Month: January 2016

I had such a great break! It was so nice to relax and not be rushed to do anything or go anywhere. I tend to get a little high strung, so living in a frenzy of constant movement and change doesn’t sit well with me. I can adapt, but…I like to ease into it. 🙂

Thursday we ran some errands and had an awesome (early) dinner on the Miami River. It was just what I wanted to do on New Year’s Eve; low key and relaxed, in the sunshine. We were home by 7:30 and I was snoring by 11pm.

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Friday we literally didn’t do a thing. We rode in the morning, but then took naps and caught up on Homeland during the day. Again, an awesome day. 

Saturday we went to the Miami/SU game in town. My poor Orange lost a heartbreaker. They were doing so well…until they weren’t. It’s going to be a looooong, slightly painful, season.

Yesterday I spent all day in the kitchen. I did my long run (yea me!), and then it literally seemed like I was in the kitchen from 1-7 pm. JJ did laundry the whole time, too. How are we that inefficient? That’s not sustainable and needs to be evaluated.

All this new years stuff has me thinking about what I want to do for 2016 and what I want to accomplish. Erinne sent an article about DUMB goals the other day, and it’s kind of cool.

I’ll start off by saying that I hate SMART goals. It’s so bad that I don’t even do them at work anymore. I think they’re lame, boring and overdone. And, so predictable. Of COURSE we’re going to do xxx, because our business is zzz. It annoys me that we have to put down a timeline on things we’re going to do anyway because at the end of the day, of course something is going to happen and things will change. It’s like setting yourself up for failure by putting a random date on a goal and thinking you need to meet that otherwise you FAIL.

DUMB goals – I like. I can get excited about this (and not just because the dude in the YouTube is really great). I like the idea of putting a Big Hairy Audacious Goal out there and setting up behaviors and micro-steps that bring you towards it. I like that there’s not really a timeline associated with it – it’s more about sticking with the behavioral changes that bring you closer to your goal. Because ultimately, that’s what will get you to where you want to go.

I feel like DUMB goals resonate with my theme for the year too, about it being All About Me and Giving Zero F(*^s. Why shouldn’t I have I big goal out there?  My anxiousness about it is that I won’t get there. It’s a possibility. I get excited about stuff and lose interest after a few weeks. It’s one of the challenges I know I’ll have to overcome and figure out a strategy for how to do it.

Erinne asked us to write down our DUMB goals and send to her. I wrote some stuff down, but I’ll get her to refine it. After all, one of my promises is to listen to what my coach tells me, so I’m trying to do that. I’ll share once I refine them, hopefully later this week. I’m going to ask her about what to do when I ‘lose interest’, too.

I’m off to swim after work. I hope the pool isn’t too cra-cra. Students aren’t back until next week, so I think that will help.

I can’t believe I’m swimming after work. Or, that I’m swimming. Maybe crazier things have happened…