I even planted a plant, like in the dirt with a trowel.

[flexagon]

I must report an excellent weekend! apfelsingail was visiting, and having breakfasts with her gave me actual reasons to get up and out of the house in the mornings. (For those not in the area: these were the first really summery days Boston has had. We opened all the windows, I wore a skirt, and in an especially thoughtful moment I even took our winter coats for dry-cleaning so they'll be nice for next season.)

So, I was productive. Had an expensive dinner, saw a silly play, and got down to three starred emails in my Gmail, both of which are from within the last week and thus hardly count. That was a multi-weekend effort that I started in late February, but now feels goooooooooood. One annoyance I had, which I expect will continue, is the other people who have their email under control; they tend to write back quickly and thus land the ball back in my court, damn them. :)

I've been off coffee for 8 days now. The cravings faded fast. I had decaf twice on Saturday -- small amounts -- but that doesn't seem to have reawakened the beast.

So, what makes it onto the List of Things Worth Doing? I realized it's tough to write one list. Some things trump almost everything daily, but only need to be done annually. Some things on my list are ingrained habits or tendencies, they just happen to still be important. Here are some vague tiers of priority, not counting the low-level eat/breathe/shelter type stuff.

1) Work to ~48 hrs/week, Sleep on a good schedule, Hygiene, Exercise like a mad weasel
2) Communicate, Create (this mostly means Knit), Chemical Bonding With Family
3) See friends IRL, Consume (this mostly means Read, but also includes Shop)
4) Clean & Organize (on weekends)
5) Chill

Things not to do for now: extensive house projects (Just say no. Noooooooo.) Any kind of repeating classes. Active looking for new IRL friends. Recreational coding (though I might be doing a bit of recreational PM work). New hobbies. Cooking very much.

I think 3, 4, 5 and some of 2 mostly happen on weekends. :P

Comments

Lists

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

That's a good list. I need to do those things as well. Plus stop coffee.

What's the next knitting project?

Re: Lists

[flexagon]

The important list is the "not to do" list. Just say noooooo! The way part of me would like to pile on projects until my life explodes, well, it seems a little self-sabotagey at times.

I don't really need a next knitting project yet, I'm stuck at "nearly done" with my current sweater sleeve and since it's all-Aran, the second sleeve will still take a few weeks. Since you ask though, I think I'll be doing Norah Gaughan's Pentagon pullover... I was planning to do grey, just like this one.

http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/508

Re: Lists

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

Oooo. That looks cool!

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Drat. Now there is accountability and I need to work on MY lists.... :-)

Happily, I can cook for you when we're in the same city, so you're definitely off the hook on that one.

[flexagon]

Haha... drat indeed. I did punt on putting them in an actual prioritized order though, which is what I said I'd try to email you. I just put them in tiers. Try it... it makes it easier, I think. :)

[flexagon]

Note: had a massive work crisis this week and it created conflicts within Tier 1. It turns out I prioritized them in about the order listed:

Work
Sleep
Showers
Workouts <-- skipped because by then I got sick. SIGH.

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Interesting that it's still in the same order within that first tier, though.