Week 4 Goals

August 17-23

Watch Olympics (ok, sorry, its important to me, I love it!)

do something on my list of to do in Coromandel

two 30 min walks

finish reading The Other Queen

finish CV (resume)

Research jobs in Welly/ start sending out CV (at least 3)

Research more about Welly

Oh, switch all my computer preset language to Aussie (they don't have NZ, i don't think) so I can make sure I'm spelling things properly if I'm sending things out... sounds silly but I've been in (british english countries for a year and haven't done it yet!)

day two with really bad migraine...

its making my skin crawl.

it hurts.

a lot

I was up only enough to write the paper... whichdidn't take too long... thank god.. now backto sleep

Ugh... please medicine work....

I am healthy and happy

I am healthy I am healthy

................

results week 2

Results of week two aren't as great as week 1. I tried extremely hard not to focus on my head. I was always thinking "i'm happy and healthy" and not bring the word migraine (as like draws like) into my mind. today was just too much, i couldn't do it. it got the most of me. (I guess today is the new week, but whatever). I did have headaches throughout the week from the weather

•One walk, 40 mins (again, small, attainable goal because weather is supposed to be really bad this week)... yeah, i did this

•fruits and veggies for snacks.... yeah, this wasn't good at all this week. the beginning of the week was fine. I always eat fruits but didn't do the veggie thing this week

•finish English class with a bang!.... just have one left.

•work on resume/cv for when I move... started this. Belinda is helping

•read part of a book for fun... been reading "The Other Queen"

•If weather permits (it looks bad for the whole week!) go to a place on my to do list in the Coromandel ... weather was crap all week...

•Be positive.. tried really hard to do this. it worked most of teh week... today the head was just too much

Week 2 goals

Week TWO (July 27- Aug 2)

•One walk, 40 mins (again, small, attainable goal because weather is supposed to be really bad this week)

•fruits and veggies for snacks

•finish English class with a bang!

•work on resume/cv for when I move

•read part of a book for fun

•If weather permits (it looks bad for the whole week!) go to a place on my to do list in the Coromandel

•Be positive

Eh, those are really simple goals this week. I'm trying to set achievable goals. I know english is going to be a lot of my time this week. But then its done... so yay!

The Secret

I read The Secret last week.

What did I get out of it.

Just a reminder to think POSITIVE. Believe positive things.

I already have everything I want (money, posessions, perfect health) and that negative thinking brings negative results.

I know that. It is hard when one is in the midst of a migraine to stop and try to be positive. I'm working on it. I'm positive, happy and healthy! :-) hehe, nice, right?

Ok, so its a good (confusing but quick) read that is a reminder about positive thinknig in life.

Like draws like.

results of week 1

Here are my goals and how I did....
•Walk at least ONE time for 40 mins (like I said, i'm going to start small, and make it happen then add on!)-->Completed! I walked up Paku on Friday!

•Finish English paper by Friday night (and maybe the one I need to make up by Sunday night). --> not so much!

•Start researching jobs for Welly--> started

•Start researching housing for Welly--> wrote email to malcolm (he hasn't responded yet), and started looking

•Go to at least ONE place on my list of to-dos in the Coromandel (with or without the kiddos)--> Drove around on Friday. Saw Hot Water Beach (at the wrong time of day), Haihi Beach, and Cooks Beach, where I saw the Cooks Landing memorial. Or what I think is the cooks landing memorial? Not to sure on that... or I saw a different memorial that I'm going to claim is that one! Then took some pics at the ferry down from cooks beach, across from whitingia

•Try to eat VEGGIES if I need a snack--> yay, I did this. ate carrots, apples and bananas most of the week for snacks!

•Read a book for pleasure--> I read the Secret!

ugh..

Migraines oh Migraines I hate you you stink. I wish I could wash you away in the stink!

(can you name what I changed that from, I know my mom can)

I'm going to do some serious migraine thinking in the next month. Along with a food diary, and migraine diary (that keeps track of severity, length, weather surrounding, etc) I'm going to attempt going to sleep within the same time frame and waking up every day between 8 and 9. Even if I have a migraine. Not sure if I can do it...but I'm going to try. I need to be able to rule out sleep as a trigger. Being on a normal schedule should help some.

Its back to the place it was in Sac though where more often than not I'm in pain. Sitting here right now I'm shaking because my head hurts so bad. The light coming in from the windows is hurting so bad. But I'm up and functioning, not sleeping. Thats a plus, right?

I've also realized that if they keep on like this I will not be able to move to Wellington. That would just make them worse. The weather is worse there. I'm going to start researching some places. I still have so much I want to do in NZ though, so I'll see. Ok, thats it.

Again I'm going to try to attack the migraine issue and see if I can solve it...i don't need the answer handed to me on a silver platter...I can get there on my own. I'm gonna do it NOW... no opportunity wasted so I can talk to my doctor (she'll ask for my migraine diary, etc) and see if we need to change meds again, or what.

I'm sick of these damn migraines controlling my life. I had taken over and I won't let them creep back in to complete control.

Week 1 goals

Week ONE (20-26 July)

•Walk at least ONE time for 40 mins (like I said, i'm going to start small, and make it happen then add on!)

•Finish English paper by Friday night (and maybe the one I need to make up by Sunday night).

•Start researching jobs for Welly

•Start researching housing for Welly

•Go to at least ONE place on my list of to-dos in the Coromandel (with or without the kiddos)

•Try to eat VEGGIES if I need a snack

•Read a book for pleasure

Thats it. I'll update on how this goes after the week.

ideas behind new blog

So I read this blurb about a book (written by the host of The Amazing Race...did you know he's a Kiwi?) called No Opportunity Wasted or NOW.

I like it. I'm going to buy it. I'm sure its just another of lifes little books that tell you how to take advantage of your life and make the most of it.

I want to live by that motto. I live in this amazing place, New Zealand, yet sit on my ass most of the time doing nothing. I'm so LAZY. I'm the FIRST to admit it. I LOVE to be active and do stuff but I seem to need a motivation or friend to do it with.

I need to be in the 'mood' to start walking and am going to try to start... but again, I'm not going to make myself upset, depressed, whatever if it doesn't happen right away. Maybe once a week to start. Maybe the three times a week was too much. I'm not a fan of winter and getting out there is ick for me. I hate it.

More so than that... I really need to get on a sleep schedule. And even if I'm tired as all heck get out of bed. I need to stick to it. Maybe take Oscar out in the pram...as I seem to like walking better when I'm not alone. Hmm, I dunno.

This is just a thought. My first thoughts. But really, this blog is going to be about my journey in NOT WASTING the opportunities I have. Am I able to get in shape? Am I able to make friends? How does my move go? Do I do those things on my list?

This is where I'll talk about it. Probably. Just because I feel like everyone that reads the other blog doesn't want to read the jibberish that I always write. So read, if you'd like, don't read if you don't want to. Its up to you. I'm going to try to live by a No Opportunity Wasted mentality and see where it gets me. I'll start small. For the next week.... and see where that gets me. And go from there.