actually i own two typewriters

[but one of them doesn't work]


so. i am a bit surprised at how easily 7.15 am awakenings have been. in college i was a terrible night owl, writing papers straight through til the crack of dawn to fight with the printer and only just deliver them to class on time. but during the summers i got up at 6 am for work. so perhaps my body is saying, 7.15, you wimp, is really not that early. i think it will be 7.00 am sooner rather than later. [i might try even earlier than that someday, but i can't see my way to an earlier bedtime just yet and i am rather cranky without sleep.]

okay, so i was actually only getting up at 7.40 or so before, including multiple snooze buttons, but it's probably what i am doing with the time now that makes me feel so much better. ach, perspective.

teeth! sleep! multiple ee!s

PS. you need to read this story about teh future now by Cory Doctorow. this does NOT qualify as internet time wasting.

i still own a typewriter

[and i'm twenty four]


so here is the first stage of the major life industriousness overhaul.
'tis subject to change if it's discovered that it is not producing the desired effect. [i really did start this yesterday. we were on vacation {hello, california!} the two weeks before.]

7.15 am

• awaken [this is the key. after a month [or perhaps a week] i'll try the kai-zen method of getting up one minute earlier every day and probably work my way up to 7 am. the killer will be doing it on weekends, or the habit won't be set.]
• kill alarm phone
• pee
• very quick cold rinse
  
• stretch [combo of ballet, modern, yoga, doxa soma]
• give thanks to wake up breathing again
• pray for grace and sanity during the day [searching the celtic daily prayer book for something usable daily]
• dress for work, pack lunch, get on bus, etc., etc.

[come home from work]
i've chunked up mon-fri into a rotation of activities after work. the goal being to accomplish a minimum of one, usually two quantifiably productive things and log them here.

today i

• went shopping at two markets with husband A.
• actually COOKED dinner. [this is an accomplishment when a heretofore acceptable dinner for us both consisted of popcorn and ice cream.] 'twas pork chops with fresh basil. panfried potatoes with garlic and rosemary. booyah.
• discovered the job i wanted to apply for at the nearest university is no longer posted as available. RATS. i would have made a good admissions counselor.
  
• found another job prospect at a further university.
• UPDATED resume in readiness to apply places. [finding a new job is a key part of this whole scheme. part of the goal is to work on this every night til more clarity emerges. quarter-life crisis, right this way.]

so. evening routine =

• job searchify. apply.
  
• blog a bit. makes this seem more real, what.
• brush teeth, all that jazz.
  
• am looking for an evening prayer too.

• lights out is 11.30 pm [aren't you cutting this rather close here, darling?]

off we go!

[so i am posting this the next day because i got interrupted last night, but the lights did go out at 11.30....]

thunder like the thunder

okay the thunder and lightning are INCREDIBLE tonight. the whole SKY is on fire.

so i started this blog to have a record of my newly minted habits. or attempts therein.
because i realized i am absolutely sick of coming home from work and puddling around and going to bed feeling like i was a lazyass and surfed the internet all night and didn't get anything of value done.


and since i've always aspired to be one of those people who leaves some lasting change for good in the world, the best place to start improving might be me, eh?

and the damnably frustrating thing about this is i used to sell books door to door with a company [the real deal, with amazing people who were there for one reason: to mould character] and i learned the hard way that habit was the key to making a difference. and promptly ignored those hard earned lessons once i was done.

so i am starting again, and picking myself up when i fall, by the grace of God.

and now i have to go to bed. because first habit is to be IN BED by 11:30 pm so i can wake up at 7:15 am.

namaste, intarwebs.