Notes on a self improvement project

Something else that is bad for my goals?  Being sick.  Being sick was very bad for many of my goals.   Other than ice cream, when your throat is on fire, nothing feels better than a nice, cool, smooth, sweet Mountain Dew.  And my throat was on fire for three full days.  And not wanting to be too far from a Kleenex box or the bathroom, as well as having no energy for anything but sleeping or watching tv, sort of puts a damper on walking.  And there was very little laughing or writing going on for the last three and a half days.   However, I feel that I did something good for a number of people by not going in to work on Thursday.  There is a mock accreditation visit this week, and I might have made any number of people sick.  And that would have been bad.  Also, not being able to really talk meant that I said "I'm sorry" very little for several days.   But now, I'm feeling like 90% better. It is time for a new recipe day, so I ...

Sunday after WAAL 2012, and all I can say is that conferences are very very bad for many of my goals.  Except for one that I don't know I actually talked about here before.  A long time ago, I created a goal to not avoid things simply because I am afraid - except for being afraid because of possible physical injury.  Physical injury, in my case, is a really reasonable fear.  If anyone ever follows this blog and actually knows me, you know that I really should be afraid of physical injury.  I hurt myself getting out of bed sometimes.  Things like sky diving or skiing or roller blading are all probable death sentences for me. What I meant by this was to take emotional or mental risks, let people see me and hear my thoughts, and not worry about what people think about it.  And that is one of the things I did this week at WAAL. One of my colleagues asked me and another librarian with Globe to present with her, and I agreed.  Not all that long a...

Today is a new recipe day.  It is already underway, and in about 5 hours, I will have a chicken creole dinner. It already smells pretty good, so this seems like it will be a successful new recipe.  Hopefully, I will have a new recipe dinner guinea pig also. This is the recipe I'm trying:  http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/01/crock-pot-chicken-la-criolla.html Except that I'm using legs and I left the skin on.  I added some creole seasoning and few banana pepper rings as well.  I also squeezed in a little lemon juice (we'll have to see how that works out!) and put in a can of diced tomatoes with chilies instead of 4 plum tomatoes.  I'm planning to serve it over white rice and maybe have corn on the side.  We'll see.   In terms of the rest of my goals: Walking is going great!  The dogs and I were out twice yesterday, and even got out after work one day last week.   I feel that I laughed a lot last week, and didn't get angry very muc...