from Survive to Thrive: Week 14

Welcome to from Survive to Thrive: Week 14.

I had a great week with lots of progress on my happiness project activities, uncluttering, and Cherry Blossom training.

Let's review my week...

Cherry Blossom Training

I had a good training week including another solid track workout and a 7-mile run today for the long run. I nostalgically remembered the first time I ran 7 miles in 2014 when I was training for my first Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run.

I just re-read my blog post about it. It was comforting to see that I had some of the same aches and uncertainties back then. And it was awesome to remember that was the day I met and ran with Karen Reisinger, with whom I've shared many miles, including the 2015 17.75K (recap) that gave us access to the 2015 Marine Corps Marathon (recap). 

I'm almost halfway done!

Happiness Project

I took some time this weekend to answer the January Reflection Questions and set February resolutions for my happiness project. I took stock of progress made towards my 20 for 2020 list:

1. Did 20 minutes of exercise at least 20 days in January
3. Saw a specialist for my shoulder pain
4. Started training for Cherry Blossom
5. Started a photography course
6. Drew doodles most days
10. Meditated regularly
11. Did LEGO building with Freddy
15. Did January Happiness Project activities
16. Did Uncluttered activities
17. Kept a bullet journal
18. Did my morning practice consistently

I gave some thought to potential "personal commandments" (Gretchen Rubin's personal commandments are here). Potential ideas that resonated for me this month:

• Create space
• Make time to play
• Less is more
• Aim lower
• Balance (e.g., not "all or nothing")

My February resolutions related to the monthly theme (Energy) are:

• Plan weekly exercise commitments on calendar
• Spend some time playing with LEGO each week
• Do jumping jacks/hop up and down/dance whenever I tell myself "I'm so tired" (if I'm in a meeting or public place where this isn't feasible, tap my toes or some other discreet movement)
• Listen to an energizing song when I feel low energy or unfocused

Looking Ahead

This will be a busy week but I've got a staycation planned for the following week which will help me get through it.

My goals for the week are:

1. Track everything I eat in MyFitnessPal every day this week
2. Do my morning routine every day
3. Run/walk three times
4. Do yoga at least two days
5. Do Uncluttered activities

See you next week! 

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Accountability: Health Stats

average steps: 10,798

average sleep: 8h 36m

average stress: 25

run/walk: 14.3 miles

yoga: 2 sessions

weight: 116.7 

body fat 29.6%

Accountability: Goal Check

Goal: Track everything I eat in MyFitnessPal all days

Status: Mostly achieved - I didn't track part of Saturday

Goal: Do my morning routine every day

Status: Achieved!

Goal: Run/walk three times

Status: Achieved!

Goal: Do yoga at least two days

Status: Achieved!

Goal: Do the Week 3 Uncluttered activities

Status: Sort of achieved. I did a bit of Week 3 and a bit of Week 4. I've transformed my bedroom into a tranquil space.