Balance Is Hard

Still without a real phone == No new pictures

Put these in order of importance:

• CrossFit
• Weightlifting
• Running
• Yoga
• Rest
• Nutrition
• Work
• Max!
• Carbnivore
• Errands
• Cleaning/Laundry
• Planning
• Fun

It's hard, right? And then even once you've defined what's most important to you, it's still not clear how to maximize success.

This week at work we did Insights Training, since they're doing a big office move and we weren't allowed in our building. I found out my only subconscious color is Red, which explains my love of goals, lists, and actions. However at work I spend significant energy dialing down my "Red energy" and exude a lot of Blue (love of details, analyzing data, etc) and Yellow (enthusiastic, sociable, dynamic).

My personality assessment seemed relatively accurate, saying in a few different places that I spend significant time trying to achieve perfection at everything and being disappointed in myself when I fail. It also said my love of details and data can result in being less action-oriented and spend more time planning/analyzing/thinking. (Yeah, those things are kind of contradictory but maybe that just explains why I've felt so ill at ease lately?)

So in the spirit of self-improvement, I'm going to make a few changes in how I do things for the next month. At the end of November I'll see how things went and make changes as appropriate. Without further ado...

The Changes

Workouts

1. Every weekend I'll make a workout plan for the upcoming week, based on how I feel and where I think I can make the most improvement.
2. Once the plan is made, I'll either get the workouts done or I won't. If I'm tired, sore, sick, busy, whatever and miss a workout, I won't plan on making it up. With the high volume of workouts I have planned, there's plenty of other sweat sessions coming up to look forward to.
3. Every week will have at least 1 full rest day.
4. Skill work - Oly lifting, Double-Unders, Toes to Bar, Pistols, Handstand Push-ups. Every week I'll pick a primary and secondary skill to work on after WODs. If I want to compete in the Open Games, I need to whittle down my list of things I straight-up can't do to as few things as possible!
5. More yoga, more cardio, more "get lean" sessions. The less body fat I have to carry around, the more weight I'm going to be able lift. Simple as that.
6. Every 3rd week will be a "decompression" week where I'll focus more on rest, yoga, and CrossFit skills.

Nutrition

1. Re-commit to paleo. More lean meat, more vegetables, fewer nuts, fruits, and cheat days.
2. 1-2 healthy cheat meals a week. I want to transition this into a lifelong way of living
3. DRINK MORE WATER. No reason not to be better hydrated!

Work
I've decided to be better at work! I need to put more thought into how these goals should be structured and measured.

Other Things

1. Max - Keep him a happy, healthy dog.
2. Be more of a girl - More shopping, more manicures, more femininity. Since (almost) all my co-workers are male and so many of my activities bring out my inner competitiveness, it's hard to hold onto my girliness.
3. Cleaner more organized environment - apartment, car, office, bags, etc.
4. Make a budget and stick to it - adjusting it is fine but I should probably stop indiscriminately spending money.

I love that I really believe I'll be able to be more successful at more things just because I've made this list. I can be so silly.

The Carbnivore and I are planning a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth!