Being Productive...

I've been sitting around on my butt mostly since New Year's Eve, due to this head cold.  I felt a bit better on Friday, so went into work to catch up a bit.  Spent about 4 hours there, came home, felt like crap that evening and yesterday.  Today I'm feeling better again, so tomorrow I should be able to start the first "full" week of 2014 on an up note.

Last year, I had a New Year's Resolution which was kind of vague, but which I kept for a number of months.  It was "Do one productive thing every day."  The productive thing was whatever I deemed productive...be it a large or small activity, or physical or intellectual (although it does need to be above and beyond something I normally "must" do every day, like the dishes).  I can be a very lazy person if I allow myself.  I know I spend way too much time "unproductively" on the computer (just surfing or playing games), sitting around watching television, or whatever.  When I started last year with that resolution, I found that doing one productive thing often led to another productive thing, and another.  I remember I got a lot done!  So I started today with the productive things of: several loads of laundry, and taking down the Christmas tree.

This year, to keep myself on track, I'm going to actually write down what I did each day.  I'm already looking forward to next New Year's Eve and seeing all the productive things I've done in 2014.