Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Success so far!

Today is Wednesday and I've successfully commuted alternatively all three days of work so far. I walked to work today to celebrate that I don't have GS today (it's tomorrow to get ready for cookie season), and ended up taking 2 hours total commuting... it takes me 10 minutes to bus or drive my car to work typically! This is because on the way there I walked to my bank and my favorite coffee house before work this AM (totally worth it!) and on the way home walked to my library to return some DVDs before heading home. An hour each way of exercise and thinking.

Awesome!

I'll be driving tomorrow because I have to be out in Aurora at 5:30 for Girl Scouts to get ready for the Cookie Rally. But, since this week is a 6 day work week I'm thinking about commuting alternatively 5 out of the 6 days... we'll see how I feel once I get to Saturday!

And to compound my feelings of being a little bummed out about being single, starting tonight I'm now going to look even less alluring in bed thanks to my new night guard. It's not the fancy $xxx one from the dentist, it's just from Walgreens, but hopefully it will help me stop clenching, thus creating the lovely popping jaw I now possess!

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

A New Year!

With some of the texts I've been reading lately, while I'd like to make a whole plethora of goals (not resolutions... goals are measurable!), I've been learning that humans have limited willpower and if I want to be successful I need to be measured in my approach to the new year. Makes sense, because for a goal to be successful it also needs to be measured.

So, my goal for the new year is:

I will commute to work alternatively at least 4 days per week. At least one day per week will be walking to work.

I figure this could take care of some of those health-related resolutions by also saving me money and helping the environment. I've been bothered lately because I was selected to be a member of the Wild Ride team because of my commitment to commuting without a single-occupancy vehicle. Well, I've been doing incredibly badly at this, and yet have been getting some great gear and fun stuff for free because of this "commitment" I'd made.

So far so good! I've done great the first two days of commuting. Tomorrow I'm planning on walking because I have some checks to cash and movies to return. And no Girl Scouts tomorrow because of the Cookie Rally on Thursday instead.

Anyways... onward to a great new year! I'm young and happy and single and loving life!