I hope you all had a good time ringing in the New Year! Phil and I had a nice, relaxing night. Anyway, time to get this started.
No report this week except for your own records. Make sure you have weighed in and written down your number so you can remember it next week when we report our first loss. Yes, we will all have losses! :)
As for assignments on the weekly support goals (does that sound like a good name?) I will go ahead and start it this week.
One of the major things that I need to fix is my sleep schedule. A better amount of sleep (and at a more appropriate time of day) would improve many areas of my life. My goal is to be going to sleep (not just reading in bed or playing with my iTouch) by 10:00 PM. Then I will be getting up and exercising and starting my day at 6. Wow! that is a hard goal to actually write down. I know that this goal will weigh heavily on the chance that my kids cooperate. BUT, I know it will help me a lot.
D&C 88:124 "... Cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to they bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated."
http://www.sharecare.com/question/why-is-good-sleep-important
So here is my plan:
-I am going to get rid of anything near my bed that will distract me from going to sleep when I need to (iTouch and books in my case).
-I'm going to start my nightly routine at 9 or as soon after that as possible. That way I have time to brush my teeth, wash my face, set out things needed for the next day, and wind down (good time to read that book) before my bedtime.
-I will be setting an alarm to get up at 6:00. This way I am getting the appropriate amount of sleep, and will have the amount of time I need in the morning to exercise and get ready for the day before the kids are up.
Anyway, that ended up a lot longer that I wanted to write out. Don't feel like you have to be that detailed in your Support Goals. I just kind of needed to get that out there. Hopefully Phil will help me out here at home. For the rest of you, please ask me about it during the week (and later) to make sure I'm sticking to it. My body really needs it. If you want to join me on this, feel free. Figure out what will help you get the sleep that you need.
Is there anyone that wants to be in charge of coming up with a goal for next Sunday?
To quote Yogi Berra: 90% of this game is about half-mental. So I find that if I call it a commitment, instead of a goal, my mind automatically switches from something that I hope to accomplish, to something that I WILL accomplish. Just my 2-bits.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I never have trouble going to sleep once I'm horizontal. There's a button on the back of my head that initiates a shutdown procedure when pressed by a pillow. My problem is making myself quit what I'm doing and getting horizontal!
ReplyDeleteHa ha. I think I inherited that button on the back of the head. :) Kelli, I'm planning to start exercising at 6:00 every morning too, so we can think of each other and be long-distance workout buddies! :)
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