What small (or possibly large!) goals do you aim to accomplish on an everyday basis?
When I feel like I haven't been as motivated to do the things I should everyday, I write a list of small-scale goals to do each day and put it somewhere where I will see it most of the day.
These are my daily goals right now: - Write everyday - Drink 1 full bottle of water - Don't lay in bed past 7 - Go on a short walk (even just 15 minutes)
What are yours?
My goals are similar to yours. Write every day, or at least work on something writing related. Take longer walks with the dog. At first, it was my winter self that was against it, but my dog is having trouble re-acclimating to warmer weather and is shedding and panting like a motherfucker. Develop a plan to get a better job for the short term Implement my (longshot) plan to get a better job Spend as little money as possible Exercise Stay connected to people I care about Ask people for things, not machines (increase human to human interaction) Do things the hard way Help former students (for free?! yeah . . .) Eat healthfully. Since you're trying to drink a full bottle of water, I wonder if you use a bottle with markings on it, either for mLs or oz.? A friend of mine used those to figure out how much she should drink per hour to meet her goal. She says it helped quite a bit. Frankly, I don't understand how people don't drink 2L at least per day. Then again, I'm a really thirsty guy. Yeah, I'm the sweaty dude at the gym (sorry).
Ah good point. My bottle is 700mLs. I have a bad habit of just drinking all of the water at once. It's like as soon as I start drinking my body realizes how thirsty it is and just wants all of it at once! A "water per-hour" is definitely a healthier way to go about it and I'll try it out. Thanks! You bring up a great point with "Ask people for things, not machines". I tend to try to do as much stuff as I can online or via e-mail as I can rather than in-person or on the phone. My fiance has been trying to get me to do more "talking to people" type things myself but I've been pushing back pretty hard. It's definitely something I need to work on.
Bedouins consume all the water they have on hand as quickly as they can, I don't know what the science of water is, but I have always wondered if people who live in the desert all their lives are onto something here. It might just be a T.E. Laurence lie, I read it in the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Laurence made a lot of the stuff in that book up.
If it's not a lie, then I wonder if it's something the body gets used to doing? I've heard that when you're really dehydrated you're not supposed to gulp as much water as you feel like drinking as it causes cramps or some kind of discomfort. I guess I should look up rate of absorption.
I try to eat a salad every day. It has helped me immensely with weight loss over the past year. I'm more of the "slow and steady" approach when it comes to those sorts of things. I, like humanodon , try to write every day. If I don't write I try to read (poetry) every day.
I was going to answer this, but my list right now says go buy the annuals to plant on the deck. It might take a couple of hours of planting. That's definitely not an everyday item on the list, but it is a spring item.
I think the list/goals everyday thing is crucial for underemployed people and work at homers as well as homeworkers. It requires being self-motivated. Making the list is easier than doing the things on the list, but it's a start. OK, I'm off to make an everyday list... after I do the planting.
It varies. I don't have a set list of day-to-day goals, but I should. Some days my goals are as simple as "get out of bed and do something". Other days (better days) I either don't need the list and get stuff done anyway, or have a huge list of things I have to get done. But today, my goals were to write, get posters for a book launch printed, upload an album, go for a run, and figure out what I'm reading for said book launch. Doesn't look like much now that I've written it down here, but the writing and printing had me running around stressed all day. But, I got it all done, and I'm glad. Nothing more satisfying than getting stuff done.
Our daughter is a picky eater too. We have found that giving her options and letting her choose seems to work fairly well. Our pediatrician basically said that at this age (2.5) this is normal and that really, a lot if kids will only eat a handful of things and that this is okay. Just make sure she's eating, even if that means she's only eating grapes and cheese, it's better than nothing. So, there's been a lot of grapes, cheese and oddly enough hummus of late. We have a routine each night that includes me reading a book to her prior to her going to bed. I know that you have a different schedule so maybe you could introduce reading time after breakfast or prior to her nap? Every kid and circumstance is different and each comes with their own challenges, this much I've learned. Our latest challenge are "tantrums". They come when she's overly tired or outbid her normal routine, but man... They're ugly. Good luck with her eating. In an ideal world all us Hubski parents could get our kids together to play.
I've tried everything to get this kid to eat more. The one thing that seems to really get her appetite up is going out and exercising, thus the one hour of outside time a day (and outside is a stimulating environment). She is off the charts for weight, but developmentally excellent in every other way. Read to her every day is more a factor of burn out, making myself be willing to read to her after reading 3-20 books everyday. I just get sick of reading lots of kid books, but I know it will pay off big down the line.
How old is she again? If I remember correctly our daughters are about the same age. I get really bored with the kids books too, which is why I embellish, come up with crazy voices for the characters and ad lib almost all of the narrative, using the illustrations as guides. She prefers my version of the stories anyways... at least for now. You live in more of a "city" than I do so being outside might be more difficult for you but we make a point to spend as much waking time outside as we can. Let's face it, it's more fun for us too, not just the kids. It's hard though because inevitably you are trying to work, study etc while trying to raise a child and time isn't always available for going to the park, museum, picnic etc. Have you tried foods that most kids will eat no matter what, like yogurt or even pudding or ice-cream? I know it's not ideal, but it will definitely give her calories and once you are through this rough patch you can phase them out. Good luck cgod. They don't come with manuals do they? :-)
She is going on two and a half. Portland is a fantastic city for little kids, lots of parks. Just fifteen minutes walk from my house is a park with a pool, a gym, two big playground installations, a water playground, ball fields, a massive fountain and rose garden and wifi. It's a great place to take kids. About a block from my house is a little one lot park, not fantastic, but fun hills a few sitting logs and a small vegetable garden. There is another park about ten minutes walk with some playground equipment, a big hill, and ball fields that overlooks the river. Rain is the biggest impediment to spending an hour outside for a good part of the year. My kid is under the first percentile in weight, probably around the half a percentile. So lighter than every few hundred babies her doctor see for her age. Most babies in this category have a serious health problems. We have had to do blood work and go through a failure to thrive question session. She is fine, probably in the 90% for developmental skills in her age range, but the doctors have to be concerned. It just stresses a person out to hear someone say "I'm concerned that she may be experience a failure to thrive." Like I said we have tried everything food wise. She likes to eat different foods (brussel sprouts, ginger, broccoli) but also like the kid foods you are talking about, but not much of any of them. I supplement many of her foods with high fat additions. Yesterday after eating a small bowl of heavily buttered vegetables she said "I drink sauce." She then tipped up the bowl and slurped down about an ounce of melted butter, hell yea!
Hang in there man, it sounds like you're doing all the right things. Can you imagine how much more difficult it would be to hear that your child is not mentally fit? -It sounds like she's well ahead in that department and in the long run, that is the most important department. Hopefully the "I drink sauce," is a sign of things to come. Good luck pal. By the way, my daughter is also two and a half. Having conversations with your child, is there anything better? Great age, but then they've all been pretty great for different reasons.
I've always wondered why kids are "punky eaters". Personally I remember doing it only once. I had to eat buck-load of hot porridge and my mother didn't eat anything. My little brother did it all the time. He had some authority problems, and he was hooked to candy. He ate sandwiches before lunch and candy afterwards, so there was no need to eat. He was supposed to grow taller than me but he only got fatter than me. Do you eat the same stuff than your kid? Does she get candy?
I realized that I don't have any goals that are on an "everyday" basis. I should change that.
Me too. I have plenty that I do on a daily basis, but nothing that I strive for on a daily basis. I think some form of an exercise goal might be good. I should probably break a sweat every day.
I walk to and from work everyday (about a mile each direction), and go for a run when it's not too humid out or raining after work. Running is fun!
Right now it's really only one: -Do something around the house for an hour. By this I mean work on the yard, hang a curtain rod or two, do the dishes, sweep, vacuum, change the cat litter, etc. Just a vague "take care of your home for an hour each day" goal. Somedays I have to find something to do, other days I just come home and there's a project waiting for me. Like today I came home to water all over my basement from a leaky pipe for my exterior water line. Today, my goal got chosen for me! After I cleaned up and got the water to this lined turned off, there was still some drips so I whipped out the camera to get some shots for funsies.
Nice pictures, but that's pretty scary! Water damage is always pretty serious business. That's a good goal and I should probably add it to my list. I'm a 'house-wife' for all intents and purposes, but a pretty lazy one. If there's no house work I have to do in a given day, I won't and then it backs up and there's more to do the next day.
Being lazy is fun, but when it backs up it adds more stress to my life, hence my goal. I find if I stay on top of things I feel a lot better about my life in general. I spend an hour minimum as a goal, but honestly end up normally doing a lot more many days. Then by the time the weekend comes I only have a couple little things I need to do! Once you get moving and doing something it normally adds to the motivation. Jamming out to some good tunes helps a lot too... and a good beer or glass of wine makes every mundane task a little bit brighter. :)