Weekly sharing of Goals! Week #40 2024 (Monday 10/07/24 - Sunday 10/13/24)
I welcome anyone to commit to a goal here today.
But importantly, talk about getting it done..... or why it didn't happen yet.
To praise each other for our efforts and wins.
While supporting each other through trials and setbacks.
And to continue trying and not give up.
Remember:
Every Goal should be considered "Worthy".
Never belittle your achievements and be proud of yourself for your daily accomplishments!
Whether they be Complex or Simple.
Getting out of bed is a good day..... Good job I say!
Share your goals today, for support and encouragement.
@IchooseLife79 @cloudySummer @mytwistedsoul @KristenHR @Tinywhisper11 @CyclingThroughLife @Psalm139 @Enthenia @anonyTortoise3336 @spicyavocado3788 @neatBlueberry5213 @AmyK1234 @ivoryLakeuk @MusokeHere @seashell145
Pretty much the same thing as last week. I'm behind on my assignments again. If I can just figure out the formatting then everything would be fine. Hopefully I can get caught up with work enough so I can focus on the code.
I got a chapter posted so that's something. Didn't get a picture done but that's because I'm out of ink.
I guess the main goal is not to let my already extremely stressful life become more stressful.
@Enthenia Are there any tutorials that would help? I hope your week goes as stress free as possible
@mytwistedsoul I have looked at so many tutorials/blogs/articles/layouts... If I ever get done with my work for the day, I will look again.
This is why it's so frustrating. It seems like a four year old could do it so why am I struggling so much? More than likely, it's just another thing I'm not suited for (like art) and I was foolish to even start this endeavor.
But for the moment I'm stuck in this farce.
Actually not being suited for anything seems to be my lot in life. Reality seems to consistently bombard me with that fact...
@Enthenia I think most of us here would probably have trouble figuring out formatting. I know I sure would. The way I see it you're working a full time job and doing this on your free time without a teacher you can go up to and say hey can you help me figure this out? Plus you've got other responsibilities with your pup. All of those things are good things though. Sometimes it just takes time to figure it out but once we do, it all falls into place. Try not to let this frustration get you down on yourself ok?
@mytwistedsoul yes. I'm hoping to get through the rest of the background checks so I can look for a formatting guide.l and hopefully get this fixed. It's getting cooler again so someone will want to play with a ball outside.
These tech classes really don't have anyone to ask questions to. We're really not supposed to ask the professor and I don't remember the last class I had with a graduate assistant...
@Enthenia I hope you had a chance to look for a guide. I hope when you take pup out to play you let yourself enjoy the moment. It's healthy for both of you and give you time to relax. I probably don't need to tell you that so maybe think of it as a gentle reminder? I know sometimes I have so much other stuff going on in my head that I forget that it's ok to relax and have a little fun
@mytwistedsoul
Fantastic way of looking at and expressing it... So True!
You got this @ Enthenia. It's not you.... it's just hard but you'll get better.
@IsayUncle well I found a layout generator which gave me the code for the layout I wanted. Then I tried adding the code I had saved in and tried previewing it on the online edition I found. Just shows me the basics which is fine because that's what I'm having trouble with but I was only able to work on it for about an hour. And that was just the main page. I still have three other pages to do. Add the video and audio and get the pictures to resize when a mouse hovers over them.
Was too humid to take the dog out so we had to stay inside. Haven't checked the code I sent over yet. Just have the main page like I said but if it works...
@IsayUncle Thanks :) Hey I hope it's ok to ask - are you doing ok? You know we're all here for you too if you need anything
@mytwistedsoul I totally missed your response when I looked earlier! The course is self-paced so it sort of makes sense that we're left to our own devices.
I wish I had found these resources before. Perhaps it wouldn't have taken me so long. This is what I've got so far. Need to fix the reference for the logo image and now the gradients aren't working but at least not everything is squished together! This is just the homepage.
@Enthenia That's kind of nice that it's self paced but it would be nicer if they also offered a little assistance with things here and there. Hey though you're doing it! It sounds like you found some helpful resources too! I hope you bookmarked them? I forget to bookmark things that are helpful and then I'm frantically trying to locate them again later!
@mytwistedsoul
Good Morning, 😀
Thanks for asking. My deep depression broke yesterday. I was in a bad place unable to facilitate what my brain told me to do and everyday for the past two weeks, I spiraled down into my own hellish hole of inadequacy.
Being physically incapacitated and unable to sleep along with losing all the rhythm that I had developed in this past year knocked me down hard. Every day down, proportionately increased the hardships of all my responsibilities for the all of the upcoming weeks of this year.
There were so many advantagous things I could have done in my downtime. I did none of them and that mounting failure deepened my depression.
I don't know why, but yesterday I had the capacity and strength to start anew. Starting at the bottom again and dreading the holiday season (except for christmas songs).
Your friendship and others here had a strong unsaid influence for me to get back on that horse. So yea, thanks for asking and I'm OK. 🙂
@IsayUncle I'm glad it broke. I have to admit that what you shared here is so relatable. I used to say that I wish I had the time to do this, that and the other thing. Thing is now I have the time but not the motivation. It can be really easy to get discouraged. I know you've been working really hard this year to build up your business and then you hurt your shoulder. You know though maybe we can look at it as a setback and not really a failure? And maybe there was things you could have been better spending your free time on but instead let's look at it as resting? Resting is good and helps your healing.
@mytwistedsoul
I don't think i ever saw anyone get back on the horse that fast! 😳😱😂. Poor horse though... Tough horsemanship!
Sometimes I think I'm the horse in this situation, not being able to shake my troubles!😂🤣.
So, thanks for the great post it made me feel good. I do Christmas carols now because of Tiny. FA la la la fa la lalla la. Happy songs. 😀😂
@IsayUncle That rider had style and grace! Lucky he didn't fall on his face 😂 Horses can pretty rowdy that's for sure.
@mytwistedsoul @Tinywhisper11
YEEESSSS, I have (in a darrk menacing voice). My leigons and i will don our halloween masks and sing Christmas carols on Oct31 door to door. If they don't treat us with eggnog, a trick they will get for sure! 👹🤶
@IsayUncle If they give eggnog they should be tricked! I've never liked eggnog 😝 it looks like thick milk 🤢 gimme the candy! Lots and lots of candy 😈
@mytwistedsoul
Fair enough! 🤣🍬🍬🍭🍬🍭🍬🍬🍭🍬🍭
@IsayUncle 😂
@mytwistedsoul
now that you made the deal and ate all the candy..... you must listen to Christmas Carols with me and Tiny in October until January
@IsayUncle I have this allergy. It's horrible. I'm not sure if Claritin would help. Which I've found out Allergic to Christmas is an actual song by a group called Mud on my Bra. 😬🤣🤣
@mytwistedsoul @Tinywhisper11 We Have A Doubter! bah hambug
Where on earth did you find that? HILARIOUS! 🤣😁😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXZqphp1fxc&list=OLAK5uy_nBrfGWw8loF-x_0eBRLWz7KZo_ONPirCk
@IsayUncle 😁😂🤣😂 YouTube has it all! 🤣 I spend waaayyyy too much time on there! 😅
Christmas is so commercialized anymore. Some of the stores started putting stuff out at the beginning of October already! We haven't even had Halloween yet! Let's not rush things so much
This one is funny too If it doesn't snow for Christmas 😁
@mytwistedsoul oh snap! TW for language
Sorry about that!
@mytwistedsoul @Tinywhisper11
Tiiiny.... Tiiiinny..... TINY.... HELP.... SOUL is trying to cupprupt me. Fingers in ears.... Fa lala la la la.... Fa lala la la la... 🧑🎄🤶😂
@IsayUncle 😂 I was really hoping I didn't offend you. I was really conflicted on if I should post it or not. It popped into my head and I forgot about all the cussing 😅
@mytwistedsoul
Awww, It didn't offend me. I was hoping my joking reply indicated that.
It would've been just as funny without the cussing though. 😂.
Mostly trying to get ready for winter. Put tin on the roof of the horse run in. I need to get a haircut. And pick out a car cover
Hope everyone has a good week
@mytwistedsoul always nice to be prepared ^-^ Hope you're doing well!
@BlueDarkAurora I try to prepare but often fall short somewhere lol! Thank you I hope you're doing well too!
@mytwistedsoul winter doesn't feel like winter if we're fully prepared:3
@mytwistedsoul
I also have to get ready for winter, my least favorite time of the year. Each year it gets later and later and sometimes I end up doing it the night before the first freeze or even first snow.... Putting the outdoor furniture away means the deck and front porch are cleared off and empty which kinda makes me sad lol....Pulling the snow blower from the back of the garage to the front where it is readily available really makes me sad.....but I really understand this goal.....
@CyclingThroughLife it must be sad, having to put all your summer stuff away🙁 but soon you get to put up decorations😁 that's always fun ❤
@Tinywhisper11 I never took the Christmas lights down from last year 😅
@mytwistedsoul 😂😂😂 I wish my carers would let us keep them up😂😂 decorating is fun, taking them down is not
@Tinywhisper11 Would they let you decorate your room with fairy lights? They would kind of be like having Christmas lights? There's other Christmas lights up on the path down to the horse too
The dentist I go to has a Christmas tree up year round. They decorate it for each holiday and when the holidays pass they decorate it for the seasons. It's actually really nice. The older folks might like it too
@mytwistedsoul fairy lights🤔🤔🤔🤔 that might look nice, I have a star and light ceiling projector, some lava lamps and candles to relax with in the evenings, some fairy lights is a good idea ❤ thanks soul ❤
@Tinywhisper11 You're welcome ❤️😊 They have different colors. I think they even have ones that change color or blink or fade in and out and they're not expensive either
@CyclingThroughLife Winter is my least favorite time of the year too. I hate being cold. I usually end up waiting until the last minute for somethings too. I think it's just my being in denial that winter is right around the corner. Winter to me feels like death tbh. Yes with the snowblowers! They get shoved to the back in the spring along with the shovels. It is really REALLY sad. I always question why I live up north lol
@mytwistedsoul
I struggle the most from mid November to the end of March.....I'm a self diagnosed seasonal effective disorder individual...I don't call it that though...I call it "falling into my winter funk"......I get bad bouts of it at times.....I have plans to move south once I can retire. While I still have 2 years to retirement, we have already started researching "over 55" gated communities and condos close enough to be able to hit the beach yet far enough away from the tourism in Virginia, NC and SC......
@CyclingThroughLife It usually starts in October for me when the days start getting shorter with daylight. Do you take vitamin D or use a sun lamp or light box? It can help a little. January and February is often the hardest. Oh moving down south would be nice! Florida would be nice if it wasn't for the bugs, snakes and alligators. Probably too many people too. I'd love to move to Alaska but then I'd have even less light in the winter lol
Does coming here and hanging out help ease the funk?
I am like that too - I have depression and anxiety (among other diagnoses) all the time but everything gets worse for me as it gets colder and darker. It can get really bad. That’s why I went to the doctor to get back on my medications.
Two years to retirement isn’t bad! You could make a countdown! 💚
@mytwistedsoul have fun ❤
@IsayUncle I think the goal would be to be persistent ^-^ Hope is nice but being sure is even better.
@BlueDarkAurora
@Tinywhisper11 aw thank you for being so kind :) <3
Completing my internship
@searchingSoul01 good luck ❤
Thankyou 😅
@searchingSoul01
Is that gonna be hard for you? And how long do you think it's gonna take?
My goals this week are to finish another chapter of my online class, remove the air conditioners from the windows(getting ready for winter, as stated above), and work on reducing my caffeine intake(this is a big one for me, and I failed miserably the first few weeks.... you can follow along here if interested
https://www.7cups.com/forum/healthyliving/FoodChoices_827/Caffeine_336966/
I hope everyone is having a great Monday as far as Monday's go......
@CyclingThroughLife good luck with your online class ❤❤ and ooof! Reducing caffeine intake, that's gonna be very hard. But you can do it, it's a lot easier if you donate your coffee to the tiny whisper charity😁 that's right I'm my own charity😁😁😁😁😁
I'll let you know about the donation after I get through this week lol
For what its worth, I never said I was giving up my coffee....I only have one 16oz cup a day.....its all the other things I consume that have caffeine in them that I am working on giving up....
With that said, I will be happy to have coffee with any of you on my day off...(I'm not sure you all would want to have coffee with me at 3am on work days).....there is an idea....maybe 7 cups can have a live "coffee chat".....or "tea time"..... a random, casual chat over coffee or tea that isn't really serious like some of the other helpful guided chats....or maybe they already have something like that and I just don't know about it.....
@CyclingThroughLife Good luck with your class! Omg lower caffeine intake? How do you function? 😳
@mytwistedsoul.
If you knew how much caffeine I take in on the daily, you'd know how I function lol.....I definately need to back down....I'm not quitting completely.....winners don't quit....hahahaha
@CyclingThroughLife Well if you can't reach Tiny for a donation I'm always up for an extra dose or two lol
@mytwistedsoul me as well :D
@mytwistedsoul its mine!! You but your own mister
@Tinywhisper11
@mytwistedsoul ok I'll share with you ❤
@IsayUncle 🎶🎶 happpy Monday to you
Happy Monday to you,
Happy Monday dear all of you,
Happy monday tooooo youuuuuu 🎶
💃💃💃💃💃
New Goal.... Be "walk out the door ready" by 7am.
When one is self-employed, it is easy to get distracted on many different fronts in the morning. My goal is whether I have to leave or not in the morning to be ready to leave by 7:00 every morning. Today was 7:40am.
That’s a really good, concrete, measurable goal! I might have to copy! Though 7 am seems a little ambitious for me!
@Psalm139
Yea thanks, it works good for me 'cause I get up early. Whether I have a job to go to that day or not. I tend to get distracted getting ready for the day. I might think of something to research on the Internet or start watching the news, start a load of laundry try to make a bed, eat some breakfast etcetera etc. and before I know it it's 8:00 or 9:00 and I'm not ready to go out the door so then I'm scrambling. 😕
I think it'll be good for me to be ready to go out the door even if I do not have to go out the door and then I can do all that other stuff as time allows.
I think that can work well for any hour that suits into your schedule. I hope you try it and I hope it works good.. 😀🤗
@IsayUncle you really need a maid😂😂 is the home help, helping at all??
Almost done with one set of monthly reports so I pull up the quarterly to see how involved it is. The majority of the rows have absolutely no information aside from an account number and a total. 213 entries to go through. And not only do I have to deal with blank entries, I have to deal with inconsistencies in the files. I had one name but there were two files. One had a middle initial. But, it turned out that both names had a middle name with the same initial (this is why I use the full name of it's available) and my person didn't match either file (different b-day) so I'll have to do a background check on him as well as most of the ones on my list so far. Then I find folders with reports missing or double reports. If there is a reason notate it so people afterwards don't came across it and waste time trying to figure out why something was omitted or done twice.
And yet they yell at me. I'm not half this bad. Going to *hopefully* get back to the assignment after I come back from lunch.
For the ones that have basically no information, I'm going to have to sit through four different spreadsheets and look for the account number. Hopefully there will be more information on them. One would think there would be more information on these customers. The quarterly report is transactions over $1M...
@Enthenia
That's not fair at aallll! it totally S.uc.ks! Totally not FAIR! 😖😠
Sorry 🙁
@IsayUncle well I got all the ones we already had data on. 40 something out of 210. Tomorrow I have to do the ones with an address and then the ones that have nothing.
But, I got some actual progress on the assignment. Took me an hour and I still have to fix the other pages plus add the media. I got a gradient behind the menu bar. I got it horizontal. It was vertical but it's horizontal now. Got a text effect on the header... Hopefully now that I have the main part of it figured out, the rest will be easy.
I'd show a picture but the dog is resting from her time outside and I would disturb her if I went over to the computer...
@Enthenia
Cool, maybe you could show a Picture tomorrow. And i agree, let lying dogs lay.
Work really sounds ridiculous but I hope your progress with the assignment helps you get past the work grief! Good job getting all those pieces together.
@IsayUncle this job is the main reason why I started going back to school.
And this is what I have: 
I was going to say that I still had too much white space but I got the background to stretch. Now all I need to do is copy this code to the other pages and add the other stuff. But it's getting late and I need to eat...
@Enthenia
That is really looking good. I know you doubt yourself and beat yourself up for how long things take but really you've come a long way in a short period of time.
It's a whole lot easier to see our downsides and our faults and our problems stick to our brain like Velcro but all the good stuff that we do and accomplish seems to run over our bodies like water and go down the drain.
Try not to compare yourself to others. Keep doing what you're doing. Recognize the progress you are making. Try to stop reinforcing how slow it is or you are. Those screenshots really look great, you have come a long way in a relatively short period of time. (worth saying twice 🤗)
And remember you are making this progress under great duress with the financial security, a discouraging job and other stuff.
You say there's lots of programers out there that are better than you but I know for a fact there is not hardly any out there that have the same fighting spirit that you have. You get your foot in the door and even if you do have to learn more, an employer (of value) will love you're fighting spirit.
You have a good day today and take care of your puppy.
@IsayUncle comparisons are impossible to get away from. They're inherent. Standards are set by comparisons and grades, jobs--actually anything else is determined by a comparison of some sort.
And, time is a factor. I have a little over a month to complete six assignments. Yes I work full-time, get maybe 5hrs of sleep a night, pets, go by bus, attend school, etc. but all those things are independent of one another. It doesn't matter if I'm doing 109 other things; they all have to be done at the same time--especially the things at work.
As Yoda said: "There is no try".
@Enthenia
Well now, look at you Miss Philosophical. he he. You are very smart and I must say you are right. But But But... be careful what you do with those destructive self comparisons because you may not be comparing apples and apples....🤔
and now you got me debating Yoda 😂🤣... here goes... with "no try" there is "no do".
You are awesome and your standards are high but your diligence is over the top most of the time.... so it's ok to feel depleted sometimes.... It's not fair to do comparisons only during those times. 🙂
@IsayUncle not according to the supervisors at work. I basically got told to pay better attention because I put the wrong documents in a file seven months ago.
That type of admonishment does nothing. We have over 10k folders and there is no easy way to search for anything. They want us to do twenty things at once and be accurate every single second ! Over a year ago I cleaned up one main file section that had over 500 folders. Took me three months. Maybe it was two years ago. I don't know. I deleted duplicates, renamed files to have some semblance of order...
And I get told to "watch it" because of something I did back in March...
I wish I could have actually won the lottery. Then I could have left this job...
@Enthenia
how many people work in your office and how long have you been there?
@IsayUncle six supervisors and nine normal people. Two managers also and I see six of the normal people regularly. The rest work at home
The management vs. regular people ratio is quite high and any of them can tell us what to do or criticize at any time. And because they have a title, we can't question anything they say. They are experts and they know everything. The director of the department told me that (in not so many words) when I nearly got fired for something that wasn't entirely my fault two years ago. Almost got fired for jury duty too because one manager forgot to notate it on her calendar. That's another story.
Um so as for length of time, I think I'm on my fourth year but it feels like ten.
@Enthenia
Now I understand a little bit better. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. That's a real bad formula for any business. That kind of ratio is ridiculous and if none of the supervisors take responsibility for their own shortcomings, all that gets dumped on the lower position employees.
Here's a big KUDO'S for being resilient for four years.
What is your education plan into a new career? How much schooling are you trying to achieve before you start looking for another job?
@IsayUncle well I definitely need the degree and the certification which I won't get if I can't finish these assignments. I might try a temp agency or something at first. I don't like interviews and I don't do well with others. Almost ran into someone from another office coming down the stairs and I apologized and she started laughing which just got me upset. I apologized for my actions and she still found it highly comical. I mean I go out of my way not to inconvenience people and yet...she was laughing all the way down the hall. I should have left earlier/later to go to the restroom...
People get annoyed/laugh/upset/whatever through random encounters which is why I give everyone a wide berth. Not my place to inconvenience anyone...
@Enthenia
Awwww, I understand. You're saying it's not easy for you to just pick up and try new enviroments comfortably or often.
So even if this one is so hard it's better to stay here until you are sure the move will be worth it.
That makes a lot of sense.
I'm sorry that girl made you feel bad when you tried to be nice. People can be real jerks sometimes.
Please forgive me for bombarding you with the following questions. I promise not to do it again but I know you can do it and We will help you to the end. Show us what we are fighting for because we are in your corner and you got this fight!
Certification and Degree..... If you got everything done perfect and didn't have to work, how long would it take to get to get those?
How long is the course supposed to take?
How long have you been taking the course now?
Tomorrow is a new day. Going to wake up at 6am. Eat breakfast and start on my morning routine! I can do this.
@IchooseLife79 you can do this ❤❤ I'll help you, here I made breakfast...
Thanks. Breakfast has big ears. Lol
@IchooseLife79 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you picking on the breakfast I made you?????? That's it, I'm gonna just eat it myself😂😂 nom nom nom
@IchooseLife79
According to this post time, you haven't left much time for sleep..... 🤔
You might not have time for Breakfast, i'll finsh what Tiny doesn't, just to help you out. 😅
PS, thinking of you w/milton.... be safe. 💚
No I was up past my bedtime.
@IchooseLife79
I almost blew it with food prep and dishes. Had to stop myself but now I can get back to those things.
Woohoo! We both did well.
I'm watching one of my courses already. Then I have a listening appt. Then counseling. No going back to bed today!
@IchooseLife79
Awesome! Sounds like you have a good plan! 👍 Do it Do it! 😜
Now that I'm ready to go.... but still not working. I'm going to do 1 hour on core balance and the some medium projects around the house. Ultimatel getting to business paperwork. 😬
@IsayUncle @IchooseLife79 you both did great ❤❤❤
@Tinywhisper11
@IsayUncle milton😁🐒🐒🐒
@Tinywhisper11
i'm not bad.... i'm not😢..... milton is bad! bad huricane!
@IsayUncle your not bad🙁 Milton is bad that's what I meant sorry
@IsayUncle good morning uncle John ❤ good morning everyone ❤ please spread love wherever you are today, remember the world is one big family, we must stand together.... Orrr! Crap, ok you guys stand together I'll just sit this one out
@Tinywhisper11
Good early afternoon lovely lady. I don't care if you have to sit but you are sitting in! You are never sitting out. Facrynoutloud!
🤗😘😀😇🤗😘😀😇🤪🥰
@IsayUncle 😮😮😮 nooooo! Thanks uncle, but your squashing me😱 I'm fragile!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Tinywhisper11
Sorry, we call it it the squish squash hug! And wait 'tll we roll down the hill OHHHH NOOOO! 😁
Eewwww did you just stick a banana up your nose? Gross. Boogers are best eaten with ice cream.
@IchooseLife79 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I thought that's what bananas are for!!!!!