January 7th: Progress Not Perfection

 Last week I set a couple of challenges to myself. Instead of New Year, New Me, which in my experience doesn't work, I'm going with New Year, Better Habits Me. 
1) Signed up for 31 miles in 31 days challenge. So far, so good!
2) Get my apartment clean. Not quite there but way better than it was 2 weeks ago!
3) Start packing for the hopeful move. 5 medium Home Depot boxes packed and a bunch of tubs as well. 
4) Better eating habits. I didn't nosh on junk food all day every day, well except for yesterday...but I did prepare food for this week. Ground beef and rice for homemade burrito bowls, Buffalo Chicken Dip (for putting on homemade pizza, mixing in with mac & cheese, or eating with crackers) and a double batch of pancakes which should last the week. Ran out of time to peel the carrots though but did pick up cheese sticks for a healthier than candy snack. 
5) Get better sleep. Most nights I did manage to get to bed at a decent hour. Falling asleep or better yet staying asleep were a different story, especially with PT in the morning and being fearful of sleeping through it. 

I'm hoping to take on more responsibilities at work and so I'm hoping with the above, and a clean work area I'll be able to work on bettering myself. Luckily, WK pays for LinkedIn Learning for us, and I can take courses on everything from mentorship, remote meetings, leadership, organization, how be productive working remotely, Microsoft products all the way to photography and just about anything you'd like to learn. 

Definitely disappointed with the weather this weekend. Wanted the snow or at least wintery mix, and only seemed to get rain. At least I got to have a relaxing Saturday although I ended up paying for it by having to bust my butt cleaning today. 

My hope for this coming week is to finish straightening up. Get the miles and steps in. Get ahead with work and get some of my fun projects started and done. Let's see how things go. 

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