Tick, tock, tick, tock...

The clock seems to be ticking away so fast. Time seems to be something that all of us can never have enough of. There are so many things to see, learn, love, accomplish, yet there are only 24 hours in a day. Ugh. So many decisions and sacrfices to be made. Everyday, we unconsciously go through a decision process of what we should do with our time. (Should I go to work and make money? Should I just call in sick and enjoy some time for myself? Should I make time for my friends on the weekends? Or do something productive instead?) This is always a constant battle for me in deciding whether my time should go towards work to make money, spending it w/friends/family/loved ones and have a balanced lifestyle, or for my own better being in order to be sucessful. *sigh*

Every year, I end up being overly ambitious in the new year and making a long list of goals that I say I want to accomplish at the end of the year. Yet every year, for some reason or another, the goals don't seem to get accomplished. That's why this year, I've only set two goals for myself (be healthier and more productive) and wrote small little things to do to accomplish them. (I'd really like to add to this year's list of goals to accomplish, but I'm tired of always reflecting back and feeling like I failed the year's goals because I didn't push myself hard enough).

Goal update:
We're into the third week, and so far I'm doing ok. I'm getting the Salad Mondays down good (and I've even done it on Fridays) and I've been pretty good about drinking eight cups of water a day. I haven't been good at getting at least seven hours of sleep a night, but that should get better now that I'm finished with my seasonal job. I think I'll also be exercising a bit again, since my friend is currently motivated (we'll see how long it lasts) to go hiking and walking.

As for being productive, well, that hasn't really happened yet. I haven't picked up one (of the many books I've wanted to read) to read yet, but I kind of blame that on working full time and seasonal. But, a good thing about my 'productive' goal is that I have been posting a blog at least a week so far. It's a new week and one where my work schedule is back to normal, so I'm hoping I can get some things done.