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The Path and Gym

On the second day of the year I wasn't nearly as motivated or productive as the first. However, that does not mean I didn't choose to make it a good day. I went to work and did my best with my clients. I went to the gym and pushed myself on the elliptical. Helped the boyfriend out by buying part of his dinner.  And finished the day by watching a movie with him. Did I do chores? No. But I have the day off tomorrow so I will get some of them done; no excuses apologies, or regrets. In particular, I will be taking down the Christmas tree and doing some laundry. I have the day off tomorrow because there is no current festival and because I switched my counseling day to today for this week. Simple chores really. 

But lets talk about the gym a little more for a second. In May it will be a year since I joined the gym and to be honest, all I've done is gain weight. Some might be in muscle but most of it is because I will go and adopt this mindset that then I can eat whatever I want. No. No ma'am. Not true, stop it. Here is the January bootcamp schedule. I haven't been going to Wednesdays like I said I would so I need to re evaluate. If anyone would like to come with me one day, let me know!


Now this item was actually a Christmas present from the wonderful Anella. As my office mate (and one of my overall emotional supports because lets face it, I would be a mess without her and Catherine) she gets to see my chaotic approach to things in action. She gets to deal with the mess on my desk and in my brain all the time as I swim through my days by treading water until I figure out what direction I'm going in. Even though I have a planner app on my phone, I'm fond of physical planners. And this one is a doozy. It talks about values and mission statements and breaks goals down by quarters so you can evaluate and re-evaluate how you approach them/your progress. It is pretty neat. And it is something I need considering it breaks down every day by hourly increments. 

One of the values I'd love to uphold is that of being trustworthy/reliable/responsible. I'm not sure exactly the word I'm looking for but I want to be a person who follows through with that they say they are going to complete and not just with other people but with themselves and on paper. I want to feel like I am how I imagine other people to be in that arena. But that is tough because I don't mind letting myself down. *Sigh*
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