Day 332, Timely, Consistent, Clear Planning and Logging for Productive Creativity
Friday Morning
Cronometer reports that I have kept a complete Cronometer log 73.2% of all days since Lisa’s Diet Takeoff Day (June 22, 2019). That has been almost six weeks.
What planning would make today a success? Let me consult TCC P&L for PC (Time, Consistent, Clear Planning and Logging for Productive Creativity).
Here is a rough sketch of my planning for today:
TCC P&L for PC
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Timely, Consistent, Clear Planning and Logging for Productive Creativity
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Time
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Plans
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Actual
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Up to 8
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Blog
Morning Routine
JV Life Tracker
Get Dressed
Aspirations
10 Powerful Affirmations
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8-9
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Christian Brothers A/C recharge
Get Mail
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9-10
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Clean the Kitchen
Breakfast
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10-11
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Blog
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11-12
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Fill Energy Supplements
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12-1
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Lunch
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1-2
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Seth Godin’s Linchpin
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2-3
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Blog
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3-4
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Android Studio & Remove SDK from C: drive
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4-5
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Blog
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5-6
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Get the Jeep
Declutter Desk
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6-7
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Dinner
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7-8
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Blog
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8-9
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Sympathy Cards
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9-12
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Get Ready for Bed
Take Medication
Electric toothbrush
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Now I have a view of my planning for today.
Healing Eczema
Let me do some planning to minimize the pain of a patch of eczema. I just put a drop of argan oil on the patch of eczema on my left middle finger. This is the second time I have done that. Last time, it seemed to relieve the soreness. However, I have no proof yet that argan oil is effective at healing my eczema. I am willing to try it though. Coconut oil helps prevent eczema. So far, it has not healed it. I have some evening primrose oil on order, which is what I typically take to heal eczema. That remedy can take a while. In the meantime, I have some 1% cortisone cream, which generally is not as effective as the evening primrose oil.
Gluten can exacerbate eczema. I am going to eliminate it again from my diet and forgive myself for slipping on my resolve. I already have “Eat no gluten” in JV Life Tracker. I have scored it only 34 times between January 14, 2019 and July 31, 2019. Let me see if I can improve on that. Lately, I have been eating bread; substituting brown rice would be better. Rice is a lot less expensive than bread too and does not contain yeast, which can contribute to candida overgrowth.
Morning Routine
In preparation for my errand at the automotive repair shop, I got dressed this morning.
The table below shows some prior planning I have done for my morning routine. This is what I have currently. The list is a bit bloated; so far I have never done it all in one day. However, the list seems to work as long as I do not try to do everything. Can I get myself to do my morning routine every day? Not yet. There is a part of me that balks at being relegated to a routine. I just want to go out and do everything impulsively or perhaps you can say spontaneously. However, going too far with that way of doing things can lead to mania. Planning is better; it is just that it is harder.
Done
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Notes
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Put Away Night-Guard
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Take Thyroid
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Take SAMe
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Adjust Thermostat
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Denneroll
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Meditation
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Check Calendar
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If Past Sunrise, Open Blinds
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Record Weight in Cronometer
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Record sleep in Cronometer
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Clean Eyeglasses
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JV Life Tracker
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T2 Mood Tracker
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Make Bed
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Aspirations in Joyful Vibrance
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Set 3 MIT (most important tasks) for day
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TCC P&L for PC (planning and logging)
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If Ready, Start or Empty Dishwasher
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Shower on Shower Days
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odb.org
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Blood Pressure
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Put Blood Pressure Reading in Cronometer
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Cognitive Distortion Analysis
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Put Notes in Cronometer
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Progress Ritual
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Move Laundry (if needed)
Lynda.com (10 min.)
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Declutter Desk
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Post Blog
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Review 14 Beliefs for a Popular Blog
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Preparing For My Day
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Strength Training
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Walk in Hallway
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Walk with Husband
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Breakfast
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Cronometer
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Brush Teeth & Special Rinse
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Don’t Eat or Drink for 20 m after rinse
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Breakfast for Husband
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Check Email
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MailChimp Mailing List
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Set up MIT’s
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Vacuum
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Blog
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Lunch (preferably a green drink)
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Put Images on Blog Daily
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Devotional with Husband
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Jeep Maintenance
As I was planning, I took the jeep to the shop for maintenance on the air-conditioner. The shop’s driver courteously gave me a ride home. Then I made my husband’s favorite spinach, tomato, and cheese omelet for breakfast while cleaning the kitchen. After breakfast, I hauled some boxes and trash to the condo’s dumpster complex and got the mail.
Supplements
A package from Swanson’s Vitamins was in the large mailbox, the key for which the mailman put in my mailbox. I loaded my “energy cocktail” in my pill containers. Instead of using silica complex, containing calcium and magnesium, which I get from other sources, I loaded the containers with three pills from Swanson’s: 6 mg boron, horsetail (containing silicon), and 22 mg of zinc picolinate. (15 mg of zinc is generally not enough for me; 30 mg can be too much–based on the nutrient balance indicator in Cronometer.)
Swanson’s is a company I feel comfortable recommending. They have given me great service and great products. My dad was the first to hand me a Swanson’s catalog. I believe the three new supplements will be great for my fingernails and possibly for my bones as well. Of course, I take calcium and magnesium also. (I have difficulty moving my bowels in the morning if I have not had magnesium the night before.) Sometimes, I take strontium citrate, though I have not yet done it regularly. To round out my bone health, I take 100 mg vitamin K2 and 5,000 I.U. vitamin D. More vitamin K2 would be even better. However, it is a pricey vitamin.
Unfortunately, I am not sure all of this is enough. Weight-bearing exercise is important. I may need to do more than walking. I sometimes use stretch bands. However, my consistency is not what I want it to be. Bioidentical hormones would probably help, but they were priced out of my budget at the time my doctor prescribed them.
Friday Afternoon
Bone Health Mind Map
Jeep
Although I was not planning on it, I had to do some wrangling about the price listed on the coupon. The man from the shop did not seem familiar with the coupon I had on hand. It surprised me that he did not seem aware of how his own company was advertising. After checking with someone else, he accepted my story. However, the disagreement blew some of my faith in the company.
My husband just recommended we eat our leftover dinner salad with avocado for our snack today. Good idea.
Wow! I just did the mind map above. It is one of my first. It is much easier and concise to explain these concepts with a mind map than it is with text. I think I will post it on Facebook. There. I did. I am planning to become more familiar with the tool of Facebook. It can be a distraction, but it can be on the path to success.
I got the jeep back and paid the price listed on the coupon. All is well.
Dinner Planning
My husband wants dinner with more fiber. I am planning to stir-fry a blend of frozen vegetables from Costco with salmon burgers.
Computer Planning
I removed 8.29 GB of Android SDK packages from my C: drive and copied them to another drive. That way I have room for additional programs on the C: drive. I have my eye on Serif Designer, which will provide tools to produce even more visual material for this blog. Reviewers say there is quite a learning curve for the program, so do not expect a Rembrandt overnight.
I proceeded and purchased a year’s subscription to the Mind Meister mind mapping tool. Fortunately, it will not require any space on my C: drive. Today’s bone-health mind-mapping experience was my third free mind map of the three allotted, and I do not want to stop making mind maps or erase the ones I have already started. I was planning for the mind map tool to be a reward for doing my planning for a month, but now I will consider the planning I have already done to be the requisite month.
Yesterday, I also set up Grammarly in Chrome, which is mostly free. It checks the correctness and clarity of blog entries. I wish I had started using it sooner. I just scored 99 on my first draft of Computer Planning with no alerts. (I wonder why I never score 100.) There is “1 additional writing issue,” available only for premium users. For now, I will spend my money on visual tools. Serif Designer is considered to be a bargain but is not a full replacement for Adobe Illustrator. However, for my workflow, that is probably okay.
Friday Evening
Dinner
Not many minutes ago, I started dinner.
Later, I served it: colorful, tasty, savory, easy-to-prepare, nutritious. I need to do something this good (or better) more often.
TCC P&L for PC
If you want a peek at my day so far, it is going well, probably because I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do. Here is my planning log:
TCC P&L for PC
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Timely, Consistent, Clear Planning and Logging for Productive Creativity
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Time
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Plans
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Actual
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Up to 8
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Blog
Morning Routine
JV Life Tracker
Get Dressed
Aspirations
10 Powerful Affirmations
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JV Life Tracker
Blog
Got Dressed
(did not get all the morning routine done, but that is okay)
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8-9
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Christian Brothers A/C recharge
Get Mail
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Christian Brothers
Aspirations
Take Out Trash and Boxes
Get Mail
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9-10
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Clean the Kitchen
Breakfast
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Clean the Kitchen
Breakfast
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10-11
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Blog
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Blog
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11-12
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Fill Energy Supplements
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Filled Pill Containers with Energy Supplements
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12-1
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Lunch
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Lunch
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1-2
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Seth Godin’s Linchpin
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Mind mapping
Blog
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2-3
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Blog
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Linchpin
Visiting with husband
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3-4
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Android Studio & Remove SDK from C: drive
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Picked up Jeep
Salad snack
Facebook
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4-5
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Blog
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Removed SDK from C: drive
Linchpin
Discussed dinner with husband
Updated log
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5-6
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Get the Jeep
Declutter Desk
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Blog
Prepare dinner
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6-7
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Dinner
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Dinner – Kirkland stir-fry with salmon burgers, pickle, and tamari sauce.
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7-8
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Blog
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10 Powerful Affirmations
Declutter desk
Grammarly
Check AWstats for blog
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8-9
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Sympathy Cards
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Sympathy Cards
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9-12
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Get Ready for Bed
Take Medication
Electric toothbrush
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The main thing left to do tonight is the sympathy cards. My father passed away last November, and my sister passed away in May. I have been procrastinating getting the cards sent out. Perhaps I could use a strategy taught by Dr. David Burns. I will tell myself I do not have to finish. I can just get started on them.
I finished them. They are just waiting to be put in the mail tomorrow. That strategy worked, this time at least.
Prayer
Evening Prayer
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If you would like to join me on this journey from the beginning, please start with Day One.
Stan and KaeLyn Morrill