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huma & GSD's May Meliorism!
Meliorism - noun - the doctrine that the world tends to become better or
may be made better by human effort. 
(hey, May stars with "M" so I tried to find a good "M" word! 
)
Let's make some improvements! Get StuffDone 
and I worked hard in April, and we're both determined to get better in May. This thread is for us, and anyone else who wants to join, to state a goal here for the month, and then track your progress as May proceeds. Use whatever rating
system you want.
I grade myself each day on a five-star scale. In April, I averaged 2.60 stars/day. In March I
had averaged 2.74 stars per day. I'm focused on a May goal of 3.0 stars per
day. Here's how I grade myself (again, you don't have to do this -- assess yourself by whatever method you want)
***** - A perfect day -- very, very rare. Worked like a madman all day
and all night, hardly any rest
**** - Excellent day, got a lot done, procrastinated very little
*** - A satisfactory day; got some tasks done well, but could have done a
bit better
** - A small amount done, but procrastinated too much
* - Totally wasted my day; pathetic lack of effort
Good luck GetStuffDone and everyone else! Get a little better this month than you were last month! Let's have a May full of IMPROVEMENT and SUCCESS!
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5/31 huma
I finished the month well today. Disappointed (A LOT) though in my lack of improvement since March and April.
5/31: ****
May total: 80 stars/ 31 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
MAY FINAL: 2.58 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma 5/30 recap
I did nothing productive.
5/30: *
May total: 76 stars/ 30 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.53 stars/ day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
((Huma)) just a
((Huma))
just a thought--Do you think it would help if you could set up your system so you felt a positive sense of accomplishment for each thing you did, even if you didn't do everything? And so no day would be a failure, even if you had aimed at doing more???
(Just for myself, it's easier to keep going as I learn not to be hard on myself.)
thanks chickadee and gsd
I do try to appreciate the good things I accomplish, but unfortunately yesterday I did NOTHING. So that's really disappointing. I keep thinking that I'm going to improve -- I know what my weaknesses are - but I keep falling into this rut.
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
((Huma))
That's okay! We all slip at one point or the other. Just gather all your energy and give the last day of May your best effort! You can do it!
huma 5/29 recap
Pretty useless day. I'm so disappointed. I wanted to finish the month strong, and I had a perfect Saturday set up to accomplish a lot.
5/29: **
May total: 75 stars/ 29 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.59 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
GSD 29
29: ***
Total Week 4 (starting from May 26): 11/4 days
Average Week 4: 2.75/day
Goal Week 4: 3/day
huma 5/28 recap
Ok, but could have been better.
5/28: ***
May total: 73 stars/ 28 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.61 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
Huma
You're doing better in May than in April! Keep going! :)
GSD 27-8
27: ***
28: ***
Total Week 4 (starting from May 26): 8/3 days
Average Week 4: 2.67/day
Goal Week 4: 3/day
huma 5/27 recap
5/27: ***
May total: 70 stars/ 27 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.59 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
Huma
3 stars is great! Keep going! Let's end May well!
GSD 26
26: **
From now till the end of May, I'm hoping to average 3 stars.
you can do it GSD!
It's only a few days! Go for it!
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma 5/26 recap
Good day today. Looking to finish the month strongly.
5/26: ****
May total: 67 stars/ 26 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.58 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
Huma
4 stars is AWESOME!
huma 5/25 recap
5/25: ***
May total: 63 stars/25 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.52 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
Huma
YAY for a three star day! That's better than yesterday! I'm sure you can end May spectacularly!
Sorry for my long absence here! I was frantically trying to finish the last of my deadlines...and then I took some time off to recuperate. I'll update my May Meliorism goals tonight.
Good luck, Huma!
huma 5/24 recap
5/24: **
May total: 60 stars/24 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.5 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
((GSD))
Hang in there my friend. I hope to see you back here soon.
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma 5/23 recap
Poor start, good finish.
5/23: ***
May total: 58 stars/ 23 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.52 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma recap
Horrendous stretch. Thursday I was going ok, then websurfed deep into the night, leaving myself less than 2 hours sleep. Friday I was useless, trying to catch up on rest. Saturday I was rested -- and then did NOTHING all day. I have enormous pressures on me right now and yet it is as if I am trying to completely ignore them. I know what I need to do every day. Why do I do this to myself?
5/20: **
5/21: **
5/22: *
May total: 55 stars/22 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.5 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma 5/19 recap
Interesting history... on March 19, I had 49 stars in 19 days. On April 19, I had 50 stars in 19 days. On May 19, I have 50 stars in 19 days. Three different months, three different patterns, but all three have ended up in the same spot after 19 days.
I improved slightly to end up at 2.74 stars/day in March.
I went down a little to finish with 2.60 stars/day in April.
My goal is 3.0 stars/day in May. Can I possibly make it? Past history says no. But I KNOW I have the potential to do it. I have to try. I have 12 days left - if I have seven ****s and five ***s, I will make it. I can't afford to have any **s or *s.
5/19: ***
May total: 50 stars/19 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.63 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma recap
5/18: *** (barely)
May total: 47 stars/18 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.61 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
GSD 18
Worked reeaaallly hard. 5 stars.
Week 3 total: 13 stars/4 days
Week 3 average: 3.25 stars/day
Week 3 goal: 4 stars/day
Good job GSD!
You're inspiring me today.
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
GSD 17
An okay day. 3 stars.
Week 3 total: 8 stars/3 days
Week 3 average: 2.67 stars/day
Week 3 goal: 4 stars/day
huma recap
Another crap day.
5/17: **
May total: 44 stars/17 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.59 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
(Huma)
According to my calculations of 3.0 stars/day and with 2.59 stars so fars,using a greatest possible error of +/- 0.5 your %error is 19.3% . That is pretty good if you ask me!! That means you are 80.7% on target, and May is not over!!Wow!
Huma
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day! At least we've both taken the first step by coming back to this thread and posting here!
Vic (May Mel)
I feel like so far this has been a great success. I actually have not lost all my goals on slips of papers everywhere. Working on things together almost makes me feel like I am at work and doing "team work" with great people. That concept has always worked for me.
Last week I did not focus on gratitude, so I would have been disappointed no matter what I did.(and I was , the critic in me just would not shut up and seemed to start criticizing everyone around me) This week, I decided to focus more on gratitude and putting my program 1st, I even made some outreach calls this weekend, when I put prigram 1st, everything else seems to fall in place, at least for me.
Good for you Vic!
I'm so happy for you. You're making good strides!
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
(Huma- Mel May)
I give the credit back to you, my strides are a result of you putting out a new idea and sharing it with us. Thank you. You have helped with the quote below:
Dare to...
Ask for what you want.
Believe in yourself.
Change your mind.
Do what you love.
Enjoy each and every day.
Follow your hearts desire.
Give more than you receive.
Have a sense of humor.
Insist on being yourself.
Join in more.
Kiss and make up.
Love and be loved.
Make new friends.
Nurture your spirit.
Overcome adversity.
Play more.
Question conformity.
Reach for the stars.
Speak your truth.
Take personal responsibility.
Understand more, judge less.
Volunteer your time.
Walk through fear.
Xperience the moment.
Yearn for grace.
be Zestful
Meiji Stewart
huma recap
I have been shirking my habit of coming here, and it certainly has hurt my progress. It's amazing how much I know I need to improve, how I am aware of my weaknesses, but still refuse to move forward in spurts of more than 3-5 days before collapsing into chaos again.
5/13: **
5/14: ***
5/15: **
5/16: **
May total: 42 stars/16 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/game
May so far: 2.63
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
GSD 13-16
Had a couple of unproductive days...but improved today:
13: *
14: **
Week 2 total: 24 stars/7 days
Week 2 average: 3.4 stars/day
Week 2 goal: 4 stars/day
15: *
16: ****
Week 3 total: 5 stars/2 days
Week 3 average: 2.5stars/day
Week 3 goal: 4stars/day
Let's have a good week GSD!
We both have underperformed this week. My goal is to have 3 **** days and 2 *** days from Monday-Friday. What's yours? Let's push each other!
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
Keep on trucking GSD
You are doing really well. Keep going!
Mel Goals
Finished 3 unfinished business items, now I have 3 more on my "running list" . So happy "something" is helping here. thank you
huma 5/12
Kind of a planned semi-vacation day. But I didn't get to a couple of things I wanted to do.
5/12: **
May total: 33 stars/12 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.75 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
GSD 12
A five star day...did a LOT...but I'm disappointed.
I had a deadline (as usual), and I underestimated the time required (as usual)...so now I've been up for the past 30 hours desperately trying to finish this task. (And I've had so much coffee I don't think I can *ever* fall asleep again...!)
I guess I just have to learn my lessons from this experience:
(1) I *thought* I had made an intelligent, realistic plan. I hadn't. Next time I should leave PLENTY of extra time for each task (twice as much as I think is necessary), and shouldn't try to take short-cuts. It's better to overestimate the time required than underestimate it. Also, I should never, under any circumstance, try to finish things at the last minute. This causes waaay too much stress.
(2) Set an hour or so everyday to revise plans/review work etc.
Okay, off to make an realistic, intelligent plan that will actually work this time...
Week 2 total: 5 + 16 stars/5 day = 21 stars/5 days
Week 2 average: 4.2 stars/day
Week 2 goal: 4 stars/day
May Mel Yes!!
Only by going through the pain of it all and sharing as a group....
They say when the pain of change becomes less than the pain of no change, for some people, it helps in the road of recovery. True for me.
Congratulations Vic!
I'm so happy to see you solving that important issue! Good for you! More victories to come!
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
(Huma)
Thank YOU! Your idea of meliorism goals ....It's soooooooo Jungian...I love it!!!
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
Carl Jung
GSD 11
YAAAY!!! A five star day!
Week 2 total: 5 + 11 stars/4 day = 16 stars/4 days
Week 2 average: 4 stars/day
Week 2 goal: 4 stars/day
Awesome again GSD!
Way to go!
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma 5/11 recap
Super day! I worked really hard today. Got a lot of important things done before I flew out of town. I wish I had more days like this!
5/11: *****
May total: 31 stars/11 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.82 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
Huma: You are rockin' it too!
5 stars!!! That's amazing!
*applause*
You're going to have a fantastic week!
GSD 10
Same as yesterday, 4 stars.
Week 2 total: 7 + 4 stars/3 day = 11 stars/3 days
Week 2 average: 3.67 stars/day
Week 2 goal: 4 stars/day
GSD, you are rockin' it!
You're having a great week! Keep it up!
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb
huma 5/10 recap
A decent day. I almost gave myself a 4. Just didn't get to an important thing today, so I'm grading myself tough but fair at a 3.
5/10: ***
May total: 26 stars/10 days
May goal: 3.0 stars/day
May so far: 2.6 stars/day
"A year from now, you may wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb