Yasha92 Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Brain dump for now, may beautify later: 2 affirmations/ mantras: “I have inherent value as a person” & “do it for future Taash, we love future Taash”. Tamagotchi care: Teethies (habit stack w bedtime wee). Lil walkies. Freggies are friends. Finance Fridays. Sleep hygiene. Clean the cage. Scoop the poop (one shitty task/week). Work boundaries. It’s trying to communicate! (Sign 1/wk). 8 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Jarric Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Following along! Tamagotchi care is a surprisingly apt analogy for goal setting; I like it. 1 Quote Level 18 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 14 - CON: 11 - CHA: 3 - SAN: 9 - INT: 13 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Jarric's birthday party External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Following along. Self-love is very important, I'm glad you are nurturing it. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Artemis Prime Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 A Yasha sighting on the forums! 2 Quote "For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline". - 2 Timothy 1:7 "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf Link to comment
Loveable_Bouncer Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Following for the happy habits! May you remember the happy results when they finally come! 1 Quote Larger than Average Fairy Druid Level 1 10 STR / 8 DEX / 10 CON / 13 INT / 13 WIS / 17 CHA (DnD Stats) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 On 12/31/2022 at 12:07 AM, Jarric said: Following along! Tamagotchi care is a surprisingly apt analogy for goal setting; I like it. Confession: I never actually had a tamagotchi ... but I saw the analogy and liked it so much I decided to take it on! I have also been resonating with the idea that when I arrive in a room confused about why I am there/what I was doing that is in fact my Sim rearranging their stacked tasks. On 12/31/2022 at 2:29 AM, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Following along. Self-love is very important, I'm glad you are nurturing it. Some of the advice I gave a friend while visiting over there I realised I don't always follow myself... self compassion/love was one I've decided to focus a little more on. I am good people, I should treat me nice. On 12/31/2022 at 7:28 AM, Artemis Prime said: A Yasha sighting on the forums! Ahoyhoy friendo!!! On 12/31/2022 at 7:51 AM, Loveable_Bouncer said: Following for the happy habits! May you remember the happy results when they finally come! Thank you! 3 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 Happy New Year from the future, folks! Had a friend over for NYE boardgames, then on NYDay (today) we had DnD - good to be back! Holidays was nice, but it is so good to be home. Unfortunately while we were away the cats got a serious case of the fleas and while treating them/the house yesterday my bigboy Mischief got to a bowl of water that had been in a room that was bug bombed and he got (relatively mildly) poisoned. He spent the night at the emergency vets and is doing much better, but I am ABSOLUTELY counting the ferrying him back&forth and talking to the vets on the phone and face-to-face as my "shitty task" for the week. Lots of practice on self-forgiveness, it was an honest accident (they don't usually have water bowls in that room, it was a bonus from us being on holidays, so I didn't realise it was there to catch the poison, nor to empty it after that room was done). Thankfully the cost was just financial and he should be OK. Didn't get a walk in, but being kind about it, it just didn't fit in to today. DnD finished at a reasonable hour (8pm), so I had time to clean up after and am posting this from the PC then hopping in to bed almost exactly on time without screens. Didn't check any work emails. Week 1: ✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Teethies ⛔⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Walkies ✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Freggies ✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Sleepies ✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Cleanies ✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Boundaries ✅⏹️- Finance Friday (additional box for week 1 because I was behind and wanted a 'fresh' set of calculations for the new year). ✅ - Shitty task ⏹️ - Communication 5 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Hey Yasha ❤️ So sorry about kitties, hope the fleas bugger off and that the poison doesnt have a lasting effect on Mischief. ❤️ Are you settling back home ok?xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Yikes, sorry about the fleas and the sick kitty. Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 23 hours ago, Salinger said: Hey Yasha ❤️ So sorry about kitties, hope the fleas bugger off and that the poison doesnt have a lasting effect on Mischief. ❤️ Are you settling back home ok?xx 12 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Yikes, sorry about the fleas and the sick kitty. 3 hours ago, Salinger said: How are you Yasha? xx Thanks friends! The poison seems to have done the trick for the creepy crawlies, as well as passing through the cat with minimal damage. Thankfully it was a small 'dose'- with just the film from on top of the water bowl from the aerosol. The vet said the worst she has seen was a confusion wherein the owner gave their cat the dog's flea medicine (way higher dose) meant to be applied to the back of the dog's neck... by mouth. So my honest mistake feels much more acceptable by comparison. I picked Mischief back up yesterday and kept a close eye overnight. He is back to his normal self today and the danger window has passed. I am thankful. Today was an absolutely stunningly beautiful day. Mx and I went snorkelling at two nearby beaches and it was lovely (approx 3hrs spent in the water, counting that as today's walk). We grabbed a few little groceries on the way home and Mx made dinner (including frozen strawberry 'mojitos') while I phoned my parents. Did the 5min cleanup and forced myself to stop at 5min (I want to see what a consistent 5min can achieve). On track for bedtime, just need to post this and make a few quick notes in my journal. I've ticked teeth already so I have to do them on the way from the dining table to the bed. Week 1: ✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Teethies ⛔✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Walkies ✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️- Freggies ✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Sleepies ✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️- Cleanies ✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Boundaries ✅✅- Finance Friday (additional box for week 1). ✅ - Shitty task ⏹️ - Communication 5 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Artemis Prime Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 11 hours ago, Yasha92 said: Did the 5min cleanup and forced myself to stop at 5min (I want to see what a consistent 5min can achieve). I'm interested to see how this works out for you. My experience has been that I just keep cleaning the same little area with those 5 min, but I suspect that says more about my habit of dumping stuff there than it does the effectiveness of 5 min cleaning. 2 Quote "For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline". - 2 Timothy 1:7 "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -Gandalf Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 I'm working on training myself to just do five minutes of the jobs I don't want to do (like cleaning). Sometimes ten. It's taken me several days to get the kitchen clean (I didn't clean on all of them), but it's worked. Sometimes I just do five minutes of tidying or cleaning up a room before I work, and it makes a huge difference. Then there's my desk, which has not been very responsive to that approach this week. I think it's just less obvious what to do with that stuff, so I go to put it somewhere, and, like, get stopped there. 2 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Artemis Prime said: I'm interested to see how this works out for you. My experience has been that I just keep cleaning the same little area with those 5 min, but I suspect that says more about my habit of dumping stuff there than it does the effectiveness of 5 min cleaning. I suspect it will almost always be 5min of dishes. But even if I spend 5min collecting all the dishes from where they’ve wandered off to and rinsing them it will be valuable. I’m trying to also wash individual dishes / put away the dry ones while I wait for the coffee machine in the morning so I can get away from doing a whole overwhelming sinkload at a time. I bought myself one of those dishwands with the soap in the handle so I can do one dish at a time. Visiting a bunch of people/AirBnBs while we were on holiday and trying out different methods/seeing how others do it was beneficial to me (though did convince me I need a dishwasher!). 30 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: I'm working on training myself to just do five minutes of the jobs I don't want to do (like cleaning). Sometimes ten. It's taken me several days to get the kitchen clean (I didn't clean on all of them), but it's worked. Sometimes I just do five minutes of tidying or cleaning up a room before I work, and it makes a huge difference. Then there's my desk, which has not been very responsive to that approach this week. I think it's just less obvious what to do with that stuff, so I go to put it somewhere, and, like, get stopped there. I feel your pain friend! It’s so hard when things don’t have a home. 2 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 Snorkeling and frozen Margaritas sounds like a wonderful day! 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 10 hours ago, Elastigirl said: Snorkeling and frozen Margaritas sounds like a wonderful day! It was so good that we repeated it today! 2 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 Did another day at the beach because the weather is absolutely stunning and we gave each other snorkelling kit for giftmas. Home a little later than we'd like (or maybe cooking dinner took longer than expected), but good and tuckered out and I was able to convince myself that the 5min of cleaning tonight would make a big difference to tomorrow-morning Taash. Week 1: ✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Teethies ⛔✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Walkies ✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️- Freggies ✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Sleepies ✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️- Cleanies ✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Boundaries ✅✅- Finance Friday (additional box for week 1). ✅ - Shitty task ⏹️ - Communication 6 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 WOW ... how warm is it Yasha?? Good job, what a great start you have made xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Loveable_Bouncer Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 11 hours ago, Yasha92 said: though did convince me I need a dishwasher! I feel you on this! Enjoying fantastic weather for scuba diving sounds fantastic. May those 5 mins be beneficial after a good sleep 1 Quote Larger than Average Fairy Druid Level 1 10 STR / 8 DEX / 10 CON / 13 INT / 13 WIS / 17 CHA (DnD Stats) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 9 hours ago, Salinger said: WOW ... how warm is it Yasha?? Good job, what a great start you have made xx The car thermometer said 30C when I checked it, perfect beach weather. Thanks! Keeping a strong start to the year in mind. 9 hours ago, Loveable_Bouncer said: I feel you on this! Enjoying fantastic weather for scuba diving sounds fantastic. May those 5 mins be beneficial after a good sleep Thank you! Cloudy today, so a rest day from snorkelling- which is needed because even though it’s relatively easy with the flipper assistance, my legs and shoulders are feeling a bit of DOMS. 1 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Wednesday and a little bit of a flop on some goals. Never mind, we shall press on! Teeth done and updating this thread then heading to bed, so got a few wins on the board as well as some fumbles. I accidentally read some work emails - I logged in intending to just check the dates of the upcoming sign language class but got distracted by an enticing title (farewell party for a colleague, different colleague/s recieved an end-of-year award). I shut it down pretty quick, but that is exactly the sort of habit I need to be on watch for. Didn't go for a walk, instead took a nap and did a surprise (bonus!) shitty task - while in the US my credit card got skimmed, so I had to call and talk to the bank this morning to get that sorted out, thankfully they recognised the two $400 charges as strange and did not honour them, so while annoying I am not out of pocket. Pre-bed clean ended up being 14mins instead of 5, because I was watching an interesting youtube video while putting away/washing up the dishes. The kitchen looks pretty good! This is possibly because due to a weird day Mx and I did an accidental OMAD with lunch being the only meal that got made there. I suspect we will survive. Week 1: ✅✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Teethies ⛔✅✅⛔⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Walkies ✅✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️- Freggies ✅✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Sleepies ✅✅✅✅⏹️⏹️⏹️- Cleanies ✅✅✅⛔⏹️⏹️⏹️ - Boundaries ✅💫 - Finance Friday (additional box for week 1). ✅💫 - Shitty task ✅ - Communication (wrote all the Auslan class dates on the calendar, kicks off on the 25th). 4 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 Thursday here, had a bit of a sleep in, drove around to pick up some freebies (most of them ended up already collected by someone else, good I guess for no more stuff entering the house) and drop off an item to someone in the neighbourhood group- ended up being one in one out “stuff” total. Made sauerkraut from some bountious cabbage, hopefully it works out- doesn’t quite look /wet/ enough, but I will check it again tomorrow. Did NOT want to go for a walk nor brush my teeth, but did go for a walk (to the shop for a bottle of milk) and am hyping myself up to get up and do the teeth. No points on sleep hygiene tonight as I am posting this from bed an hour and a half after my bedtime. Did all the dishes (more than 5mins but less than half an hour). Week 1: ✅✅✅✅✅⏹⏹ - Teethies ⛔️✅✅⛔️✅⏹⏹ - Walkies ✅✅✅✅✅⏹⏹- Freggies ✅✅✅✅⛔️⏹⏹ - Sleepies ✅✅✅✅✅⏹⏹- Cleanies ✅✅✅⛔️✅⏹⏹- Boundaries ✅💫 - Finance Friday (additional box for week 1). ✅💫- Shitty task ✅ - Communication (wrote all the Auslan class dates on the calendar, kicks off on the 25th). 4 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 ✅ Teeth 🦷 4 1 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Well done getting in a walk and teeth when you didnt want to ❤️ xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Yasha92 Posted January 6 Author Report Share Posted January 6 18 hours ago, Salinger said: Well done getting in a walk and teeth when you didnt want to ❤️ xx Thanks! 1 Quote Mini | | Jan 16 || Feb 16 || Mar 16 || April 16 || July-Aug 16 || Aug-Sep 16 . || Sep-Oct 16 || Oct-Nov 16 || Dec 16 || Jan 17 || March 17 || April 17 || May 17 || August 17 || Sep 17 || Oct 17 || Grind it out || Jan 18 || Feb 18 || April 18 || May June 18 || Nov 18 || Oct 19 || Early 2020 || Halfway thru 2020 || Yasha High-5s herself || Jan 2023 || Current Challenge: Yasha holds steady (Feb-Mar 2023) Link to comment
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