Fully functioning member of society
A lot of my blog posts are written when I'm feeling down, or miserable, or whatever. It's natural to need to rant about things when they're not going well. So here's a blog post when things have been working out well. It seems that rambling is something I can do when feeling up or down :P
I have made it through January keeping up two new habits. First, brushing my teeth and hair before getting dressed. This has meant that I have brushed my teeth every day, including weekends, for a whole month (apart from 2 days which I am ignoring!). One of my symptoms of depression is not taking as much care over personal hygiene as I should - so this is a bigger positive step than it sounds like :)
The second habit has been shining the kitchen sink before going to bed. I've done this about 75% of the time, so that's a win. This habit comes from Flylady.net - one of these "I'll help you keep your home clean" systems. I find it patronizing and confusing, but I've been (not) using it for a couple of years now so starting again is less confusing. However, a lot of the ways of doing things are sensible. I'm not sticking to the system rigidly, but I'm am doing a new habit every month. February's habit will be 15 minutes of decluttering every day. I might actually unpack from moving house 3 house moves ago...
This weekend was great. I watched some good football - Saints v. Man U in the FA Cup. We didn't win, but we played bloody good football - it was difficult (I'd say impossible, but I'm biased) to tell that we were 40-odd league positions below Man U. After the football we had a select group round to vet lanfykins' boyfriend. We played board games and Guitar Hero, ate many snacks and drunk nice fortified Chianti. And I reckon lanfykins has found a good'un :)
Sunday was spent snoozing, tidying and playing WoW. I'm starting raiding again after about a year's hiatus, so I'm currently gearing up. Enjoying the grind again, but I know to keep analysing whether I'm having fun with the raiding or not.
Yesterday and today I've felt relaxed and productive at work, which is so much better than stressed and procrastinaty. My current 'to-do' system is Mark Forster's Autofocus v.4, which involves a backlog (closed) list and an active (open) list. The fact that the list itself doesn't get 'finished' means that I don't write a list then feel that I have accomplished everything. I think my brain sometimes treats to-do lists as turnsheets; eventually someone will tell you that you achieved things without you actually having to do them.
The sky is quite bright. It was light this morning when I got up. Spring is starting to show its presence. I have lots of cool things planned for the next couple of months. Boing.
I have made it through January keeping up two new habits. First, brushing my teeth and hair before getting dressed. This has meant that I have brushed my teeth every day, including weekends, for a whole month (apart from 2 days which I am ignoring!). One of my symptoms of depression is not taking as much care over personal hygiene as I should - so this is a bigger positive step than it sounds like :)
The second habit has been shining the kitchen sink before going to bed. I've done this about 75% of the time, so that's a win. This habit comes from Flylady.net - one of these "I'll help you keep your home clean" systems. I find it patronizing and confusing, but I've been (not) using it for a couple of years now so starting again is less confusing. However, a lot of the ways of doing things are sensible. I'm not sticking to the system rigidly, but I'm am doing a new habit every month. February's habit will be 15 minutes of decluttering every day. I might actually unpack from moving house 3 house moves ago...
This weekend was great. I watched some good football - Saints v. Man U in the FA Cup. We didn't win, but we played bloody good football - it was difficult (I'd say impossible, but I'm biased) to tell that we were 40-odd league positions below Man U. After the football we had a select group round to vet lanfykins' boyfriend. We played board games and Guitar Hero, ate many snacks and drunk nice fortified Chianti. And I reckon lanfykins has found a good'un :)
Sunday was spent snoozing, tidying and playing WoW. I'm starting raiding again after about a year's hiatus, so I'm currently gearing up. Enjoying the grind again, but I know to keep analysing whether I'm having fun with the raiding or not.
Yesterday and today I've felt relaxed and productive at work, which is so much better than stressed and procrastinaty. My current 'to-do' system is Mark Forster's Autofocus v.4, which involves a backlog (closed) list and an active (open) list. The fact that the list itself doesn't get 'finished' means that I don't write a list then feel that I have accomplished everything. I think my brain sometimes treats to-do lists as turnsheets; eventually someone will tell you that you achieved things without you actually having to do them.
The sky is quite bright. It was light this morning when I got up. Spring is starting to show its presence. I have lots of cool things planned for the next couple of months. Boing.