August Update and Changes

Ooook. Once again I fell behind on this poor blog. So let's do a big update and cover all the bases, as well mention the changes I'm going to be making to help me get more focused. :)


School: Been puttering away at it all summer long. Before August is over I will have a new outline in place for what I want to get done, and roughly how long I'm giving myself to try and do it in. I -will- graduate this year even if I have to shut down all electronics in the house and live in a padded room with only my school work for company. >.<

Health: Big improvements since March. Dietician is super duper helpful and I have been meeting with her periodically ever since May. Rehab in Motion has also been really helpful, I have one appointment left with my fitness trainer there and I will be putting that off until I can tweak things a bit more. This is mostly due to my workout making me lose weight, so my fitness trainer and I decided to put off our final, free, appointment until I can boost my calorie intake and not be losing weight while trying to put on muscle.

Mental Health is improving. I have been seeing a therapist once a week to help me stay on track and explore where my stress comes from, why I have it, and helping me to just learn how to do a lot of various things for getting back out into the world.

Downsizing/Moving: Fairly on track. Made some good progress. Hoping to do one BIG clean up this month to really get the ball rolling.


So. Changes that I'm making. One of my good friends suggested that I implement a rewards system. Every time I do something that moves me forward to finishing a  Big Goal, I get X number of points. Those points get built up over time, and then at any point I can choose to 'spend' points on rewards for myself. These can be anything from a 5 point chocolate bar, to a 50 point new piece of expensive clothing. Having used this system for a couple of months, it is helping but I've decided to take it a little bit further by adding it to a new system.

In WoW, there is an Achievement system where at various points in the game if you do something you get a big flash of light, and earn an achievement. These can range from simple "Explore This Zone" requirements to get a "Explored >Insert Zone<" achievement, to the much harder ones that can take all year, or in some cases a couple of years to earn. I've taken that system and changed it to suit real life. Dividing my life up into several areas, I have begun to organize and create achievements for myself that help push me forward to accomplishing my goals, and in effect improving my life (which in itself is a huge reward.).

From now on, when I earn an achievement, I will be posting it here and talk about what I did to earn it and maybe what the reward is for having done it. In a second post today, I will be posting each of the areas of my life and give an idea of how I've organized it.

:)