Today is April 1st. I have successfully made it through a quarter of the year so I'd like give an update on how my Year of Balanced Thirds is going (click here to read pt. 1) .
During January, I actually logged my wake and bed times as well as what 1/3 of my life I proud of and what 1/3 of my life I needed more balance. Overall, I did pretty well with the social aspect. I attended a couple of young adult meetups and networking event and reached out to people in my circles to spend time together. I got closer to 8+ hours of sleep per night than I ever have in my life. Some days I got 6 hours other I got 10 and I felt pretty good. Unfortunately, I had more days than I wished for where work exceeded 8 hours and that directly affected my sleep or social balance. So all in all I made progress.
During February, I trusted myself too much and did not record my habits. As a result, I slipped hard. I barely reached 8 hours of sleep on any night. Part of that was a result of many great social weekends of travel (DC and NYC) so I didn't regret missing most of that sleep. I worked on at least one Sunday during the month and I worked past closing (when I say past closing that means at least 2 hours over closing because in my department one hour over is considered normal) on a couple of Fridays in the month. So I was happy, but tired.
March was a totally different ball game. I tracked a few of my hours and it was not pretty. Sleep was loooow and while I was socializing a balanced amount in the evenings, I was wasting time cyberloafing at night. The saving glory of that month was that I was determined to live a life centered around pleasing God. I prayed a lot and received a lot of guidance. That is the only explanation I have for why I didn't fall on my face from exhaustion. In fact, the opposite happened...everything got easier. I've got an insane testimony about this but right now isn't the time for sharing (msg me if you'd like to hear the full story). Let's just say that March Madness worked in my favor, but there's still room for improvement.
So what's on the horizon for April...
The best is yet to come,
~Adwoa
During January, I actually logged my wake and bed times as well as what 1/3 of my life I proud of and what 1/3 of my life I needed more balance. Overall, I did pretty well with the social aspect. I attended a couple of young adult meetups and networking event and reached out to people in my circles to spend time together. I got closer to 8+ hours of sleep per night than I ever have in my life. Some days I got 6 hours other I got 10 and I felt pretty good. Unfortunately, I had more days than I wished for where work exceeded 8 hours and that directly affected my sleep or social balance. So all in all I made progress.
During February, I trusted myself too much and did not record my habits. As a result, I slipped hard. I barely reached 8 hours of sleep on any night. Part of that was a result of many great social weekends of travel (DC and NYC) so I didn't regret missing most of that sleep. I worked on at least one Sunday during the month and I worked past closing (when I say past closing that means at least 2 hours over closing because in my department one hour over is considered normal) on a couple of Fridays in the month. So I was happy, but tired.
March was a totally different ball game. I tracked a few of my hours and it was not pretty. Sleep was loooow and while I was socializing a balanced amount in the evenings, I was wasting time cyberloafing at night. The saving glory of that month was that I was determined to live a life centered around pleasing God. I prayed a lot and received a lot of guidance. That is the only explanation I have for why I didn't fall on my face from exhaustion. In fact, the opposite happened...everything got easier. I've got an insane testimony about this but right now isn't the time for sharing (msg me if you'd like to hear the full story). Let's just say that March Madness worked in my favor, but there's still room for improvement.
So what's on the horizon for April...
- I should probably get back to writing down my daily happenings since it helped
- more concerts and fun things like kickball! (don't worry I've got blogs coming about this)
- new friendships (JIPsters, colleagues, teammates, hometown chums, church friends, and more)
- hopefully more sleep!
Don't know why
I have to drive so fast
My car has nothing to prove
It's not new, but it'll do 0 to 60 in 5.2
--Alabama, I'm in a Hurry
The best is yet to come,
~Adwoa
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