For me 2018 was a year of failures in pretty much all aspects of my life — housing, eating, exercising, finances, relationships — the list could go on and on.
Bottom line. Things h-a-v-e to change. The events of this week were a neon message from the cosmos written on the wall. To ignore it would be foolish.
I can't control things like housing. Living alone is not an option, and I think the temporary refuge I "offered" my niece and her dog have become permanent. It's been a year. Since I cannot afford to move, I have to make the situation work without killing myself in the process.
My roommates stash. She's lost 150 pounds eating this way. They are jumping on me!
First and foremost I have to stop eating like a garbage truck. After years of weeding out junk food out of my house, my house again looks and feels like the non-nutritional food section of the grocery store. There is so more more than is pictured. Sugar and carbs are everywhere. Meals have protein and starch because I'm the only one who eats veggies and salad.
Goals: Return to eating vegetables every day. (The roomies hate veggies.) Greatly reducing sugar and simple carbs...again. (Oh how they love soda, candy and white pasta!) And basically just stop eating so damn much ... after all that work to stop, my grazing habit is back. And my soda habit too.
I'll have to find the little routine that I had that stopped me from grazing. I'm sure it's here somewhere—my comfy, well lit spot to sit and draw and watch television and block off what's going on around me. Right now I lack inspiration to do anything. Even type these blogs.
Looking at the stats on this blog I can see that my readership has tanked. I've had 16 views since September first and I'm going to guess many of them were my views to copy/paste the stats box. Why? Because there is no content. Why is there no content? Because I'm not doing anything to generate content. The goal here is simple. Thirty minutes of exercise every single day no matter the weather. Aqua Zumba starts Wednesday but I'll only be able to go one day. I have classes Wednesday nights. And I'm searching for a free class on New Years Day. Or maybe a First Day walk.
Big goal: Find a part-time job. I've talked about it for at least a year. I'm blowing thru my savings and I'm not putting anything in. In this job market it sounds easy to get a job, but it won't be with my crazy schedule. I don't want to work retail and handle money. But stocking shelves would be fine. Or warehouse work. Maybe overnight? Something that has me constantly on the move would be fantastic.
So that's it. Simple, right? Eat less, move more, reduce stress and generate more income. And maybe find some readers. That would be nice.
We'll see how it goes.
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