The point of writing goals, I'm thinking, is so that you can go back to them and remember them and in check in on them, and see where you are in the process of reaching them. I have been depressed lately and adding to it is the fact that I feel that nothing is getting done in my life/house. My goals are not even being met. I tried to write new ones and it was a failure. But then I was thinking, I already had a list! How am I doing on those.
But they are written in days past on a blog. Not the best place to put them. Heh. I need a place in my journal/planner to write them down in. Which, by the way, was a goal. I'm still working on it too. I have pages with important numbers on them printed and cut. I have pages with some of my passwords typed up too, printed and cut. My hole punch was not in my desk. It's in a tub in lilly's room full of crafting stuff. I think. So that was a barrier.
When I was in school and learning about goals for the first time, someone used the term road block. Starting then and continuing until now, I always picture road blocks as actual blocks in the road that I must climb over when I am walking towards my goal. I think they forgot to include the comfy beds that entice you to lay down and sleep on next to the goal road. Some are crappy cots, but some are some sweet ass glamping beds!
I made a spider idea chart for my planner. It was the first time one of these charts worked perfectly as it should. It helped me organize my thoughts and it was not confusing and did not leave me feeling like I did part of it wrong...or like i was using the wrong tool. Lilly saw it and it blew her mind. She then made me help her make one herself. It's about making cards.
Other goals, like brushing teeth twice a day for me and my family, got trapped in an ugly cot on the side of the road. Luckly, it wasn't too comfy, and i'm getting back up to continue the walk forward. Things that trip this up: Having to go somewhere in the morning by a certain time, not choosing the toothbrushing fight, forgetting, Josh being home and me not being as vigilant and assuming he'll remember. But, on the flip side, Josh had a dentist appointment and the hygienist noticed that he has been flossing more! So we have all been flossing more. That is a lifetime goal finally coming to fruition. Lilly even likes flossing.
Other goals: Veggies at every meal. I bought lettuce and cleaned it, but I have not had a salad yet with it. And it's been a few days. That's no good. I did add carrots to the tortilla-less tortilla soup I made, so lilly got some carrots and broth. Josh and I got a far greater variety of veggies. We got celery, onions, pablanos, tomatoes, corn and no carrots. Gotta save those for Lilly Bean. I did buy a thing of baby spinach and have been putting that on our sandwiches and in our foods. I don't know if we are getting a full serving each time, but some has got to be better than none.
You know what? We hit road blocks in the veggie road because we've been out and about a bit more this week. Well, first it was Josh's weekend to work three days in a row. That was really really hard. We had pizza on sunday night and i should have made broccoli to go with it, but I didn't. Maybe if I cut up the broccoli when I got home, like I do the lettuce, we would eat it more. Prep ahead of time. Then after the weekend, we went to muskegon to visit family. So that was a meal not at home. The veggie was a big salad, but Lilly did not eat that. I sure did and it was delicious! The next day was a veggie and bean dinner that Lilly did not like. Yes, I think prepping the broccoli in advance and the carrots will help with Lilly's veggie intake.
Oh, screen time was another goal. That is just okay. That is a slow change, but one none the less. It really is as easy and as hard as turning the tv off and keeping it off. And hiding my phone. It's just, the only time I can sit down and be alone is whne the tv or phone is on. The only solution is to increase my work time and decrease my own screen time. A rule I've been sticking too to decrease screen time is no tv after nap time until after Dah gets home. Though sometimes it goes on at 6:00 because I just can't function any more at that point. Having hte new media center to play music really really helps though. I do like having the sound around.
My knitting is going slowly, but I want to knit knit knit knit knit knit! I want to knit ALL THE THINGS! So I am working at night, about an hour, while we watch LONGMIRE. Say that in the deepest more drama filled voice you can. LONGMIIIIIIRE! Its a show about a sherriff in a small town in nowhere Whyoming near Montana. Next to an Indian Reservation. The sheriff solves murder mysteries. I think the first season was more dark and drama-y than the next seasons. There are 5 seasons. It's very good. Longmire, the sheriff, is like a cool cowboy version of H from CSI:Miami. Oh, I am knitting a lapblanket. It is only ten stitches and I attach it to the edge of the previous stitches and knit around and around in a spiral to make it bigger.
I should do the dishes now. A friend is visiting today to help me clean the basement! I need to find out her foot size. I want to knit her socks for her help. This is the third time she has done this. Handknit socks, I've decided are the gift to give people who have everything, or do not want anything. Everyone wears socks and handknit socks are even better than the $20 smartwool ones. I base the opinion off of my only pair of handknit socks I own vs my collection of $20 socks. They aren't even professional quality or that amazing, as they were my first. But they are warm and comfy in a way no other socks can be.
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