Goooooood morning party people!
Okay that was weird. I actually feel a bit weird this morning. In a very good way. I feel excited and lighthearted and that is rare for me. I don’t question it and enjoy it as long as it lasts. When I got up this morning I just felt that way. It’s nice. I could get used to it.
Let’s have breakfast and chat a little. My last week has been uneventful and still a lot happened. I am slowly transitioning in the mindset I need to finish my thesis. It’s a lot of work both physically but also mentally.
Let’s do some catching up before I need to focus again on work for the next few days. I am also linking up with lovely Meg, planning queen and fellow list maker. Last week consited of many many lists.
- Last week I did a lot of planning and prioritizing. I read this intersting article about prioritizing and focusing. I have heard about it somewhere on youtube or read about it on a blog I sadly can’t remember. Basically you have to make a list of 25 goals you have. Then you identify your top five and focus all your energy on those and touch 6-25 not until you have accomplished 1-5. Last week I sat down and made this list. I only did this a couple of days ago but I found it extremely freeing to say NO to a few things that don’t go along with my priorities guilt free. GUILT FREE!
- So after that I sat down and designated time slots in my week to these priorities. I am usually not good at following these time slots as I feel trapped so quickly. But as I was the one to set them in the first place I hope I will not feel like I loose control over my life. I am curious how this works out for me!
- One of the things that didn’t make it in my top 5 is cooking. I am a bit sad about that but as long as there’s tons of Avocado Toast with all the good toppings in my life I am all set. After a 2 day delay (because my recipe plug-in wouldn’t cooperate) I also managed to publish the recipe.
- I worked a few focused hour on my thesis and even though the progress is still slow there is progress. Seeing the number of pages in this document increasing is the only thing that motivates me to work on it right now!
- I went back to Crossfit on Tuesday and that was the final straw to make me sick. So pretty much all plans I had for the week fell trough. But that gave me the time to focus on some planning and also the time to think about a few things in my life. That helped. So it was a blessing in disguise in the end.
- Today is the first day that I feel better. I still work from home so that I can spare me the commute.
- Next to the Avocado Toast posts I posted about stargazing in the desert and nighttime photography.
- I also edited a plethora of pictures and loved to relive some vacation memories.
- Blogging, taking pictures, editing them and all that jazz made it to my list. I debated long with myself about that. But I knew some kind of selfcare had to make my list so I chose blogging. I chose to include blogging because when I really think about it it is the most selfish thing in my life. Something I do just because I want to. I might not be able to post a lot but I won’t stress out about it. But when I do I want to do that guilt free and not feel like I should focus on anything else.
- I spent the really sunny and warm weekend on the couch watching youtube and not doing much. I feel okay as long as I sit and rest but as soon as I get up and move I am dizzy. Luckily working on my thesis requires sitting and not moving. So I am going to tackle this again today.
- Stefan is travelling for business. He left me with a few sunflowers and a strawberry pastry after he ran all our errands. He also made me satay chicken last week. We video chatted and sent us ugly selfies. He’s a keeper!
So today I will try to read a lot of articles of smart people who love show off how smart they are by using words and language no one is supposed to understand. I still marvel at the fact that this is seen as good scientific work in Germany. I will then try to write an understandble chapter of my thesis because I refuse to play that game.
Happy Monday people!
How are you prioritizing and dealing with guilt?
I’m sorry to hear you were sick but I’m glad you’re already on the mend. I’m fascinated by this top 25 goal list idea. I may have to give it whirl. It really allows you to narrow your focus to what’s really important and it even kind of forces you kick procrastination away. Hmmm, intrigued for sure. Another one I heard was to tackle the most important thing first thing in the day so then it’s done, and you’re not stressing it all day. I might try that one too. Time will tell.
I can’t wait to check out the Avocado toast recipes. They look heavenly and fit my cooking capabilities of late.
Happy Monday. I love the sunflowers.
I really hope it will help me stop procrastinating. Or more likey decrease it a bit at least. I think it would be perfect to combine these two strategies. Narrowing down your mid to long term priorities and then within that frame tackling the most important to the least important tasks short term or on a daily basis.
I think you will like the Avocado Toasts. A lot of staples and basically effort free. That’s how I cook these days, too ;-P I love the sunflowers, too. He never gives me flowers. Though I should add that he often brings me chocolate 😀
I love the idea of prioritizing goals. I would probably need a long term and short term goal list though. And omg your avo toast is on point. I’ll take any slice right now please!
That’s the beauty of this concept. The short term goals should all lead up to your long term goals. And if they don’t you should reevaluate.
Thank you 🙂 I stuff my face with avocado toast daily for 2 weeks straight now. It never gets old 😉
Ok – the avocado toast? Holy hell! I had avocados on my grocery list today but smoothies but I have to make that toast. I’m already looking forward to breakfast tomorrow 🙂 🙂
Also, the 25 item list .. hmm .. very interesting. I think this is something I should partake in as I’ve been the biggest procrastinator of life lately!
🙂 🙂 🙂 You just made my day!
Oh god I procrasitnate soooooo much. I’d be so rich if you could procrastinate for a living 😛
Love the stargazing pic! I haven’t done that in far too long… mostly because the mosquitoes here are ridiculous and I get eaten alive. Haha!
Also, avocado toast is my favorite. I could eat it for every meal. :p
Oh the bloody mosquitoes! It was so awesome! We don’t get to see night skies like these whereI live so it was super special to us!
Me too. I hope I won’t grow tired of it soon 🙂
Glad to hear you are feeling better lovely!
Sometimes I know I need to re prioritise my time but then I struggle to figure out how. Maybe I am just putting pressure on myself to make a change because I think I should rather than actually needing to. Who knows… It’s a thought spinning round my head right now…
Stefan is a star – flowers and food = perfection!
Thank you 🙂
I know what you mean. That’s why I think this strategy might actually work when your goals are pushing you outside your routine/ comfort zone. I think it’s vital to really ask yourself why you are making room in your life/ days for all you do. If it’s pivotal for your goal? Fine! If it isn’t, feel free to say goodbye to those things. But you also have to ask yourself what your needs are e.g. one of my priorites is self-care. Crossfit falls under that category or keeping in touch with people that are important to me. And in the long run this might also help me to reach those goals. Self-care will hopefully keep me sane.
Also reevaluating your priorities is not the worst from time to time. In the best case you can say that your priorities are perfect as they are. Hope that all made sense 😛