#oneaday Day 1080: Rebooting

Next week is going to be a proper "reboot" for me. The first week of the new year hasn't quite gone to plan, so I need to make an effort this coming week.

There are a number of things I'm going to do. And I think it might help me out to itemise them. Perhaps you will get something out of this, too, but I'm typing this mostly for my own benefit, I must confess!

My first goal is to establish a better sort of "daily schedule" for myself that allows me to fit in all the things that I want to be able to do. I have a list of things that I want to be able to do regularly — not all of them need to be every day, but ideally each of them need to have several opportunities a week. Those things are:

• Work the day job (obviously, this isn't going anywhere)

• Get video projects done (at present, doing these at weekends works quite nicely, but I may spread them out throughout the week instead)

• Pick up Atelier MegaFeature again

• Practice the piano (I've got a bunch of new music and it'd be nice to be able to actually play some of it)

• Spend some time catching up on FFXIV

• Read Full Metal Daemon Muramasa (this is technically "work" but it's a significant enough time commitment to be worth scheduling in its own right)

• Get to the gym at least a couple of times a week

• Get to the swimming pool once or twice a week

• Make time to read manga/novels/watch anime

• Get back on diet (it was working, then we completely fell off and basically need to start over)

• Enjoy some retro games on Evercade

• Enjoy some current games

There's probably some more things too, but those are the things that immediately spring to mind without having to think too hard. I'd add "see friends" to that list but I'm kind of sick of being the only one who makes an effort in that regard, so I'm also kind of over making an effort. If they invite me, I'll come, but no more suggestions from me that get summarily ignored.

It may sound like a drastic solution, but I'm thinking that actually dividing my week up into specifically scheduled blocks of time — almost like a school timetable — might actually be a helpful process for me. Of course, it doesn't pay to be too rigid with these things, but I feel like the number of dreams I've had recently about not having my school timetable on hand (both as a student and as a teacher) is trying to tell me something.

At the very least I feel like things that can be neatly divided up into chunks of time — like going to the gym, or spending a set amount of time catching up on FFXIV, or practicing the piano… or, indeed, thinking about it, most of the things on that list — would benefit from actually being scheduled in some way. So from Monday I'm going to give it a shot.

What I would like to be able to do is get up earlier than I do currently, go do the gym and/or swimming before work starts, then have the rest of the day available to do work and the other things on the list. Unfortunately "getting up early" has been proving very difficult for both Andie and I of late, but I guess it's one of those many things where you just have to build good habits — and resist bad ones. Bed is so nice and warm and comfy, though.

As for other things I want to do… well, I've rambled on a bit today, so I'll save them for another post. Writing the above has helped me sort a few things out in my mind, though, so thank you for indulging me on that front. Now, time to go enjoy some Evercade, I think…