Daily Schedule

Today is Day 3 of our holistic health improvement project. This is the first day we've incorporated an adaptation into our schedule to accommodate Ecaep's special circumstances in the office today. We didn't exercise this morning so Ecaep could go into the office early. So we bumped our exercise routine over a day. We will make up the session on Saturday morning instead. So far, so good! Here's how we stand.

Of the Solutions:

3. Plan trips carefully to limit travel expenses. Check.
4. Eat at, or eat from, home; pack lunches, snacks, and travel meals. Check.
8. Exercise together first thing in the morning. Check.
9. Take advantage of good weather to hike and play outdoors. Check.
10. Make home maintenance chores a priority. Check.
12. Adopt a regular schedule and follow it. Check.
13. Leave work at work in the evenings. Erm, working on it.
14. Pursue hobbies primarily with supplies we already have. Check.

Of the Strategies:

4. Prioritize writing and teaching projects and complete in order. Check.
5. Reserve video/computer entertainment for evening or weekend free time. Check.

Of the Follow-through:

1. Talk to God. About everything. Check.
2. Check in with each other daily about progress and problems. Check.
3. Blog the journey. Check.
4. Write everything down in the daily planner and on the calendar. Check.
5. Focus on accomplishments and celebrate often! Check.

Not bad for the third day in, eh? Now to keep up the momentum!

The momentum is powered by the regular schedule we are living now. Ecaep's schedule centers on his workday, which is as it should be. Mine does too, but since I work at home it flows a little differently.

Lira's Schedule

Weekdays:

A.M.

Arise!
6:00 Up. Claim Bathroom for five minutes.
6:05 Dress for exercise. Prep exercise space. Warm up.
6:15 Exercise.
6:25 Clean up. Cool down.
6:30 Shower.
6:45 Dress. Make breakfast.
7:00 Breakfast.
7:15 Clean up. Prep workspace.
7:30 Plan day. Quick check online correspondence.
8:00 Train cat. Cat breakfast.

Create!
8:30 Write. (Hot days: outside. Cool & warm days: inside.)

P.M.

12:00 Lunch. Reading. Chores. Music.
1:30 Spiritual activities. (Optional: Nap.)
3:00 Write. (Hot & cold days: inside. Cool & warm days: outside.)
4:30 Errands. Business work. Dinner prep.
5:00 Dinner prep.
5:30 Dinner. Chores. Train cat. Cat dinner.
6:30 Internet. Blogs. Email. SL. IM. News.
7:00 Us time (may extend to bedtime if we like).
8:00 Project & hobby time. (Fridays: prep weekly menu.)

Retire!
9:30 Clean up. Undress. Dress for bed. Reading. Relax.
10:00 Sleep.

Weekends:

• Open schedule.
• Plan for one travel/shopping/play day & one home/cooking/chores day.
• Complete regular chores, housework, special chores, and errands.
• Work on art projects, writing research, and writing prep.
• Weather permitting, go hiking or do something else fun & active outdoors.
• Have a date together. :)
• Train the cat before breakfast.
• On Sunday, get ready for bed at 9:00 p.m. and go to sleep at 9:30.

And that's my present life. I like it. Go us!