Day 5: Sloppy Start

Today was a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, the freelance work that provides my primary income for the time being went well; on the other, I made absolutely no progress on the writing front owing to poor time management. I managed to slightly exceed my protein quota, but fell victim to my one real artificial ingredient temptation--soda. I exhibited some restraint there, by limiting myself to just one. Little by little, lemon-lime water is replacing the soda habit, though I'm not feeling so great about the little black bits I keep finding in it. What's up with that?

As far as my general fitness goes, I found myself a bit on the sick side this morning and so eased off on my exercise, and my body composition is still holding steady at 71.7 kg, 12% body fat. The main thing I took a decisive step forward on was the daily schedule thing: I developed one that accounts for all my existing commitments and needs, but which I expect I'll be adjusting a bit as I go. Presently, though, it looks like this:

Monday-Saturday

05:15-08:00 – Exercise

08:00-08:30 – Breakfast and Shower

08:30-09:30 – Singing

09:30-10:30 – Planning for writing

10:30-12:30 – Writing

12:30-13:30 – Nap

13:30-14:00 – Lunch

14:00-15:00 – Writing

15:00-17:00 – Freelance Work

17:00-18:00 – Free Time & Dinner

18:00-21:00 – Freelance Work

21:00-22:00 – Blogging

22:00-00:45 – Free Time

Sunday

05:15-06:15 – Breakfast and Shower

06:15-07:30 – Cooking

07:30-10:00 – T'ai Chi

10:00-16:00 – Free Time

16:00-20:00 – Cooking

20:00-21:00 – Blogging

21:00-00:45 – Free Time

If some of these blocks--exercise and t'ai chi--seem rather long for their listed purposes, it's because I'm including travel time and other such details into those blocks for concision's sake. Both the 'exercise' and 'singing' blocks have more detailed breakdowns of their own, but I'll save those for near-future posts.

All that being said, writing this out and reading back through it is encouraging in its own way. This is a great mechanism for me to reflect honestly on how I'm spending my time, what can be done better, and how important all of that is. And, since it's public--as if anyone reads it--it forces me to spare the usual self-loathing, purposeless rants that I am happy to force on myself in private.

Well, tomorrow's another day to do better.

Still learning,
~L