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| January 09 - Progress Report |
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 |
In case you thought I am done posting about boring things, you are wrong. :--P Its that time of the month. Time to take inventory, have a checkpoint, see how I am faring. Its funny how the time for this and my monthly report at work coincides ;--)
Writing short posts should be one of my resolutions, I seem to be writing super long posts, let me start by keeping this short and sweet.
Good stuff:
Positive thinking - Going great so far! Trying to add some humor too.
Procastination - Baby steps, work in progress, dont have any regrets so far
Temper Control - Its been ok, after all what is life without fights, and patch ups ;--)
Self control - I have to reduce my TV time and Internet time.
Tidiness - Boy, I felt so odd going to work in sneakers one day
Spirituality - Back in action. It helps in making my day better, if I read first thing in the morning.
Good habits - Working with an agenda, eating healthy, cooking regularly, reading books, gymming. Need to reduce TV time, actually I dont watch much, but I need to have it on when I am alone at home.
Last month I added a new one - Be Enterprising/helpful/make a difference - I am making a conscious effort. I am trying to really care for people around me, and am more than glad to offer suggestions, help, a comforting shoulder. That was not me some time ago. And it helps to be positive and love oneself. There is a sign at work on one of the floors, which asks," Have you complimented someone today?" Really, it makes a difference. I am not one to give compliments out quickly. But I noticed people doing it, especially at church, to me, and I noticed how happy it made me, it made my day! I want to make others happy too. This is also a modest effort to not be selfish and revolve just around me and myself.
Going for a toss:
Goals and working towards it - I guess it was the holiday season, things were a little laid back. I have to get back on track with this one.
Community Work - Didnt get a chance to involved in anything with the holidays and all. I joined the Church Choir, which is in a way a service, to the church community. And it can also be come under developing hobbies. I want to do some more things, but I have too many on my plate already, will take it slow. My PCPal sent me a super cute card for the Holidays, its so adorable with a smiling picture of him.
Worry - Action plan to the rescue! But looks like I need to work more on this. A friend said I was whiny. May be I am unconsciously, or I sound so when I talk, will follow up closely.
A few resolutions I added, this year -
Eat healthy, drink lot of water, work out regularly
Not get hurt - there is a beautiful story that Priya has posted, I will let you read it. I am a sensitive crab. I am in the process of desensitizing myself. Plus being hurt is one thing, reacting to it is another.
Be bold, not let fear rule my life - If something instills fear in me, I want to tackle it right away, face it head on. Its seems tough to evaluate this one, but lets see what the coming month has to offer.
Some might agree, that I should try to improve my writing, ;--), that will come later in the year.
If it looks like I dont really have any concrete resolutions and have only these totally vague, unimportant ones, I do believe that being a better person, improving the inner self is a precursor achieving all those high up things. I am reading The Monk who sold his Ferrari and hence in a very preachy mood ;--) Speaking of the book, I feel like I already know everything mentioned in the book, and follow some of them too! But still its always good to read them again and again, till they get engraved in our minds. |
posted by SK @ 4:53 PM  |
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| 6 Comments: |
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Reading and meditating on it, first thing in the morning clears your mind and gives you wisdom to make proper decisions throughout the day.. I haven't been reading for quite a while and started again recently. It helps a lot..
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SK,
When I read "temper control" I smiled. This is a struggle for many of us.
Didn't make any New Year resolutions - normally don't. Only resolution this year is to be more patient with my daughter :-)
Priya.
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At this point, I'd like to get all existential and say life in itself is a progress report :P But then again, instead of making new year's resolutions, I made a lessons learned list - which I promptly put up on the blog, and then realized that they were all too trivial :)
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Sk's Art of Living eh? Nice....good going!
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Ayyo, when I read things like this, I think of how useless I am :D No reports nothing. I just fall, crib about the fall and bitch and fall again. lol.
But ya :) made me think of what I ought to do!
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Lonestar,
Oh yes, its amazing right? It makes a huge difference to your day!! Another thing to try is to have 10mins of peace, before falling asleep.
Priya,
:--) Yes yes, but I want to believe nothing is impossible. Oh ya, patience is something very difficult to have too!
Schmetterling,
Life is a progress, I agree :--))
Its okay to write abt trivial things ;--))
Gradwolf, Amam AOL onnu than korachal LOL
Nandini,
Yes, I have been there, done that, suffered a whole lot, dont want to anymore. :--))
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Reading and meditating on it, first thing in the morning clears your mind and gives you wisdom to make proper decisions throughout the day.. I haven't been reading for quite a while and started again recently. It helps a lot..