This last week went better but it’s getting tough keeping all the balls in the air. In general, the 52 Bites aren’t things you do once. They are tasks that you are attempting to incorporate into your everyday life. So now, having completed week four, I should have four new weekly tasks that I’m maintaining. At this point, since I doubled up one week, I should have:
1. Envelope system – check
2. Drink more water – check (and truly making a difference in my life, I think)
3. Weekly meetings with your husband – check-ish (was done over dinner last night – I think better as a sit down just the two of us)
4. Earlier bedtime – check-ish (somewhat successfully this week – probably 11pm, not quite back to 10:30pm as hoped)
5. Eating my frog – check-ish (did better this week, but still can’t figure out when “first thing in the morning” is… is that really before my devotional time, before waking up the kids, before getting ready for the day? Or is it the first thing I do once I’m home from taking Jake to school, which is often not til 11am after going to the gym… I think it should probably be first thing after my devotional time — before waking the kids, but then that plays into #47: Wake up earlier, which I have NOT started yet. So. Like I said, check-ish. Better than last week.)
So, will continue to work on these and add…. drumroll please…
#19: Dump Your Brain
I think this is a perfect one for me to try this week because lately I just feel like I’m soooo full of info. So full of things to do. And I keep forgetting things too. I’ve tried to use my iPhone app called Awesome Note, which I really like, but if I don’t take the time to set a “due date” and just throw the item in there, it tends to get buried and I forget about it.
The idea with dump your brain is to just get it all down on paper and then allow that paper to dictate your daily to-do list (#39). I know we all try so hard to be paperless and to just use our gadgets, but maybe sometimes, the ole paper and pen is the best. I think I must have already been feeling this way because I purchased this cool notebook at the end of December.
I decided to use it for everything — my morning devotionals, all the “getting kicked out of the Navy ERB” note taking, my notes for my Weight Watchers training, meal planning… Everything. I like it because it has a date you can circle at the top which allows me to feel a bit of organization.
She mentions that some people could do this in the morning, but that she’s too sleepy then. I think I agree that doing it just before bed is best for me. Dump all the info and then maybe organize it a bit in the morning to get an idea of things to do that day. SO. Will give that a shot this week.