February 2013 – Page 3 – Bucket List Journey

February 3, 2013

This week’s article round-up.

So I’ve been reading about running again. It didn’t occur to me how weird that was until I was making this list. I’m not currently running so maybe I’m just living in LaLaLand pretending that it will soon be warm enough to run again. Or maybe I’m just trying to get knowledge for when it is warm. In any case, it’s not entirely useful info at the moment, but that’s OK.

Running:

How can I get over feeling self-conscious about running? I think every new runner thinks about this.
Myths of Running: Barefoot and otherwise. New York Times.
“You’re crazy.” Boston Globe. A runner runs a marathon in Vibram 5 fingers and fractures his foot.
Top Excuses Not to Run and How to Beat them.

Getting Better At Life:

Rebounding from Setbacks: A Step-by-Step Guide. He gives 12 tips on how to get over failure/set-backs and move on.
The Most Successful Techniques for Rising Early (Zenhabits). The man’s a genius.
Going Paperless: A Closer Look at How I Organize My Notes In Evernote. (Nerd alert!)
Writing Memoir: What I Learned in 2012

February 2, 2013

Resolutions: One month check-up

I’m looking for submissions for my first Guest Post Series featuring how YOU and other regular people have gone about accomplishing difficult or seemingly wild things. Check out this post for more details.

Guys, I have good things to report! In case you forgot, here’s a quick recap on my New Year’s Resolutions:

Read a book every two weeks.
Continue getting exercise 3x a week until I can start running again.
Start Sewing/Cross-stitching.

That’s on top of other regular things that I’ve been trying to keep up with like having a morning routine. So how’s it going? Pretty good on the Resolutions front.

I’ve got reading down pat into a habitual thing (I think?). I read on the metro to and from work and for 30 minutes a day (which I track on my Lift app). That alone usually means I can get through a book in faster than 2 weeks, but I’m still not planning on changing my resolution. I’d like to give some margin for regular life to be able to happen.

I’ve been exercising 3x a week, and this week I’m going to start playing with adding swimming once a week as some of that exercise.

Sewing/Cross-stitching has totally not happened at all yet. I’m OK with that as I’m still figuring out the first two and getting back into the habit of my morning routine, which is going quite well! I’ve been getting up at 6:45 the last two weeks. It’s changing my body rhythms a bit again. I need coffee at 10AM instead of 1PM now, and I’m quite tired by 9PM. I’ve also been trying to write regularly on top of all that. This means I’m watching a lot less TV, but I still have time for a short episode of something.

The Downside

Though my Resolutions are going well, there are other things in my life that have been pushed to the back-burner to make room for more reading and exercise. Things like grocery shopping, laundry and house cleaning. These things don’t really even take place at the same time of day but they are definitely suffering. I think February will need to be about doing ALL! the things well together.

February 1, 2013

My First Guest Post Series

One of the main reasons I started this blog was to show how if this lazy girl can get things done and accomplish her goals, than anyone can. Already I’m a bit surprised by some of the feedback I’m getting where people sound like they’re elevating me for some of the things I’ve been able to accomplish like writing a novel in a month or starting to get up at 6:45 every morning (which I have gotten back in the habit of since this post!). This is totally crazy. If I can do these things, so can you.

Which is why I want to do a series of guest posts featuring how YOU and other regular people (ie: not Leo Babauta) have gone about accomplishing difficult or seemingly wild things may it be running your first 5 or 10K, doing a photography/poetry exhibit for your 26th birthday (ahem, youknowwhoyouare), taking a trip somewhere that cost you something other than just money, starting your own business, getting out of debt. I’m basically just making things up here (except that one) to give you ideas.

What is an example in your life that required determination and hard work to accomplish? (or)
What is something that you are so glad you took risks to do?
What did you learn from it?
How are you a better person now?

How to submit a guest post

Send me an email with the subject “Guest Post” (email link is on the side). Answer these questions, attach or link to a picture you’d like me to post with your article. Share your blog address/twitter handle or whatever way you are OK with people contacting you. I reserve the right to edit the post, but I will run that by you first if necessary. Please keep it to around 500 words. I can’t guarantee every submission will be published.