| Goals Check-In: Week 4 of 9† |
[Mar. 31st, 2009|09:28 am] |
Another clear morning, Jupiter waiting for me by the pine, the trees in silhouette and the sky a gradient of dark blues.
As i wrote last week, today is supposed to be when i check in on my ten week†† goals, but i still haven't outlined my year. Which is ok, but it makes the reminder to do so little odd. I have been doing the planning in little shifts
Even if last week i noted i can't plan for transformation, there are some things i want to do -- and i do need to plan for those, i know.
*Sweets*: Yesterday, i did begin staying on the side of my sweet line in the sand: the only way i crossed was to have frozen yogurt (surely sweetened plenty) in the early afternoon with a colleague instead of plain yogurt. It actually seemed to agree with me except for there being a bit too much of it. I craved sweets in the evening but passed, and i passed on the cookies sitting out in the office break room. (Actually, there are also the honey roasted peanuts....) Next week will begin my full commitment to this.
*Cycling*: The other step is exercising to the point where i feel i could bike three miles between office and Caltrain. I think my goal should be to bike/train on Mondays starting in May or June. Ah -- start taking the train on Mondays in May, but not necessarily bike! And starting this week, i'll get on the bike on the days i'm working here at home and see how long i can ride. The goal would be a morning and evening half hour ride. Right now i have gotten on the cycle irregularly, and feel pooped after 15 minutes. I'm not really sure how much resistance there is on this stand -- how comparable it would be to real cycling.
*Breathing*: not doing so well with this in the morning after the previous week. I suppose the elevated sense of well being has worn off. my sinuses could be less happy, too.
*COM(munity)*: nominating is going to put my name forward for Oversight. It's a three year commitment 09-12. I'll be on the library committee at the same time, i think, clerk next year, co-clerk i hope the following year, and as let that last year. So, now i need to think forward towards picking a cause for the summer quarter. The train route is important but .... Colombia, sharks, deeper creek involvement. And then there are organizations whose websites would certainly keep me busy with letter writing -- there's that support if i focus on Columbia. I think i'll keep thinking about this.
[I then spent the rest of the morning going through templates for spring of Y041 and getting things in order on the treo and the PIM directory. Yay. And driving in to work i developed an idea of giving myself formal commendations in my blog as well as admonishment. I'll probably have more Valiant Efforts than Black Marks -- i hope.]
† Because i have such a mental confusion with counting time units, these are labeled referring to the completed time period (retrospective) not the approaching time period (prospective).
†† on average. I've two periods that are a quarter of a year long each: May 1-ish to August 1-ish; August 1-ish to November 1-ish. Then there's the holidays: November and Dec, winter: Jan and Feb, and spring: March and April. |
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| Gold Star for Bravery in the Face of Chocolate Cake |
[Mar. 31st, 2009|04:09 pm] |
By the authority invested in me by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) detroitfather i hereby award Elaine Grey with one Gold Star for surviving the temptation of the Chocolate Cake in the break room, in the especially excruciating circumstances of One Last Piece which persisted from lunch until well after 3 PM. |
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