May: 2011 Challenge begets Challenge
The end of May marks the fifth update on the the #Reverb10 prompt for my blog-along with Sunflowerakb and chemgal18.
Here is the prompt for those who may have missed the first post:
What are 11 things your life doesn't need in 2011?
How will you go about eliminating them?
How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?
You can find my list of 11 things here; here's my January update, my February update, the March Edition and April's oversharing.
I've hemmed and hawed for a bit, but it's been true for long enough that I'm just going to come out and say it. I have achieved items 1 and 2 on the original list. Of course, I believe I agreed that I'd stay 20 pounds lighter and I'd keep the spare tires off, so it's not like that work is done. While sorting and filing, earlier this week, I also discovered that I have five or so more pounds to go before I weigh what I did, "the last time I was happy." (Lest you think this is creating a monster, don't worry; if I lost fifteen more pounds, I'd return to "what I weighed the time I was so miserable, I can't really remember it clearly," and I'm in no hurry to get back to that point). It's worth a shot, and my clothes that now fit would fit more attractively if I can hit the new goal by developing my core strength and and shaving thirty seconds off my mile.
By the end of next month, I'll have to have finished the "getting rid of things" items. Right now, the plan is to put most of my stuff in storage and shack up with random roommates until the situation stabilizes. (And wherever it stabilizes....I'm not sure this plan will actually save much money, but it will be easier to abandon than signing a lease on a new apartment and then needing to move to a different part of the city or the state.) I've sorted out things that I never would have thought to put on the list...a tax booklet from 2002, [paid] bills from a store credit card I'd forgotten about owning. I want to go on and on about how this is liberating or freeing, but honestly it's just scary. And it's even more frightening to see how much it scares anyone I try to tell about it (with a few exceptions. Again, I have learned a lot about friends and what I have to aspire to).
So if you're updating the scorecard at home: physical objects, check; weight management, check. (Also, I seem to have reduced my hair by a lot more than I'd been planning. I either love or hate the new look, and would appreciate recommendations of products that weigh your hair down and otherwise make it lifeless.) Foot issues, still unclear (though I did buy summer-appropriate yet covered-toe casual shoes); ... fear and ambivalence, accidentally brought more home.
Here is the prompt for those who may have missed the first post:
What are 11 things your life doesn't need in 2011?
How will you go about eliminating them?
How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?
You can find my list of 11 things here; here's my January update, my February update, the March Edition and April's oversharing.
I've hemmed and hawed for a bit, but it's been true for long enough that I'm just going to come out and say it. I have achieved items 1 and 2 on the original list. Of course, I believe I agreed that I'd stay 20 pounds lighter and I'd keep the spare tires off, so it's not like that work is done. While sorting and filing, earlier this week, I also discovered that I have five or so more pounds to go before I weigh what I did, "the last time I was happy." (Lest you think this is creating a monster, don't worry; if I lost fifteen more pounds, I'd return to "what I weighed the time I was so miserable, I can't really remember it clearly," and I'm in no hurry to get back to that point). It's worth a shot, and my clothes that now fit would fit more attractively if I can hit the new goal by developing my core strength and and shaving thirty seconds off my mile.
By the end of next month, I'll have to have finished the "getting rid of things" items. Right now, the plan is to put most of my stuff in storage and shack up with random roommates until the situation stabilizes. (And wherever it stabilizes....I'm not sure this plan will actually save much money, but it will be easier to abandon than signing a lease on a new apartment and then needing to move to a different part of the city or the state.) I've sorted out things that I never would have thought to put on the list...a tax booklet from 2002, [paid] bills from a store credit card I'd forgotten about owning. I want to go on and on about how this is liberating or freeing, but honestly it's just scary. And it's even more frightening to see how much it scares anyone I try to tell about it (with a few exceptions. Again, I have learned a lot about friends and what I have to aspire to).
So if you're updating the scorecard at home: physical objects, check; weight management, check. (Also, I seem to have reduced my hair by a lot more than I'd been planning. I either love or hate the new look, and would appreciate recommendations of products that weigh your hair down and otherwise make it lifeless.) Foot issues, still unclear (though I did buy summer-appropriate yet covered-toe casual shoes); ... fear and ambivalence, accidentally brought more home.