The Self Improvement Thread

[Garneta]

Geez, you'd think I'd come up with better names for these things than 'The *insert whatever topic here* Thread'. . .but oh well. The basis for this one is--you guessed it--self improvement. I've been trying for awhile to get back to my 'Happy Kat' self...just like I was when I first met Richie. I liked that Kat. That Kat was a lot better than what I've become over the years (basically, since I started dating Jim...sorry Jim if you read this, but it's true; I've been on a downward spiral the last few years)...a depressed, emo, alcoholic, mopey, kinda boring Kat. So I decided, "What would be better than trying to do this on my own like I have been? Why, starting a thread about it so that I can have teh supports for it!" Plus, I keep thinking of so many things to improve upon that I'm actually gonna need a list, or else I'll probably end up forgetting half of them. I figure I'll use this thread to mark progress/downfalls...y'all can feel free to set up lists of your own here if there's anything anyone else wants to work on, or just help me out, whatever works for ya. Anyway, here I go with my list...If I can accomplish all this, then I'll be much better for it (and generally happier...especially if I actually get my new apartment, and can work on stuff there)!

-Kat's Worklist-

*Work on my hair-trigger temper. Some of the things I get angry about are pretty retarded.

*Not let things stress me out so much. Stress=Baaaad.

*Speech patterns. Why the hell do I use the word "y'all" so damn much? For that matter, why do I swear so much? Gotta work on stopping that, too.

*Eat healthier. Yep. There are other things out there than greasy fast food, after all.

*Exercise more. Need to figure out a way to do this though...hiking is fun, but I do have bad knees. Is yoga good on the knees? Maybe Tai chi? Been wanting to learn those for awhile anyway; I'll have to check into it.

*Go back to school. Yeah, this one will be harder. Takes money, after all, and scheduling. I'll figure it out eventually though.

*Get back into theater. I was always happiest when there was a show going on, especially if I was in the show.

*Drinking. I don't need to drink for the wrong reasons (like to make me feel better about anything), and I don't need to drink alone. When I do drink, I can drink less. It'll still work, and won't give me as bad a hangover the next day. Plus, if I don't get completely tanked, there's less chance of me acting like a complete retard (I say 'less' because I can act pretty retarded sober too sometimes...).

*Patience. I need some. How the hell to get it though, I don't know.

*Flossing my teeth. I always forget this for some reason.

*Getting organized. I already am...it's just that I'm organized in a messy sort of way. I'd like to be organized in a...well...organized sort of way. This applies more to my new apartment (well, if I get one...crosses fingers) than it does here....it's too late for this one.

*Stop wanting so badly what's (hopefully) coming up in the future, and just be content with what's happening now.

[Ciararavenblaze]

- not get so damned pissed-the-fuck-off at fucknuts who don't ever, EVER dare to use their blinkers.
- not get so damned pissed-the-fuck-off at fucktards who chatter on their cell phones while behind the wheel with said phone plastered to their ears as opposed to... y'know... THE BLUETOOTH OPTION.
- not get so damned pissed-the-fuck-off while driving, period...

[Garneta]

-Day 1-

I'm starting it as day one since I posted the thread, to keep track of progress since then...really I've been working on a lot of this for awhile already, and don't know what day it really is.

*Managed to eat healthy...a salad for lunch, and a subway sandwich for dinner. Also, an orange soda.

*Didn't do so well with the speech...Did 11 y'alls and 3 swears. One of them was me saying, "y'all," then realizing it and saying, "Damn it!" Was gonna put a dollar away for each instance...but that's 14 bucks. We'll see if I have enough money left from buying food and gas for me to do that at the end of the week. If not, then I'll do a quarter for each word.

*Forgot to get some of those little flossy things at Wal-Mart...I don't know where my refillable flossing thing is at the moment, so I'm just gonna buy the little one-use throw away ones that come in the big pack.

*Emotionally I don't know how I'm doing. Was a bit cry-ey most of the morning (didn't help any that nobody turned in my missing $100 anywhere), but at work I managed to stay calm. My sadness/impatience about some stuff is still attempting to sneak in on me, but I'm trying to hold it off.

*Trying to work on my patience by sewing the lining of my purse by hand...with a different type of stitch than I really have to use.