REGROUP

Every now and then you need to "regroup". You look at the last few weeks. Evaluate progress and pat yourself on the back for it. You look at the things that didn't work out and ensure yourself it is okay. Try to find out why it didn't work and change things for the next atempt. For example if you realize your to do list didn't get taken care of because you had 100 hours worth of errands on it and only 10 hours to accomplish it you improvement willb e to have a more realistic to do list. If your meal plan didn't work out because you didn'T have all the ingredients your improvement will be to check for ingredients at the start of the week and add everything you still need to the shopping list.

Nobody gets it right 100 % of the time. One part of progressing is making mistakes and failing.

I went ice skating with 2 of my kids yesterday. It was my daughter's second time and it was HARD for her. But she refused to be defeated. When she fell, I helped her back up. Evenutally she was able to get up all by herself. 2 hours later she made it around the rink twice. All by herself. Yup, she still fell a few times. But that didn't stop her. And, oh girl! Was she excited about her accomplishment.

So keep in mind. Just because it didn't work out this time, doesn't mean it won't work out next time. My improvement for next week is to follow the 10 MAGIC MINUTE program to the proverbial "T" because randomly working in the house for 2 hours just dosn't get the same results. And I willl put my timer on my night stand when I am not using it, as I am higly depent on the little thing!

MY TIMER DROWNED

Go ahead. Laugh. It was quite traumatic this morning when I found my timer where I had left it last night. (the bathtub rim) Actually trauma hit a few minutes later. When I pushed start and it didn't beep. Then I looked at it. The display didn't show any numbers. Just a water line. Like an aquarium. Only the fish were missing. My last timer drowned in the bathtub so I knew there was no chance of rescuing it. For the life of me I couldn't find my spare timer that I have for just that very reason.  I was devestated. I know how hard it is for me to stick to my 10 minute programm without the timer. I don't have a cell phone, the normal phone's timer function is ridiculously hard to programm and the timer in the kitchen is part of the oven so I would have to return to the kitchen every 10 min to turn it off and set it again. Not a very practical approach. I just went with the clock on the phone which is annyoing as of course it doesn't beep when the 10 min are up and as it only shows minutes isn't acurate enough for someone who is willing to work ten minutes and zero seconds.

I did take apart the timer. Dried off what I could, wrapped it all in cotton and put it on the heater.

I think I am a total hero for still getting my 2 hours of work in, even if I did not stay exactly with my plan as it was too hard to move from room to room at the exact intervalls so I spent more time on different chores and of course had no time left for others. To be honest I went into overtime even.

Tonight I figured I'll give it a try. I sat down and put my timer together (of course I had to redo the screws a  few times as I kept putting them in the wrong  holes). I put the batteries in. Crossed my fingers. Turned it over. IT WORKED. I wanted to set the time and realized it doesn't beep. Fine with me I thought. Then it hit me. What's the point of a timer if it doesn't beep?
Ah well. I thought I can still use it as a normal clock or to run up time and clipped it to my shirt. I went off to take care of laundry. Not even thinking I hit the button. AND IT BEEPED! Just imagine the things I can get done tomorrow ;)