Whatever the Lesson Is, I Don't Want to Learn It

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It's been a rough couple of days here in DenaLand. On Thursday, during the last 10 minutes of what had been an enjoyable yoga class, something snapped in my lower back. We were sitting on the floor in a simple head to knee pose when I felt the give. 

The pain was so severe and immediate I gave an involuntary yelp. 

"Uh-oh," said my instructor, reading the pain in my face. 

I managed to hobble down the stairs and back home where I immediately began a treatment of ice and ibuprofen.

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Finding Balance

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Struggling a bit with balance this week, especially with my volunteer commitments. It's a busy time for the Animal Protection Society of Rockingham County. We're looking at what would be involved in launching a formal adoption program, brainstorming fundraising ideas for the coming year, transporting animals to safe shelters and spay/neuter clinics, drawing up our financial plan for the new fiscal year, staying on top of current events with letters to county commissioners, looking at candidates for our board, establishing donation locations for pet food drop-offs around the county and the list goes on.

I've already devoted over 10 hours this week to APSRC work and I'm still not done.

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Food Journal Update

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You may recall a recent entry in which I started keeping a food journal. In lieu of fresh, inciteful, or socially worthy content, I thought today I'd instead offer a quick update on how that little self-improvement plan is going. 

Overall, pretty well. It's definitely helped with random grazing. I'm much less likely to walk into the kitchen and grab a handful of grapes or nuts or sneak forkfuls of leftovers out of the tupperware container while standing over the kitchen sink. 

It's also been revealing. Being a vegetarian...

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List Making - Is There A Better Way?

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My dry erase board with today's to-do listI have a friend I admire who's an action gal. Unlike me, with half my life spent huddled over a to-do list (either admiring it, adding to it, or crossing something off with a sense of satisfaction), my friend just does things. Phone call needs to be made? Bam. She picks up the phone and makes the call. Letter to be sent out? She's at the computer - type type type print - done. Need to get the dogs in to the vet? She's on the phone making the appointment. 

It's my goal to be more like her. Quit dithering around and just DO what needs to be done. Do it, move on, quit thinking about it. Sounds lovely, doesn't it?

Part of my "to do" list fetish comes from a fear that I'll forget something. Heaven forbid I be less than perfect. But I think a lot of it is just showing off. A written record of "Sigh, look how much work I have to do!" Big, fat, hairy deal. Do YOU know anyone who isn't swamped? Me either. 

I think I'd get a lot more done if I just jumped into a task versus planning WHEN I'll start it and HOW LONG it will take and IN WHAT ORDER things should be done. Let go of the OCD and just do the work, Dena.

I think I'll start by erasing "Write blog entry" from my to-do list. ;)

Cheers,

Dena