Holy crap, I'm tired.
Was out last night for a work event, and then the Angry Engineer and I carried on to our backup local watering hole for a few rounds (few = ~5). We ran into some Navy and RCR guys out on their own pub crawl, and the Angry Engineer, who is ex-military, was having a grand old time reminiscing and commiserating about bastard MPs. I got into a cab at roughly 1h00 and he was still going strong. I got home, set the coffee maker's auto-start for painfully early, threw my horribly uncomfortable slide heels into the darkest corner of my closet, and became one with the bed. Mmmm, bed.
I'm honestly amazed that I managed to do the whole coffee maker thing, and then actually perform my nightly ablutions as required. I can be a bit flaky with things that need to be done every day. I mean, I'm not a total slob with regards to personal hygiene, but although I brush my teeth every morning, I may not brush them at night. I hardly ever floss. I rarely wear makeup, so washing it off at night isn't an ingrained habit. I complain about dry skin, but can never be bothered to actually moisturise regularly. And so on. While on my new regime of actually getting shit done, I thought, wouldn't it be wonderful if I could incorporate these little changes into my routine as well? It might not be earth shattering, but better skin and healthier gums might make me a little bit happier as a person. "But," she asked herself, "how will you make sure you actually do those things?" I've heard in the past that it takes three weeks to form a habit, so how do I get through those three weeks?
If you walk into my bathroom today, you'll see a large sticky note attached to the mirror. It has two columns on it, A.M. and P.M. Each column has all the things I should be doing in the bathroom at that time of day, in the order they should be done. It's sad, I know, that I need to actually make a list that says things like "Shower. Moisturise. Brush teeth. Mouthwash. Lip balm.", but my efforts to just make myself remember things don't work out so well.
I have a bigger list too, involving all the things that need to be done around the apartment day-to-day. Cleaning the litter boxes and sweeping are on there every day, of course (when the ex-husband and I lived together, occasionally weeks would go by between box cleanings. It was revolting). Mopping is every other day, cleaning the bathroom is once a week. I really wonder sometimes what crucial development stage I missed out on that didn't let me pick up these basic household maintenance skills until age 27.
Although I've wandered somewhat from my premise statement, the basic idea was that even though I was tired and my feet were killing me and I'd had quite a bit to drink, I still managed to floss and wash off my makeup before going to bed last night.
Little victories, right?
Was out last night for a work event, and then the Angry Engineer and I carried on to our backup local watering hole for a few rounds (few = ~5). We ran into some Navy and RCR guys out on their own pub crawl, and the Angry Engineer, who is ex-military, was having a grand old time reminiscing and commiserating about bastard MPs. I got into a cab at roughly 1h00 and he was still going strong. I got home, set the coffee maker's auto-start for painfully early, threw my horribly uncomfortable slide heels into the darkest corner of my closet, and became one with the bed. Mmmm, bed.
I'm honestly amazed that I managed to do the whole coffee maker thing, and then actually perform my nightly ablutions as required. I can be a bit flaky with things that need to be done every day. I mean, I'm not a total slob with regards to personal hygiene, but although I brush my teeth every morning, I may not brush them at night. I hardly ever floss. I rarely wear makeup, so washing it off at night isn't an ingrained habit. I complain about dry skin, but can never be bothered to actually moisturise regularly. And so on. While on my new regime of actually getting shit done, I thought, wouldn't it be wonderful if I could incorporate these little changes into my routine as well? It might not be earth shattering, but better skin and healthier gums might make me a little bit happier as a person. "But," she asked herself, "how will you make sure you actually do those things?" I've heard in the past that it takes three weeks to form a habit, so how do I get through those three weeks?
If you walk into my bathroom today, you'll see a large sticky note attached to the mirror. It has two columns on it, A.M. and P.M. Each column has all the things I should be doing in the bathroom at that time of day, in the order they should be done. It's sad, I know, that I need to actually make a list that says things like "Shower. Moisturise. Brush teeth. Mouthwash. Lip balm.", but my efforts to just make myself remember things don't work out so well.
I have a bigger list too, involving all the things that need to be done around the apartment day-to-day. Cleaning the litter boxes and sweeping are on there every day, of course (when the ex-husband and I lived together, occasionally weeks would go by between box cleanings. It was revolting). Mopping is every other day, cleaning the bathroom is once a week. I really wonder sometimes what crucial development stage I missed out on that didn't let me pick up these basic household maintenance skills until age 27.
Although I've wandered somewhat from my premise statement, the basic idea was that even though I was tired and my feet were killing me and I'd had quite a bit to drink, I still managed to floss and wash off my makeup before going to bed last night.
Little victories, right?
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