My activities today (Day off):
- Watched youtube as soon as I woke up
- Added new posts to this blog
- Spent 30mins on the Mango app learning Italian
- Cleaned the kitchen and living room
- Marinated pork in preparation for Christmas
- Went to the grocery store with my brother
- Washed 2 loads of laundry
- Watched youtube
LANGUAGE LEARNING:
This morning, I read my previous post about learning a new language by March 2025, in time for my 42nd birthday. But unfortunately, I have not been practicing recently. I have about 12 more weeks before that deadline. I will do my best to finish all the Italian lessons on the Mango app. We are planning to go back to Italy in April or May 2025, I want to be able to flex my Italian by then!
REALIZATION:
Earlier, while I was waiting for the laundry, I had some time to do something else. I found myself torn between doing more household chores or reading a book. So for 30 minutes of indecision, I defaulted to watching youtube as I am waiting for my mind to choose which activity is the better one. It is not uncommon for me to overthink what to do, I think too much what to do next because I want to do the best task. But I realized, picking either one is good, either task is a step in the right direction. What is a step back is opting to watch youtube because I couldn’t decide what task to choose.
PLAN OF ACTION FOR NEXT TIME:
To avoid this dilemna next time, this is what I am going to do. Since I usually get 2 days off in a week, I will divide my tasks this way so that I won’t have to be torn on what tasks to do:
Day off #1 – Laundy, clean house, cook, grocery, pay bills, administrative stuff
Day off #2- Reading, language learning, creative output, time with my siblings
Days working- Read atleast 1 topic encountered at work for the day. Read more topics, if possible.
I will try my best to stick to this schedule so that I will not be wasting time with indecision.
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