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Rabbit Rabbit
Feb. 1st, 2015 07:09 amI don't think January went well for anyone I know. Can we have a do-over?
Actually, that's exactly what I intend to do. February is the new January, for what's it worth. I suppose January wasn't a complete wash - we got to see![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ministerofgrace and it snowed on New Year's Eve - but I'm still glad it's over.
Why was January so bad? Well, overall, it could have been worse. But man, it just sucked. Lady was sick for the New Year, then we found out grandma was dying, then I got sick, then grandma died, then we flew across the country again, then I had to go back to work after having only been there for a total of 5 days over the course of the previous four weeks, then we were TTC but it was no good, then I was depressed, then Lady was depressed, then I kept trying to get things done and just nothing was getting done -
And now it's February.
I had a lot of goals for January. Get back on track with exercise. Get back on track with eating. Get back on track with writing. That didn't really happen. So I'm giving myself permission to push those goals into February instead. My WIP was supposed to be done by Feb 1st, but now I'm aiming to be done by March 1st. I was supposed to cut eggs and gluten out completely again in January, but now I'm doing a Whole30 for February. I wanted to de-puff my body and feel strong again and that didn't happen, so I'm setting small but accomplishable movement goals for this month: run 2x week, bike to work 2x week, lift 2x week. Ideally, I would do all of those 3x a week, but I at least want to aim for no less than 2x.
And my last goal for February: every time I feel depressed and hopeless and like nothing matters and what's the point, I will let myself feel all that and then I will get mad. Forcing myself to be happy doesn't help a lick, but apparently filling myself with rage at the universe at least gets me moving again.
So here's to February.
Actually, that's exactly what I intend to do. February is the new January, for what's it worth. I suppose January wasn't a complete wash - we got to see
ministerofgrace and it snowed on New Year's Eve - but I'm still glad it's over.Why was January so bad? Well, overall, it could have been worse. But man, it just sucked. Lady was sick for the New Year, then we found out grandma was dying, then I got sick, then grandma died, then we flew across the country again, then I had to go back to work after having only been there for a total of 5 days over the course of the previous four weeks, then we were TTC but it was no good, then I was depressed, then Lady was depressed, then I kept trying to get things done and just nothing was getting done -
And now it's February.
I had a lot of goals for January. Get back on track with exercise. Get back on track with eating. Get back on track with writing. That didn't really happen. So I'm giving myself permission to push those goals into February instead. My WIP was supposed to be done by Feb 1st, but now I'm aiming to be done by March 1st. I was supposed to cut eggs and gluten out completely again in January, but now I'm doing a Whole30 for February. I wanted to de-puff my body and feel strong again and that didn't happen, so I'm setting small but accomplishable movement goals for this month: run 2x week, bike to work 2x week, lift 2x week. Ideally, I would do all of those 3x a week, but I at least want to aim for no less than 2x.
And my last goal for February: every time I feel depressed and hopeless and like nothing matters and what's the point, I will let myself feel all that and then I will get mad. Forcing myself to be happy doesn't help a lick, but apparently filling myself with rage at the universe at least gets me moving again.
So here's to February.
