A Simple Plan

After the energizing and motivating meeting yesterday, I woke up this morning thinking that it'd be a day of making big plans for the future. 

But not quite.  I reached home late last night after a movie, slept really late (close to 3am) but somehow still decided to wake up at 7.30am. I wasn't exactly productive, I must say in terms of my goals because I was a little distracted by the computer and settling stuff for the Paper Boxes edit. I didn't eat my breakfast, but I did drink a cup of plain water first thing in the morning.

But I was glad that running on the treadmill for 10 minutes has become a part of my daily schedule. It was a little "sian" feeling to get started but I didn't resist it (and got down to it in a matter-of-fact way), and I always felt better afterwards. So yay. 

I mopped my floor, thinking that that would help me get started on cleaning up the rest of my room but no. 

Post-lunch (actually, just a bowl of tau huay), I was excited because I was bringing my mom for a haircut at shunji matsuo. It was my birthday treat for her! I had blocked out today to spend with her so we did shopping etc and I carried all her purchases. I just wanted to make her happy since she's been quite tired out taking care of Jacob (my nephew) these past few months.

Back home, I was so exhausted, I sneaked upstairs to take a nap even though I had my nephews and nieces over (wanted to play with them but sleep beckoned).  It was a good nap but I woke up with a pounding headache. 

Dinner was with the family to celebrate my mother's birthday. BK was also around and after dinner, we decided to plan for the Hong Kong trip. I was very tempted to just be lazy and procrastinate by saying I wanted to sleep (which was what I tended to do) but I thought it wasn't fair if I always left it to him to do the planning so I picked myself up and suggested we start (but not after a bowl of ice-cream and watching the end of Shrek of course). Surprisingly once I got started, it was actually manageable and my headache went away. 

Reviewing today, I think the lack of sleep was definitely a factor, once lethargy set in. Which again reminds me how important it is to get adequate sleep! It was a little disappointing in terms of meeting my goals, but am glad that I made time to spend with my family and BK.  

To be honest, I was just about to say, heck it, I'm too tired to blog today.

But you know what. I saw Kenny's beautiful post. And I told myself. Melinda, it's a commitment you made to yourself. You can't just shirk this off. 

So here's to accountability! To Kenny and to myself. :)

I will do better tomorrow. 

PS: I was thinking of going straight to bed after BK left. But writing this post has given me some motivation, I think I'll go remove my make-up now.