I got a pedometer at work, so I've been trying to keep track of my walking. I think I've got a pretty good average so far, so I think it's time to start working on upping my average. Here's what I've got so far.

Well... breakfast has been a success. I've had a cup of yogurt with grape-nuts each morning. I'm now starting to switch from the fruit-on-the-bottom to plain yogurt and mixing in frozen fruit. This will remove a lot of ingredients like the infamous high fructose corn syrup. (Considering the ingredients list in the plain yogurt is "milk".) My goal for this week was to assign blocks of time to various tasks. I discovered that my setup was fairly unreallistic. I over-reached in setting up my timeframes. I didn't allow enough downtime, nor did I build enough flexibility into my timeframes. I think I'm going to try to do this one again next week.

I'm going to try to set some goals for this year. Rather than resolutions, which tend to be the fairly ambiguous, I'm going to try to use the SMART formula for setting the goals. The goals need to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely.

To this end, I think I'm going to start by setting a monthly goal and weekly goals. The monthly goals will be a project to complete by the end of the month. The weekly goals will be more along the lines of habits I want to work on developing (or breaking). I'll report progress as I go, but I'll need help. I'd appreciate if all you readers keep me honest on this. If I don't update my progress, feel free to harass me about it.

To that end, my first goals are: for the month of January--to create a budget to help reach our new savings goals; and for the first week of the month, to drink at least 64oz of water each day. So... here goes.

Yesterday, while preparing lunch; a complicated process involving a frozen Southwestern Chicken Meal Kit, a bowl with a lid, and a microwave; I managed to give myself a rather nasty steam burn on my thumb. It hurt. A lot. Seriously.
I ran it under cool water for about ten minutes and then iced it for about 2 hours. Still hurt. A lot. I'm not kidding here.
So we went to the drugstore to find some burn cream. What we found instead was Doctor's Choice Advanced Wound Care for Burns, Scalds and Abrasions.
Holy. Freakin. Crap. It's a miracle in a box. There's no drugs, just some sort of magic plastic that made my thumb stop hurting. If you ever give yourself a nasty burn, but not so nasty as to require medical attention, get yourself some of these. Actually get yourself some now so you have them when you do get a burn. Seriously.