I thought I’d do an update on the eleven things I wanted to eliminate from my life in 2011:
1. Toxic people/environments. I have enough weight on my own. How to eliminate? NO IDEA. Help? Well. I think first I need to come up with what I feel is toxic. I will say my BSometer is a lot more sensitive these days. I just don’t deal with crap.
2. Unnecessary anger/sadness. I shouldn’t discount my feelings, but I shouldn’t blow them out of proportion. This will be harder every 28-days or so. This. Yes. I fight depression off and on. I haven’t been able to figure out a trigger. But I have found something that helps. If I get up in the morning and get dressed and ready, I don’t feel like a slob and am much more productive during the day. This leads much fewer “woe is me” days overall.
3. Crap food. This pretty much means all fast-food. Being pretty much broke has made this easy thus far. I still eat french fries. But I plan my menu MUCH better. And drink a ton of water.
4. Being SO connected. I may even *gasp* drop the smart-phone. MAYBE. I have been making a conscious effort to log-off at 10:00 pm. And I don’t really check my phone when out & about. We enquired about going to a dumb-phone, but it wasn’t practical with our current wireless package.
5. Crap clothes. I buy clothes because I feel like what I own sucks. So then I buy more suck clothes. This weekend, my friend and I are cleaning out my closet and putting together outfits. I am much better at this. Much. I don’t buy clothes often, but I really take time to look at what is in the store and recognize what is best for my body. I recently bought a cute jacket (to wear at Easter) and specifically bought something bright and colorful. And got a TON of compliments on it.
6. Crap TV. The Hubs and I have discussed killing cable. It makes me REALLY nervous that we will sit around and stare at each other all day. I am also much better with this. I deleted a few regular shows off of the DVR schedule. I DVR my morning news and fast forward it during my coffee. After that, I don’t watch too much TV during the day.
7. Gossip. Again, help? So. I tried to give this up for Lent. FAIL. I can’t help it.
8. Skipping church. There is just no reason for this. Argh. I do better at this mostly. We just wrapped up an intensive Lent/Triduum/Easter spell, so I got a bit burnt out and took a weekend off. I’m ok with that.
9. Not kissing & hugging my husband and child EVERY day. I do pretty well with the munchkin, especially when we are hanging out during the day. The Hubs and I used to have a Daily Hug. We need to get back on this! Still not back to the daily hug. In fact, I’ve felt very ignor-y lately. We need to get into the groove!!!!
10. Not washing my face. And picking zits. I know; gross, right? To stop: I think I’ll drop a washcloth on my pillow each morning… can’t go to bed with that in the way! As for picking? I might have to rely on this little thing called will-power. Way better with this! With my getting dressed every day, I’m also putting on make-up. Therefore, I have to wash my face off at night.
11. Completely unrealistic daydreaming. I don’t need to shop for multi-million dollar homes on the MLS. Unless I win the PowerBall tonight… Hmm… Sorry, but I think this is just ingrained in me. No. No, I don’t apologize.
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