Outcome: "Win"
Record: 110-8
Streak: Won 3
Summary: I came online looking for updates of peoples' shit, and there was nothing. What happened to your quest for the perfect week Dan? Today was workman-like. Nothing special. The shitty thing was how long it took me to get to the point where I could start reading, which is right after I'm done this post. But the important thing is that once again I freed up my Sunday so I will chillax hardcore all day tomorrow.
In my morning pages I had an outpouring of inspiration concerning scheduling. First of all, I'm going to cut down my weekly AW exercise time. I'm going to do 45 minutes on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but Saturday's will be mainly preparing for the following week (only two weeks left of the official program!). Actually, let me back up a little bit. Ah fuck it, this isn't that interesting to anyone else. I want to read. I'll write more tomorrow.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Outcome: "Win"
Record: 109-8
Streak: Won 2
Summary: I have maintained a great working attitude the whole day. I finished my French for the week, started organizing my summer studio application, made a deposit, now I'm going to make dinner, and afterwards I'm going to create my grocery list, work on my homework for class, and do AW stuff.
Somehow my weight went up between yesterday and today. Now I'm at 172. That's pretty awesome in the larger context, but still, I wanted to be at 170 today. 2 pounds is not a huge difference though. I don't understand why I got heavier especially after my Rockyesque workout on Thursday.
Record: 109-8
Streak: Won 2
Summary: I have maintained a great working attitude the whole day. I finished my French for the week, started organizing my summer studio application, made a deposit, now I'm going to make dinner, and afterwards I'm going to create my grocery list, work on my homework for class, and do AW stuff.
Somehow my weight went up between yesterday and today. Now I'm at 172. That's pretty awesome in the larger context, but still, I wanted to be at 170 today. 2 pounds is not a huge difference though. I don't understand why I got heavier especially after my Rockyesque workout on Thursday.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Outcome: "Win"
Record: 108-8
Streak: Won 1
Summary: I came back with a huge victory today. At work I stacked the burlap coffee bags myself, which is something I didn't even think I was capable of. They're 180 pounds of shifting weight. I actually managed to stack them 3 and 4 high on pallets. Today I earned my Rocky Balboa moniker.
I weighed in at 171, which is a new record. With all that crazy lifting, it's completely possible that tomorrow I'll be at 170 or 169. I did all the normal stuff. Additionally, I cleaned up in the kitchen, did some misc. admin, and bought a wireless card. That should save me 40$ a month.
Record: 108-8
Streak: Won 1
Summary: I came back with a huge victory today. At work I stacked the burlap coffee bags myself, which is something I didn't even think I was capable of. They're 180 pounds of shifting weight. I actually managed to stack them 3 and 4 high on pallets. Today I earned my Rocky Balboa moniker.
I weighed in at 171, which is a new record. With all that crazy lifting, it's completely possible that tomorrow I'll be at 170 or 169. I did all the normal stuff. Additionally, I cleaned up in the kitchen, did some misc. admin, and bought a wireless card. That should save me 40$ a month.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Outcome: "Loss"
Record: 107-8
Streak: Lost 1
Summary: Automatic loss--didn't do my morning pages. I went to bed on time last night, so I don't know what happened. When I woke up I was zombie-tired, and my decision was instant. When I lay back down I was asleep immediately, and then I even pressed snooze twice after my extra 45 minutes. The only thing I can think of is that I might be getting sick. I'm stuffy today and don't feel great.
Just because I got the loss doesn't mean I'm quitting for the day. I'm still going to try to be productive.
Nice job Dan on two straight 5s. That's out of control (or, to be more precise, ridiculously in control).
Record: 107-8
Streak: Lost 1
Summary: Automatic loss--didn't do my morning pages. I went to bed on time last night, so I don't know what happened. When I woke up I was zombie-tired, and my decision was instant. When I lay back down I was asleep immediately, and then I even pressed snooze twice after my extra 45 minutes. The only thing I can think of is that I might be getting sick. I'm stuffy today and don't feel great.
Just because I got the loss doesn't mean I'm quitting for the day. I'm still going to try to be productive.
Nice job Dan on two straight 5s. That's out of control (or, to be more precise, ridiculously in control).
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Outcome: "Win"
Record: 107-7
Streak: Won 10
Summary: First of all, +1 raspberry mocha to Dan if he makes it until Friday. Second of all, Dan's posts are valued by me, and at times they give me inspiration, so to Dan: don't stop posting.
Tomorrow I'm going to make an adjustment. On Monday and Wednesday I have class. I need to leave here at 5. What I tried to do Monday was leave work at 3:45 so I could be home at 4, do AW stuff until 4:45 in order to fulfill my daily allotted time, eat for 15 minutes and then leave. There were several problems with that. #1: it puts me at a 15 minute time deficit at work which is a hassle, both practically and psychologically. #2: I am so flustered from running around in such a tight time space that I am not breathing deeply or just pacing myself in a healthy way, #3: it's too fast to eat. I got indigestion from doing it. #4: (and this is the most important one of all), when I got home from class, which is around 10, I still had to make my lunch, post, brush my teeth, and switch the contents of my bag. This meant that I didn't go to sleep until around 10:45. That's horrible, and I suffered from the consequences today. So instead, I'll leave work at 4, take care of lunch and posting between 4 and 5, eat my food at a slower pace, and to make up the AW time, since I won't get a chance to work on that Mondays and Wednesdays, I'll do 1 and a half hours on Thursday and Friday. The AW thing will soon cease to be an issue since I'll be done in two weeks. Also, next week is my last week in my French program and then I'm done. I weighed in at 172--I can see myself breaking 170 any day!
Record: 107-7
Streak: Won 10
Summary: First of all, +1 raspberry mocha to Dan if he makes it until Friday. Second of all, Dan's posts are valued by me, and at times they give me inspiration, so to Dan: don't stop posting.
Tomorrow I'm going to make an adjustment. On Monday and Wednesday I have class. I need to leave here at 5. What I tried to do Monday was leave work at 3:45 so I could be home at 4, do AW stuff until 4:45 in order to fulfill my daily allotted time, eat for 15 minutes and then leave. There were several problems with that. #1: it puts me at a 15 minute time deficit at work which is a hassle, both practically and psychologically. #2: I am so flustered from running around in such a tight time space that I am not breathing deeply or just pacing myself in a healthy way, #3: it's too fast to eat. I got indigestion from doing it. #4: (and this is the most important one of all), when I got home from class, which is around 10, I still had to make my lunch, post, brush my teeth, and switch the contents of my bag. This meant that I didn't go to sleep until around 10:45. That's horrible, and I suffered from the consequences today. So instead, I'll leave work at 4, take care of lunch and posting between 4 and 5, eat my food at a slower pace, and to make up the AW time, since I won't get a chance to work on that Mondays and Wednesdays, I'll do 1 and a half hours on Thursday and Friday. The AW thing will soon cease to be an issue since I'll be done in two weeks. Also, next week is my last week in my French program and then I'm done. I weighed in at 172--I can see myself breaking 170 any day!
Monday, January 22, 2007
Outcome: "Win"
Record: 106-7
Streak: Won 9
Summary: Pages, morning preparations, drive to work (snow), work, treated myself to a raspberry mocha, weighed in at 174 (best starting weight yet!), 15 minutes of French, printed my homework assignment for one of my classes, 45 minutes of AW, my two classes, made lunch, and now I'm off to bed.
Record: 106-7
Streak: Won 9
Summary: Pages, morning preparations, drive to work (snow), work, treated myself to a raspberry mocha, weighed in at 174 (best starting weight yet!), 15 minutes of French, printed my homework assignment for one of my classes, 45 minutes of AW, my two classes, made lunch, and now I'm off to bed.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Outcome: "Win"
Record: 105-7
Streak: Won 8
Summary: Today was so glorious. This was totally perfect. Just relaxing all day, getting up late, eating fresh scones, jam, and tea, reading Philadelphia magazine, went for a long walk in the snow, ... , made a stir-fry, now we're going to walk to the movie store, get ice cream and a movie, and watch that until bed time.
Weekly Summary: First of all, in response to Dan's challenge: I don't want to do it. "My answer is no, and my no is final". I'll tell you why. I have come to believe that our vitality requires kindness and forgiveness from ourselves, and to strive for such a controlling state is harsh and destructive. I obviously value discipline, but an intelligent discipline which is flexible and forgiving. Having come to this conclusion, one thing I am going to start doing next week is factor these virtues into my decision about whether or not I "won". In other words, a win, from now on, will not only require discipline and a hardcore work ethic, but it will also require flexibility, forgiveness, and kindness.
This week was great, perfect in a way. I did everything I wanted to. Well, actually that's not entirely true, since last night I ended up using the whole night to work on my homework assignment for class, which meant that I didn't get a chance to read. This is unfortunate, but I'm not going to penalize myself for it, since I used the time for something else which is actually more pressing at the moment. Hopefully next week I can read more. I just want to make sure that I do the same thing next week as far as freeing up Sunday completely, so that I can have another day as restful as today.
Record: 105-7
Streak: Won 8
Summary: Today was so glorious. This was totally perfect. Just relaxing all day, getting up late, eating fresh scones, jam, and tea, reading Philadelphia magazine, went for a long walk in the snow, ... , made a stir-fry, now we're going to walk to the movie store, get ice cream and a movie, and watch that until bed time.
Weekly Summary: First of all, in response to Dan's challenge: I don't want to do it. "My answer is no, and my no is final". I'll tell you why. I have come to believe that our vitality requires kindness and forgiveness from ourselves, and to strive for such a controlling state is harsh and destructive. I obviously value discipline, but an intelligent discipline which is flexible and forgiving. Having come to this conclusion, one thing I am going to start doing next week is factor these virtues into my decision about whether or not I "won". In other words, a win, from now on, will not only require discipline and a hardcore work ethic, but it will also require flexibility, forgiveness, and kindness.
This week was great, perfect in a way. I did everything I wanted to. Well, actually that's not entirely true, since last night I ended up using the whole night to work on my homework assignment for class, which meant that I didn't get a chance to read. This is unfortunate, but I'm not going to penalize myself for it, since I used the time for something else which is actually more pressing at the moment. Hopefully next week I can read more. I just want to make sure that I do the same thing next week as far as freeing up Sunday completely, so that I can have another day as restful as today.
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