I started keeping a To Do log again in my journal that I carry with me to work and suddenly my life seems so much more together. It's weird the way that little habit helps. Helps at work, at home, and so on. It's not quite as involved as when I was bulletjournaling but it's something. And I've added some personal project details, as well as a physical list of things like "Books to Buy", "Books to Read Next", Honor Harrington series in chronological order, and a list how to decide what to read next, because I have like 4 sources, or lists, of books that I have created over the years and have yet to put it all together into one. Not for lack of trying though lol.
Anyway, this goes hand in hand with my project to reset my personal scheduling, i.e. get up earlier and go to bed earlier. Which up until this last Monday was not a thing I was too worried about. I mean, it was something I ultimately wanted but my reaction to anything I don't want to do but know I probably should is to dig in my heels and procrastinate. However, I saw those meeting refreshes for the "pulse check" at 5:45am from my former boss who still is keeping an eye out for me made me realized I should probably start attending those so I kinda of know what's going on, as well as being a fly on the wall observing and taking everything in.
So, the whole point of this is to share what my plans are today. Personally, of course, work will remain in the book because I don't want anything in my blog to be oversharing with regards to my job and the details of that.
To Do:
- Home by 17:30 (I like to use militarized time/airport time because of the nearly 8 years I worked as a car rental agent in an airport lol)
- Library/ebook organization
- Check ST socials
- Update blog (DW)
- Scoop cat box
- Wipe counters/sink/stove
I should add reading in there somewhere but I haven't been in a reading mood since the last Hannibal fic I finished. Not the fault of the fic, but I get in moods more where I just can't be bothered and I think I need to work on that too. Maybe I'll add some time to read in my routine somewhere.
Ultimately my schedule/routine is not set in stone, as I frequently have experienced the last few days since I have started this "reprogramming". I did fold my laundry this morning, which is a win, because usually I leave that in a basket for about 2 to 4 cycles (I wash on Wednesdays and Sundays). It's always better to fold than not because then you can actually find what clothes you want to wear with less difficulty, shocker I know.
It's now 7:45 in the morning and I need to get ready to go into the office for 7 to 8 hours, so I'm going to wrap this up. Maybe I'll update this evening again, or maybe this will become part of the morning routine. Especially since I'm up puttering around anyways. (I also have tried to avoid getting up earlier than 7:30 or so in the past because my stepdad likes to talk in the morning and I do not.)
And I was just thinking about a title to this entry when I remembered I was happy the last song I listened too last night was "The Love You Want" by Sleep Token so I could share it to the blog. It's one of the few with an actual music video and has a trigger warning because it deals with suicide/rebirth and so on. Like a time loop. But I'm sharing the song track from Youtube as it won't play with the actual music video in the blog as a result.
Current Read:
John Scalzi - Redshirts (I feel like I should find some other way to title this than "Current Read" because it's more like a struggle lol)
Watching: N/A
And now it's 8:00 AM and my plan to be in to work by 8 or 8:30 is fucked because I chose to write this blog entry HAHAHA *sigh*
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