Hitting reset

May 16 2016 sometime after 10:30pm

I woke up at 4:30 this morning and immediately started running through my list of "Stuff to Accomplish Today". Let's break that down a bit. I have a small stack of orders for my business, items to be sorted for the co op, photos to edit, home line to prepare for launch, posts to make, listings to renew... and for some reason my mind was ready to get it started at 4:30 in the morning. I knew this was going to be a rough day. My brain and I woke up arguing.

"Stuff to Accomplish Today" can be taken two ways. Either S.A.T. or S.T.A.T.

S.A.T. I never really sit, but there are days where nothing gets accomplished and I might as well have been overtaken by alien body snatchers and put back at the end of the day when I finally lay down and realize I don't recall what actually happened since I awoke. But I am almost positive my studio is a disaster with no finished project to show for it, the kitchen is a mess, my toddlers food is still on her plate untouched and the dogs have tracked a layer of dirt on the floor and dust on the cabinets.

S.T.A.T. Somehow in zombie state the coffee ends up fantastic, dishes are done from my previous days failures, breakfast is made, the toddler eats, my posts and updates are completed before she's ready to get down from her chair, I have my projects lined up and a PLAN. Caffeine infused and with my stomach satiated I breeze through the day. Which really means I completed 1/3 of the planned projects, ate 3 meals with my toddler, dishes are at least soaking, the floors were vacuumed, but the dogs still managed to add a new layer of dirt and dust down. Can't win em all.

With that clarified, today was a S.T.A.T. day. With my studio mostly cleaned and organized following yesterday's 2 week project completion, I laid out my next four orders and got started. Then I was tagged in social media. Cue raffle agreement, details being hashed out, launching my second line prematurely because, well, raffle items belonged to it and you know, publicity. That means social media posts, online store launch, etc. Excellent! Accomplishments! Oh, it's my god sons birthday... Super hero tank now jumped before other orders. And my machine is rebelling. Four tries to get the stitching right. Nothing. Ok, fine, sending it without decorative stitching.

And it's 5pm. Now I've left out things like eating, toddlering, order q&a, socializing, promoting, toddlering... but either way, it's time to start dinner.

Hubs is home and on a downsizing tangent. So all day I've been watching him walk to the garage and trash with bags full of stuff. I'm totally ok with this. Big move planned soon so it's on the agenda. However, he starts mentioning all the clothes we had pre-baby. While we're getting dinner ready.

Blah.... ok. Yes. Let's do it. We'll start tomorrow. Work out routine go go Go! I truly love working out. I miss it. I miss hiking and challenging myself....

But what about all the "Stuff to Accomplish Today"?

So, now my mind is racing trying to rearrange my schedule tomorrow, what meal adjustments I can make with what we have, where my ankle brace is, how much time it will take for me to get my joints to meet my expectations, if my toddler will join in, if my teenager wants to join... It's now added to my "Stuff to Accomplish Today"

~ Onward to tomorrow! Sat or stat?

Clarification: I don't "diet". I adjust my nutrition for increased activities to reduce swelling, cramping and increase stamina and energy.

Obviously i want to lose weight, but no I will not make that the focus. For both my daughter and my sake. Strength, flexibility and endurance goals will be set, reached, and celebrated! I want to hike the mountains our first week in Washington with the minimal amount of physical restrictions.

~ Phoenix Theory