Today was a pretty good day.
Not everything went right. But a lot of things did. What went wrong wasn’t due to my own error or inadequacies.
I managed to be flexible and work through these issues without letting it ruin my momentum for the day, which is new for me.
I got up this morning a little before my alarm (3:30am, I know, trust me, I know how early it is). I got up and made my lemon/apple cider vinegar/collagen drink and wrote that first blog post.
Then I did P90X2. I have started this program more times than I can possibly count, but it kicked my ass this morning. I am really out of shape for me! But I did it, I hurt and I smelled and I loved it at the end. Well, maybe not loved, but I didn’t hate it. I did my skin care routine and actually managed to make some coffee and grab my food without forgetting it! (Today was vanilla collagen creamer day and it was delicious. Vital proteins is whole 30 approved, in case you were wondering).
Work went…as work does. I ended up not doing the first case I thought I would, but I was able to help with floor work, then the next case was supposed to be a huge gastrectomy but we had to just do a palliative bypass. By this time I was able to have lunch and do some studying (I actually got all my outlining and lectures done today, but only did 18/143 questions).
Then, a case started around 1pm that was supposed to take maybe 2 hrs at most took 4 hrs. FOUR. And it wasn’t a happy 4, it was a painful, exasperating, want to quit multiple times kind of case. At the end I think it ended up successful, but it was. So. Painful. Ugh.
Anyway, I had been planning to try out a cardio kickboxing class at my gym, but it was way too late by the time I got to leave work for that. This is the moment I would usually derail. After 5, on my way home, plan for afternoon already with huge wrench in it. I would usually come home, eat a crappy dinner and just watch Netflix for a few hours before going to sleep. NO. I did not do this. I actually managed to accept my work hiccups, went home and made a different dinner than I was planning on (much shorter dinner) and got to work.
I’m on day 6 of whole 30, and I had a delicious salad (Tessemaes creamy Caesar, you are my one and only true love) and some knockwurst (yes compliant) with spicy brown mustard (I die). I also had a handful of cherries, but JUST a handful. I’m telling you, Monday Motivation is where it’s at. If only I could continue this all week!
I did some work, I actually did my full nightly skin care routine and I read some of my current book, Becoming by Michelle Obama.
I missed out on outlining my chess chapter, playing guitar, most of my questions and my kickboxing class…but I feel pretty awesome. I know I did a pretty great job with the time I had. I don’t feel like I wasted my time today. I feel good. So I’m going to harness this feeling, meditate before bed and then do it all again tomorrow. Although hopefully without the OR timing issues. With any luck, I’ll be able to catch up a little tomorrow since I should only have a couple big cases and can be done early.
If you’re feeling disheartened by an imperfect day, don’t. Look at what you did do. Look at what felt good. Then do it again tomorrow. But better.