I’ve noticed this week by committing myself to a daily plan that things are actually happening. *surprise surprise* By having and more importantly using my daily checklist I’m finding that each day I’m not only achieving set tasks but I’m finding it easier to do. So for 21 days I’ll continue to do this by which time it’ll become a habit and I will no longer require my checklist.
Oh and before I forget again, for those that have emailed me I’ve got your emails but due to my very tight schedule these days I don’t have any spare time during the week to reply to them all. Instead I’ll be replying to them on the weekends and have prioritised them in date order as they cam in. Beki of course yours is first on the list because you’ve been so patient and waited the longest, I hope you will forgive me. Also while I’m on the subject I’m cutting back on time spent reading or commenting on blogs during the week and will spend more time again on the weekend. I’ve had to be brutal with my time management schedule as I’m sure you can all appreciate when you have health and fitness goals to achieve. If you remember my previous post Spring Cleaning My Life I talked about this very subject. Some times in life you have to make tough decisions and you may not like it, but unfortunately that’s life. And if some people get their noses out of joint well that’s their problem, not mine. I’m not here to please everyone all of the time because that will leave no time for myself. I suffered and lost so much last year that I have earnt my right to be more selfish so I can grieve and heal. Some people already have had issues with this about me and in all honesty, I couldn’t care less. As far as I’m concerned if they think that then they’re nothing more than an oxygen thief.
Getting organised, prioritising tasks, sorting out time management and determining what I have to do to achieve my health and fitness goals this year had to become my #1 priority. The internet can literally consume all of our time if we allowed it and it had come to a point where I had to make some of those tough decisions. I could read blogs all day if I wanted too but that’s not going to help me achieve my goals. So what to do? When I moved my blog over to my own website of which I now pay for it also became about money so my time had to be spent more wisely. In my blogroll I only included blogs that were linked back to me but were also current and updated regularly. Having every link from every person who visits my blog or who’s blog I would read wasn’t really beneficial to me. It’s not because I no longer liked them or reading their blog but because I had to draw the line in the sand somewhere. I did the same with my google reader, I only kept links to websites that are useful resources that I would use to assist me on a motivational, health or fitness level. Facebook on the other hand did it for me kind of, my account was hacked into earlier this year and even I couldn’t logon for a couple of days. Facebook administrators were at a loss as to how this had happened and unfortunately 200-300 family and friends were deleted from my list. You would be amazed at some of the reactions I got after this. One message came through using a number of explicit profanities and telling me what they thought of me as they had obviously made the assumption I did it deliberately and they took it personally. I mean, are you kidding me? This person was a friend from my past of whom I hadn’t kept in contact with until we re-connected on facebook and this is how they respond, the hacker did me a favour. I then decided to only keep family and friends who I contact regularly as anymore than that would again take up valuable time that I could spend else where.
Rae and I have spoken about how on the surface we may to appear to be travelling along well but under the surface it’s a different story. So when we’re faced with unpleasant situations in life it’s not only draining on us is also quite upsetting. I know for myself I still have to sort through and finalise all the personal effects belonging to my Mum. I can’t just do it when I have some spare time because it’s an emotional thing. I may feel strong enough now but I have to consider how far it’s going to set me back after having done it. Dad on the other hand still has an unmarked grave of which I have no say or even input into and then there’s the coroners decision so that there’s a death certificate in order to finalise his estate. And let’s not forget the daily constant reminders I have to live with that both of my parents are now dead which is my driving force for wanting to move up north to Brisbane, fingers crossed.
So there you have it life is what it is, nothing more nothing less.
