Briniel

Seriously, how do normal people do it? Ever since I've started my second job in august and have been working full time for the first time in my life, I'm in awe of people who manage to work a regular job and still find time to work out, pursue their interests, socialize, learn new stuff... when I get back from work, I'm just exhausted. I've been sleeping more than ever these past few weeks (and I've always needed more sleep than other people) and feel like working 150% more than before requires 150% more energy than I have. There were days when I got home and lay down on the couch for a while just to wake up 1,5 hours later, eat something and go to bed. Ugh. But, I will not let this new situation control my life. Partly because I don't want to believe that I'll only live on the weekends from now on, but also because I've come so far this last year with NF that I don't want to let all these gains and skills and experiences slip out of my hands, just because I work regular hours now. I want to get those free standing handstands. I want to learn crazy new yoga poses. I want to see my body change and get stronger and healthier every day. I want to get back at drawing and singing and also learn new stuff (calligraphy and brush lettering being very high on that list). I want to do things that I enjoy doing. Not that my new (or old) job isn't enjoyable, but I don't want it to be all I do with my life. Lately, I've let things slide. I stopped bullet journaling, stopped working out, gave up on my morning yoga practice, didn't eat as healthy (but managed to stay away from the fast food for the most part) and let my flat become a mess. This has got to stop. I'll take baby steps this time, little steps that I'll be able to stick to. I won't go over board and plan to do all the things (and some of you know how hard this is for me). Easy does it. For starters, I'll get back to my 3x15 plan that worked pretty well before the evil forces of working full time pulled me back into the Empire's grasp: Move. Learn. Tidy. 15 minutes of moving a day. I'll do yoga, go for a walk, run, bike, skate, swim or even do a workout if I feel up to it. Any kind of movement for the sake of movement counts. I'll do this because I know I feel better when I do. My lower back has been bothering me a bit lately and my knees are still not quite right, and I know that light movement helps. Yoga definitely helps. And I feel accomplished when I've finished my daily dosis of moving my body. I want to feel proud of my body and what it can do. So I'll move. 15 minutes of learning a day. I'm studying french on duolingo just because I feel like it (and I've been able to stick to that one thanks to morning commutes and mobile access), but I might also read stuff for work, practice existing skills or try out new ones. I want to always continue learning and growing. There are so many things to know and learn. And if I exercise my body I should not forget to exercise my brain. So I'll learn. 15 minutes of tidying a day. I have a list of housekeeping chores that need to be done to keep our flat clean and somewhat presentable. There have been a lot of arguments about this with my boyfriend but I know from experience that 15 minutes a day is enough to get my share of chores done and make both of us feel more relaxed and comfortable in our home. 15 minutes is a small price to pay for nice surroundings and peace of mind. So I'll tidy. I'll track these in my bullet journal. For further motivation (and because I'll never get anything done otherwise), my computer is OFF LIMITS until all three of these are done. If I decide I don't have 15 minutes for moving on any given day, that's fine, but then I' don't have time for facebook, either. If I manage to get these done 80% of the time, I'll reward myself with a new fancy water bottle that's lightweight enough to take with me. If I manage to get these done 95% of the time, I'll reward myself with a flex nib pen for calligraphy practice. Oh, and guys... I'm back!!

This is the finalized shirt graphics, but I'm not sure where I need to put it... and which other one are you talking about @SnowOwl, the colored version?

Sooooorrry guys! Thanks for checking in on me! I'm good, new job is going really well (it's really interesting and my co-workers are super nice, but there's not as much structure as I'm used to, so that will take some adjusting), and I'm super busy. Well, more busy than usual. I do keep track of everything in my bujo, but posting on here feels like a chore right now, so I didn't. I feel really bad for not checking in with all of you But I don't want this to become something that I'll do just because it's on my to-do-list, you know? And I'm also spending way too much time on the internet as is. I will activate that blocker addon again, because apparently I'm not capable of limiting myself on this one. But I do wanna get back in touch with you guys... ugh. I'll figure something out.

Thank you, it did! I'm just way too tired now to post a recap. I did my tidying and cooked some food because I'm starving, but I think I'm going to go to bed now. I'll work the next two days and have friday off, so in case I don't respond until then, you know why

Of course you're not to late, in fact you're right on time for my respawn. Welcome Respawn Time!!! It's a new month, a new week and a new job, so I decided to respawn on Monday, August 1st. I set up all stuff I need for this month in my bujo, made a list of things I want to do before my first day at the new job (which is today, yikes!) and proceeded to do most of these things yesterday. It was a really nice day, even if there were some stretches where I didn't feel motivated at all, but I pulled myself together and pushed through. Lots of things got done. Didn't hit all my daily habits, but that's okay. I'll update here later with bujo pics and goals and such, but right now I gotta get ready to leave. I made some healthy lunch yesterday and will also prepare some fruit to take with me and then I'm off to see the wizard new job. Wish me luck!!

I know, right? I always feel like that when people compliment me on a week well done and I'm like: but... there's still so much left to dooooo!! So it's not just you and we should probably all be a little kinder to ourselves and more enthusiastic about the stuff that did get done

You're welcome! It's awesome and there's sooooo much inspiration out there regarding what you can do with it Shhh, don't spoil my secret plan! I really like it, BUT I've found it to be a bit redundant with my habit tracker. I still need to figure out whether there's a good way for me to use both or whether I'm just going to stick with the bujo.

you got a lot of stuff done! Getting back in the swing after vacation is always difficult, but it looks like you did just fine Hope you'll get these computer issues sorted so can keep on rocking (and track it properly) next week

I'm afraid it is not a socially acceptable answer, albeit a completely understandable one.

Yay, awesome!! I'm not yelling, I'm nudging

So much this!! FTFY I do hope you will go/are in the process of going/have gone to that Pokemon GO meetup, it sounds great. You said breakfast isn't an issue food wise - why is that? Is there something about breakfast that you could adapt for your other meals?

You survived the interview!! Awesome Enjoy your weekend. Get some rest. Send those notes.

Congrats on getting the interview despite being late with your reply due to messed up email forwarding. Blegh. Good luck!!! I'm keeping all my fingers crossed for you

ETA: The Assassins mini made me do dead hangs on the playground. I managed 14s. And felt really stupid because there were people doing Skin the Cat holds next to me. (But I'm kinda proud that I have a name for what they were doing ) Now to do 10x that amount over the next few days so I'll find Tarzan. Wooooo!

Sounds like you had a great time!! I've never been to Paris, but I think I should go Congrats on getting all the workout and duolingo and meditation in, you're rocking it! And I do hope you found that thumbtack O_O

Yay, resist the fast food! And good job on reading on the commute, I did some duolingo while commuting this week but sometimes I'm just too darn tired.

Good? Kinda good? I'm hitting most dailies this week. Still worried about how that's going to be like next week when the new position starts (alas, still just 3 days of work since the other place I work at is closed for the summer the next 3 weeks). But, yeah, I'm doing stuff and trying to not get dredged into the interwebs as much. Even did a clicker-training session with the cats yesterday. And I've been doing a lot of duolingo on my way to and from work (as you might have noticed ).

I finally found Alice. Now it's off to the Deep Jungle. I've never tried dead hangs before and I'll need some help to get up there in the first place, but we'll see how it goes

That's excactly how I feel and why I stopped using darebee that much. It just got frustrating...

Gotcha! Duolingo is weird sometimes...

Welcome back! I managed to read through your whole thread in the meantime CONGRATS on the cholosterol victory!! That's amazing news. And i like your new meal plans, will hopefully make it a lot easier to stick to without having too big of an impact on the readings. I hope your had a great time in Paris, I'm super jealous. I didn't get your duolingo friend request thing, but duolingo is acting weird on me sometimes, so mabe it'll be there tomorrow.

That's the plan. See whether I'll like from the inside Thank you! I'm getting there. I have spurs of motivation every now and then that I try to use. And spans of time where I just want to nap or eat or play games that I try to keep to a minimum by setting a timer for chores or learning instead. Blergh.

your landlord is golden. hope that's what it is and you'll be able to fix it when you get home. Hahaha, yes. I'm kinda glad that German is my native language, I would not want to learn it as a second language.

Queen of the goats!! And of eating yummy stuff and staying in the calorie limit!! I finally found you and now all your thread has is awesome food and mojo. I'll steal some of both.

Finally caught up! You're kinda rocking it, even with the DNF (is you knee fine again?), I'm super impressed with everything you're doing. And yay for husband support, that's awesome! Keep it up