Weekly Goal Setting - 2/22/16

[icequeen]

Hi everyone, time for weekly goals. I'm sick today but I will come back tomorrow to post my goals for this week. I'm feeling pretty confident about them. If anyone had goals last week or the weeks before, give an update of how you have been doing. If you like, please sent new goals according to the format below and remember trigger wearnings. Thanks!

Goal:

Short/long:

Why is it important?

How will I accomplish it?

[bocaburger]

Thanks icequeen, sorry you're sick!

I've been MIA for a while. Working on goals that are small, attainable, and take some of the load off H.

Goal: Make dinner twice this week
Short/long: Short
Why is it important? I have made H be in charge of dinner basically every night since my BFP. It's not fair to expect him to run around all day and then come home and prepare my food.
How will I accomplish it? Tomorrow: lentil chickpea stew. Thursday: Not sure yet, plan Wednesday night.

Goal: Make a nightly list of accomplishments/successes from the day.
Short/long: Short
Why is it important? My self esteem has been very low lately. H believes I need to redifine what success means to me, and that I see myself as a failure when the day doesn't go perfectly.
How will I accomplish it? Come up with a list each night before I go to sleep.

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I've also been missing in action and not been working on goals because I got the flu and was miserable. I am starting to feel a bit better, and chosen a goal again for this week.

Goal: everyday journal writing
short/long: ideally long
Why is it important? Taking time for myself to work through stuff. It might even be easier to make time for this than meditation. I always feel a bit silly to go sit on my bedroom floor for a bit.
How will I accomplish it? I made an account with 750words.com where anyone can put there free writing. I've done it for two days so far and liked it.

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I like your goals bocaburger. I too, sometimes feel like I have not done anything or enough, even if I have done better than the day before, or some other days. Acknowledging accomplishments helps.

[bocaburger]

I did it! I made lentil chickpea soup and H loved it. I know most people.wouldn't consider making soup a big deal but for me it is real progress.

Now I have to figure out a plan for Thursday night.

[bocaburger]

I was supposed to make dinner tonight. I went to do it and realized a couple of the ingredients were expired. I got angry and cleaned out the fridge but I never made anything to eat. We're having a crappy sparse meal of leftovers because I couldn't get my shit together.

Why is something so simple and so central as preparing food so hard for me?

[icequeen]

@dutchkatie, hope the journal writing is going well! That has always been very grounding for me.
bocaburger, I'm sorry you got sidetracked on Thursday. That's totally something I would do too. You did great with the stew so at least you know you CAN do it. I'm sorry it stressed you out so much.

[icequeen]

bocaburger , you could also try just really simple meals like the ones from Trader Joes. My favorites are the mini beef tacos - you just bake them for 15 minutes and then cook some rice in a rice cooker and heat up some refried beans as sides. Or you could make spaghetti, that's pretty quick and easy and just add a tossed salad. Breakfast for dinner is also awesome, just make some eggs and frozen pancakes/waffles and fruit salad