Unplug!

It's a blustery, cool day here in my part of Southern Cali and I'm aching for the warm weather to come back. Just when I buy a cute sun dress the temps dip and the wind gets chilly. :(

But that's okay, it's really not summer yet, but it will be soon and I can't wait to rock this pretty, printed beauty.

It's been quite a busy weekend with shadowing my rep and going to a training session today. Tomorrow I have a photo shoot with a friend and Monday I have a local team meeting for my business.

I got my kit ordered and am excited to kick start my direct sales business. I pray I will be successful and that it will be as fun as they say it is! I just gotta get over my fear of the telephone. I'm gonna need it and it's gonna be this biggest part of my business.

Tuesday my term paper is due (eek) and I've got to get started on it. I'm hoping with beginning this business it will help and force me to better manage my time. I'm a serial procrastinator and I'd like to cure myself of this problem and spend more time doing positive things for myself, than lollygagging around and feeling bored with life. As the saying goes, "You're not bored! You're just boring!"

I need to make myself and my life less boring. If I would just disconnect my computer from my hip, I'd be doing a lot more interesting things. Technology for me has become more of a curse than a blessing, but that's my own fault.

One of the things I plan to do to help myself with this problem is to put my laptop away at night, rather than having it sitting out in arms reach first thing in the morning. Out of sight, out of mind... hopefully. haha

Do you feel like a slave to technology? Have you had to find ways to make yourself disconnect? Any tips and tricks would be helpful, besides what I already plan to do. Comments are most appreciated.

Outta my head, onto paper...

I've always got thoughts and ideas swimming around in my head, and always think, "I want to write this down, so I stop thinking and worrying about it in my head." But something always stops me. I want to break that cycle.

I have a lovely journal, and I should and will start using it. I don't need to keep torturing myself with thoughts and ideas when I can see them all written out to help me make sense of things and hopefully to better motivate me to make the things flying about in my head happen.

One of the things I need to work on is the story I've had floating about in my head. I bought a lovely journal book to record all the plot ideas, I just need to put pen to paper.

Another is this:

Things I want to Change

• Procrastinating so much

• Leaving homework till the last minute

• Make it a habit of eating breakfast and dressing before I go anywhere near my computer.

• Keep the house cleaning up, so it doesn't all go to hell and then become a huge deal to clean up.

• Spend less time online and go outside

• Exercise/do yoga on a daily basis

• Paint my nails more often (I have loads of polishes)

• Eat healthier

• Again, less time online, more time in the bathroom taking time to pamper myself.

• Make the damn bed. EVERYDAY.

• Clean the litterbox. EVERYDAY.

Things I'm Proud of/Thankful for

• Taking on a third class to speed up my time taking general-ed

• Thankful for the roof over my head and even though finances suck, I'm not going without

• Finding, attending, and becoming a member of a loving, caring church community

• My wonderful, loving Parents, Sister and Grandmother

• My funny, loving Husband

• My Amazing, loving friends and extended family

• Books

• My kitty cats

• Health insurance

• My life

It's important to know and acknowledge what you're thankful for, to remind you in rough times just how good you have it. And I have it good. And it's also good to know what in your life needs improvement and to work everyday to make better habits for yourself and learn what makes you tick.

Number one on my list to change is the procrastination and it's a very important one and pretty much rules my life. I can't let it do that anymore. So I'm going to start right now with working on homework. And off I go...