Operation Maslow

This is a self-motivation, anti-procrastination operation. There are many things I want to do in my life, and I find myself filled with so much laziness to do them that even thinking about it makes me angry. So this is the plan. This is a list of goals. Each list has steps. Each step will be numbered. Every day, and I mean, everyday I will do one of those, randomly. Just one, but one a day. I will document, or at least confirm, the completion of every task. I started this on February 18, 2014.

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Day 24 - Day 26

#1 to #5 - Reorganizing my room and closet

My room has been a mess for about half a year, and I decided to take a mini break and use the weekend to reorganize it. I folded all my clothes again -as you can see, there was a big pile of shirts, jackets, pants, etc. I also took the mattress out, cleaned underneath of the bed, reorganized the suitcases that were stored there, and turned the mattress to the other side. At the beginning there was a suitcase at the end of the bed, serving as some sort of platform to put my clothes on; I decided to put it with all the other suitcases and take away the temptation of not folding my clothes. No platform means I either fold them, or I leave them on the floor. Since I move from one place to another quite often, most of my clothes are kept in suitcases, divided by season (summer or winter), type (pajamas, underwear, casual, formal) and use frequency.

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Day 23

#24 - Paint a part

first time using oil pastels! It's really hard to use color pencils on a layer of oil pastels. The wax comes off so easily that I need to be really careful with the pencils.

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Day 22

#25 - Buy vinyl eraser + paper stump + pastel oils

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Day 21

#27 - Draw first sketch of a painting project

I decided to practice my painting with Ester Roi's gorgeous art.

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Day 19 & 20

#10 Buy ingredients (See Day 5); #11 Cook!

A very simple version of the Peruvian dish Arroz Tapado.

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Day 17 & 18

#20 - Read 10 pages of Good Omens (x2)

Getting closer and closer to the end! God I love this book so much, so, so, so so much.

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Day 14, 15 & 16 

#20 - A lot of cross-stitching.

I am back from the spring break! I will be posting more tomorrow and see if I can catch up for all the missed days.

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Day 12 - Day 13

#20 - 40 (+40) minutes of cross-stitching

Spring break! I brought my mini pencil-holder project with me so that I can do some of the steps even if I am not in my apartment or am currently travelling.

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Day 10 & 11

I had two exams on Friday and did not have time to do my daily on Thursday. On Friday, I spent the whole day on campus, and came home to spend the whole night cleaning the apartment. I will be leaving for San Antonio for the duration of the spring break, so I will only be able to do the steps that do not require any of the things I will not bring with me. Dailies (I am calling them like these for now) for the missed days will be accumulated until I have done them.

Day 10: #10 - Buy ingredients for Day 5. Replacing it with #14

Day 11: #8 - Read 10 pages of Good Omens (done on Sunday, March 9)

Ñu

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Day 9

#22 - 40 minutes coloring the half-done doodle

Turns out the doodle was more than half-done, so I spent the last 35 minutes doodling a new one.

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Day 8

#8 - Two hours of online driving lessons

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Day 7

#8 - Read 10 pages of Good Omens

I am in love with the story so far. The style appeals a lot to me, and I have been meaning to finish it ever since I bought it a couple months ago, so I am happy with this task/step. 

No pictures because of possible spoilers!

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Day 6

#20 - Set appointment with Dr. B.

Dr. B is my current clinical psych teacher. Rather than set an appointment, I have decided to go to their office hours next week. It will be either on Monday or Friday.

Ñu

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Day 5 

#10 - Choose a dish, make a list of the ingredients.

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Day 4

#36 - Translate one page of book 1

(Currently - Espejos, by Eduardo Galeano).

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Day 3

#30 - Read 1 page (from a Chinese children's book)

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Day 2

#43 - Download New Music

*The songs with the cute elephant sticker are the ones I downloaded today. Usually there are more songs, but I downloaded a ton of songs on December so the list was much shorter.