Finally, feeling better! I have been sick until today. Since last week. I hate being sick this long. It also means I haven't been able to do a really solid end of the year review. I don't do Resolutions, becuase I think having goals only once a year is silly. I have goals all year.
This year my word for the year is Intention. I intend it to be my guiding theme for the year.
1. Writing/Editing
260,000 words (500,000 stretch goal)
Edit 2 of the 5 books I intend to write this year.
2. Relationship work
Make my husband and son a greater focus in my life
This needs to be something we work on together, as I am not sure what is the most important thing to each of them. That is what I want to focus on this year.
3. Physical
Move every day. Work counts as it takes up so much of my day, but I would like to work up to running on the treadmill in the morning before work. I watched a documentary about happiness. People who experience FLOW are happier. I experience FLOW when I run.
4. Organize
10-30 minutes a day of cleaning the house and 2 big projects, the closet (clothes) and the storage room downstairs where all my stuff is languishing after my move...4 years ago.
How will I do it?
Goal notebook. I have always had a poster or a notebook that gives me the visual motivation I need
Plan every day. I'll use my journal and then take it with me so that I remember what I am trying to accomplish.
Affirmation/meditation daily. This will help me to stay less stressed out and advertise in my own brain the things I want.
This week: I am going to aim for 10,000 words by Friday.
I will plan food (daily menus) and write affirmations.
Here we gooo!
Monday, January 6, 2014
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Sunday check in between challenges
SO SICK.
This week has been about taking care of my sweetie... well, trying to. I am pretty dependent on him when it comes to eating. So we ate canned food or takeout. Not great for getting over the creeping crud, and not good for either of us as far as our health goes. He got sick on Christmas. I started getting sick on Friday and it hit will full force on Saturday. I would have gladly let someone shoot me. I would have felt better.
You would think, working in health care, I would get sick a lot, but the opposite is actually true. Once you get past the first year or so, you have been introduced to all the bugs, viral and bacterial, and you tend to be less susceptible. This is a good thing. But, once in a while, you still get sick. For real sick. And I am. Bleh. Which is how I feel.
So, I don't think I'll make my 200,000 word goal for the year. Unless I feel a surprising amount better tomorrow. If I don't, I won't put any pressure on myself to finish. I did pretty well getting to 195,000 words on my first try. Yay for that!
I know it's between rounds, but I am enjoying the check ins twice a week, they are keeping me honest. I plan to just keep on checking in. This week, there just wasn't much to report. Have a great New Year Day to everyone with the same calendar as us in the US, and a great week to everyone for whom January 1 is not a holiday, enjoy the week. I wish you health!!
This week has been about taking care of my sweetie... well, trying to. I am pretty dependent on him when it comes to eating. So we ate canned food or takeout. Not great for getting over the creeping crud, and not good for either of us as far as our health goes. He got sick on Christmas. I started getting sick on Friday and it hit will full force on Saturday. I would have gladly let someone shoot me. I would have felt better.
You would think, working in health care, I would get sick a lot, but the opposite is actually true. Once you get past the first year or so, you have been introduced to all the bugs, viral and bacterial, and you tend to be less susceptible. This is a good thing. But, once in a while, you still get sick. For real sick. And I am. Bleh. Which is how I feel.
So, I don't think I'll make my 200,000 word goal for the year. Unless I feel a surprising amount better tomorrow. If I don't, I won't put any pressure on myself to finish. I did pretty well getting to 195,000 words on my first try. Yay for that!
I know it's between rounds, but I am enjoying the check ins twice a week, they are keeping me honest. I plan to just keep on checking in. This week, there just wasn't much to report. Have a great New Year Day to everyone with the same calendar as us in the US, and a great week to everyone for whom January 1 is not a holiday, enjoy the week. I wish you health!!
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Sunday, just keep swimming
Well, it has been quite the week! I did finally get some exercise, but not before being called on my lazy butt-itude by Ron. Thanks, Ron.
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I cleaned the house on Saturday morning in preparation for the homecoming of my wonderful child, who has been gone for 2 years. I love that kid. He has truly grown into a man and I am overwhelmed at the intelligence and amazing maturity he is showing every day. He constantly amazes me and I am grateful to have him around and will be sad to see him off to college when he has to go home. I will hoarde every moment I can with him. Said house-cleaning left me quite sore. Legs especially, arms from all the scrubbing and oh, my feet! Today, we went shopping and walked extensively around Best Buy and Costco, which I am totally counting. So, two out of three days down, and I just have to get on the treadmill tomorrow to make the movement goal for the weekend!
Next on the list was planning the meals. That will be a difficult one this week due to the kid being here and Christmas, but I am going to take a shot at it tomorrow evening. I am fortunate to be off work until the day after Christmas, which is great, I think my brain needed a break. I had a blind spot again this morning. Stupid head and headaches. That's the second one this week.
I was thinking of working a bit, but I don't think I will until after Christmas. I am on call Christmas Day and my wonderful colleagues have split the week up with me so that I can spend some quality time with the kid. I can't tell you how amazing it is to work in a place that has such an optimistic and team work inspiring atmosphere. I have spoken to so many people who struggle every day with politics and difficulties with colleagues. Mine are wonderful to work with. Maybe I am the difficult one? Oh, I hope not.
My sister has a dog that is sick and may not make it another few days, so I expect to be comforting her tomorrow when the kid and I go to see her and her hubby. Sad, but then again, I am lucky to live close enough to be able to go see her and be there for her. I am glad for this.
So, the theme for this week is short term struggles and long term successes. I guess it comes down to what Dori said in Finding Nemo, "Just keep swimming."
Goals:
1. Physical: 10 minutes on the treadmill on all days off (or equivalent movement)
2. Nutrition: Plan meals and shop for food (this is much bigger than it sounds)
3. Writing: Get to 200,000 words.
I have written about 2000 words so far this week, which isn't bad. I have a pretty clean house which is nice, and should keep me on track for more writing. I am at a total of about 194,000 for the year. Six thousand is really not many words. I could do that all in a day. Let's see if I can do it before next check in an Wednesday!
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Monday, December 16, 2013
Limited Obsession
Well, the Sunday check in is not exactly what I had hoped it would be. I guess that's why we do this, though, right? Keep on keeping on. So, my goal was to write 9000 words this weekend and get to 200,000 words for the year. I didn't get there. I wrote 2300 words, though. I'm at 194,000 words for the year, which isn't too bad. I'm a little disappointed, but really, it was a pretty good weekend. I finished up the Christmas shopping, read a couple of good books, may have found a new author that I like and didn't eat too much crap.
The bad news is that I didn't work out at all, I am so tired and don't know why (a new cold sore may explain some of the fatigue), and I am feeling a bit headachy. Hopefully, it won't turn into something. This is the only reason I miss work. Stupid migraines. When they did the original MRI of my head, I had hoped they would find something that could be fixed because I was so miserable. Now, I wish there was nothing wrong.
Either way, I must get back into good shape. Writing helps to distract me. Now, I must start taking better physical care of my body. I wish it was as easy as it seems like it will be when I make the goal. Boo to tired. I also know that if I work out regularly for a week or so, the tired will get so much better. Here's what I didn't do...obsess. I have to plan. Plan my food, plan my workouts and then follow through. So, new goals this week.
1- Write 1000 words a day until the end of the year. I found a new warm up that I am going to try over at the Accidental Novelist's old site. I tried some of them today and found the chaining method to be super helpful.
2-Obsess over working out for my 5 day off stretch. I am on call over Christmas for a couple days, but not working for 5 days in a row. This would be a great time for me to start working out. So, I used to have a work out journal. I will decide whether to do it separately or to put it in my regular journal. I am going to make up a term, limited obsession, to use when I am trying to plan my workouts and eating patterns. I can't get carried away with it to the exclusion of writing and working, etc, but I have to focus more than I am. I NEED a PLAN.
3-Relax and have a nice Christmas. Sometimes I forget to relax and chill. This is my reminder.
Have a great week, everyone!
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The bad news is that I didn't work out at all, I am so tired and don't know why (a new cold sore may explain some of the fatigue), and I am feeling a bit headachy. Hopefully, it won't turn into something. This is the only reason I miss work. Stupid migraines. When they did the original MRI of my head, I had hoped they would find something that could be fixed because I was so miserable. Now, I wish there was nothing wrong.
Either way, I must get back into good shape. Writing helps to distract me. Now, I must start taking better physical care of my body. I wish it was as easy as it seems like it will be when I make the goal. Boo to tired. I also know that if I work out regularly for a week or so, the tired will get so much better. Here's what I didn't do...obsess. I have to plan. Plan my food, plan my workouts and then follow through. So, new goals this week.
1- Write 1000 words a day until the end of the year. I found a new warm up that I am going to try over at the Accidental Novelist's old site. I tried some of them today and found the chaining method to be super helpful.
2-Obsess over working out for my 5 day off stretch. I am on call over Christmas for a couple days, but not working for 5 days in a row. This would be a great time for me to start working out. So, I used to have a work out journal. I will decide whether to do it separately or to put it in my regular journal. I am going to make up a term, limited obsession, to use when I am trying to plan my workouts and eating patterns. I can't get carried away with it to the exclusion of writing and working, etc, but I have to focus more than I am. I NEED a PLAN.
3-Relax and have a nice Christmas. Sometimes I forget to relax and chill. This is my reminder.
Have a great week, everyone!
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Wednesday writing distraction
We went to a party on Friday, and I asked my husband what Mike's wife's name was.
"What's my microwave's name?" asks my deaf husband. "Sharp, I think." He also answers. With a straight face.
Oh boy.
So, this week is not a great one. I had bad news. The Neurosurgeon I saw at Mayo last summer looked at the recent MRI of my head and decided the narrowed vessel was worse and I need to go back to Mayo. For some people this would not be a big deal, but I live in Montana and Mayo clinic is in Minnesota, about a 1300 mile trip. It's 20 hours of driving. Boo.
The good news is that my husband does not have a hernia, so no expensive operation for him. Yay! And, I am finding that writing and the movie Despicable Me 2 are both good distractions from the troubles of bad health. Weirdly, it is not the health I am worried about, it's the damn money. The insurance is much worse in 2014 than it was this year, so it will be much more expensive. How will we do it?
How? I will write and write and write... to take my mind off of what I can't change. I will go to the doctor and let him do bypass surgery in my brain if that is what he wants to do so that I don't have a stroke... at forty two. And I will write. I will write to cope, I will write to live and I will write so that I don't disappear from the earth... at forty two.
GOALS:
Goal last weekend (Friday through Monday) 3000 words, made it with 3336.
Goal this weekend (Friday through Monday) 9000 words. This will get me to 200,000 for the year. I would really like that. And, I think I need the distraction.
Physical: Treadmill walk fifteen minutes three days Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Make a nice salad for the weekend. No fast food. Gotta take care of the brain.
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"What's my microwave's name?" asks my deaf husband. "Sharp, I think." He also answers. With a straight face.
Oh boy.
So, this week is not a great one. I had bad news. The Neurosurgeon I saw at Mayo last summer looked at the recent MRI of my head and decided the narrowed vessel was worse and I need to go back to Mayo. For some people this would not be a big deal, but I live in Montana and Mayo clinic is in Minnesota, about a 1300 mile trip. It's 20 hours of driving. Boo.
The good news is that my husband does not have a hernia, so no expensive operation for him. Yay! And, I am finding that writing and the movie Despicable Me 2 are both good distractions from the troubles of bad health. Weirdly, it is not the health I am worried about, it's the damn money. The insurance is much worse in 2014 than it was this year, so it will be much more expensive. How will we do it?
How? I will write and write and write... to take my mind off of what I can't change. I will go to the doctor and let him do bypass surgery in my brain if that is what he wants to do so that I don't have a stroke... at forty two. And I will write. I will write to cope, I will write to live and I will write so that I don't disappear from the earth... at forty two.
GOALS:
Goal last weekend (Friday through Monday) 3000 words, made it with 3336.
Goal this weekend (Friday through Monday) 9000 words. This will get me to 200,000 for the year. I would really like that. And, I think I need the distraction.
Physical: Treadmill walk fifteen minutes three days Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Make a nice salad for the weekend. No fast food. Gotta take care of the brain.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Sunday Check-in with Rebecca
ROW80 Check in Sunday!
I like this having to check in twice a week, it keeps me thinking about what I am doing pretty consistently. I wrote my 1000 words on Thursday, as I had planned. We went to our Christmas party on Friday, which was quite fun. I didn't get there until about 7:30, and it started about an hour before that. I did get most of my work done, though, yay, me! Last year, my work took up so much of my time that I had no life. This year, I am taking my life back and making sure that I have things in my life other than work.
I wrote 290 on Saturday (because it was such bad weather, I did not take the 400 mile trip and risk life and limb to get the child. Boo for having to wait. Yay for not defying death.) and I am at 1500 for the day but not yet done. So, I think, I'll make my 3000 for the weekend like I had planned even with a CT tomorrow for my hubby (poor guy is nervous, I don't blame him a bit, I hate those things) and a meeting I have to present at tomorrow night.
This challenge is helping me to get back on track. SO:
Goals for the week and the rest of the round
1. Writing: 1000 words at least 3 days a week. That will put me at about 200,000 words for the year, and a respectable finish for my year. I'm at 191,275 words since Jan 1, 2013. Decent Freshman effort. If it takes a million words to get to some good ones, I have a few years to go, but I'm excited about the journey. I have been writing for a long time, just not seriously.
2. Physical: Walk on the treadmill 10-20 minutes a day at least three days a week until the end of the year. This will help to get me back on track to physical fitness, which I have been ignoring for about three years. Can't continue to do that. And I love to run.
3. Work balance: Work to 7pm on my 4 days a week and no more. No weekend work, no longer days than that. It makes an 11.5 hour day and that is enough. I am on two committees and that is enough. I love my work, but it must not take up my whole life.
That's it for my Sunday check-in, hope everyone has a wonderful early December week and that no one gets too cold. We have had some seriously cold temps here over the last week. I wish for indoor gas stations. :)
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I like this having to check in twice a week, it keeps me thinking about what I am doing pretty consistently. I wrote my 1000 words on Thursday, as I had planned. We went to our Christmas party on Friday, which was quite fun. I didn't get there until about 7:30, and it started about an hour before that. I did get most of my work done, though, yay, me! Last year, my work took up so much of my time that I had no life. This year, I am taking my life back and making sure that I have things in my life other than work.
I wrote 290 on Saturday (because it was such bad weather, I did not take the 400 mile trip and risk life and limb to get the child. Boo for having to wait. Yay for not defying death.) and I am at 1500 for the day but not yet done. So, I think, I'll make my 3000 for the weekend like I had planned even with a CT tomorrow for my hubby (poor guy is nervous, I don't blame him a bit, I hate those things) and a meeting I have to present at tomorrow night.
This challenge is helping me to get back on track. SO:
Goals for the week and the rest of the round
1. Writing: 1000 words at least 3 days a week. That will put me at about 200,000 words for the year, and a respectable finish for my year. I'm at 191,275 words since Jan 1, 2013. Decent Freshman effort. If it takes a million words to get to some good ones, I have a few years to go, but I'm excited about the journey. I have been writing for a long time, just not seriously.
2. Physical: Walk on the treadmill 10-20 minutes a day at least three days a week until the end of the year. This will help to get me back on track to physical fitness, which I have been ignoring for about three years. Can't continue to do that. And I love to run.
3. Work balance: Work to 7pm on my 4 days a week and no more. No weekend work, no longer days than that. It makes an 11.5 hour day and that is enough. I am on two committees and that is enough. I love my work, but it must not take up my whole life.
That's it for my Sunday check-in, hope everyone has a wonderful early December week and that no one gets too cold. We have had some seriously cold temps here over the last week. I wish for indoor gas stations. :)
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
First ROW80 post
So excited to try the ROW80 challenge. My WriYe goal for the year was 250,000 words and I'm at 188,000. So, this month I am not going to get my goal, but, I am excited that since it is my first year really attempting to write anything, I am going to finish up somewhere in the 200,000+ word general area. Not bad for a first attempt.
So, my goal for this week, since this is a mid-week check-in:
1. Write 1000 words a day on Thursday and Sunday and Monday.
I have a Christmas party on Friday, have to go on an 8 hour+ car trip on Saturday (to pick up my son, yay!) and can't plan on writing those days. Today was brute at work, didn't get home until after 8. Boy, did 10 (bedtime) come fast!
Starting small, let's see how it goes.
Have a great week, everyone!
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So, my goal for this week, since this is a mid-week check-in:
1. Write 1000 words a day on Thursday and Sunday and Monday.
I have a Christmas party on Friday, have to go on an 8 hour+ car trip on Saturday (to pick up my son, yay!) and can't plan on writing those days. Today was brute at work, didn't get home until after 8. Boy, did 10 (bedtime) come fast!
Starting small, let's see how it goes.
Have a great week, everyone!
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