Habit Tracking: Week 19 (May 11 - May 17)

[mistressofmuses]

Another of the stickers I bought from Featherbone. Since this week was Mother's Day, the mama and baby okapis seemed like a good choice. My mom specifically really likes okapis.

This week was fine. My days off were very nice, getting to go out and do things both days (at Pelican Pond and Hudson Gardens.) I was also reasonably productive in terms of getting some other things done throughout the week... except writing. Again. Still frustrated by how tired I've been, and how often I end up having to take a nap in the evenings. It could just be genuine lack of sleep overnight - I do go to bed late, and maybe that 6 hours just isn't enough to get me all the way through the day. Work, with our new phone schedules, was mildly aggravating, but not terrible. Hoping to refocus more on creative stuff next week.

Goals for the week:

• I did call my mom on Mother's Day, though I was working
• I visited her briefly on Monday
• I started (and finished) reading Where the Drowned Girls Go
• We got new tires (well, two of them)
• I did not write
• I did spend time outside!
• I did purchase Overgrowth
• I didn't clean up my table
• I did start reading Overgrowth

Tracked habits:

• Work - 5/7
• Household Maintenance - 3/7
• Physical Activity - 3/7
• Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 0/7
• Wrote on 2nd+ Draft - 0/7
• Meta Work - 5/7
• Personal Writing - 5/7
• Other Creative Things - 2/7
• Reading - 7/7 - mostly I read Where the Drowned Girls Go, and then started Overgrowth, Alex and I read some of Duma Key, and I read a little bit of my ebook side read.
• Attention to Media - 7/7 - Sunday we watched a documentary series about fraternities and sororities, and some of Alone: Australia; Monday I listened to Re: Dracula and we had Alone: Australia in the background; Tuesday we watched an episode of The Handmaid's Tale and more of Alone: Australia; Wednesday had storm chasing and then paranormal videos in the background; Thursday listened to a Re: Dracula and we finished the season of Alone: Australia; Friday some storm chasing and another ep of Re: Dracula; Saturday, paranormal videos again.
• Video Games - 0/7
• Social Interaction - 5/7

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Comments

[mistressofmuses]

I appreciate it!

I do really enjoy having things to refer back to and to track over the longer term. I also cheated a little bit in terms of what I decided to count. I also hated having weeks where I wasn't checking much off, and definitely got demoralized with it at times, so I made sure there were some things that basically *always* get a check mark. I make note of workdays, which is a pretty consistent five days out of seven (and serves as a reminder that those days had fewer "free" hours for other things, too.) I'm pretty lenient in what I count as social interaction (socializing via Dreamwidth or text or Discord etc. all count, as well as anything in person.) Sometimes even a simple "took the trash to the trash room" counts as a household maintenance check, etc. Having a few things I *know* I'll be able to check off helps to keep it from feeling too hopeless, even on the days I don't get as much done as I'd like.