Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Routines

What is it with me and keeping to a routine about Anything? Here are the things that I want to be regular at but don't manage to get into a routine cos it got too monotonous after a while
  1. Exercising - of course this is on everyone's list. For me this includes not just exercising for fitness but even for health like these exercises i'm supposed to be doing for spondylitis that i'm starting off with - did them for a couple of weeks but now I keep finding excuses for putting them off even at the risk of my neck beginning to feel quite stiff !
  2. Keeping accounts - I would dearly like to keep a tab on where all the money goes, but never manage to stick to keeping notes for more than days at a time! Tried doing it on paper, on excel, even budgeting software when I suddenly got an enthusiasm for it. Maybe it is an underlying belief that I'm sure that I'm not spending on frivolous items but only on stuff for the house and children, but it still leads to unnerving moments when I have withdrawn 5K days before and find nothing in my wallet :(
  3. Housekeeping - I see things lying around, I know they must be cleared up, but on some days my mind just refuses to order my arms and legs to go about it ! Drives my husband crazy when he comes home at the end of a tiring office day cos he's a bit of a cleanliness freak, but even at the cost of keeping the peace I just cannot get to it sometimes!
  4. This one is not about routine but about giving up routine - Farmville ! I keep telling myself to give it up and do something more constructive, and manage to do exactly that for a few days but then slowly find myself drawn back.. crops might have withered and I might have a million requests to return.. but yet here I am again at the same faintly irritated but addicted stage I was a week ago !!
Of course by writing this down I hope to feel more accountable(guilty?!) and find more interesting means of getting things done!

2 comments:

  1. On the exercise thing, even I find it really hard to be self-driven. That's why a class works better for me. Maybe a yoga class or a weekly session with a physiotherapist might get you started?

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  2. Hey Rohini,

    I totally don't expect anyone to read this blog so don't even have emails sent for comments ! So completely missed yours - sorry for this late response!

    Was going for Power Yoga for 5-6 months, but doing it too regularly set off varicose veins in my legs, so discontinued that. Have atlast found something I find interesting enough to do at home on my own - fingers crossed! See my last post on this blog :).

    Thanks for reading this one, it's sort of my vent blog away from my mommy blog otherwise that one would get just too crowded ;).

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