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Last night I took a late walk and then went to bed.  So I did even more exercise than I had originally intended.  Because of this, I had a long night and a very sore body.  The result was sleeping in WAY too late and not waking until 1 PM.  If I had awoken earlier I would not have felt refreshed, however sleeping so late really compromised my time for chores.  Tomorrow I would prefer to wake earlier, however I’m still not going to push myself just yet.  I want to allow myself to be fully rested.  It is really telling to see how long it takes my body to recuperate each night, and to figure out what may be the culprit.  So far I blame eating too late, too much sugar, and exercising too hard too soon.

As for today, here is the list of things to do:

Must do:

-Early dinner at mom’s, at which I needed to 1) prepare a fax, 2) finish an item I had sold for a customer, and 3) return a container.

-Scrub my carpet.

-Clean in the pet room.

-Shower.

-Wash (although my significant other says he will do this).

-Blog.

Maybe do:

-Exercise

-Clean main room and kitchen (mostly just tidying up).

-Check email.

Extra:

-Research for book.

The research should probably be a required field, but since its Sunday I decided I could put stuff like cleaning on the top of the list and let my book take a side-seat.  Unfortunately, due to waking late, I never got around to cleaning.  I may do so later, but as of right now it looks like it will have to wait until tomorrow.

So far I’ve:

-Went to mom’s and did all three chores.

-Cleaned the cat litter.

-Showered.

-Blogging now…

-Checked Email.

-Confirmed that my S.O. will be taking care of the wash.

By the end of the night, I anticipate doing:

-Exercise

-Research (even if just a little)

-Possibly clean up in pet room.

As you can see, I still left a lot to be done.  I was still active most of the day, though.  Not on the list was gardening, some of which I did today.  I also went shopping (in the time I spent with my mother) and applied at a few jobs (online).  Still, I have tons of stuff leftover that I need to do tomorrow.  I will hopefully be able to wake sooner.  If for some reason I wake late, then I am going to set my alarm for Tuesday so I do not sleep in too much.  I’m not good at waking with my alarm, unfortunately, but this trial should force me to get up with it.  Either way, I only have one pressing thing I must do tomorrow and its not until late afternoon.  This should leave plenty of time for chores.

During this trial I actually have not had a day where I can honestly say I have no commitments.  While this should be a good thing for a non-lazy trial, I have to admit it hasn’t allowed me to truly test my resolve.  I’ve been expected to make appearances by several people, and this has obviously been a huge motivator for me.  A true test will be a day I have off and nothing to do, and yet still have many chores to complete.  I’m not sure I’ll get a day like that, though, since I do plan to finish the majority of the chores tomorrow and stay on top of keeping things clean until I do have my first day “off” (appears that it will be Wednesday), and at that time I won’t have anything huge to do except maybe spend the day working on WorldSave and my book.

Today, it is evident that winning strategies to not being lazy are:

-Have other people count on you for something.

-Make every commitment enjoyable.  I say this because I had a commitment with my mother, and we did something enjoyable.  I also have a commitment to clean, which can become fun with some music, dancing, breaking it up with exercise, playing with the animals as I go, etc.

-Make promises, primarily to people you know you won’t break it with.  We’ll actually see how well this one works tomorrow.  I told the other WorldSave Admin that I would clean the pet room tomorrow, no matter if we did nothing tonight or if I didn’t have their help.  I anticipate not wanting to break my word will keep me on target.

-Make lists.   I would not have done so well this far without my handy dandy notebook.  Seriously.  I write down everything I need to do and check it off as I go.  I also keep a date book for appointments.  Otherwise I would forget too much.  Before I go to bed each night I make my list for the next day, and when I wake up I turn the list into things I must do, things I might do, and extra things.  Then I make a schedule with each thing, giving myself ample time to complete it.  If I run out of time its not a big deal, as I don’t usually follow the schedule verbatim.  I’ll switch things around and break up the monotony of one task with another, which actually allows me to get more done in less time since I don’t dilly-dally with one chore that may become too tiresome.

In addition to these things is the list from yesterday.  Also, I have not yet had to do the “cannot sit” challenge to get myself moving.

So far so good, although I would have liked not to have woken up so late.  If this continues I will set an alarm and force myself to get going even if I am not fully rested.  I hope that my body will adjust regardless.

Lia Cross 

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