LUE: A Multi-Pronged Challenge

[notquiteisraeli]

As CELTA comes to a close (and for the record, I'll be blogging about all that over at Limmud Anglit, not-so-shameless plug), I'm setting myself some small challenges as goals for the year. After all, I have my teaching action plan written out (that was an actual assignment), so why not write out my other goals?

Thus, in no particular order:

Skin Care

I'm pretty happy with my routine, now. Face, body, hands, nails - it's all pretty good. I am restricting my buying, though. I will only replace products as needed. No trends or any of that crap. No need to reinvent the wheel. I exfoliate face and body; I use retinol and vitamin C on my face; I religiously wear SPF 30 at minimum. Everything's working nicely, so why mess with it?

Hair Care

I've bought new shampoo, conditioner, and heat protectant and am committed to it. Also to a more flattering hair style. At most I might get some gentle hair spray to keep things in place.

Makeup

Again, I'm happy with what I have, so I'm committing to only replacing products as needed (i.e., when they expire).

Clothing

I'm not buying any more clothing this year. And I'm clearing out my wardrobe. Seems counterintuitive, but to me it makes sense. I have plenty of clothing I like. I'm going to make the most of it.

Exercise

After CELTA is done, it's back to the gym twice a week. To start. One day of ten minutes on the treadmill, one day of twenty minutes swimming. That's the most I'll commit to doing right now. If I can do more, great. But it's a start. Also stretching ten minutes every night.

Journaling

I've been journaling five minutes a day in my guided mental health journal. It really does help, so that continues.

Spiritual

Lighting Shabbat candles and doing Shabbat with Eyal. And saying "Modah Ani" (I Thank You) every morning and the Bedtime Shema at night. I'd like to do more, but I want to work up to it.

I think these are manageable and bite sized. All of them are things that make me feel better when I do them.

Comments

[rubian77]

Good for you! Where do you plan to offload your clothing? I need to do that too....

[notquiteisraeli]

We'll take the clothing to the WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization) thrift shop here in Be'er Sheva. They run a chain of thrift stores in Israel to raise money for their day care centers, summer camps, youth villages, and drop-in centers for at-risk youth.