Nearly 10 days into the year, so I thought I’d check in to let you know how my plans are going and maybe to get myself even more motivated. I have to be honest and say that the dumb smoke detector ordeal during most of this week threw me off slightly, but as you all may know, Mercury is in retrograde, so I shouldn’t be too surprised.
So, without further ado, here’s how week #1 went, resolution-wise:
1. Goal: Get. In. Shape. / Resolution - WW Plan: So far so good. Two pounds down and I haven’t been super hard core on myself. I’m working out in the mornings and walking as much as I should (could push it a little bit more, however). I haven’t had a drink since Jan 1 - not deliberately so much, but what happens on the WW plan is the fact that I actually like to eat food more than I want to have a drink (ha - drinking costs a lot of points on the WW plan!), so I end up using all of my points for food. The app is super easy and straightforward. I guess psychologically I do better with a point system rather than a calorie counting system. Whatever. I know that there is controversy with the system, but I don’t care. It works for me.
2. Goal: Operation Next Career. / Resolution - send 5 resumes per week: Yeah, not so much yet. Work kicked my ass this week and my extracurricular issues got in the way. In other words, procrastination. I did send out two resumes, one to a company for a designer job that I don’t really want and another to a headhunter who contacted me about two positions that are below what I’m doing now and absolutely not a good fit. I also sent an email to a woman I used to work with at my last job. I’ve been thinking long and hard about the possibility of going back to that company in a different role. Tonight I plan on doing a little research and sending out more.
3. Goal: Give True Love a Chance to Find Me. / Resolution - One date per week: So. I got on the Bumble app, like I said I would and started workin’ it. I’ve matched up with several dudes, texted a bunch, even had a phone call with one. But here’s the thing, and maybe a question, do I go out with guys just for the sake of going out if I know for sure from texts and/or phone calls that it’s not a match? See, I was texting with this guy who’s really good looking and all, and we decided to talk on the phone. And the more we talked the more negative he became. He had issues regarding women and rigidity and children (even though he has two kids). And then the clincher was when we started talking about pets and he told me that he left his dog in…wherever he moved from, simply because he was moving. And he also disclosed the same kind of issues with his nearly grown kids - something about leaving them too! Bottom line is, I told him straight up that we weren’t a fit and that I didn’t think a meeting was even a good idea because I knew right away that it wasn’t a match. He actually thanked me for my candor and said he appreciated my straightforwardness. So, I guess that’s good. And though I didn’t have a date this week, I kind of consider fucking the Bulldog as sort of a form of a date. Right? Right? Regardless, onward.
[sidebar: The Bulldog is texting me about his boner right this very moment. What do I even do with that?]
4. Goal: Cultivate Those Friendships. / Resolution - One Friendship-y thing a week: I brought my cool counterpart at work a ruler that has the words, “FUCK THIS SHIT” laser cut though it. Does that count? It’s really quite awesome. But seriously, I walked this week with [Athena], and she has the best idea: a monthly brunch club! Now, I know that’s not a weekly thing - that I can do on my own. But one Saturday a month with rotating girlfriends is such a fantastic idea! So, I think that this could be a supplement to the friendship cultivation. Just need to flesh it out. Just need to do it!
5. Goal: Keep Creative Going / Resolution - Act on my ideas! So I learned how to arm knit via youtube videos and made a big, thick chunky scarf just in time for this super cold weather to hit the area. One down, 52 more creative ideas to go!
OK. Strangely, not one but two people have requested that I meet them at a new Mexican restaurant that’s close to my apartment. I think I better get my hiney in gear and get out there!!
Until next time.
XO,
GS
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