Sunday night always seems to be the time I reflect on my goals and progress in life.
Tonight I've been thinking about one of my toughest struggles-- bedtime.
I've never been much of a morning person, but the last few years my bedtime has been creeping later and later. The last few months I've especially struggled with going to bed. I won't give any specific bedtimes (lest Dad start quoting Proverbs at me again!), but Spencer jokes that I'm not a night person-- I'm a really really really early morning person!
My erratic bedtime schedule has been bothering me for a while now, but it's a tough thing to change. Especially when I don't have to be anywhere early in the morning. Why force myself up at the crack of dawn unnecessarily?
I've tried setting rigid schedules, promising myself rewards, forcing myself to get up early anyway, etc., but nothing has really stuck.
So, tonight as I reflected, I had a stroke of inspiration on how to motivate myself to get to bed earlier.
I decided to come up with a list of all the things I've been wanting to do, but haven't been getting to because I sleep in too late, procrastinate, and then run out of time to do anything.
I'm going to post my list up in my apartment, where I can see it and be reminded why I should go to bed early. I'm also posting it here for extra support. :) Hopefully this will be enough motivation to help me work on an earlier bedtime schedule. Wish me luck!
Things I want to do:
- Sewing
- Do Family History at FHL
- Update Family History Website/Blog
- Crocheting
- Swimming
- Work (stay caught up)
- Piano
- Cleaning
- Organize bathroom shelves
- Organize boxes under bed
- Bring boxes from Mom and Dad’s house
- Scan Spencer’s old documents and photos
- Go for a walk every day
- Watch movies from Lloyd
- Write poetry
- Memorize poetry
- Memorize scriptures
- Hiking
- Take classes at BYU (computers, gymnastics, etc.)
- Do something nice for someone else every day
- Finish birthday board
- Hang out with Becca
- Finish quiet book stuff
- Go to SLC and digitize George Deliverance Wilson’s diary
- Blog regularly
- Visit James and Mary Riste’s graves in Santaquin
- Visit Danielle
- Hang out with Janel
- Invite a friend over to do something
- Finish quiet book stuff
- Can peaches
- Mend Spencer’s clothes
- Explore a building on campus
- Try the game the Hornes gave me
- Rent board games
- Try new recipes (nutella PB cookies?)
- Have the Williams girls over for a sleep-over
- Write in journal regularly
- Ellipticise with Mom
- Send pictures to Spencer’s family
- Post reunion pictures on the Wilson Watch blog
- Look up William Fort Jr.’s obituary for Dad
- Volunteer (at the library, temple, etc.)
7 comments:
Sounds like a great list of things to do. That's a good idea--put up the list and do something in the morning that you're really looking forward to doing. Good motivation! Let me know how it goes!
Yeah, nice list! I can help out with a few of those...I.e. bday board and the all important hang out with becca! Seriously, though, good job. I'll be excited to hear about your awesome progress!
Sounds like some great ideas. when can we elipticize? or attack the quiet books? I need a little motivation to get going too! Let's do it!
Sounds like some great ideas. when can we elipticize? or attack the quiet books? I need a little motivation to get going too! Let's do it!
I have a hard time being motivated too. But that's a great way to get yourself going. I try to remind myself that if I spend only 15 min/day on something I will get things done a lot faster then waiting for big chunks of time to come
Great idea kim!
Is the sleepover with the Williams girls still on your to-do list? Because I can definitely make that happen! : )
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