A Trip to the Little Smoke

We had to head into Launceston today to get my lovely wife's CPAP machine serviced today. She bought a replacement seal for her mask which I'm hoping will enable me to sleep tonight; last night was like trying to sleep in a wind tunnel.

While there, we had lunch at a cheap and cheerful Chinese place called Dumpling Paradise. The dumplings we had weren't spectacular, but the other dishes we got were surprisingly good.

My achievements for today:

1. I drove a round trip of approximately 200Kms for a combined business, shopping and medical purpose. I do love to multi task.
2. I did a first draft of a letter I need to work on to our local MP, the Communications Minister and NBN co to plead the case for our little village to have them replace our old corroded copper wire telecommunications infrastructure.
3. I managed to update this blog for a third day in a row, a feat I've not managed for years.

Baby steps still, but I am getting more used to doing this everyday. With a little more perseverance I hope to make it a habit and expand on my levels of achievement; inertia is a hard thing to shift so I need to put in some effort in order to build up some momentum.

A short update

It was a lengthy day today due to a couple of jobs in relatively remote portions of the Northern Midlands of sunny Tasmania today so a short entry will have to suffice.

My three things today:

1. I took down and watered the plant that lived in our bathroom today
2. I removed the GUI from my Linux based web server
3. I managed to make it to this blog for a second day in a row.

I know, it's not much, but it's a start. If I can just keep knocking over at least three things a day, make it a habit and recognise myself for doing so I think it may just be a cure for procrastination... eventually.

Three things (minimum) per day.

Dear reader,
                   high past time I revisited this blog. I think I need it to keep on top of things. I'm  a chronic procrastinator and I need a prod to keep me moving so what I've come up with is a variation on Jeff Carver's learn at least three things a day idea. I want to make sure I document at least three things I achieve per day as evidence to myself that I'm actually doing things because at times I get a little down on myself for never achieving anything, one of the perils of slow times when you're self employed.

They don't have to be big world changing things. For example, today my list was:

1. I've restarted (again) blogging. Something which I quite frankly enjoy but just haven't seemed to have gotten around to.
2. I've done a couple of loads of washing that've been waiting for over a week to be done and brought in the washing that's been hanging on the line for the last couple of weeks, it's had more than enough natural re-rinses and airing by now.
3. I started the idea of doing this achievement list.
4. I've sprayed weed killer on all the thistles and other, now more numerous, weeds around the yard.

As I said, they don't have to be Earth shattering, but even just these simple things and the fact that I've acknowledged  to myself that I've done them makes me feel more like a useful human being again.