Step Away From the Cake

 So yesterday was a good start. Not perfect, but a good start. I got a good workout in, I logged all my food, and for a lazy day I got over 5,000 steps. So not bad. I know I can do better but not a bad start.  I have discovered something about myself though. I've been making sublimation stuff for a while now. I got pretty good at the tumblers and cups. Then I got the laser engraver. I struggled so much with that initially and I devoted some time and effort to learning it. Now that I'm decent with it - still a lot to learn - I am avoiding tumblers and mugs because I'm pretty sure I've lost the secret. This is definitely not good. So today, later today, I'm going to focus totally on tumblers and mugs. I want to get about 20 mugs made for the craft fair next weekend. So I need to get my butt in gear. I do have a notebook now that I am going to devote to my crafts and I'm going to write down everything in detail. Clearly if I don't do it regularly I lose it, so ...

 I have this attitude that if I ignore something it will go away. Now I know that is not true and have had it proven to me time and time again. Yet I do it. So, what might I have been ignoring you ask? Actually a couple of things.  First, I've been ignoring my finances. We spent a sh*t ton of money on the patio area - which I'm glad we did because it looks amazing. But instead of redoing the budget and setting everything straight, I've been ignoring it for over a week now hoping it will all be good. This creates stress in my body which increases cortisol levels which is bad, bad, bad for me and my health.  Second, I've been ignoring my health. I don't work out much, I've been off all week and I've worked out once. My eating has gotten really sloppy - bread, bread, bread. And I've been doing a whole lot of sitting working on my craft stuff. All of this is extremely bad for my health.  So it's time to do something about this. Seriously do something, no...

 while I wait for my Cameo to communicate with my computer.  I just got caught up in a video where I almost spent $300 to have someone tell me what I already know.  It's amazing how easily I can fall into that nonsense. The guy was talking about the best way to lose fat is to carb cycle and HIIT. Duh!!! I knew that. I've known that for years and years. So why am I not doing it? That's what I got out of the video, why am I not doing it? I know exactly what needs to be done. I know that I need to cycle my carbs; high carb for a few days then low carb for a few days; I also know that I need to workout at a high intensity, ,sweating and panting, a couple of times a week. I think it's time. I think that I need to do this more often. 

 I do well when I write things out or think out loud as I like to call it. I'm trying very hard to be more organized. To plan ahead more. And to keep better track of things. I use a planner but not consistently. I have a habit of jumping from one thing to the next, planner or to-do list wise, and not really developing a good solid plan for any of them. So with the business and trying to get things off the ground, I have decided I need to be dedicated to my planner. I need to come up with a plan that will work and then I need to really, really work it.  First, I have a new notebook that I am going to devote to business stuff. I'm going to track all my expenses, bills, inventory, etc. in that notebook. I need one place to keep all that information so it's not all spread around.  Next, in my planner, which I will carry with me day to day, I want to keep tasks that need to be completed and things I want to keep track of. So I had been using one of the freedom boxes for the Ba...