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Weekly goals


On Sunday night I like to sit down and come up with a brief list of goals. These items are unrelated to cleaning and usually involve minor things that I seek to achieve. I thought that it would be fun to share these goals with my readers. Over time you will see that some of these goals repeat themselves. That is not because I did not reach them but because they are ones that I feel the need to be constant

On Mondays I will be posting short term goals for the week along with items that are on my long term list. Those on my long term goal list will more than likely change as I either complete one task or add newer one. Then on Sunday nights I will post which goals I achieved. If I did not achieve all my goals I will include the reasons why.

Two of this weeks goals are repeats due to the fact that I didn't achieve them. I had some issues with relaxing and also my irritability hit a higher level that nearly led to an outburst.

Goals for the week of March 6th to March 13th

* To be less irritable. I really need to get this under control before I snap out and verbally say something that I regret.
*Relax more. I am going to devote a little more time this week to just me. I hope that if I can relax a little more that my irritability will lessen.


Because of the seriousness of my irritability these are the only goals for the week. I am trying to get myself to a more calmer state. I plan on using breathing techniques and just general stress reductions methods such as reading, exercise and mediation. 

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