Accomplishments – 25 Sept 09
I took a tumble from the Accomplishments and Gratitude bandwagon this week. I’m trying not to beat myself up about it too much but you know, this sense of ‘failure’ or ‘let down’ is pretty vicious. It is so hard to get back on board because of those nasty little know-it-all voices in my head. But that’s what you’ve got to do right?
So, I acknowledge my lapse. Despite fluctuating moods, terrible eating habits, and lack of sleep, I forgive myself. I am emotional creature and I am still learning to control the swing of my emotions, I am still learning how to maintain momentum despite inner turmoil, I am imperfect, and that is perfectly ok.
But, since it’s been a week, how about I go over specifically any of the more significant accomplishments this week. Yes, I dropped the ball in acknowledging my accomplishments but, even in my depressed, low cycle, I achieved:
- Friday to Sunday I took it easy on myself, I let myself experience my Bipolar low under my comforter. I read the first three Vampire Academy books and watched a few movies and the first two episodes of Vampire Diaries. I’m on a Vampire kick at the moment but I haven’t quite sunk to Buffy levels yet. lol
- On Monday, despite being very tempted to ‘call in sick’ I dragged myself out of bed, got dressed, and attended my weekly meeting with one of my favorite client/friends. Working together with her does amazing things for my energy and motivation and I knew in pushing myself to go beyond my perceived Bipolar limit that day, and knowing it was day 4 the turning trend of my low I could convince myself and empower myself to get out of the lull I’d given into all weekend and take action.
- I followed up Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, and some of Wednesday with a spatter of work related tweaks and tasks. Such as purchasing and inserting the photographs into HairDesignAustralia.com’s site design and writing a follow up email to that client, and I ran my hands through several of my web projects but can’t actually remember what I did when except to know that I DID accomplish quite a bit with all of those projects.
- I have spent time this week on the development and promotion of WritersRoundAbout.com and embraced the growing excitement that comes with the increase in traffic.
- I did the monthly maintenance on one of my client sites, cleared over 400 spam messages, updated WordPress, updated plugins, etc.
- Tuesday I again left the house, this time to have lunch with my mother and grandmother. It was lovely and relaxed which was perfect and I enjoy our time together.
- Tuesday afternoon I took the kids to the park for half an hour between end of school and start of their 3rd term Learning Journey. We had some fun playing in the new playground before they showed me around their classrooms and shared what they had been learning this term.
- Wednesday, Mum and I pulled up carpet from baby boy’s bedroom. We’re thinking of laying wood laminates in the three bedrooms and getting the carpet out is the first stage of that DIY process.
- Thursday, I participated in Tarot Chat. Was a wonderful session and it was great to see new faces. Perhaps our reach and influence is growing.
- I took Mum out to lunch after that and treated the kids (and her) to icecream after school.
- Today I spend some quality time with the kids. Baby boy wasn’t feeling well this morning and being the last day of school before mid-semester holidays I decided to let them both stay home. We had extra snuggles and maybe I spoiled them a little but it felt warm and loving, relaxed and caring. It felt right to give today to that experience and not pressure myself to do more than me Mom.
See, so while I might not have been able to build my nerve enough to post my accomplishments each evening this week, I can acknowledge these, as just some of what I achieved this week.