Starting a push today to do the things I meant to be doing all along this year, before I turn 50, but I haven’t. I turn 50 in August—that’s only 5 1/2 months away! I keep thinking about getting fit, losing weight, writing a book or a dozen, purging all the extraneous crap from my house, simplifying… and so much more. But I haven’t done any of it!

So, to start with and to start small, today I’m doing a brain dump, to get everything out of my head that I keep repeating to myself so I can make a plan-of-action to accomplish it or cross it off the list and stop expending energy on it.

Goals today:
1. write my list. carry that notebook around with me because I don’t remember things otherwise.
2. no daytime tv! Like I have time for TV if I’m working on this.
3. eat healthy. (Lunch is my downfall but I have yummy leftovers so I won’t do drive-thru!)
4. walk 10,000 steps. (As of 2:30 pm, I’m at over 7000 steps so this is attainable!)

The list so far:
daily exercise
eating primal
other habits?
mail boxes
10am truck appt
make black beans
photos scan/online
house cleaning, routine
why, why, why
lose weight
10,000 steps minimum
nite: floss/wash/moisturize
strength train: log
meal prep: include?
clean out frig
email Jeff H
who gets access to photos?
review financial aid and deposits
N: setup for Tech
take $140 from E for concert ticket
E: travel list
N: setup online banking
wash towels
no daytime TV!
onions-chopped
novel writing
notes on brain rules
maybe job/volunteer out of house
hiking
kayaking
website? photos?
kaizen
a little bit more everyday
retirement $
entering receipts
pelvic floor exercises
plantar fasciitis
daily picture
take before photo off phone!
N: credits to grad email
slightly larger purse
treadmill
typing class online: Type Fu or Typing Club
pretty top
haircut?
rotating jewelry and wearing it
fix bracelet
garden setup/seed start
insert for Swiss pen
jump rope
N: room clean
N: laundry
hiking boots
begin running info
running shoes
coupons?
Nicole shower: date/time/gift
get hair done for shower?
walking after meals
meditation
Fidelity password
Making jewelry/beading.

That’s a big list. Lots of small stuff already accomplished or easy to do. Lots of big things that will take time and many little steps. Let’s break it up into categories.

Philosophy:
kaizen
a little bit more everyday

To do today:
*mail boxes
*10am truck appt
*wash towels
no daytime TV!
make black beans
*take before photo off phone!
N: credits to grad email
take $140 from E for concert ticket
nite: floss/wash/moisturize
Fidelity password
email Jeff H
clean out frig
onions-chopped

Shopping/Errands:
jump rope
hiking boots
running shoes
insert for Swiss pen
fix bracelet
pretty top
haircut?
slightly larger purse
treadmill
*Nicole shower: gift
get hair done for shower?
coupons?

Get fit/healthy:
daily exercise
eating primal
10,000 steps minimum
walking after meals
meditation
daily picture
pelvic floor exercises
plantar fasciitis
hiking
kayaking
begin running info
strength train: log
lose weight
why, why, why
meal prep: include what?
meditation

Other habits:
other habits?
house cleaning, routine
nite: floss/wash/moisturize

Projects:
Making jewelry/beading.
garden setup/seed start
photos scan/online/who gets access to photos?
E: travel list
notes on brain rules
rotating jewelry and wearing it
website? photos?

Events:
Nicole shower: date/time
Nicole wedding
Nathan’s graduation
E: Scotland/travel list

Nathan:
N: room clean
N: laundry
N: setup online banking
N: setup for Tech

Money:
retirement $
entering receipts
Fidelity password
maybe job/volunteer out of house
review financial aid and deposits

Writing:
novel writing
typing class online: Type Fu or Typing Club

Here’s what I see:
– Novel writing is a top priority for me but has the least notations associated with it. Is novel writing really a priority for me?
– Getting healthy has a lot of components to consider. I’ve probably put the most thought in here.
– I got a lot of little things done today but little to do with my so-called priorities
– My son takes up a lot of my mental energy because I spend time doing his thinking for him. I don’t have to do all this for my daughter.
– Even in categories, this list is overwhelming. I need a focus because I can’t do everything. And a short daily to do list that hits my priorities.

Tomorrow: What the hell are my priorities and why?