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Bits & Pieces

This week I have been...

- trying my hardest to avoid chocolate, with terrible results.

- laughing at The Man Repeller.

Just because you won't be at shows doesn't mean you shouldn't wear the furry wedge-booties, labial sweater and virtually anything Opening Ceremony that you've been coveting but seem to have nowhere to wear. To quote the ever eloquent and highly respected Hilary Duff, "Why not? Take a crazy chance. Why not? Do a crazy dance." 
...This way, when your man friend says "What the fuck," you can refute: "It's fashion week, jackass."

- wearing Becca Beach Tint (I now have three copies of March Madison).

- watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians - I know, I know.

- on the hunt for work clothes (so frustrating) and the perfect cape (inspired by Rachel Bilson).

- trying to teach Luca how to sit

- listening to Paramore

 - wearing black eyeliner, as I 'fixed' my Stila Smudge Pot - it now looks like this:

and reading Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy - so good!

Working towards my goals

I want to make a (short) checklist of things to do each day. I usually make a massive list of things to do which usually sits there for weeks and nothing ever gets done.

This is an example of some lists I wrote 2-3 weeks ago:

See?

This week, I want to focus on having a list of just a few items, that are actually achieveable each day.

Todays list is:

This list has more small items on it but as it's already 1:30 and I have work at 4, it will challenge me to complete these items. Now that I can cross off the first item, I am now off to the gym!

February

February will be the last of my holidays, and I fear that sooner than expected I will be overrun with uni work. So this month I want to try to get into a simple, fulfilling routine that I can (hopefully) adjust and continue with into semester. There are a few key things that I want to include:

Reading. I love reading, however I frequently overlooked it for lazing in front of the telly or going online until I am too tired to absorb any words. I want to try to read for AT LEAST 30mins a day (hopefully stretch this to an hour), probably in the evenings. I also want to read as many books as possible in the month of February (I'm aiming for 10). My bookshelf is full of books to read so I am going to make a big effort to get through these.

Exercising. My gym routine has been going well the past month, but I fear that when I start uni this will fall to the wayside. It looks like I won't have many contact hours this semester, excluding my thesis so I want to try and get into the routine of going to the gym first thing in the morning. I find that if I plan to go in the afternoon I usually can't be bothered by the time it gets to 4pm. Hopefully if I can do this for the month of February I can maintain this into semester. I also wish to take the dogs for a walk every evening, in addition to my gym plan.

Eating 5 meals a day. I am currently on a low GI diet, which requires 5 meals a day (including two snacks, and breakfast is essential). I am going to plan my meals out at the beginning of the week, and make sure that there are always healthy options available for me to have instead of going off my plan. This will be challenging when I am at university (as the food choices there are less than satisfactory) but hopefully I can get into the habit of bringing my lunch, and also snacks so I am not tempted to raid the vending machines for Red Bull and chocolate bars.

Finally, I want to focus on de-cluttering and general organisation. For about the past two weeks, by bedroom floor has been overrun with clothes (mostly clean) and anything else I can't be bothered to put away. I find that I avoid my bedroom for this reason, and it never gets tidied. I want to focus on maintaining a tidy bedroom for this month, and with that, a clean bathroom and study.

P.S. As ashamed as I am to admit this, writing this post made me realise that I cannot spell February. Thank god for spell check...