I set flossing for 90 days bc I wanted to exceed the “66 days to form a habit” benchmark, so it doesn’t count as quite so far along. I don’t quite mind as much if I drop the ball on journaling daily after the Habituary kick-start, as long as I catch up.
In other news, I am on a 13 day streak in Duolingo. It wasn’t one of my key goals, but getting a new phone and setting things up and trying the updated app coincided with Habituary and seeing you all work on it motivated me to do the same!
I’ve now missed getting in bed by 10 two nights in a row, though both nights were only a few minutes after 10.
Saturday night I had several things on my to-do list that I thought I could just knock out before bed, but one of them took way longer than expected, and I still finished the others… while watching the livestream, which I probably should’ve skipped entirely (though I did get to see Dora so worth it).
Sunday night D and I were having date night and the cat finally settled, on me, so I watched one more YouTube video than I had intended.
this last week has been a little tough, but I only missed skincare one night, and I believe I’m covered with “ten mins of tidying” having had two bursts of 30-40 mins of tidying/cleaning even though I didn’t tidy every day. it’s progress.
Interesting turn of events. Mr. G wants to start doing a family morning stretch. I like the idea of it. I’ve found it generally is best to want to do something on one’s own though. If one person doesn’t feel like doing the new habit, they can bring the other person down.
Maybe if I stretch during the morning I can use my time during the day for actual strength training.
Failed to do anything for my degree progress on Sunday, but since that was Valentine’s Day, I’m okay with it. We took a long walk and watched the extended Fellowship of the Ring instead.
I’m finding it very helpful to do “at least one thing for the degree each day” instead of focusing as strongly on core ritual practice. I actually do more core ritual this way (because it’s a pretty easy thing to do), but if all I wanna do is read that day, then dammit, read I shall.
I got whacked hard by the depression/anxiety/PMS stick and didn’t manage to do any sort of physical activity Saturday or Sunday. I had planned to sign up for a Saturday workout class but turns out I really overdid the Thursday night one and my thighs and ass were still really sore.
Missed my bedtime routine deadline (10:30) last night but still did both things which is the primary goal. The deadline was intended to keep me from getting /staying sucked into pointless things late at night and procrastinating getting into bed, but I prepped for bed right after getting my laundry, which had to be done.
I am getting into the garden most days, and stretching every day. The stretching is ad-hoc, though, and I’d like to make it more of a routine, so I am going to think about where it would fit in my day.
My bus was very late and I’m exhausted after waiting outside in the cold all evening, but on the plus side, I managed to get some Russian in by listening to Медуза news podcasts while I waited
My entire being is rebelling against 9pm.power downs and 10pm bedtime. There is simply just not enough time for ME in the day in addition to all the other things I have going on in my life.
I will keep trying though, because going to bed early feels so damn good.
I didn’t use my planner yesterday because frankly yesterday was fucked. I was pretty meh about using it today because I’m that person who gives up easily as soon as I mess something up a little bit. I did it anyway and now I don’t feel like throwing it in a drawer and forgetting about it completely anymore.
I’m struggling with it at the moment because how do you plan anything in life when you are woken up every 3 hours overnight and spend the majority of your day rocking an overtired baby or struggling to get a three year old ready to do something, or trying to workout the impossible task of creating a meal that is both nutritious and will be eaten by said three year old…
Would it work for you to journal retroactively rather than plan? I found planning intimidating and restrictive but writing a have done list at bedtime makes me consider what I want on it. I also find myself organically scribbling reminders, so I may eventually morph into more advance planning from this. Sympathy on the hectic days.
