New Routines and Thinking Outside the Home Office

Originally I was going to blog from here, but the rocks were too uncomfortable and I was worried about having my back to my bike in the dark. 

I can't believe it is Friday already!  This has been a very fast, and productive week.  I am on day 5 of the 15 Days to Freedom Blog Challenge; and on Day 14 of The Magic (day 13 was so incredibly awesome). I haven't actually watched the video for day 5 of the blog challenge but I am blogging anyway since I have only blogged once since beginning the series.

Then I sat down at a picnic table and was going to blog from here, but my (new) computer was giving me problems so I just relaxed for a bit instead.   

I have gotten so much out of it so far.  Day two, setting MIA's (most important actions) really kicked me into high gear and although I have been watching the videos daily and doing the actions (mostly), I just haven't gotten around to blogging--which was the original reason for doing the challenge and thus I am writing a blog today before doing the challenge. Even though I haven't been blogging daily I am taking two blog posts in a week as a win!

There is just too much to write about that has occurred in the the last four days so I will do a quick bullet list:

• Day 1 I decided that I would do my walking/biking in the mornings rather than in the evenings, but that has proved to be harder to implement than anticipated.  I work from home currently, but the goal is to be working from an RV in remote areas within the next year, so the new goal is to "practice" at being outside of a traditional home office and take my computer with me on my walk or bike ride and write overlooking the ocean (since that is where I go when I do my walks/rides). It now seems silly that I have imprisoned myself in my home office for the past nine years. 

• Day 2 I did choose my MIA to complete during the 15 day challenge--eek and I only have 7 days left to complete it.  It is to decide on a new program/promo piece for my day job, write it and get it sent out (which includes finding people to send it to). Didn't seem like a lofty goal when I set it--ha!

• Day 3 I downloaded Headspace (a guided meditation app) the first day - does it still count for today's challenge? I am loving it by the way.  I have mixed feelings about ALL my stuff being online--I once lost access to my financials because the program I was using stopped being free.  I have used Dropbox and will check out Asana today for project management because the truth is, my notes are spread throughout too many places. 

• Day 4 - I have done a great job at not getting into the distractions because I have been so busy. Outside of that I am interested in the app that lets me schedule out the email.  I like when apps let me schedule posts and such (and intend to check out Hootsuite). Now it is just a matter of getting these things done ahead of time so I can schedule things out. Cutting out the TV, which I did on Day 2 helped with distractions--fact checking the media is a big time waster for me. 

Okay, onto Day Five!