January Update And New Habits For February
At the beginning of January, I shared with you a few habits I was trying to form for the month. I said that once I formed these habits, I would slowly add more things to my list.
Here is what I had listed for January:
1 load of dishes/laundry everyday: (doing very well with this)
15 minutes of decluttering each day: (doing very well with this also-you can read about my daughter's room and my bathroom)
Remove a like from facebook and unsubscribe from a newsletter for each of my 3 emails each day: (This task has been completed for the most part. I can see I have friends on facebook once again, and I was beginning to have to do some real searching for something that I was ok with unliking, so I think it's safe to stop that one. Two of my email accounts have not gotten anything unsubscribable in days, and I just skim what comes in and take care of any that I don't need right away~hey, that sounds like a habit!. My third email account will take some more time, though. It's a "junk" account I've had for YEARS so I'm now focusing my attention on this one).
10 minutes a day on coupons: (this is going really well. I have gone through all of my older inserts and I am currently in the process of getting my binder back in functional order, so I am clipping the newer ones and filing them. I have gotten through January 6th clipped and filed and I am doing one set of inserts a day (I have 2 copies of most) and then I'm done. I expect to be all caught up on this (including those I get in the mean time) by mid february, and then I can devote my 10 minutes a day to planning trips.)
Bible and vitamin: (two things I said I'd been skipping for far too long. I have been doing both, with the exception of a few missed days of each. I am feeling much more energetic!)
For the month of February, I intend to keep up each of these habits, making any changes necessary, as well as attempt to add on the following:
Eat Breakfast: I've been letting coffee count for WAY too long.
Exercise: I've been dabbling with this and spending about 5 minutes playing around on my new exercise ball. I know that I seriously NEED to stretch and strengthen my muscles because I'm far too young to have the pains that I have, so I'm trying to make this a priority.
Bedtime: It needs to happen earlier. I've been making progress for a few days, but then I will nap, or have late coffee and can't sleep, or get caught up in a book and stay up til 1:30. One day this past week I went to bed at 9:30, and woke up at 5am feeling fabulous! Both are a little earlier than necessary and I ended up crashing that afternoon, but its something I'm working toward. I have a goal of 10:30 and 6, but going to bed that early goes against my very nature, so this is going to be a tough one for me.
Program Coffee Pot The Night Before: It may seem silly, but those few minutes saved in the morning when it does happen are very lucrative!
Study: Since I am tutoring these days, I thought I should spend some time brushing up on my knowledge. I want to start out with about 15 minutes reading through a textbook each day, and perhaps expand to more if I see fit, but every little bit helps!
These are just a handful of things that I think will make life run a bit more smoothly for me right now and in the long run.
Do you have any things you are working on this month?
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