2008 #11 - Off the Wagon

Not a good week on the manifesto. I'm in a funny, demotivated mood. I woke up fine today, and by 9:30 I was in an angry impatient mood which hasn't gone away. Also feeling a little run down. Not ill though.

Easy

1. I ate too much during the week, I drank too much coffee during the week, and I ate too much during the weekend and drank too much on Friday and Saturday night. The weekend is exempt for no reason, as you are aware. My weekday transgressions occurred due to 2 days in training at work with, yes, free food and drink.

2. Facebook Poker finally created some bigger tables to play on, bringing a new element of enjoyment to something that was getting old. Nonetheless, this rule I do stick to. 1 a day, max, during the week. Weekend is exempt, for no reason.

3. I'm losing track of time. Can't remember when I watched films. In fact I have, no joke, just spent about 20 minutes agonising over this pointlessly, and it doesn't fit unless I accidentally lied last week. Sliding Doors just isn't fresh enough in my memory to have been watched during the previous week, and there's no day I could have watched it. This is the kind of distraction that makes me wonder if my mind is quite right. Anyway, yes, I watched two this week. One was The Pursuit of Happiness. Liked it. The other was Notting Hill.. just to see. Liked that too.

4. Took my camera out a few times, but didn't find inspiration to use it.

5. (formerly 6) No real progress on the move. Still looking.

6. Staying in touch continues to be fine. Seeing everyone lately.

Hard

1. It's the 10th today, and I don't have a new song idea yet. I will be working on this during the week though. I was hoping to have an acoustic guitar by now to take a slightly different approach, but it's taking ages to reach the damn shop let alone into my hands.

2. Positive steps on work goals today and throughout last week. Brushed up on presentation skills and processes. Presentation Skils course was actually very good.

3. This is the mindset I call "Coastal Campervan". It is my version of "Nothing Matters". Whilst these thoughts drive some people to despair it drives me to want to buy a VW van and live on and around the coastline. This is really not something I would enjoy for more than a few days once I did it, but it has a certain romanticism. In this mindset, however, there is little chance that I will say anything meaningful about my career. It's the "why can't we just quit" mentality. Listen to "Walking Barefoot" by Ash. One of my favorite songs that I never hear anymore.

4. Exercise remains once a week. Last week's mini-goal failed dismally, but come on, have you seen the weather in the UK this week? No excuse for it.

5. We got rid of this one last week.

Enough. More next week.