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  • Goals for April, and burnout update

    I figured it might be time to give a little update on the whole burnout situation. Since my March goal was all about getting  better, it also seemed fitting to combine it with April goals.

    Because I am better. Slowly getting there. It has taken a while. But this week was actually the first where I have had a couple of days when I felt like I had a surplus of energy and was “clear” in the head. And it was so amazing that even the down-time the next day, did not feel like such a downer. Because I had a good day the day before.

    I am slowly taking the initiative to extend what I do and gain a sense of accomplishment from that. When I go to visit my grandmother in the nursing home, I take a walk around the nursing home (or further if the energy allows.) When I visited a local museum (because I had free tickets.) I actually stopped the car on the way home to walk three times around a small pond.

    We have also done some cleaning out and organising  of some storage space in the basement, and just the concept of being on my feet for four hours and doing things would have been too much for me a month ago. I am rather feeling that it is telling of where I am at the moment.

    Today I started work again. Not full time. But the time I was there was good. I even had more energy to spare once I was done. And then I biked 20 minute outside in the sunshine in the afternoon. And now I am exhausted. I know why I am exhausted, so it is a good exhaustion. I have done things.

    The goals for April is:

    • Continue what I am doing, as I feel like it is working.
    • Do some gardening outside.
    • Meet friends for coffee.

  • Status for February goals

    In February I wanted to…

    • Order tickets to visit Oslo. –
      • I did not do this. With the level of energy I was having, traveling anywhere seemed like a major task – and even ordering tickets for a future date seemed unwise.
    • Play in the KVSC Trivia Weekend. 50 hours of trivia. Playing from Norway, on Minnesota time.
      • Anything that could be done from the sofa… It was great fun, but again the energy levels played in, and there was a lot more sleep going on than there has been earlier years.
    • Go on more hikes. (Possibly walk to work depending on shape and weather.)
      • The flu and the energy levels put a stopper for this.
    • Reschedule with friends who were invited to the tea party – and set up new times to meet.
      • See: Energy levels. I have been in contact with them, though.
    • Blog more.
      • Anything that can be done from the sofa… in theory. Slightly higher activity levels than in January though.

    Summa summarum: after two months of listing goals, I am really bad at following through on them. On the other hand, even if just some of the goals get fulfilled, that’s better than none.

  • Goals for February

    In February I will…

    • Order tickets to visit Oslo.
    • Play in the KVSC Trivia Weekend. 50 hours of trivia. Playing from Norway, on Minnesota time.
    • Go on more hikes. (Possibly walk to work depending on shape and weather.)
    • Reschedule with friends who were invited to the tea party – and set up new times to meet.
    • Blog more.

  • Status for the resolutions of January

    Overall, January has been marked with a lack of energy and bad weather, and just wanting to be inside.

    In January, I wanted to…

    • Read more paper-books and less e-books.
      • Have definitely done this. I have taken to heading for my own shelves when I am home and done a lot of rereading.
    • Visit a couple of museums.
      • Nope. I have thought of it a couple of times, but have been low-energy and really not done much leisure time activities at all save for  reading and watching television.
    • Print outmyNanowrimo novel and start editing.
      • Printed half of it before the printer stopped working. Have not got started on the editing.
    • Make the BBCGoodFood Calendar recipe for January.
      • Nope.
    • Invite friends for a tea party.
      • They were invited, but as the party was to be today, and my grandmother was admitted to the hospital last night for falling and breaking her hip, and is having surgery today, I cancelled. Will try to get this back on the schedule at some point.
    • Walk to work at least once a week.
      • I did not walk to work once. Mainly because I was hit with a gigantic lack of energy/downer, and it really took a lot out of me just to get out of be in the morning. I went on a couple of hikes in the weekends though.

  • January resolutions

    January resolutions
    Happy New Year, people!

    I never keep the resolutions I intend for a whole year, so I thought I would try to have some resolutions each month this year, instead, and then hope at least some of them will become new habits. Or you know, a way to get it done.

    In January, I will…

    • Read more paper-books and less e-books.
      • I made my goal over at GoodReads to read (at least) one more book in 2014 than I did in 2013… and I ended up at a lot more past that, thanks in part to e-books. . So new goal is one more than I read in 2014 for 2015. But I also figure that I need to get cracking on reading the physical books in my TBR pile…
    • Visit a couple of museums.
      • I was fairly good about doing this when I lived in Oslo for the first six months of 2014. Now it is time to start going back to it in my home region.
    • Print out myNanowrimo novel and start editing.
      • I actually finished in 2014. So, clearly, I need to go back to it and have a look at it.
    • Make the BBC GoodFood Calendar recipe for January.
      • I missed a couple of recipes this year, but overall, I made some tasty new dishes that I might not have made otherwise.
    • Invite friends for a tea party.
    • Walk to work at least once a week.