Practice makes habit?

If you practice enough, it becomes a habit. So I'm going to practice trying again.

Day	A.M.	Y/N	Noon	Y/N	P.M.	Y/N
Monday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	y
Tuesday	15 minutes cleaning	y	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	n
Wednesday	15 minutes cleaning	y	15 minutes gardening	n	60 minutes gardening	n
Thursday	15 minutes cleaning	y	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	y
Friday	15 minutes cleaning		15 minutes gardening		60 minutes gardening

• Finally got the hour of exercising (not gardening, but still burning calories). I had to work late, so I exercised late, but it got done.
• Yes! Finally got in a proper day's exercise :)

Back into the swing of things

Okay. A new week, a new start. I am going to try to go back to a more regular schedule. If I sound doubtful, it's because I'm not caught up on sleep and inconsequential details like that. But perhaps habit will get me back into the swing of things. Once I start exercising, it's easier to keep going.
I hope your week is going to go swingingly!

Day	A.M.	Y/N	Noon	Y/N	P.M.	Y/N
Monday	15 minutes cleaning	y	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	n
Tuesday	15 minutes cleaning	n	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	n
Wednesday	15 minutes cleaning	y	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	n
Thursday	15 minutes cleaning	n	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	n
Friday	15 minutes cleaning	n	15 minutes gardening	n	60 minutes gardening	n

Not so good. Lots of pressure to Get Work Done! Now! We Have Deadlines! The trouble with that is that this is the third project in a row that's used that line and it's getting old. Or I'm getting old. Or both. Fighting back.

Holy Week, a.k.a. Wholly Overloaded Week

Things look ominous. I'm scheduled to work a series of 15+ hours days this week. The database I'm working in at the moment has to be accessed through a wired network. I cannot use my laptop via a wireless connection. And I have a two bedroom house, the second "bedroom" is my office. It's where my computer network is set up. Everywhere else in the house, the Internet is accessible only through wireless.
And my niece just texted me to ask if she and her family could come stay this week.
On the plus side, I was honest with her. On the negative side, I think I've hurt her feelings. (She's never seen my house. I did try to describe it, but I'm not sure she quite believed me.) I temporized by saying that work would probably ease up by the end of the week, if she wanted to come by then.
So I might have to play hostess at the end of the week, when hopefully things will be less hectic. Which means I have to take time to clean the house, get in groceries, mow the lawn, trim the borders, and still work 15+ hours... oh all right. I'm whining. I know I'm whining. I should get a more reasonable job or find a way to explain things more clearly to my family in a way that does not hurt their feelings. Or become a tougher person.
Somehow, I will get through this week.

Day	A.M.	Y/N	Noon	Y/N	P.M.	Y/N
Monday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	y	15 minutes gardening	Y
Tuesday	15 minutes cleaning	N	15 minutes gardening	N	15 minutes gardening	N
Wednesday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	N	15 minutes gardening	N
Thursday	15 minutes cleaning	N	15 minutes gardening	Y	15 minutes gardening	N
Friday	15 minutes cleaning	N	15 minutes gardening	N	15 minutes gardening	N

Well, I knew it would be brutal. But at least it's over. Next week will surely be easier. I hope.

I could get so much done if I didn't have to work

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
- E. B. White

I could get so much done if people didn't insist upon asking me to get work done. Okay, whine over. (For now. You know I'm not really done.)

Day	A.M.	Y/N	Noon	Y/N	P.M.	Y/N
Monday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	Y	60 minutes gardening	Y
Tuesday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	Y	60 minutes gardening	Y
Wednesday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	Y	60 minutes gardening	Y
Thursday	15 minutes cleaning	Y	15 minutes gardening	y	60 minutes gardening	y
Friday	15 minutes cleaning	N	15 minutes gardening	Y	60 minutes gardening	N