Unemployed

So being unemployed is sort of sucking my resolve. I was pretty sure I'd have a job sooner rather than later, but that's not happening. A lot of my goals require at least some money

So I've introduced a couple of very short term goals to help motivate me (and make sure I don't just spend my days playing Assassin's Creed 3). Firstly, my daily to-do list. You'll never get to see it on here, but I've been writing myself a to-do list every day and often not doing them. So I've cut down the number of things on it to make it more realistic (and so I can just get them done pretty quickly), and upped the reward from "you can play AC3 all day once you're done" to "you can play AC3 all day once you're done, AND you get 1% experience!" We'll see if it works. Today my list consists of

• Go for a run
• Do 50 let-me-ins (might as well make a start on the pull up aim!)
• Tidy room

You'll notice no applying for jobs - at the moment I'm waiting for my professional registration to come through; at which point I imagine it'll be a little easier to appear attractive to employers. So I'm waiting until the deadline on the jobs I want before applying to give it some time to come through.

The second short term goal is to run 3 times per week, which I think I'll set at 5% per week completed.

I've also added a couple of other (easier) strength goals - well, they're not easy, just I can do them without equipment. They are: 100 body weight squats in one set; and a 5 minute plank. Obviously it's all about working up to them.

On the plus side, I've been pretty good in terms of diet at the moment. I'm focusing on more fruit & veg, no cakes/biscuits/desserts or alcohol. I haven't really struggled so far to be honest. Nor am I worried too much if I don't stick to it all the time - I went out with my friends last weekend and ate half a pizza, but also loaded up on salad. I don't need to be perfect, just better.

I need more very short term goals I think. These big goals are all well and good, but I quite like my pull up breakdown as a way to aim for something bigger. Hmm, I shall have a think and come back to you.