Friday April 15, 2011

Hope everyone has a great weekend :-)

I missed last week and maybe the week before? But I have been working on several goals that are now accomplished:
- Got my final assignment done and handed in
- Applied for a job opening in the field I want to work in (environmental)
- Applied for a job in my current field (graphic design) that a friend sent me info about and that was too good to not apply
- Got Dave signed up at the gym with me and we did our first workout together on the machines (not my fave, but an okay addition to my exercise, and HE likes them :-)
- Now that I'm not starting work early (because my classes ended last week) I have started walking to work again

I am feeling very pleased with accomplishing all of this and hope now to keep focussed on improving my health and creating good routines that I can maintain even when I go back to having classes AND work.

Show up (done)

Living in the solution with my Procrastination issues:

After 2 years, so far, tracking my progress, I can say "for me" living in the solution which I know I can rely on would be:

1. Showing up (pretty good with this one, the pa site is my "sponsor")

2. Daily gratitudes and spiritual meditation. (after 2 years have shifted both my brain and heart)

3. BB page xxiv "The physician who, at our request, gave us this letter, has been kind enough to enlarge upon his views in another statement which follows. In this statement he confirms what we who have suffered alcoholic torture must believe-that the body of the alcoholic is quite as abnormal as his mind. It did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control our drinking just because we were maladjusted to life, that we were in full flight from reality, or were outright mental defectives. These things were true to some extent, in fact, to a considerable extent with some of us. But we are sure that our bodies were sickened as well. In our belief, any picture of the alcoholic which leaves out this physical factor is incomplete. " My body reacts differently when I start to procratinate, I need to exercise and stay healthy. - pretty good with this, not too good with sleep schedule.

4. Stop criticizing self- very weak with this one.

5. Self care - am getting better.

6. Process feelings- much better.

Grateful that I have found some solutions that work for me and knowing i can keep looking.

hope everyone has a solution filled day.

Thanks fudo_shin for the excellent start!!

So grateful I have been showing up here & work, even the my boss' are unappreciative and stupid!! There but for the Grace of G_d, go I.

Anyway, the vet appt. for Goldie did not go as well as I'd had hoped. He just gave him antibiotics & no pain meds and said it would be $588 to get a consultation on rebuilding his jaw & lip. I made someone I didn't know & who didn't want to bring us to the vet and wait during appt. and take us back and this was not what I had placed all my hope in. Exhausted.

-put check in bank
-make chicken
-write down food for Passover
-go to card store for litter & lotto
-laundry
-spending chart

Wishing you abundant blessings today!!

♥"Careful the wish we make, wishes are children. Careful the path they take, wishes come true..." From "Children Will Listen," by Stephen Sondheim.♥

I"m having an extremely busy 'on-call' week and I've been spending most of my time in meetings or helping people fix problems.   Not much time to procrastinate.  Just stopping by to say hello and have a productive day!

Jo

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. Maxwell Maltz

I am down to the wire on the tax return. Monday is filing day, and I have kids all weekend. I suppose I could do it all Monday, but I have a couple of big projects that will need attention that day too. I did get new insurance, at a nice discount. Of course, my ex-wife notified me the same day that the kids' health insurance is going up almost the same amount. I already knew there was no getting ahead in this life, but sometimes it can be discouraging nonetheless.  I've decided which coach to go with. It will be interesting to see if coaching helps. Meanwhile I'm broke again with no payments expected very soon. But it could be worse. Back to it...

Prep

• Get up at 6 (6:45 today)
• Make bed
• Exercise
• Coffee, paper
• Check-ins
• Healthy breakfast
• Sightreading practice

Morning

• Update Quicken
• Query - BN
• Do O'Keefe intvw
• Send 5 music emails
• Cancel Safeco policies (delay this until Monday)
• Draft BN (?)
• S/u cruise qs
• Call 3 re: cruise

Afternoon

• Healthy lunch
• Email coaches
• Find Vitale notes
• Email Monroe
• Fax Monroe
• Email TH re:kerrville
• Call 3 re: franchise (SHS)
• Work on taxes
• Shop for groceries
• P/u B at 2:45
• Work on taxes

Evening

• P/U C at 5
• Soccer game
• Healthy dinner
• Fun w/Kids
• Rehearse for Saturday
• Read, relax
• Bed by 10:30 or so

Done:
Woke early up prayer and reflection
Checked emails and posts
French study

Todo:
Stay in waiting for important parcel pickup
Deal with post if any
More French study
Admin work on hospital complaint
Put washing machine on
Sort out bedding

Regards Rexroth