Making Time for What is Important

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Okay! Let's go through the list I set for myself and see how well I've gone on Day 01:

• Get up 5.30am prepare a nutritious breakfast and go to the gym for pilates or yoga.

Check! I made my fiance and me a banana, cinnamon and almond smoothie and finished off some beautiful gluten-free sun-dried tomato and baby spinach tarts (thanks to the Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam). Didn't go to the gym - I figured getting a good breakfast and lunches ready for the week was more important!

• Get out of the office at lunch time for a 10 minute walk.

Check! The other designers and I wandered down around Millers Point to and back before having lunch.

• Spend at least half an hour a day reading.

Check! I read on the bus.

• Catch the bus half way home and walk the rest of the way (try 'walking meditation')

Check! I walked home from Glebe to Stanmore (for the record, that's about 3kms and I did it in 25 mins) and even ran a few blocks! Hooray!

• 2-3 hours study Tuesday and Thursday nights.

Oops! Make that Monday and Wednesday nights - and after I jump in the shower I will be getting stuck into some study!

• To prepare delicious, nutritious meals each day.

Check! My lunch was the envy of all at work today - gluten free tart, some rocket, cherry tomatoes, a little organic sheeps milk fetta and a drizzle of flaxseed and umeboshi vinegar!

• To blog and journal my experiences at least every second day.

Check! 

• Spend some time each day to focus, visualise and feel myself achieving my goals and dreams - probably whilst walking.

Check! 

• To pamper myself with a bath, foot treatment before bed, home facial as often as possible!

I'm just about to hop in the shower.

• Get to bed early.

Will do! I'm pooped! But in a good way.

Feeling good - happy that I've made the time today to get everything done that I wanted to and I've just prove to myself that it is possible to everything I want to do (and that I can motivate myself to do it). I did think that I was going to miss walking home because I was at work until 6.15 or so, but I was still home by 7.30!

I'm hoping that in a couple of weeks I'll be able to walk or jog the whole way! That's 7kms.

They say the second day is always the hardest. But I think I'm ready!

xK