Week 2 Reflection

So out of the four goals I'm aiming for this month, I did really well with two of them: sleeping and being organized. I've been getting plenty of sleep and cleaning up my room every night.

The other two goals I didn't do very well with. Overhauling my poor eating habits will be a long road, but I intend to keep trying. My new goal is to not eat after dinner unless I'm actually hungry. Therefore, I plan to have three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), two snacks a day (in between the meals and something small and healthy), and then if I keep to my eating goals dessert in the form of a fat-free meringue or a few m&ms or something else small. I also plan to keep a diary of what I eat so that I can make sure I'm getting enough nutrients each day.

As far as stretching goes, I'm going to try and do this at night while I watch TV before bed.

This week I'm also going to work on my inspiration board, so hopefully it'll be done by next week.

Start of Week 2

So reevaluating and strategizing for the week ahead.

Goal # 1: get organized. So I haven't undertaken any vast getting organized projects because I've been working a lot. However, I have been cleaning up my room every night and making sure it stays that way. This week, on my day off I plan to organize my desk and dresser.

Goal # 2: Do yoga. okay epic fail, but I have been stretching, so kind of? I'm not sure if I'm a yoga kind of person, so perhaps I'll just stick to stretching.

Goal #3: Sleep. This I have been doing. I've managed to get at least 8 hours several nights last week (yay!). This week I intend to keep a sleep journal everyday.

Goal #4: Eat better. I've been doing this 50% of the time. This week I intend to tackle late night eating. I also am going to keep a food journal every day and evaluate my problem areas at the end of the week. My rule for this week is that once I eat dinner, I'm allowed one healthy snack before I go to bed at night. No more late night constant grazing.

So here's to week 2!!

My Commandments

As I'm not religious at all, I've decided to come up with my own set to guide my journey this year.

1.) Be Julie.
2.) It's not as important as it may seem.
3.) Let it go.
4.) Take time to relax
5.) Stop procrastinating
6.) Figure out what's really bothering you.
7.) It's okay to have bad days, just learn how to deal with them.
8.) Make time for people you love.
9.) It shouldn't all be work.
10.) Keep focused.
11.) It's okay to ask for help.
12.) Have fun.

Week One Day One

So I'm going to reflect on how I met my goals for today:

1.) Get organized. I worked all day so I wasn't able to undertake a major organization project, but my room is sufficiently clean, so go me.

2.) Do yoga: okay, I epic failed. Although I did stretch. So maybe a part way yay?

3.)Sleep: Well I slept well last night, but I doubt I will tonight. So not a win at all.

4.) Today I focused on getting through work as opposed to eating well so better luck tomorrow.

Hopefully, I'll be in a better mood tomorrow. Although I had to call in sick to work, so not likely.

First Months Goals

While I was reading Gretchen Rubin's Happiness project toolbox, I realized I needed to make a change to how I was going about my happiness project. I had previously been setting extremely vague goals: get more sleep, eat better, etc. However, none of these goals have a path of how to get to these goals, just the ultimate endpoint. Therefore, I've decided I need to not just make goals, but make mini-goals that force the goals to be a part of my everyday life.

So here are my goals for the month of september:

1.) Get organized.

        This goal is going to start with reorganizing my bedroom before school starts and hopefully getting    a bookshelf to make this easier. Then it is going to be incorporated into my everyday life by updating my whiteboard calendar every night, making sure my room stays clean, putting everything back where I got it from when I use it, updating my planner, making my index cards every night(once school starts), etc.

2.) Do Yoga.

          One of my constant goals is always to get a peace of mind. I've heard yoga is an active form of meditation, so I've decided to do yoga for 20 minutes every morning when I wake up.

3.) Sleep better.

         My method for this goal is simple: I'm going to restart the better sleep challenge on sparkpeople, keep a sleep journal and establish a pre-bedtime routine that I will stick to every night.

4.) Eat better.

         I have a tendency to eat poorly when I get busy, which leads to weight gain and makes me feel bad about myself. Although I plan to have an eating plan, I'm not going to call it a diet, I'm going to call it an eating plan. I plan to stick to 1500 calories a day and eat many more fruits, vegetables and proteins than carbs. I also plan to take a few extra minutes to cook healthier meals for myself. My goal is to make a meal plan every week and shop according to that meal plan. I won't keep temptation foods in the house. I will also stop snacking when I'm not hungry. Also, I will keep an accurate food diary along with how I feel after eating to keep my digestive issues under control.


So I feel accomplished now that I've laid out my goals so blatantly this month. Here's to September!

Day 1 of the new project

Since I have to spend the next week basically in my house (ew). I've decided to take the next week to organize my happiness project. I think the reason it failed the first time is because I didn't take the time to properly plan it out. A few moments, here and there, during class doesn't really give it the attention it deserves.

So I'm going to start by doing three major things:

1.) reread Gretchen Rubin's the happiness project
2.) reset first months goals (I've decided to set each goals every month instead of setting them at the beginning)
3.)making lists of (1) things that currently make me happy and (2) my rules for life

This way I'll have a whole week to prepare and then hopefully, even when I get busy, I'll still be able to stay on track.

Cheers!

My Happiness Project Revamped

So I started this happiness project started with the best of intentions. I was ready to put myself into it full force. However, I quickly forgot about it. Jobs and school and life took over and time flew by.

I've decided to restart. I'm going to push all of my resolutions back and go back to the start. And along with the happiness project, I'm going to start a healthy lifestyle project as well. The plan for my healthy lifestyle project isn't to lose weight, but to establish a healthy eating plan and exercise more consistently and try to avoid being sick so much.

So here's to restarting and renewing resolutions!