Pro-active with pep and stuff

[mousme]

Okay.

So, looking back at all the whingeing I've been doing since Christmas, I figure it's time to, at least temporarily, stop beating myself up about everything I'm not accomplishing, and to shift my focus a bit. I have lost contact with the Rocking Thing, my alter ego, and so I have to go looking for her again.

So, this weekend after band practice, I am officially going AWOL. You will not hear from me at all either on Saturday or on Sunday.

What I'm going to do instead on those days is as follows:

1- I will do a little bit of cleaning. I will NOT be spending two entire days cleaning, because the prospect of an entire weekend of scrubbing will just dishearten me, and I won't do it. So, I will do a little bit of cleaning.

2- I will write. I will write a lot. In fact, I will write as much as my little creative heart desires. I will work on both my serials, and whatever else I feel like working on. I will NOT give myself writing goals: not word counts or numbers of chapters or numbers of instalments to accomplish. Instead, I shall simply write for the sheer enjoyment of it.

3- I will go to bed early on both days. I will sleep in on Sunday morning. I am tired now, and there will be little opportunity to get to bed early this week. So, early bedtime over the weekend.

4- I will take a walk on Sunday. I will go out and get some fresh air and exercise, and I will stay out as little or as long as I like.


There you go.

Mens sana in corpore sano.

Comments

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

"Instead, I shall simply write for the sheer enjoyment of it."

I too vaguely remember what this is like. It's why I instituted my Every Second Friday Liam Visits His Grandma rule, and why I've cancelled the plans HRH enthusiastically made for us knowing I'd have the day off. I want to be able to sit and write and be happy simply because I"m doing it. No deadlines; no quotas. Just words, and pleasure at those words being there at the end of the day.

And I'm all for the sleep, too. Your weekend sounds so amazing.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, there are a few advantages to being single and having no children. It means that all my committments are pretty much self-imposed and can thus be shuffled around if I need them to be shuffled around.

I figure I'm due for a change of pace.

[ai731.livejournal.com]

Can I have official permission to remind you about this plan if I should catch you making any other commitments (other than band practice, of course) this weekend?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yes, by all means remind me. You are also allowed to kick my ass if I don't adhere to my plan. :)

[ai731.livejournal.com]

Oh good. *evil laugh* Now all I need is an alter-ego like toughlovemuse that encapsulates my mission to get people to take better care of themselves.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Well, you happen to be living with the guy who came up with my alter ego. I'm not very good with things like this, but he is. Perhaps he'll have a suggestion. :)

FYI

[swestrup]

A trick I used to use to get me to do housework when it seemed to much effort, was to deliberately plan a pleasant interuption.

One trick was to order pizza and then see how much cleaning I could get done before it arrived. I wouldn't get the whole house clean or anything, but I would feel I'd made a solid 30-45 minutes progress by the time it arrived, and I would reward myself with Pizza for having actual done some cleaning (which I really hate).

Doing that or similar things 2 or 3 times a week really helped me get on top of it.

a weekend for D

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

"I will take a walk on Sunday. I will go out and get some fresh air and exercise, and I will stay out as little or as long as I like."

And if you'd like to have a coffee, my offer is still on. If not, no biggy.
Although I do still have books for you!

xx rosy

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

sounds excellent! have an excellent good time!