Blogmas Day 5

OMG.... today has been the most unproductive day for me in a long time. I cancelled my morning meetings and then sat in my office working on my final paper and putting together my christmas shopping list. I've literally sat at my desk after having breakfast and lunch wasting time. Feel really depressed from the email request for this paper that my colleague refuses to complete. I am so upset and paralyzed... I don't want to work here but yet it is such a great job with excellent wages and benefits. It also gives me the flexibility I need to pursue my doctorate, pay for it and learn all at the same time. I guess I should look at the positive instead of the negative.

Here's what I would like to work on this month:

• exercise - 10 push ups and train again for 5k
• diet - start up pescatarian and plant based diet starting with a cleanse and full adoption by 12/10
• health/wellness - take yoga, meditate, take vitamins daily and take medications
• blogmas - incorporate MTS and doctoral musings to wrap up the month
• being mindful and kind - get Joyce Meyer daily devotional

NEW SERIES - GOOD EATS +  EXERCISE & TRAVEL + GOOD MUSIC + READING = 

GOOD LIFE

Let me do a quick review of 40 to 40.

Activity	Status
Cook 40 meals	Completed
Read 40 new books	Completed
Herb garden (again)	Completed
Grow vegetables in yard	Completed
Write a really good paper linking LMI and sector strategies)	Completed
Join wine club or learn more	Completed
Take LSAT (again)	Completed – working on doctorate instead
Finish UML courses (4 remaining)	Completed – working on doctorate instead
Take composition or writing class	Completed – working on doctorate instead
Be Fearless (more of a reminder)	Completed – working on doctorate instead
Social media (work on blog)	Completed 154 blogs over the years
Run 5/10K	Completed 5k in may 2016
Pay of all credit card debt (again - 6k debt)	Did but to do again and then stop running up. To pay off again by 2/17
Save at least 40k (outside of 401k or mutual)	Hah –
Write book (with Jay)	Hah – he’s moved on – maybe some other iteration
Adopt a minimalist life style	Hah – trying but I shop to much – goal is not to shop for clothing from January – April 2018
Volunteer at church (St. Peters)	I donated pies for thanksgiving at St Peters – 2015 and 2016
Ride bike	In process – got training wheels and then stopped practicing
Daily/Weekly meditation(prayer)	Inconsistent
Less complaints about work	Inconsistent
Be kind	inconsistent
1 month vegeterian diet	Inconsistent – will make a legitimate push starting 12/6/17
Dream job	Maybe it is JFF or am I settling
Read bible	Read on app but inconsistent
Join theater group	To do
Knit a scarf	To do
Learn to play chess	To do
Photography hobby	To do
Swim	To do
Ski	To do
Drive 128	To do
Play Fur Elise on the piano	To do
Do 10 push ups (pull ups)	To do
Pay of student loans	To do
Bring lunch to work for 1 week	To do
Astronomy (learn about stars, universe and galaxy)	To do – I downloaded an app but maybe I should purchase a coffee table book
Less stress (don’t sweat the small stuff)	Too hard - inconsistend
Make a new friend
Non Work Travel	(Las Vegas, Montreal, Toronto, NYC, Denver, San Francisco, Aspen)
Watch the Wired	completed