Yes, I know it’s been a long time since I blogged, but I’m feeling rather smug today, so I thought I’d tell you about it. The title of this post is one of the goals I regularly set myself: Do 5 Impossible Things Before Starting Work. Since I work from home on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, that’s the day I put this goal into action and try to get 5 different items.
Am I a morning person? Probably, but more by training than biology. I’ve had to get up early since I was a teenager, travelling 20 miles to school via train and tram. Throw in the 7am starts when I was nursing and follow that up with decades of having to leave home at 7am in order to get to work, and suddenly a lie-in becomes any day when I sleep beyond 6am. Anyway, one of the most important things I’ve learned over the years is that if I don’t do something first thing in the morning, chances are it won’t get done.
So what were today’s Five Impossible Things:
- Ran for 25 minutes. (I’m on week 7 of the Couch-to-5K.)
- Ran in the rain! This is the first time I’ve had to run in the rain since before I got sick. I was very pleased that my waterproof jacket kept me dry.
- Washed up last night’s dirty dishes, including filling and emptying the dishwasher and handwashing the lunchboxes and frying pan.
- Ate at least 12 different types of fruit, seeds and grains for breakfast. I’m aiming for 30+ different fruits/veggies/seeds and grains per week.
- Did two perfect lessons of Duolingo German. I’m on day 1811. I did 1750 days of French, before swapping to German.
Not necessarily a profound list, but these are things that would otherwise get procrastinated about/postponed until they built up. Instead, they were all done before I started work at 8am.
- Pip
