My notebook papers stuck to my wall with packing tape are curling in on each other now. Five weeks of hanging my habits in front of me and yesterday I reached the end of the checkboxes. Getting out of bed, meditating, writing, running, reaching out to a friend each day . . . five weeks of daily personal to-dos to help pull me out of what was turning into a quarantine slump (*cough* depression *cough*).
Team, I was so close to perfect too, but I tripped a bit at the finish line and missed on a checkbox or two Monday-Wednesday this week (on the waking up and running, mostly). But perfection is the enemy of the good and I did so good. And this last week was very hard and also very good and mostly very a lot so if my body wanted a little more of a break I’ve decided not to beat myself up. (That is a thing that I have to decide or my mind will just start throwing punches unbidden.)
I haven’t figured out if I’m going to replicate this project yet; maybe I’ll see if these habits have sunk in or not. If anything I only want a fitness schedule (meditation isn’t really something I need a checkmark to remind me to do anymore) since I like recording my progress (though wow, did body need to rest — I only did two out of my normal five runs so far this week).
For now it’s time to take the paper off the walls for a clean slate. That seems to be a theme this week.
With Love,
Natalie