21 for 2021: week 18
Week 18/2021: week of 4 May 2021 21 for 2021 update This week in the Change Journal I tried out the Eisenhower Principle chapter, which I am familiar with but don’t think I’ve ever actually used. It’s a way of prioritising things according to their importance and their urgency. I’ve...
21 for 2021: week 6
Week 06/2021: week of 8 February21 for 2021 update I did a thing! I had my exercise physiologist appointment (thing 1) on Friday. I didn’t really know what to expect, walking into a gym to meet someone who I imagined would be super fit and super motivated and having...
21 for 2021: week 3
Week 3/21: week of 18 January 2021 21 for 2021 update Some time ago I was chatting to my GP about getting older and how I want to make sure I stay as healthy as I can for as long as I can. I said one thing I’ve always...
2020 in review
Susannah Conway’s Unravel Your Year 2021 workbook asks you to describe the year just gone by in three words. It’s left open to you how you interpret this: you could, I imagine, choose three words that describe the year from a global perspective, from a personal perspective or anywhere...
20 for 2020: week 48
Week of 23 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?I wanted to stop looking at my phone in moments between activities and do some kind of movement instead. So, how did that go then?Probably not so well. The phone’s in...
Bicycle days
On Monday morning I left home at 6.45 to ride to work, which is number 10 on my 20 for 2020 list. Some background. When I moved to Canberra and started my first job (last century), encouraged by one of my bike-rider colleagues, I bought a bike and started...
20 for 2020: week 1
Week of 30 December Week one of 20 for 2020 was only five days, but I’ll count it as a week. I haven’t made a page for the list yet, but here’s a link to the first post where I outlined the 20 (or 22) things I want to...
19 for 2019: week 26 update
Coming up to the middle of the year, I’ve completed nine of my 19 things I wanted to do this year. That’s pretty close to half, although the pedant in me says that half of 19 is nine-and-a-half, which is rounded up to ten, so I should have completed...
19 for 2019: week 24 update
Week of 10 June This week was much better than the last few weeks have been. I got up every day and went for a walk. I count that as a win. I also completed another of my 19 things! Yes! I had to go to the GP and...
19 for 2019: week 23 update
Week of 3 June: Sunday 9 June 2019 My work has been incredibly busy the last month. I have been putting in long hours, not taking proper breaks and not taking very good care of myself. I haven’t been walking, I haven’t been drinking enough water, I haven’t been...