by Next Week
- Contribute to Roth IRA
- E-mail long-distance friends at least twice a year (need to make list)
- Visit at least 2 long-distance friends
- Take at least one class at ACC or UT
- Take better care of my car (oil changes, maintenance, less harsh driving)
- Dental visit at least twice a year
- Do at least 3 items from the Eventually list
- Add at least 3 items to the Eventually list
Eventually
- Find a new church
- Test for 3rd degree black belt
- Test for 2nd degree black sash
- Learn a new language
- Get a new job (possibly in management)
- Look into investment houses
- Look into franchise or start-up business
- Install surround sound in bathroom
- Clean up/hide wires and cables in living room
Get media center fully connected and operational- Build deck or pool in backyard
- Paint upstairs bedroom
- Get first patent
- Do something with the garage (training room, gym, tool area)
- Take motorcycle safety course
1 comment:
Since you seem to have free time at work (occassionally at least) and don't get home until late and you're too tired to be productive, you should find something to fill your gaps at work. You have several Rosetta Stones, don't you? You should pick a language and get to work. Beijing Olympics are coming up and your brother will be in Taiwan this summer at the same time, hint hint. Also, I think it's easier to get motivated when you have someone pushing you - why don't you take a class in guitar or piano at ACC? The weekly class will give you incentive to practice beyond your own self-motivation. I guess you could also count that as your yearly "take a class" goal, although I think that would defeat the purpose of your program to sneek around goals by combining them. Instead, you should take a photography class. I think you would enjoy that. My 35mm camera is upstairs in the guest room closet (in the blue lunch bag) if you want to use it. I'm not sure if you ever learned to shoot a manual camera - it's more fun than a digital in my opinion.
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