Reflecting on my week - Log 01

Hello! Welcome to my new weekly log. Every Saturday, I will detail my work each week and reflect on what I have learned. So please be sure to strap in and join me as we take on 2025.

Getting Started

It's 2025. 'New Year, new me!' Yeah, yeah, it's the same speech you hear every year. As you typically last about a week, I am always more cynical about changing in the new year. However, I sat down and thought deeply about who and where I wanted to be this year (it also helps that it's mid-summer in Australia, so less winter blues). I'm turning 28, finished with school, and ultimately standing at Go, figuring out where I will proceed. Finding what to change could be scary and confusing, so I focused on things I usually criticise myself for.

Things I want to change:

• Weight - shed that COVID weight I'm still denying I have
• Time outside - aim to spend an hour a day in the sun
• Skincare - take care of my skin and naturally shine
• Sleep - cut late-night scrolling and get my eight hours
• Connectivity - stop liking posts and meet or have conversations with friends
• Cleaning - tackle one spot of the house a day

"The week of discipline"

As you probably could tell based on my introductory paragraph, I struggle with discipline. From my ADHD making my brain lock onto other things to my horrid tendency to get paralysis from anxiety, it can make even the easiest of tasks seem daunting. Sitting on the couch during my 'get real' session, I thought of how to make myself accountable and focused. Thankfully, we live in the age where I can talk to my best friend ChatGPT or 'Alex' as I've named him. Alex recommended I look at scheduling timers and reminders. Genius! I used to use that technique at my old job. Why didn't I think of that?

So I did it. Starting from brushing my teeth to doing market research. Nearly any task I deemed necessary enough to think about is now an action item on my phone. Set to go off at various times with a morning, afternoon, night and cleaning routine alongside other essential reminders. Monday morning starts at 5:45 (too early). I was up and doing a skincare routine. Who am I? A new man, apparently.

Now, I'm not going to detail a whole week of my routines because, frankly, I don't think you'd really care, and I don't really care to write it out. Let's focus on the updates.

• Skin - My skin glows after drinking enough water and doing my morning/night routines. My favourite comment of the week was James saying, "Are you wearing bronzer because you're glowing."
• Fitness - an hour a day of walking, weight training or elliptical each day to hit my Apple Watch fitness goal. (Pro tip - get a friend to talk and walk. It makes it go by in a flash). I already feel the benefits of more energy without needing caffeine and body parts getting more toned.
• Productivity - I've managed to get 5 out of 6 social posts planned and executed this week on Monday morning. I've managed to reply back to colleagues quickly and get things that I would usually take two weeks to get done finished in hours.

Staying accountable

Now as much as I'd like to say I was perfect. Let's be honest. As the world-famous hit single by Hannah Montana goes. Nobody's Perfect. I'll list a few things I did not achieve this week.

• 5:45 wake up each day. Started out well. One stupid sleep ruined that, and I've been playing catchup since. I will say that on the morning of this post, I was up at 6:15, so we're getting there.
• Filming video content. Yeahhh didn't do it. I really don't want to, so as a result, I now have to do twice as many next week.
• Have weekly catchups for Forefront. Now, I claim only a 50% error for this one. James was busy, so our schedules didn't align, but rest assured, we'll be setting time for a meeting next week to ensure Forefront is ready and making waves in 2025.

So, as you can see, it's not a perfect week, but it's a good one. I've heard the phrase. 'Perfect is the enemy of good.' So you know what? I'll take good. End of log 01, see you next week! ????