tonight from the upper balcony

This weekend I would like to:
+ take a tiny run
+ take down the Xmas decorations
+ complete second coat of paint the upper balcony
+ embroider
+ mend (Bessie shorts, our sheet)
+ source a replacement laptop battery
+ stockpile a couple of blog posts
+ complete those lists (60before60, 2018 not-resolutions) I keep procrastinating on
+ do a little blog admin (year of dinners, dramatis personae &etc)
+ edit a couple of photos

That should probably be enough to be going on with.

xxx

Best thing today: listening to snatches of this brilliant audiobook

(Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope novels are new to me – and I can’t even begin to describe how much I’m adoring them)

tonight from the upper balcony

I didn’t cycle to work today and I did do that very, very tiny run this morning, so I was quite pleased that I stuck to the plan and showed restraint.

While it is not a resolution (or even a not-resolution) I’m trying to take a more sensible, measured approach to my undertakings and not throw myself at everything like I have something to prove. I feel like this could possibly result in more positive outcomes and less injury, less stress and less comparison to others (where I inevitably come out unfavourably).

What this means in practice is that I won’t ride in every day (I’ll aim for 3 days), I’ll take my time with increasing the running distance and I won’t measure myself (my pace, my distance). I definitely think quitting the garmin and the sports-tracker was one of the better things I did for my mental health in 2017 – my use was definitely venturing into obsessive territory!

So – calm the hell down and take things at a relaxed pace – actually that could probably be a resolution.

xxx

(For the next little bit I’m going to try adding something positive and cheerful from the day to the end of my posts – we’ll see how that goes!)

Best thing today: lunch date with Don