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So far the day has been successful. I did wake about an hour later than I wanted to (I pretty much laid in bed trying to sleep but not really fully dozing off). However, I didn’t set an alarm so I didn’t really know what time it was. Either way, I got done exactly what I needed to for the AM.

So far today, I have 4 things I must do, 4 I might do, and 2 extra things.

Must do: Family member’s birthday party, clean up after my dog’s mess (yuck…), blog, shower.

Might do: Pick up a couch from craigslist (only if its still available), go to a in-home sale with a friend (only if we can coordinate it), clean up around the house (pet room, litter, main room), and research for my book.

Extra: Check e-mail, exercise.

So far I’ve: Cleaned up after the dog, exercised, showered, started the blog.

It is about 12 pm, so I feel like I’m doing pretty good. I’m actually slightly ahead of schedule. When I woke up, I made the above list and then set up a schedule of when I should get things done. I’ve done everything and then some that I set out to do in the AM.

Having to clean after the dog was a big motivator. I absolutely had to do that and could not wait. I think it helped mostly because it got me out of bed and moving, and once I was already up I did a little bit of exercise. Not much, mind you.

Exercise in AM: 20 bicep curls, 20 tricep curls, 20 shoulder lifts, 20 calf raises (ten together, ten seperate), and 10 squats, all with 5 lb weights. It probably only took me 5 minutes, but it got my blood flowing and (since I’m so out of shape) got me to even sweat a little.

After that was the shower and, although I’m feeling a little hungry, I’m very energized. I have noticed that sitting down makes me want to become lazy again, so tomorrow I may save all of the blogging until the end of the day. I think that coming in at different times and updating that way will be more accurate, but I’ll stop if it sacrifices my results.

Update: I will not be going to the sale with my friend. She couldn’t get out of work before I had to leave for the party, and the sale is over before I get home, which is a shame because its in her old house and I really wanted to see what the new owners did to the place.

I’ll add more later.

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Its 5 PM and I’m starting to feel very tired. I think it has something to do with the sushi I ate (all vegan!). Maybe the huge amount of effort it takes to digest it tired me out. I also had some mochi after, which I know is tough to digest. Its quite sticky and has given me stomach problems before. I was too tired to clean so I sat down to do some research. I’m working on it now but I’m finding it difficult to focus. I took a break to blog.

On any other day, at this point I would either take a nap or watch TV (to at least stay awake). Since I’m trying to both fix my sleeping schedule and not do nothing, I’m staying away from both those options. Forced to be resourceful, I’m going to try and split up my activities so I am active when I feel mentally tired and sitting down and doing research when I’m more refreshed. I’d prefer to sit down and go straight through my work but for now I just don’t have the focus necessary. That’s what I get for watching too much TV.

More tonight.

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8:00 PM

I exercised again:  aerobics for 30 minutes.  Also, I didn’t go to get the couch.  I’m simply not really keen on driving so far for something I’ve never seen and something I can barely lift, even if it is free.  Oh, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t have a means of bringing it back.  It seems all the trucks are being used today.

The exercise energized me again.  Also, taking the break in-between my research to do a chore (cat litter) really gave me the energy I needed to finish it.

At this point, the only thing I need to do now is clean in the pet room and main room.  This is a pretty big undertaking and its getting late, so I may let that be the “must do” for tomorrow.

Overall I feel really good about today.  I got a lot more done than I usually would on any other day, and I also set up some dates and appointments when normally I wouldn’t have bothered.  I’m very satisfied and, although I didn’t finish one of the main things I really need to do, I still feel like I’ve got enough done.  I have time tomorrow to do more, but I also have other arrangements so I’ll have to schedule it carefully.

The strategies that were most helpful were:

-Not watching TV.

-Not napping.

-Exercising when I felt tired, just enough to energize myself (a few light weights, a little aerobics, even just moving to do a chore instead of sitting and working on mental work).

-Scheduling things even if I didn’t feel like it (aka things that I want to do but would otherwise have been too lazy).

-Doing things “now”.  I employed this somewhat today… not totally but I did things I normally wouldn’t have by thinking:  There’s no reason not to do this now.

Tomorrow I’ll try and wake up earlier to get more done.  I’m a little worried about losing energy but right now, despite my afternoon fatigue, I feel good.

Lia Cross 

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