April is Micromanagement Month

[mousme]

Okay, so I have decided that April shall be the month in which I take myself in hand. Enough of this silly wallowing in wintry woes (ooh, an alliteration!). It's spring, the sun is out, the days are warm but not horribly hot, and it's high time I turned things around.

I am declaring April "Micromanagement Month." There's a reason for that name, but I won't get into it in great detail right now. What I will say is that there are several aspects of my life that I want to improve and/or change, and I've let myself slide into apathy. So I'm going to micromanage my life throughout April. That's 30 days in which I will cut myself little or no slack, document everything, and see what happens.

It's an experiment, see? On a really small scale, with no control group.

The idea is also to keep myself honest about this. So I am committing myself to posting at least once a day to LJ on this topic. However, it's not going to be fun reading. There will be lists, and numbers, and all sorts of stuff that is interesting for no one except me and those few who for whatever reason are interested in the minutiae of my everyday life.

I'm going to be talking about health, weight, housecleaning, creative writing, and possibly interior decoration, as well as finances and, well, boring stuff like that. Possibly in excruciating detail.

Thus, I'm going to put those posts into an opt-in filter. I will NOT be offended if you don't want to read it. If you're interested in helping to keep me honest, then by all means come aboard. There is no pressure, however. It's not likely to contain any sort of brilliant analysis, or anything remotely like that.

I've made a poll to aid in this matter. All future posts on this topic will be in the filter.

[Poll #956767]

Comments

[elanya.livejournal.com]

I already use my journal to micromanage my life - it is only fair really :V

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Done!

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

If I help you keep honest will you become less fun?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Uh, I doubt it.

What makes you think I'd become less fun? :P

If anything, I'll become *more* fun, because I'll be in better shape and less stressed about the little things I keep ignoring. :)

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

You're never boring!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Is that a challenge? ;)

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

I like reading about that stuff. Gives me ideas for my own situation to be honest.

I came to the conclusion this week that there is NO reason for my life not to be exactly as I would like it to be, other than for screw ups engineered by yours truly. So now's the time to examine and work on stuff.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I came to the conclusion this week that there is NO reason for my life not to be exactly as I would like it to be, other than for screw ups engineered by yours truly. So now's the time to examine and work on stuff.

You too?

I think I'll join you in your "no TV" challenge. Easier for me, because I don't watch much TV to begin with, but it means no more marathons with other people's DVDs. ;)

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

The no DVDs thing will be extremely tough. No TV I think will be beneficial because lately I only watch stuff that works me up :)

Come, join me in my windmill assault! :)

But essentially yeah, there is no good reason for me not to have my house by now, or be a good writer, or be in shape or all the hundred little things I want to accomplish. It all comes down to either 1) I never got off my butt and did it, 2) I didn't bother paying attention to details, 3) I didn't want to think about it. Well, I'm setting myself up to not have anything that will shut down my mind, no brain candy...forcing me to think, if only out of sheer boredom. Who knows...it might actually work. If not, well it was worth a shot :)

Although I propose to celebrate day 31 with junk food and a marathon of dvds (to be determined later)! Which is properly ridiculous and mildly destructive, but fun as hell.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I propose an alternative. How about a marathon of DVDs and really good cooking?

We've been threatening to get together to watch movies/tv shows since November. We should make good on that. ;)

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

Yay! A better idea!

You've got a deal.

And yes, we MUST make good.

Now, I have one more goal this tv-free month...cleanup! (Actually I've been pretty good on that score, but its spring cleaning time anyway)

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

I can't keep you honest if I don't see the posts.

On another note -- GREAT icon!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I loves me my Sesame Street icons.

I haven't made the filter yet. I thought I'd give people time to answer the poll first. ;)

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Speaking of awesome icons -- I thought of you and your icons as soon as I saw the last panel of this Two Lumps strip. :)

I also opted in for the filter. This is the kind of stuff that helps me look at my own life, too. Possibly one of the main reasons why I read online journals.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Hee!

I am sadly out of icon space right now, but I may come back when I feel it's time to change again. :)

I shall add you to the filter right now.

[karine.livejournal.com]

I think it's a great idea to keep such a record. Especially since it allows you to go back and read your progress, and gives you insight on what you're doing, where you're going, and what you've left out for later... Thumbs up, and I wanna read.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Consider yourself added to the filter. :)

What an interesting poll

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

It looks like "Yes" is winning by a landslide.

Re: What an interesting poll

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I know! Isn't it exciting?

The Parti Québecois would *kill* for this kind of Referendum question. ;)