No More Excuses!

My blog post the other day was a bit harsh, but I needed a swift kick in the butt! I'm just trying to get away from so many excuses on my quest to better things.

So I implemented something pretty smart the other day and it's working pretty well so far. I have this small dry erase board that I usually put by my desk. I write short and long-term to dos on it and feel that accomplishment when checking off or erasing an item. Usually by my desk, this model wasn't working anymore. It worked when I was in school because I spent a good deal of time at my computer when I was home. Though I still spend a good amount of time at my computer, it's not every night and it's almost always for pleasure instead of work. Therefore, a list of items that take more effort near a source of fun just really didn't get any of the to dos on the list crossed off.

Plan B - move the dry erase board to a more visible location where I can be reminded daily of the things to do. Check. Now I try not to go overboard on that list. There are obviously a million things I want to get done but I decided to only put things I want to do tomorrow (with check boxes) and things I want to do at some point this week. It seems to have worked out pretty well for today.

I'm trying to exercise more and so I put something like "Workout - Mon" on there with a check box. Don't underestimate the awesome feeling of actually putting a little check mark by an item - definitely a "yay" moment. So I got most of my items done for tonight and I'll throw a few more on there for tomorrow.

Shaping it up!