This July “I Will”… Welcome aboard!
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I will be posting every few days or so for July, but working on my habit refinement daily.
19 July - We’ve had a busy few days. Daughter collected her dog yesterday. The weather has been brilliant so we have had lots of work done in the garden, although finding shared was often a problem.
👀 Start small - Plan what comes next.
👃🏻 build on current habits - In progress
👅 Refine as you progress - In progress
Week 3: Keeping up-to-date with my habit planner tracker. There’s not a lot of room left on the page now so I might have to use a separate page for my art. Still writing my journal.1) Get up -> walk -> celebrate This gives me a good kickstart to the day
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2) flush/wash -> 10 push-ups -> 10 kickbacks --> celebrate Additional Stack added
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3) switch milk creamer on -> 10 knee raises -> celebrate
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@77tes you’re killing the tree pose and push-ups so you’re meeting those goals and many more🎉. Awesome!!! Did you sew something fun?
@nebslp I’m repairing a quilt - a store bought cheapy. It’s not a lot of fun, still it’s satisfying to fix something rather than trash it, and my husband really likes this quilt. One of these days I’ll get brave and make the quilt I’ve been dreaming about, but until then, I hone my skills.
I also got my beloved wedding gift Kenmore serviced and she’s running like a dream. I have been guiding my daughter through making a shirt. I gave her some really fun fabric at Christmas with the promise to guide her through a project. I was thinking apron or pillowcase - of course she chose a button down shirt. It’s pretty tough especially since she is a perfectionist. I needed this machine fixed for the buttonholes. Maybe this week she can get that second sleeve in.
Old quilts are easy to love and worth taking care of. Good luck to your daughter with her sewing. She’s lucky to have you to help her with those tricky sleeves.
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@TerriRichardson112 your tracker is gorgeous! It positively glows with energy!
@nebslp I’m going to try one of your favorite Classical Stretch routines this week. I’ve got a challenge in another group to do a workout I haven’t tried before, and I know you really like these workouts.3 -
I have completed my tiny habits for Monday 🍌 I ate a banana as a reward.
Daily Routine
• After morning ablutions and charging my Fitbit, I'll weigh myself and take meds & vits.
• After that, I'll drink some water and get ready for the day ahead.
• If I have time at this point, I'll do my Anytime list (see below), then get ready.
• After I get ready, I'll make breakfast/brunch.
• After/before eating, I'll exercise, step or cycle.
Anytime: After/While I do ..., I'll do ...!
...Lie on Shakti mat.
...Take a mindful rest.
...Note down tasks & priorities.
...Delete/unsubscribe emails.
...Duolingo language learning.
...Puzzle app.
...Clean or tidy something.
Reward: healthy option treat but only if hungry, otherwise, a celebratory pat on the back.2 -
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I’m asking my southern friends (OK and TX) for input on this bush/tree that was everywhere along I-35. There were several shades of pink and red, some even looked lavender like my lilac bushes. Flowers are lilac shaped. Pure gorgeousness!
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Crepe Myrtle ❤️❤️ Gorgeous and bloom all summer long. Many varieties of color including white.
My routine this morning:
Got up
Made the bed
Cleaned up cat puke on carpet
Pilled the cat
Lit a candle in living room
Went to toilet.
Sat there and watched to see if little black bugs were back and I needed to spray
flushed AND wiped
washed hands for 3 minutes and opened faucet for cat to drink
Brushed teeth
got dressed to run
Walked into living room and opened blinds
Turned cat fountain on and started coffee
fed cats milling around the kitchen now
Opened more blinds
Turned ceiling fans on
cleaned up litter box and more cat puke
Opened work email and began coffee drinking and working
checked private computer MFP and email
drank more coffee
cleaned up more cat puke. (jeezz does it NEVER end with the 4 of them!!!!???)
took out garbage and did more work stuff
went to bathroom again and then got finished dressing for running (put on HR monitor and bluetooth ear)
I could go on...
I don't honestly think I have room for more habits with this chain of events. Mostly I actually look for things I could STOP doing and still be happy about them. To me that is what doing a stream of habit analysis recording every single move is most helpful for seeing what things are non value added. Because I tend to accumulate in an OCD fashion a lot of tiny moves which seem almost too much to the point of busy busy busy but moving in circles.
The habits I want to add here (tiny ones) are small and specific items which will be beneficial for the rest of my life. Typically picking one item to work on each month or going back to previous months to see if those habits were ingrained and still worthy is how I approach this challenge.
When you add a whole long chain of things IMO you are setting yourself up to fail because it's pretty easy once one link of the chain gets broken that nothing else follows. But doing one small habit paired with an existing one is very likely to be successfull.
Also overuse of emoticons tends to make me skip reading....
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@SummerSkier Wow! The cat puke 😲 I never ever want a pet again 😄0
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@SummerSkier Thanks for IDing the tree. I think my niece had those in her yard in NC last spring but they weren't blooming then. They're beautiful any time of the year
I really like the idea of looking at my routine and then picking out the essentials vs the not necessary. Cutting things out can be just as important as adding something new. Cat feeding and cleanup is probably on the necessity list
I tend to agree with @SummerSkier and others here that "small and specific" habits tend to persist months later when you're motivated to change one thing and you've chosen only one small thing to focus on. That's different from a routine. It's also important to use something that is in my daily routine as a trigger, and there needs to be a reward. Atomic Habits by James Clear made the importance of reward very clear (no pun intended) but the reward is the one thing I struggle with so I now just use my tracker at that time as a reward. My app gives me a percentage and I like seeing that increase. I actually need to track immediately because the habit of taking my pills is nearly established and sometimes I forget if I actually took them..."or was that yesterday" kind of thing.
Focusing on too many things can be overwhelming ...ask me how I know
My success goes from "I did everything..." the first week to "I did some things..." the second week to "this is really hard" the third week to "I should have focused on one little thing" by the end of the month. Tiny habits should be simple, like "today I will floss one tooth" or "I will write one word in my journal after dinner" and then watch the habit blossom. It doesn't seem like much in the beginning but that's the point. One thing. Being so easy it's almost impossible to fail. It's a process to say the least!
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Totally agree with you both.
I focus on *at most* one NEW habit per month.
I have a hundred + that are solid. THAT MEANS I don’t have to THINK about them. We likely all do!
My new one since June 7 is the upper body exercises which I’ve now done 43 days…I keep them on My tracker until they are automatic. My others are the minimum habits I’ve found help me maintain & I want the data. (I track monthly & yearly, so I never get fat again.
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2/3 through the month 😊 I should be able to break 90% by the end!
Progress, not perfection.
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I am feeling VERY Motivated -SO- I Will be Taking on the Task of DEcluttering my Craft room. I am sure it will take me awhile...
"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural out-growth
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Yep @nebslp @SummerSkier is right the tree is a crepe myrtle! They are all over my neighborhood in many different colors and shades. My particular favorite is a dark purple. I love them because they bloom abundantly through the heat of July and August.
Oops! I forgot my tree pose and push-ups yesterday- I got a ton accomplished, but those two slipped my mind.3 -
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I am feeling VERY Motivated -SO- I Will be Taking on the Task of DEcluttering my Craft room. I am sure it will take me awhile...
"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural out-growth
of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Brian Tracy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Yay @DebyS137
Decluttering your craft room will Change Your Life (and give you an amazing place to go & have FUN!)
What approach are you taking for your exciting plan?
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@MadisonMolly2017 .... THANKS
LOL... my approach = Get rid of useless JUNK .... LOL ... My room has become more of a storage / catch all space...
I still do my crafting... I would love to see it all set up as a fun craft room... so I will be taking my time as i Declutter
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Fun day yesterday masked at an art museum with my best friend!!
After almost 3 weeks, my appetite has ebbed & scale *might* be shifting
Upper Body exercise is going great- doing more than I was! Today was Day 44!
We still have 1/3 of the month ahead!! Let’s make the most of it!! I think I’m in the right groove now to remove 1 pound before Aug 1!! Freggies help a lot.4 -
@MadisonMolly2017 hooray for visiting an art museum! My daughters have visited the Huntington since it reopened, but only the gardens, not the galleries. Your tracker is so beautiful and inspiring!
@DebyS137 - decluttering craft supplies is tough. My sewing stuff is the most difficult. Go, go, go! 👏🤣3 -
@DebS137 - Decluttering craft supplies is a rolling task. 😂 I take on shelf at a time and use a 15 minute timer. Problem is that I have too many interests. Lol!2
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I will be posting every few days or so for July, but working on my habit refinement daily.
Wed 19 July - It's grocery shopping day, so fridge and food storage Declutter. Also today we are having our drive and guttering etc powerwashed.
👀 Start small - Declutter fridge as I go!
👃🏻 build on current habits - in progress
👅 Refine as you progress - In progress
Week 3: This is my digital planner.1) Get up -> walk -> celebrate This gives me a good kickstart to the day
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Its a LOVEly day to be ALIVE !!! THANKS !!! Everyone for the Decluttering Tips... I most definitely will use them
I am having to take it easy with my foot.... Still having pain when shoe rubs.... So using the boot when I take walks its helping....
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Everyone seems to be doing so well with their habits and habit stacking!
I'm happy to report that this week I've begun to actually feel a mental "shift" from my random "oh crap, I forgot to do my yoga" to.... "ok, now breakfast is cleaned up, let's go in here and get this yoga DONE for the day!" 😃 It makes such a difference!
I'm also S.L.O.W.L.Y increasing the time spent on yoga to 10-15 minutes (depending on if I need to get out the door to go to work or am working from home!) Slowing down, breathing deeply, I'm really enjoying this morning quiet time. I also end my yoga with the tree pose and feel like I'm getting better at it! Then, if I'm working from home, I immediately get up, put shoes on, and walk to the (neighbors) mailbox (longer walk!).
On days I have to go into the office, I've flip-flopped my Bible reading / meditation and yoga. It's easier to do the Bible/meditation at my desk once I get to work so I do the yoga BEFORE I leave the house. I do 10 mins as soon as I'm finished in the kitchen. I take a few sips of my coffee and then begin my yoga. This new routine seems to "flow" much more smoothly for me - and I even enjoy doing some simple yoga/stretching at 4:45am!!!! Crazy!! (Keep in mind that because I get up at 4:20-ish, I do as much the night before as I can - pack my lunch, shower, and lay out my clothes!) I eat my breakfast at work once I'm settled (pre-packed and brought from home), and then immediately get up and go for a short walk around the building!6 -
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT - My school files decluttering project is DONE
In other news - my dancing group is set to start dancing July 30!!!
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@77tes YAY! It must feel awesome to have completed that long and difficult purging process. I did that about 7 years ago and it was not easy. AND Today my sister and I were talking about the health benefits of dancing...our cousin a few times removed turned 100 in April and gave up square dancing just last year. She still swims every day, I think. Anyway, we decided since our spouses aren't fond of dancing that we should find a group and go together. I told her about your Victorian type group (wasn't sure of what to call it). She was excited and told me to find one for us. So now I'm on the hunt for something. The closest would be 50 miles for both of us coming from different directions, but it sounds too fun to not try However the night driving might not be so fun
especially in winter.
@DebyS137 I hope your foot is feeling better by now.
@Mrs_Hoffer That's a crazy early hour to get up! Hats off to you for making sure you have time for yoga and your morning walk
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT - My school files decluttering project is DONE
In other news - my dancing group is set to start dancing July 30!!!
@Mrs_Hoffer your morning and evening routines sound terrific!!
Congratulations @77tes
What a wonderful accomplishment!!
I am one small box away from being completely done myself…I’ve put a big push the past 10 days. Did you purge most of it? Or transfer to digital?
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@nebslp that sounds perfect!!2
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@77tes well done on the decluttering 👏
@Mrs_Hoffer it sounds like your mornings are going well - even though you get up earlier than the birds 🐓
@TerriRichardson112 your routine is mastered by the looks of things. Well done on being consistent 🚶♀️
@DebyS137 I hope your foot gets better soon. Thanks for all your happy posts 🥰
My morning essentials routine is going fine. I don't have the 'do this, then do that' flow in place but I do have a little list in my head and know to get each thing done before I head out. It does help because I have fewer of the blue-arsed fly 'what have I forgotten?' moments.2 -
@77tes - You’ve inspired me to go get rid of some more unneeded stuff from my teaching days.4
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@77tes ..... CONGRATS on reaching your decluttering goal.... 🎉 YAY !!! 🥳 Way to go !!! 🎉
@Nebsip ....Had to cut back a bit on my walks... I figure my foot was reminding me its still healing...
@BodyTalking ... THANKS !!! ~💕~
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