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I'm a poor excuse for an adult so I have a couple to make sure I do something other than watch YouTube all day when I'm not working. 1. I am going to work out 3 times a week. I'll start with cardio to begin and then move onto lifting as well when I get into the swing of things. I have to have some sort of physical activity or I'm going to go crazy soon. 2. I am going to read a book a month not related to my research. If it's philosophy or science fiction, idgaf, but I want to read something different than I do at work. 3. I am going to spend at least 6 hours a day, 5 days a week in my office/actively doing work. I've gotten bad about just procrastinating and grad school is a bad time got that. 4. As a stretch goal i want to learn to draw but I don't have a plan for this one so we'll see. 1/7/16 - Got back from winter break on Wednesday. Went for a run on Thursday, just got on a rowing machine for twenty minutes. Surprisingly running was easier than I expected, since I haven't done cardio in ~1.5 years. Wednesday + Thursday I got settled back in at my university. Friday I did a coding prescreen for a trading firm and got back up to speed on the state of my research, so ~6 hours of work on Friday. Haven't started reading yet, though. Off to a good start once I got back on campus. 1/14/17 - just realized I dated last week's as 2016, lol. I put int ~35 hours of good work this week, it was very productive and I believe I settled on my thesis topic in a talk with some senior graduate students. I alternated between running/rowing every day aside from the last two (rest days) so working out has been goin well too. Not too much reading, about to catch up on that this afternoon. 1/21/17 - This was a hard week for personal reasons. The only thing I've kept up on is working out; I ran 3 times and rowed 2 times this past week. I got about half of the work done that I wanted to, and I don't feel very enthusiastic about it. I haven't read very much this week. Still hoping to finishing this book by the end of the month though. 1/28/17 - Didn't do as much work as I'd hoped, got into the habit of sleeping late instead and didn't stay at my office much later to compensate. Reading I did a lot of catch up this week so I should be good to finish my book by the 31st. Ran three times this week, no rowing; plan to get back to rowing again now. 2/5/17 - Got some good work done this week getting some code working for research that was handed off by a groupmate. Probably didn't hit 30 hours in office, but the results were pretty good still. I finished my book for January and started reading February's this week. A bit behind on reading, but it's a pretty easy read so I'll catch up this coming week. Only worked out 2/3 times, my food has been hurting so I took a rest after Wednesday. Seems to be healed so I'm back to running tomorrow and then gonna try to row on the off days again this week. 2/12/17 - I feel myself slipping, it's really not good. I can blame it on personal issues that keep me up late, or "just not feeling it," but I've really been slacking this week. I am determined to do full days of work this week, run three times (a friend invited me to start lifting with him, so I need to nail my schedule down so I can fit lifting in my daily schedule 3x a week) and I'm not going to waste time in the evenings, instead I'm going to read or work through a textbook I need to. I ran twice this past week, and made an excuse for the third day; I did run last night, and it was hard after ~5 days off, but I went my usual distance. I did very little work until Friday, when I really banged it out and we got something working in lab. I did about half the reading I had scheduled this week. This coming week will be better. 2/20/17 - Last week was bad; I barely read, I got int two runs, but I got a lot of time in my office working. Life is hitting me pretty hard recently with work getting super busy and things at home just becoming more of a mess. I don't think I'm going to finish my book by the end of the month, but hopefully I can have something good to show for work and keep working out. 3/6/17 - missed a week, but not much to report. Only went for a run once, spent a good amount of time in my office trying to work but having trouble getting good work done. I guess at least I'm working the amount i should be. poo poo is still hitting the fan in my personal life so that's sapping my energy. Thinking about going to a counselor because I think I'm loving depressed. 3/13/17 I got enough work done but didn't work out or read, but i gave up on the reading I guess. More personal poo poo still destroying my ability to get work done for most of my day. Trying to sort that out, at least I have a well paying job for the summer that I just secured today. Waiting to see a counselor next week 3/27/17 Missed another update, but I can lump the past two weeks together. Personal things still going to hell, saw a therapist and helped me get a reference point for what's going on. TAing was hell for the past two weeks, as we had an exam and hard homeworks to help instruct students. I've finished a proposal (that's only a formality) for my master's, and I need to run it by my adviser. My master's work itself is going well, and I might be able to finish it by the end of the semester. I have a job for the summer, which is good. I have not worked out lately, but I'm going to fix that this week as it's spring break. I've gotten a lot of work done lately (most of it in my office, definitely hitting my 30 hours a week there) but I've done less for self-improvement. man in the eyeball hat fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Mar 28, 2017
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FluffieDuckie posted:my week sucked all the way around. my goal for next week is for it to not suck 
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I finished my January book 45 minutes before the end of January. I intend to spread out my reading of my February book more across the month, but it feels good to have at least forced myself to sit down and finish it. |
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I really had a bad week, but this thread put it into perspective how I've not been taking responsibility for my fitness/work/not mind numbing entertainment. Having the log of the past few weeks has really shown me that slipping, and I want to have something really good to report next weekend instead of excuses or promises to do better. Thanks for this thread, FluffieDuckie
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My resolutions were to get better about working in my office, read a book a month, and work out three times a week. I definitely put in the 30 hours a week in my office now, and I've got some sort of schedule down with that. I'm coming home and just claiming I'll work from home a lot less, and that's good. Working out, I kept up with for a while then it dwindled. I'm getting back into running this week. I definitely can tell a difference when I'm working out, and it's important to me now that I do it. It really helps me to focus and burn off negative energy. I just wish I hadn't stopped doing it for a few weeks. Reading I messed up. I read my book in January, but research + TAing really took on a lot of time in February when classes started. Partly this is just making excuses, and I need to buckle down and do it. I had and still have IRL poo poo that's frequently keeping my up late and stealing all my emotional/physical energy. Unfortunately it might have to continue into the summer but should be good by this fall. If anything this thread kept me somewhat accountable and I did learn about myself through this. I want to work out more now, because it improves my mental state. I want to sort out the issues in my life so I can be more productive and do fulfilling things with my time. Sorry for the vagueness, I know people on SA in real life or I'd be a bit more specific. |
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