FlyingJen's first challenge!

[lucky fire dragon]

oooh I want to see you dancing with your parrot on your head

 

What a great day! Big yay on freebalancing handstand (adoring from afar) and great jobs choosing nuts over potatoe chips (aren't those criminally addictive?!)

I had to laugh at your reading/sleeping description as that is totally me too and I wonder how many more people... anyway well done on keeping yourself nourished better for your day and not running until empty.

 

[FlyingJen]

Saturday April 2. Basically I'm much better at sticking to routines/plans/goals during the week! Weekends are always a bit of a mixed bag depending on what is going on.

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Haha, fail. Waffles with maple syrup. Oh well. 
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Was out and about so didn't eat lunch until late, about 3pm. At least that was a nice big salad from the Whole Foods salad bar! 
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Made some pasta with tomatoes, kale, and king oyster mushrooms. It was yummy but I successfully stopped eating when I was full. 
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  Often in the past when I've gotten WF salad bar, I would get a bag of chips to go with. Successfully resisted that impulse today. 

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. Did lots of walking in the course of running errands. Also went for a 30 min walk in the evening around the neighborhood with my partner (it was his idea! I was reading/dozing on the sofa so I'm glad he got my ass in gear)
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week. Did NF Bodyweight Level 1. It was pretty easy but I'm happy to start out slow just to get in the habit of working out at home.
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. Did not happen. Not going back downstairs to my handstand wall now, it's bedtime!
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  N/A, wasn't really on the computer today.

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  Was successful in not taking a nap right when I got home from running errands, even though I really wanted to. Did dance party and drank coffee instead. But I did fall asleep on the sofa while reading later in the evening. I guess I need to sit in a less comfortable spot if I'm going to read?
• Try to be in bed by midnight each day. Nope. Didn't happen yesterday and won't happen today either. Obviously sleeping from 7:30-8pm is not going to help me feel sleepy at midnight! 

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Entered a business purchase in Quickbooks right away instead of forgetting about it and having to enter it later when I do reconciliation. Yay.
• Limit checking social media Checked in to FB a couple of times during the day but didn't stay on longer than a few minutes.
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). A win for today was not skipping morning yoga/meditation even though I had places to go and things to do. Did 5 mins of each because I didn't have time for 15/15. My whole motto lately is something is better than nothing! 
• Add evening meditation 10mins. Did this last night in bed, it was nice. 
• Have a 5 minute dance party each day  Yep.Pretty much saved me from wanting to take an afternoon nap. Next week I'll do a video of this with my parrot (she of multiple names- Cleo/Pipa/Peeps)! Today's song was Feed Your Head by Paul Kalkbrenner.

 

[lucky fire dragon]

Great day! Weekends are definitely harder to stick to routine and schedule than weekdays. And I do feel it's good to have a little leeway for that too, so that we don't get too hard on ourselves with being "good" allllll the time

You're doing awesome!! Have a gorgeous Sunday

[Keldream Nebula]

Good job! Sounds like a great week/end. I'm seeing a lot of green  

Keep it up!! 

[FlyingJen]

Sunday April 3. Today was not that great. Was rolling along in a pretty good mood yesterday but a pretty bad depression sadbrain thing (that's my new made up word for it, which I think is my attempt at distancing myself from it a bit...) happened in the evening and stuck around most of today. (Basically when I did last night's post I was pretending that I felt great because I wasn't sure I wanted to post negative stuff here, but it's part of the struggle too so I might as well. And I think it says something about how cool this forum is that I feel comfortable sharing this sort of thing.) Still struggling with crap sadbrain all day today. These things usually only last a day or two with me (used to be a lot worse but a lot of coping strategies I've figured out seem to help.) Mostly I feel bad now because I picked a stupid fight with my partner about something truly idiotic last night because of sadbrain. I'm usually pretty good at not engaging in discussion with him when I'm not in a good emotional place for it, but I failed to recognize that my mood was getting worse, and failed to take a minute to consider my emotional state before engaging. We generally get along great and generally if we argue it's over completely theoretical nonsense that we mostly agree about but if I'm in a mood I will pick and pick over the 2% area of disagreement. Being vague, but it will take too long and is not really relevant to go into details. Trust me, it's stupid. I've managed to not drive him away after almost 18 years so there's that. Anyway my main goal for today was to not spend all day sleeping or crying, so at least I've managed that much. ONWARDS AND UPWARDS, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY!

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Bagel and vegan cream cheese. Could be worse.
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Ate some leftover chinese takeout for lunch, not too much, but didn't do the two lunches thing because of eating breakfast kind of late and lunch late too and had dinner plans.
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Went out for Mexican. Sometimes when I dine out there's this awkward thing where I eat until I'm full, and then what is left isn't really enough to bother taking home so I just finish it because I don't want to waste it. That's what happened today and I feel gross and over-full.
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  Got chips and salsa at the restaurant with dinner (dining companion's idea). Not as bad as eating potato chips by myself at home, but not great either.

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. Nope. Yesterday I thought I'd go for a little walk/run today but it was really cold in the morning and I can't run when its cold because my lungs go instantly into wheezy mode. Should have gone for a walk though!
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week. Technically a rest day. I think I might add in an ab workout on the rest days from NF bodyweight, but we'll see. 
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. When I'm done updating here I'm going to go downstairs and do one wall hold handstand for as long as I can, no timer, no goal. Being upside down always improves a crap mood...
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  Spent a bit of time on the computer today catching up on work but didn't set the timer or take breaks. I just wanted to get as much done as I could in the limited time I had.

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  Probably got up too early this morning for sadbrain, but I wanted to get some work done. Napped between 3-3:45pm which did seem to help a little bit.
• Try to be in bed by midnight each day. Nope. Going to try to make it happen tonight though.

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Checked in on the status of a savings account that I tend to forget about. I have a small monthly auto-deposit into it, and the balance was higher than I expected so that was nice.
• Limit checking social media.  Social media never helps sadbrain so I mostly stayed away from it. 
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). Did 10 of yoga and 10 of meditation, was hoping it would help sadbrain. I think it at least kept me from just going back to bed. 
• Add evening meditation 10mins. Nope.
• Have a 5 minute dance party each day  Yep. Did "Surfin Bird" again with parrot in hand. Didn't permanently chase away sadbrain but it did help and actually made me smile.

[Mad Hatter]

Handstands and dance party against sadbrain is perfect. Hope you get out of the funk quickly!

[lucky fire dragon]

Sounds to me like you are doing the best possible at times like that and taking good care of yourself. Great job on keeping the yoga, meditation, dance party and handstands up! Those are always a help

 

Keep being kind to yourself, sweets

 

You're right tomorrow will be a whole new day

[FlyingJen]

Monday April 4. It's been a bit of an uphill battle today but I think I'm back on track emotionally. Exercise helps me SO much in the battle against sadbrain. I had plans to go visit my parents at their retirement community and go swimming with my 3-year-old nephew. We've done this on the first Monday of the month for the past 4 months and it's great. I really just wanted to hole up in my bed today but made myself go out and I'm glad I did.  

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Bagel and vegan cream cheese. Could be worse. (Bagels come in bags of 6 so if I buy them I'm eating them for 3 days in a row. They're not the worst thing but I feel like the overnight oats or a smoothie would be much better!)
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Ate lunch at my parents'. I brought some leftover spicy Chinese noodles, a banana, and an apple. I only ate half the noodles, and added some peanut butter to my apple. Also ate most of my nephew's little baggie of baby carrots that he didn't eat. My parents almost always have soda and chips with lunch but I resisted the urge to do so and just drank water. 
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Split pea/veggie soup. Not too much.
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  Successfully avoided eating potato chips when I easily could have! Got some spicy kale chips later while running errands- a much healthier salty/crunchy thing.

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. Wasn't really home all day, but I could have gone for a walk after dinner but wanted to do some work and exercises.
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week/other exercise. Did Day 2 of NF Bodyweight Level 1. I forgot to look at the other side of the sheet for the B workout so I did A again. Oh well. Did bonus 5 sets of 30s squat thrusts, which definitely made me sweat. Also swam 6 laps in the morning in olympic size pool (3 crawl 3 breaststroke).  Next time I'm going to try for 10. Goal of doing a full mile (15 laps). A few months ago I couldn't really do laps at all because of my shoulder hurting so I'm very happy about this.
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. Did 3 wall holds (trying to get away from the wall and free-balance), 1 min each. Had a few seconds of good balances. 
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  Did some computer stuff in the evening. Forgot to set the timer at first. Then did set it and did some stretching and dance party breaks.

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  Really felt sleepy after lunch and still a little blah, and I knew if I went home I'd take a nap. So I stayed out until it was time to pick up my partner from work. Went to a sporting goods store to price weight benches (not buying yet as I'm focusing on bodyweight exercises for now, but something I will probably want in the future). Bought myself a hula hoop. 
• Try to be in bed by midnight each day (last night). Not even close.

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Went to The Container Store, which for an organizational freak like me is like a candy store. Only bought 3 things I actually needed though- new cutting board, collapsible tote bag, and a carabiner keychain. 
• Limit checking social media.  Multiple looking at FB during the day on my phone. Pretty much had it open on one of my computer monitors all evening. 
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). Did 10 of yoga and 10 of meditation, was hoping it would help sadbrain. I think it at least kept me from just going back to bed. 
• Evening meditation 10mins (last night).  Did this in bed last night, was actually pretty successful at getting my sadthoughts to recede enough to fall asleep.
• Have a one-song dance party each day  Tried to hula hoop in my office/studio but the parrot HATED it, flew off her shelf, did a big circle around the room and crashed into the wall. So that'll be something for some other space. Did my dance party today to Bad Girls by M.I.A.

[Mad Hatter]

Yay for the hula hoop! Glad you're back on track.

[FlyingJen]

Tuesday April 5. (Belated posting, didn't make time last night!)

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Bagel and vegan cream cheese. Meh.
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Ate some Greek stuffed grape leaves in two small portions at 11 and 2.
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Potato pancake, seitan BBQ, kale salad. Ate all the salad and seitan, and stopped eating the potato cake once I felt full.
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  Popcorn. Orange and not red because it's kind of a tradition for my partner and I to eat popcorn together sometimes while watching tv/movie, and I don't want to give this up. 

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. Walked to the mailbox to send out a bill payment, continued around the block. My partner and I got up an hour early to start C25K again, but it was 30 degrees and snowing so we bailed. I have a lot of trouble breathing when it's that cold.
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week/other exercise. Performance prep class at circus school for 1h, plus 1h extra practice afterwards. Not constant activity of course, but we ran the act three times with music and I also worked individually on some pieces of it so I definitely felt tired by the end. 
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. Did a few free-balancing handstands at circus school. It was at the end of practice so I was pretty tired but got a couple of 5 second balances.
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  Took breaks and stretched or at least got away from the computer. 

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  Made some art instead of taking a nap. 
• Try to be in bed by midnight each day (last night).  I've been trying to make this a thing for over a month, and it just doesn't happen. Even if I really try, and am actually in bed by midnight, I'm not tired until at least 12:30. 

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Didn't buy anything today! Paid some bills. 
• Limit checking social media.  Multiple looking at FB during the day on my phone. Need to log out of the browser so it's not so easy!  
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). 15/15. 
• Evening meditation 10mins (last night).  I think I might start doing this right after dinner and before whatever else I am doing that evening. 
• Have a one-song dance party each day.  This is my favorite new habit! Elastic Heart by Sia. 

[Wattsup]

I love how you are color coding in your posts, that's a great idea! I might start doing that for my own challenge.

 

I am also trying to fight the kryptonite that is potato chips. I try not to keep them in the house or else they are gone within a day or two.  They have always been my greatest weakness!  I actually think popcorn is a great alternative, especially if it's being shared with someone else, just have to watch out for the butter, but if you are strict vegan then I'm guessing that's not a problem.

 

How long have you been vegan?  I'm technically pescatarian, but avoid dairy, so a lot of my meals end up being vegan. I've only been doing this since January, but it really hasn't been too difficult. 

 

Great job so far!

[FlyingJen]

2 hours ago, Wattsup said:

I love how you are color coding in your posts, that's a great idea! I might start doing that for my own challenge.

 

I am also trying to fight the kryptonite that is potato chips. I try not to keep them in the house or else they are gone within a day or two.  They have always been my greatest weakness!  I actually think popcorn is a great alternative, especially if it's being shared with someone else, just have to watch out for the butter, but if you are strict vegan then I'm guessing that's not a problem.

 

How long have you been vegan?  I'm technically pescatarian, but avoid dairy, so a lot of my meals end up being vegan. I've only been doing this since January, but it really hasn't been too difficult. 

 

Great job so far!

I've been vegan for 17 years! I use Earth Balance margarine instead of butter on my popcorn, so that's why it's not that healthy! It's still better than potato chips. 

[FlyingJen]

As promised, here's a video of today's dance party with my parrot Cleo!

 

 

[peelout]

Great video.  If you put the parrot in front of a computer screen w/ a camera, does the parrot get excited or anything?  Or maybe that was in front of a computor screen.

[FlyingJen]

5 hours ago, peelout said:

Great video.  If you put the parrot in front of a computer screen w/ a camera, does the parrot get excited or anything?  Or maybe that was in front of a computor screen.

I recorded it with my iPhone. She HATES the iPhone if it is in my hand, but if I prop it up on something and just leave it she doesn't notice it. If I get a phone call and she's with me in my office I have to try to grab the phone and run before she notices, or just ignore it if she is sitting on me, because she'll bite the crap out of my hand if I pick it up. 

[FlyingJen]

Wednesday April 5.

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Strawberries. Yummy but not filling enough! 
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Leftover potato pancake at 11:30, grape leaves at 2. I think eating smaller meals is helping me not have a post-lunch crash.
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Small amount of Thai noodles, veggies, tofu. I didn't think it would be enough to make me feel full but it was. 
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  No salty crunchies today!

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. You'd think this would be easier than it is. It's turned a bit cold again here so it's not so nice going for a walk. I like inventing some sort of errand for myself like walking to the store for something I need for dinner, but that's a bit of a time commitment as the closest store is a mile away. Didn't have that much time today. 
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week/other exercise. Circus performance practice again. Had scheduled NFA bodyweight Level 1 day 3 today but I'm going to do it tomorrow instead as I have nothing else to do.
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. Arms too tired from trapeze practice!
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  Took breaks and stretched or at least got away from the computer. 

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  Caught up on work instead of taking a nap.
• Try to be in bed by midnight each day (last night).  I think I'm going to adjust this to a more feasible 12:30. 

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Recorded some incoming invoice payments (yay)
• Limit checking social media.  Was a bit better about this today. Not as good as I'd like to be as I checked FB several times during the day but at least I didn't get sucked into scrolling endlessly. Paradoxically, being part of the Nerd Fitness Facebook group is making me like it more and want to spend more time there!
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). 15/15. 
• Evening meditation 10mins (last night).  Didn't do this last night, and had to run off to circus right after dinner. Maybe I'll do it right after I post this!
• Have a one-song dance party each day.   Did Bird is the Word again to do the above video with my parrot!

[Mad Hatter]

2 hours ago, FlyingJen said:

I recorded it with my iPhone. She HATES the iPhone if it is in my hand, but if I prop it up on something and just leave it she doesn't notice it. If I get a phone call and she's with me in my office I have to try to grab the phone and run before she notices, or just ignore it if she is sitting on me, because she'll bite the crap out of my hand if I pick it up. 

 

Could you use her to make sure you stay off the social media?

 

Love the dance party video!

[FlyingJen]

Thursday April 5.

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Smoothie with strawberries, banana, spinach, vanilla protein powder and OJ. Yummy but I have trouble finishing smoothies. It was 16oz and I just get tired of drinking them. Also my parrot loves them and is really annoying if I have one. I put it in a big mason jar so she can't knock it over, but she splatters it everywhere. Also, not that filling.
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Only one lunch today, but it's orange instead of red because it was a smaller portion of leftover Thai noodles than I would have eaten prior to this challenge (huge noodle bowls have been a favorite lunch in the past!)
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Three seitan chorizo tacos with veggies, guac. Just right. In the past I probably would have eaten 4 of these.
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  Thought about eating some corn chips with salsa but didn't. Ate a clementine instead. 

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. Went for a walk after dinner with my partner. Couldn't work up the motivation earlier to go by myself. We're talking about getting a dog, which among other things would be an excuse to go for more walks! 
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week/other exercise. Did NFA Bodyweight Level 1 Day 3, and Twenty Pullups Challenge Day 1 (2/1/1/2/1).
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. Did 5 wall balances trying to get away from the wall. Got a few 5-second holds. 
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  Forgot to set my timer, combined with just wanting to get shit done= no stretching. 

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  Used my one nap per week today. Slept on the sofa from 1pm-3pm. The good thing about only allowing myself one nap per week is that I make sure that if I'm going to nap it's when I either really need it or it's on a day that I don't have too much other stuff going on. So at least I don't end up feeling stressed or guilty about it. But honestly, it didn't make me feel that much better than on days when I didn't nap! 
• Try to be in bed by 12:30am (last night).   I was trying for midnight, which is nigh impossible, but 12:30 seems to happen more often than not. Will stick with 12:30 for a while and see how it goes, then move it back to 12:15. 

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Entered a business purchase into QB right away. 
• Limit checking social media.  Ugh, why is this so hard! I don't think my cumulative time spent on FB has been too bad, but I hate the compulsion to check there multiple times per day. It's extra bad if I post something because I want to see if I have any replies/likes. 
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). Today was the first day that I did not do this even though I was at home and had nothing preventing me from doing it. I think I wanted to see how I felt if I didn't do it. Instead I drank my morning smoothie while doing work on my computer. I got my work done earlier than usual, but I felt crappy and took a nap and wasn't that productive. Also my mood wasn't great. Not super sadbrain, just kind of foggy and blah. So I think I'll be sticking with morning yoga/meditation! 
• Evening meditation 10mins (last night).  I think my problem is that I want to get as much stuff done in the evening as possible and it's hard to settle down and meditate. Still trying to figure out how to make this work. Most evenings I take a bath and read because it is super relaxing, so maybe I'll start doing bath meditation? That seems weird!
• Have a one-song dance party each day.   I Love It by Icona Pop, which I don't even like but it was in my head for some reason. 

[Keldream Nebula]

Whatever works! If bath meditation allows you to really relax, and get in the meditation for the day, go for it  I'm glad you are making progress with your goals--you have had so much green (I might have to borrow that)! You are clearly figuring out what works for you, and recognize when things don't work and that you need to change, which is great to read, especially as someone who sometimes forgets to reevaluate when things don't work out. 

 

Have a great weekend!  

[FlyingJen]

 

Whatever works! If bath meditation allows you to really relax, and get in the meditation for the day, go for it  I'm glad you are making progress with your goals--you have had so much green (I might have to borrow that)! You are clearly figuring out what works for you, and recognize when things don't work and that you need to change, which is great to read, especially as someone who sometimes forgets to reevaluate when things don't work out. 

 

Have a great weekend!  

Thanks, you too!  

 

I'm a very visual person so it's super helpful to see at a glance by color how I'm doing. My crazy spreadsheet is also color-coded.

[FlyingJen]

Friday April 8. [belated posting]. Kind of a weird day. My partner had to go in to work at 1am for some sort of maintenance thing (he works in IT), so I slept badly. Woke at 4am with an auditory hallucination that someone was coming up the stairs which needless to say freaked me out. Sometimes I have super vivid dreams that include hearing things that aren't there or being partly awake and seeing something and interpreting it as something else (i.e. laundry pile = mutant alien!). I have pulled pictures off the wall while partially asleep to get into an imaginary secret passage, and I have grabbed my partner while partially asleep to keep him from being sucked into an intergalactic vortex. Once I woke partially and very clearly heard a man saying "THE COMMON MARMOSET!") Lingering anxiety all day. Had to miss morning circus class because my partner had the car. Slept late because of 4am freakout (also I am terrible at getting up in the morning if I'm by myself). Went out in the evening to see a circus show which was AMAZING ("Knitting Peace" by Cirkus Cirkor) which messed up my evening routine but was worth it.

 

Diet 

• [breakfast] find new healthy things to eat.  Apple with peanut butter. 
• [lunch] two smaller lunches. Only one lunch today, some frozen chinese dumplings. At least I didn't eat too many.
• [dinner] Portion sizes/satiety. Leftover Thai noodles, not too much.
• [general] NO POTATO CHIPS/other unhealthy salty snacks. *my personal kryptonite!*  No salty snacks today. Ate a cupcake for dessert which isn't the best thing ever but it's nice to have a treat once in a while. The thing I realized though is that I don't really even enjoy cupcakes that much so why bother consuming those extra calories? 

 Fitness

• Go for a walk/run every day, even if just around the block. Went for a walk after dinner with my partner. His idea, which is great as I probably would have just sat on the sofa longer. He doesn't really exercise but he's good at getting us to go for walks. 
• Complete a full bodyweight or free weights workout 3/x week/other exercise. Rest day on NFA Bodyweight. Had to miss circus class.
• Train handstands at home every day, just for a few minutes. Nope. Should have done this while microwaving my dumplings for lunch!
• Take frequent breaks from computer and do stretching or foam roller.  Pretty much my only "exercise" today.

Sleep

• Kick the nap habit.  No nap. Slept late (9:45am) and had to go to a meeting in the afternoon.
• Try to be in bed by 12:30am (last night).   Stayed up until 12:45 to wake up my partner so he could go to work, then couldn't sleep until 2am.

Other

• Daily financial check-in/accounting/mindfulness.  Met with my accountant re: taxes. 
• Limit checking social media.  Ugh. 
• Continue morning yoga/meditation (15 mins of each). Skipped this because I got up so late and had to get going on the things I had to do. Really missed it though.
• Evening meditation 10mins (last night).  I think I just forget to do this. Going to put a reminder in my phone!
• Have a one-song dance party each day.   Forgot. Silly. This is so easy and nice.

 

[Dreamspin]

You're doing great! I love your tracking. 

I have had a difficult time with compulsively checking social media, so I shut down my Facebook account and changed my password and deleted the app so that in order to get back on, I'd have to do a 'forgot password' request and reinstall the app. I feel so much better! Now it's the NF rebellion posts that take up my time, but these are much more interesting, supporting, and rewarding to connect with. :-D

[FlyingJen]

 

You're doing great! I love your tracking. 

I have had a difficult time with compulsively checking social media, so I shut down my Facebook account and changed my password and deleted the app so that in order to get back on, I'd have to do a 'forgot password' request and reinstall the app. I feel so much better! Now it's the NF rebellion posts that take up my time, but these are much more interesting, supporting, and rewarding to connect with. :-D

I have considered ditching Facebook entirely, but I use it for promoting my art business. And it is good for keeping in touch with people. I have a love/hate thing with it! I did better with not checking it so much today by making sure I logged out of it rather than leaving it open in my browser. 

[Dreamspin]

I hear that! It is definitely good for promotion and keeping in touch with people. I'm glad you're finding tactics that are working for you! :-) 

[lucky fire dragon]

You're doing great on many things and fine tuning is always the trickier part for longer term. I think the bathtub meditation would be a delicious thing to do and maybe it would relax your evenings in general. Good sleep makes such a difference!

Yayyy on the hula hoop!! Have you played some more with it? Without terrifying your cute parrot