The Plan returns!

I was feeling lame again about posting nothing but Plan stuff a while ago and I thought maybe I could keep up with my goals without having to publicly commit to doing 30 days in a row, but that didn't work so well (see fig. 1). It didn't help my blog either, since I just haven't been posting at all. So, The Plan is back. I already started (see fig. 1 again) and feel much better already. May is already looking better, even though one of the two days used for that average was shortened by me going home sick after less than 4 hours (almost 3 of those were actual work!).



1. Health

I didn't go to the gym yesterday, because I was feeling too crappy, but I'm not restarting the 30 days for that; I'll just add one to the end. The gym has really become a habit, even without the stars. Eating 5 servings of fruit and veges a day is almost like that, too, except that I tended to save my healthy dinners for another day when it could count for a star, and I ate more crap on top of the fruits and veges once I'd already ruined the day.

One thing that makes a huge difference in determining the rest of my day is how well it starts, which is itself determined by how late I go to bed. This month, I'm adding going to bed by midnight to the star requirements.

2. Lab

I am back to making lists of things to do each day. I also installed the interruptron, which will hopefully encourage me to get off the computer after a short break, instead of letting inertia keep me refreshing long after I've read everything worthwhile.

3. Social

I actually invited a bunch of people to a barbecue my housemates are having next week. I'm hoping I won't dread it so much if I know people who will be there, and I won't be able to just avoid it if I've invited people. The therapist last time gave me homework to make myself leave my room every time I felt like avoiding people (unless it would be too stressful) and I haven't even noticed wanting to hide this month (I did stay in my room most of the weekend, but that was more about wanting to stay in bed and I feel much better, so I think that was a good thing).

I still need to work on replying to emails etc. I replied to a bunch of people who wrote on my facebook wall for my birthday, but then I lost momentum... (I'm sorry if I missed you! Thanks for your kind wishes.)