but deep i'm just not at the moment and so i'll continue to be self absorbed.. even though this is sort of a journal and it's how you're supposed to be when you write a journal...
I'MGOINGTOSTOPAPOLOGIZINGFORTHEFACTTHATMYBLOGISNOTCOOLANDISINFACTAJOURNAL!!!!
haha ok anyways...
today i made a pointed effort NOT to waste my time. there were a few things that i did to help this.
after i completed a task, i made a mental note of where i was at in my day and what i needed to do next. it really helped!! i didn't dilly dally and found myself to be more efficient than i usually am.
i also didn't plop down in the computer chair with my work clothes on. our computer room is FREEZING and i end up being really cold and lazy and don't want to do anything anymore. cold+lazy=lethargic. so i came home, put all my work stuff away and took nash out to potty, picked up his poop (don't even ask me to start on THAT topic), took all the dirty towels out to the garage, put all of my work stuff away, placed my book and Bible in the place i'll need them later when i want to read them, put my gym stuff up, changed into my workout clothes, and did yoga. THEN i checked my email & such. brilliant!
i've been consuming nutritious foods for the past few days. i know this doesn't seem like a way to be frugal with your time, but i'm telling you... i have a major mental focus when i've been eating the healthy foods. (haha, i accidentally just spelled that "foos") i'm just clearer and i really like it. now i also like sugar almost as much so talk to me when lent's over.
i did yoga. see above for the reason this helps me save time.
i did some dishes BEFORE dinner and now i have clean counters which will help me stay organized while i make dinner.
right now i am planning my exact first steps to making dinner so when i'm done with this, i can go right at it!
there were some other things but i can't remember them at the moment. it feels good to be efficient. i hope i can keep up with it and lose my lazy streak. my mother in law said the other day she has to limit herself to getting on the computer and surfing to once every four days. she said, "it's almost sinful so i have to be careful." i remember her saying the same thing one time about soap operas and how she had to give them up. she is a pretty wise lady and i swore off the soap operas. (every once in awhile i'll switch them on while i clean house or am taking a nap.. but that's all!!) so now i just want to be a better steward of my time.
now i get to look forward to working at being a better steward of my money once this is mastered!
uhhhh...
hold on, i gotta put some chicken in the oven!
alright, much better. i was getting too cold!
so tiffany i have a confession, i cheated sunday. and then i may have cheated another day but i don't know if the other day counted b/c i honestly forgot. sunday i was emotional and my hands looked a hot mess and they were soooo inflamed so i at a maple scone. tim said it doesn't count because it's a scone and he doesn't consider that a dessert, but i do because it is covered in icing. then another morning at work i was hungry and some coffee cake had to be marked out (BUT in my defense it was verry berry and so at least it had fruit in it... right.) and i absent-mindedly took a bite and that was it... then i realized later that it was lent and i was a failure. so then i had a CRUMB from a classic coffee cake and one LICK of icing from a lemon loaf. i'm blaming that on my sugar withdrawl. remember that story that i told you about not eating enough and waking up the next morning with an empty bag of goldfish by my bed and goldfish all over my stomach with no recollection of what had happened? well i think it was sort of like that. then another day i was in all or nothing mode and had a couple of chocolate covered peanuts and was about to say "screw it" with lent (this was like day 6, i think) but tim told me to go get goldfish and not to bring any treats back with me when i went to the IGA for pancake syrup. and i didn't.
i'm here to tell you now that i am reformed. i repented and extended a few days at the end of my lent sentence. even though i messed up i'm going to stick with it... i think there is beauty in that. even if it is just scones and chocolate covered peanuts, ultimately, isn't it about redemption and new beginnings? it's getting a little easier now. at church on wednesday, someone brought a melted chocolate centere WARM bundt cake (kind of like the molten bundt cake from barnes & noble.......mm i think i just sinned thinking about it) and some of the women were like, "eat it, you already screwed up" and other women were like, " mmmmmm this is so good" (making love to their forks i might add). but i said no, ate my apple and drank my passion tea with eight pounds of cinnamon powder and listened to jesus.
ps this is why i hate women
thought i should share and think you should share. if you haven't messed up please continue to be better than me. if not, come clean.
haha
well that's all for now. love you world and goodnight.
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