Plus: Project Runway is back!
Minus: All the judges seemed hyper-bitchy in this first episode. We’ll see.
Plus: We have a lot of fun things planned for the summer ends–a short beach trip, a movie night at our local football stadium, a pre-season football game, Rock the Bells including Lauryn Hill, which I’m so excited about I can hardly stand it. Also a dinner party or two, plus a bridal shower and a baby shower.
Minus: Have you ever planned a whole bunch of exciting plans and then realized how much money all those exciting plans were going to cost you? At the end of a relatively pricey summer? Right before the inevitable money-sink that is back-to-school? Well, I have.
Plus: I have checked a LOT of items off my “Summer To-Do” list. And yes, I have an actual list, with subcategories.
Minus: There are some big items still left on that list. And hey! Some of them cost money!
Plus: I’ve been going to the gym lately, which was a big item on my “Get healthier and more responsible and stop treating your body like a teenager now that you’re in your thirties” list. I think I also expected a responsibility trophy.
Minus: I’ve not been going thrice-weekly as I hoped. More like once-weekly or sometimes twice-weekly. And I still don’t enjoy it. At all. No trophy for me, I’m afraid.
Plus: I’ve read some really great books this summer. Yes, I will be blogging about them soon, I promise!
Minus:The school-related books have languished. As has a lot of my school-related work.
Plus: I think my girls have had a really fun summer.
Minus: But they’ve also been suffering from a case of the Whiny-Crankies, which has resulted in a lot of bickering and complaining. I have not handled this with my customary poise.
Plus: I have some really wonderful people in my life.
Minus: I can’t fix what might be making them unhappy, and I really wish I could.
I’m with you on the exercise front. On the one hand, training for the walk, I regularly walk 3 or 4 miles and then once a week or so, 7 or so miles. Which is great. But I keep expecting to like it eventually and I just don’t.
A friend of mine is going to train for a 5K at Thanksgiving, and I’m wondering if having a more targeted goal like that would help motivate more. I do like the idea of being able to say I’ve done one–seems like a worthwhile accomplishment for a sloth like me. Hmmm. Do you find having a goal helps you stay motivated?
Having a goal makes me somewhat motivated, but not as much as I thought it would. And I just read an article in Wired that said that if you don’t like to exercise, it might be counterproductive to force yourself to do it. It creates more stress than the exercise reduces.
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