Wheels Within

 Jan 22-28, 2018 Health : I have been getting almost enough sleep, and have managed my various challenges well. My teeth are healing well, and I have to eat slower to chew things more carefully and I feel that will soon have an effect on weight, because I am doing what you are supposed to do and taking my time to eat. I also cannot eat hard crunchy or sticky chewy foods kind of at all any more, and that's good because pretty much none of them add any nutritive value to my diet. I have not gotten as much movement and exercise as I would like, so this is an area I will concentrate on in the near future, to build up my stamina and feel like I am making forward progress on my fitness and health. 3/5 Communication:  I feel like I dropped a couple of balls this week, but that I followed up on others, that were not easy ones to catch. I did communicate to my boss that I would not be able to work one of the days, and that was good, but I also failed to confirm pick up times u...

 Jan 8-14, 2018 Health : Dealt with teeth and was physically active, except for Sunday: definitely feel like I did better than some weeks, and while I did not choose the best dietary options, I did make a pretty solid effort. 4/5 Communication: I did more than the minimum, and feel like I left no one in the lurch over the course of the week. It is not on me if my boss cannot read a calendar or hear me when I tell him I will not be in, especially when I know for certain I told him, more than once. I did my part. If written comms are what I need for him, I will start to confirm every conversation in text, just so we both have a written version to refer to. 5/5 Balance: I feel like I stayed fairly focused and balanced this week. I did have a moment of deep imbalance on Saturday night, and I am acknowledging my role in that spasm of misery. I am aware of that pit within, and that I should not make any major decisions when under it’s bleak influence. 4/5 Resources:...

I need to create a draft template to fill in. But till then.... Health : The teeth issues are dragging me down, but because I have gotten treatment (scheduled for surgery tomorrow), and I have done better at committing to movement, which balances out the still poor diet choices I've made. 2/5 Communication :  I have checked in with everyone I needed to, until yesterday, and weighing the balance, working on self-honesty, I'm not disappointed in myself. 3/5 Balance : I feel like I had a good balance of movement this week, but there is definitely room for improvement. 4/5 Resources :  I managed my funds well, and due to the weather break from work, I had enough energy to get through most of my days. 3/5.  Creativity :  While I did not finish a single crochet project this week, I did write so much. I am following up on that career development channel and feeling very motivated to just continue developing this better habit. 4/5  Environment : I have f...

I AM SURE that every New Year sees a plethora of new blogs that last maybe a few days or weeks before sputtering out, like the flame of inspiration does on so many candles at each opening phase change. This one may prove just like all the others... except it is a goal for me to train myself to finish the things I start. Retrain those neural pathways that allow me to quit before I've well done. This is hard work, and the real key is, I need to start anew, in order to prove that I can maintain a course. So for an outline: I am aiming to write regularly, document my challenges and issues and how I am dealing with them, be it by chipping away at them, knocking them down, or taking a break and just not looking at them. The purpose of the writing is to establish healthier writing habits, to track efforts and results so I can target the incentives for success, and to help hold myself accountable for whatever effects I may achieve. This journal is meant to give me a space of emotional ...