Tuesday
1. Took five more articles of clothing to the tailor.
2. Made it home before passing out for about 17 hours straight.
Wednesday
1. Got out of bed.
2. Cooked myself scrambled eggs, made toast. Ate all of it. Kept it down.
3. Picked up the five articles of clothing from the tailor.
4. Two loads of laundry.
5. Frivolously took information off of facebook/changed the privacy settings on some photo albums, as if that somehow matters. Pertinently, took down the notes from the painful period of 2007-2008. Relief.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
6 - Monday
1. Actually did some work at work today: now 50% done with the only work-related project I currently have to work on.
2. Got a pair of jeans hemmed and my favorite shoulder bag mended.
3. Obtained trumpet valve oil in the fifth or sixth attempt to locate the stuff.
4. Spent some time simply wandering in my new city and taking it in.
5. Used enough Thai phrases to be complimented more than once today.
6. Prepared five more articles of clothing for the tailor to alter, my clothes will actually fit!
2. Got a pair of jeans hemmed and my favorite shoulder bag mended.
3. Obtained trumpet valve oil in the fifth or sixth attempt to locate the stuff.
4. Spent some time simply wandering in my new city and taking it in.
5. Used enough Thai phrases to be complimented more than once today.
6. Prepared five more articles of clothing for the tailor to alter, my clothes will actually fit!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
9 - Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Friday
1. Listened to My Back Pages - Bob Dylan, and read the lyrics along with the song, for the first time that I can recall. Listened to more Bob Dylan for my classical music re-education.
2. Actually went out with friends on a Friday night.
Saturday
1. Volunteered morning and afternoon for the last Saturday of volunteering for this particular program.
2. Attended my first church service in my new city, tried it out at least.
3. Ate Isaan style Thai food (spicy), and did not get sick.
4. Realized I’ve gotten the hang of riding the Sky Train.
Sunday
1. Ran 9k on the streets of Bangkok, non-stop, in exactly one hour as part of an organized race.
2. Helped a friend move, acquired furniture – reuse!
3. Read the Wikipedia article about Geraldine Ferraro.
1. Listened to My Back Pages - Bob Dylan, and read the lyrics along with the song, for the first time that I can recall. Listened to more Bob Dylan for my classical music re-education.
2. Actually went out with friends on a Friday night.
Saturday
1. Volunteered morning and afternoon for the last Saturday of volunteering for this particular program.
2. Attended my first church service in my new city, tried it out at least.
3. Ate Isaan style Thai food (spicy), and did not get sick.
4. Realized I’ve gotten the hang of riding the Sky Train.
Sunday
1. Ran 9k on the streets of Bangkok, non-stop, in exactly one hour as part of an organized race.
2. Helped a friend move, acquired furniture – reuse!
3. Read the Wikipedia article about Geraldine Ferraro.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
4 - Wednesday
1. Ate Thai food for lunch without a bad reaction.
2. Registered for 9km run this Sunday.
3. Located two music shops that sell instruments and accessories in my new city.
4. Ran 7.44 km in 65 minutes, with 125 meters climbed. On February 26, I ran 5.83 km in 65 minutes, with 73 meters climbed.
2. Registered for 9km run this Sunday.
3. Located two music shops that sell instruments and accessories in my new city.
4. Ran 7.44 km in 65 minutes, with 125 meters climbed. On February 26, I ran 5.83 km in 65 minutes, with 73 meters climbed.
The Beginning
It has come to my attention that my myriad of interests do not lend themselves to a single categorization, and that when I go on rambling tangents, the friends and family that follow my adventure blog do not necessarily need to be subjected to them.
Wow, that beginning is as clear as mud.
Here is a little context to the start of this blog. Four and a half months ago I uprooted my American midwestern born and raised self, and moved to South East Asia to teach English. What precipitated that, you ask? Surely that's a story worth telling. And in some ways, it is, but not here or now. Check out http://jenny44indy.blogspot.com/ if you'd like to read about that.
Over the last few months, I've gone through a couple of phases and back again. Call it culture shock, call it the quarter life crisis, call it becoming an adult, call it postponed grief, the list goes on. But the point is this.
Every day, you should do something, at least one thing, you consider important.
That's it. Wherever you fall on the spectrum - planning your life down to the millisecond for the next ten years out, or completely flying by the seat of your pants - have you done one thing today that's important, to you?
I won't take credit for this concept, and it's been formulated in my mind through reading other people's blogs, books, and many sources I probably cannot even recall to credit.
With this blog, I'm going to catalogue what I've done that I feel is important for myself, starting here and now. I don't promise daily posts. I don't promise to meet all my goals, or even set goals. I have mixed feelings on the matter of goal setting vs fly by the seat of your pants; and I utilize a combination of the two.
The concept of a blog is somewhat narcissistic in nature. I am not doing this for anyone else, I am selfish, I am doing it for myself. But, if you stumble upon this and care to follow along, you are welcome to.
The last point I will make: what is important to you does not have to be important to anyone else. It does not have to be grandiose, it does not have to be something you even share with other people. It just has to be something you are satisfied to know that you, personally, have accomplished.
Today, I started keeping track of what matters to ME, on this blog.
Wow, that beginning is as clear as mud.
Here is a little context to the start of this blog. Four and a half months ago I uprooted my American midwestern born and raised self, and moved to South East Asia to teach English. What precipitated that, you ask? Surely that's a story worth telling. And in some ways, it is, but not here or now. Check out http://jenny44indy.blogspot.com/ if you'd like to read about that.
Over the last few months, I've gone through a couple of phases and back again. Call it culture shock, call it the quarter life crisis, call it becoming an adult, call it postponed grief, the list goes on. But the point is this.
Every day, you should do something, at least one thing, you consider important.
That's it. Wherever you fall on the spectrum - planning your life down to the millisecond for the next ten years out, or completely flying by the seat of your pants - have you done one thing today that's important, to you?
I won't take credit for this concept, and it's been formulated in my mind through reading other people's blogs, books, and many sources I probably cannot even recall to credit.
With this blog, I'm going to catalogue what I've done that I feel is important for myself, starting here and now. I don't promise daily posts. I don't promise to meet all my goals, or even set goals. I have mixed feelings on the matter of goal setting vs fly by the seat of your pants; and I utilize a combination of the two.
The concept of a blog is somewhat narcissistic in nature. I am not doing this for anyone else, I am selfish, I am doing it for myself. But, if you stumble upon this and care to follow along, you are welcome to.
The last point I will make: what is important to you does not have to be important to anyone else. It does not have to be grandiose, it does not have to be something you even share with other people. It just has to be something you are satisfied to know that you, personally, have accomplished.
Today, I started keeping track of what matters to ME, on this blog.
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