Last night I broke out my craft crate. That’s a pretty generous name considering it has only a Harry Potter coloring book, colored pencils and sharpener, three markers (blue, red, black), some push pins, a half-gone pack of blue post-its, and two well used and nearly used-up notebooks. Super crafty.
Nevertheless, I pulled it off the shelf because as part of my reset last night I knew I wanted to physically display some kind of daily checklist or schedule or something that was a little bit more goal-orientated and in face. I had spend some time thinking through a new running schedule and I really wanted to be able to get out of bed in the morning.
What I ended up with, after three episodes of The Ultimate Spider-Man playing in the background, were seven sheets of paper, one labeled for each day of the week, with columns for the next five weeks, and a checklist for the day. Most of the items I do anyway without fail — meditate, blog, write a smidge. But I added the running plan for that day as well as weight days — both are why I needed different checklist for each in the first place. I also added “out of bed before 6” on each weekday sheet. It’s been easy for me in the past but the quarantine struggle not to hit snooze for two hours is real.
All in all I taped up my (not so pretty but at least it’s red and blue) daily checklists in my living room, right across from my makeshift workspace.
We’ll see how it goes, but I have to tell you I have felt so much better today. And even last night. I went to bed early. I got up early. I slipped back into most of my routine and meditated and read my book before getting out the door for my run early. Which meant I was showered and ready for work on time and had more energy in the morning and had a really productive morning at work.
I really needed a reset. And a little time goal setting has worked well for me in the past and it worked last night. I’m going to try to stick to it, but if I need multiple resets I know that’s okay too. We’re all doing the best we can.
With Love,
Natalie