Signs of Progress

     I started today off with some great accomplishments that I would like to “crow” about (my Mary Kay unit uses “crowing” in lieu of “bragging” when we have awesome and exciting successes to share with the group).

     First, before I crow, I will backtrack to last evening. I got a few things accomplished around the house, which is on my ever-growing list of things to improve. Then, like I stated in my last Blog, I have major time management issues that cause major malfunctions in my day to day lack-of-routine. BUT, hopefully this won’t happen as often anymore because I spent the evening with iCal working out a schedule! I mapped out all of my work times for both jobs, my bed/wake up times, Mary Kay times, workout times, house cleaning times, me times; everything! All I have to do is add school to it when I finally get into St. Mary’s (more on this subject to come).

     Anyway, back to crow time. I have a new regular wake-up time of…*drum roll* 5AM! I am not a morning person so this is a feat in itself. I am happy to announce, that even though I stayed up to about 11:30 (an hour and a half past my bedtime), I woke up at 5:04! I gave myself one chance to hit the snooze button, and I got myself up before the snooze alarm went off.  (Let me just say that I am even more grateful that we purchased a Keurig on Black Friday. Having a fresh, hot, steaming cup of coffee in 1 minute is glorious!)  Getting up earlier will give me more time in the morning to prepare for the day and to get in a quick 30-minute workout (I hope). If it does not all work out, I will have to have a talk with myself and get up earlier so I can get my workout in.  Yay Progress!

     One crucial factor I have decided to add to my time management system is to start preparing my meals for the entire week on Sunday. This means that I will grocery shop after getting off of my 2^nd job on Saturdays. I will make it all and get it boxed up so throughout the week I can just grab it and go. This will help me better utilize my time in the mornings and give me more time for… Exercise! I will also start planning my next week’s meal schedule so I already have a list of groceries ready when I get to store on Saturday. Another time saving method I am going to start is planning out my clothes for the week ahead of time on Sundays, so I am not running around trying to decide what I am going to wear or where all of the pieces are in the mornings. So, to sum it up, Sundays are officially prep days.