When we decided that I would quit my job and we would move back to be near family, I took this as an opportunity to change, and hopefully grow, as a person. I had grandiose plans to take classes, learn languages, learn how to cook, and do things that were a little out of my comfort zone to improve myself. Now that we've moved and I've had four months to settle in, all I can do is ask: "What the heck happened?!?"
Since we've moved I've been trying to set up a routine. I am a creature of routine. I like predictability with just a touch of surprise to keep things lively. I haven't achieved that yet. I had started things, like the push-up program that I've started twice, just to see my will and motivation wane after a couple weeks. I feel like I'm flailing around which is a little disconcerting. This has put me firmly in a funk for the past two months.
This is starting to reflect in my posting as my posting frequency has dropped over the last three months. This strikes me odd as I have so much more free time now than before. You'd think my problem would be finding things to fill my time but it fact it feels like I have no time. This, of course, is just an illusion. My problem is more a lack of get-up and go. It's so easy to plop myself in front of the TV and surf 100s of channels of junk (last week was dominated by CNN and CNBC - I love watching train wrecks). To make it worse, Cox just added another six or seven HD channels.
So what am I to do? I think the first thing to do is turn off the TV. I need to re-think my plans or lack of plans, get my act together, and remind myself that it's only been four months. Most importantly, I need to set some goals (a suggestion made by the Wife) and concentrate on achieving them.
Now, what goals ... ???
Ugh, I've got a slightly different problem: every time I try to break out of my routine, I fall flat on my face. It's as though I just can't overcome the centrifugal force of my daily life to do it.
ReplyDeleteStill, hopefully you'll have better luck than I. After all, you don't have to spend five days a week at the office!
GH: I wish us both luck. I am discovering that getting what you wished for is not always the best.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently re-doing week 5 (struggling to keep up with the schedule). I find it extremely boring. I'll hopefully reach week 6 next monday.:-)
ReplyDeleteGany: I'm taking a slower approach. I'm still doing the program but I am repeating the days to give my body time to adjust. I'm not as young as I used to be. I agree that it can be a little boring.
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