How I changed to a prepaid cellphone plan and never heard from my family again

So about a year ago I decided to leave the family plan and join a prepaid plan which costs $1.99 per day of use. I figured I would save some money since I hardly ever use the phone.

I never heard from my family again. 

Well, at least they never call me anymore. I have to call them. This has been the conversation for the past year:

"Hello? Aiya! You just spent two dollars!

Sigh.

Optimist Prime

My mom gave me this last year for my birthday after the following conversation;

"What do you want for your birthday?"

"Nothing, especially no junk."

Hmmm. 

I looked at it and immediately classified it as junk although I do like solar powered flappy plants. Ok at least it was small and wouldn't take up much space. And look at the darn thing! It has two smiley faces for goodness sakes! 

I put it up on the windowsill and mostly forgot about it, once in awhile it would catch my eye, flapping away.

Lately though, I've noticed even on gloomy days in the slightest light that flappy plant is chugging away! My fiancée and I have dubbed it Optimist Prime because it is a Transformer. Instead of changing into a Pontiac Aztek or a Nespresso machine, it transforms an 80% chance of rain to a 20% chance of sun. I hate cloudy gloomy weather but seeing that flappy plant flap away in the slightest bit of light helps.

I'm hoping to take a lesson from this piece of "junk" and find the scraps of sunlight in the clouds. 

Thanks mom (but seriously no more junk).

The problem with procrastination

This is the problem I have with procrastination; one day I will run out of tomorrows, but I don't know when. 

The important things have to be done today.

I'd better get going!

Turning my dreaded tasks into habits

One of my new resolutions is to avoid BS whenever possible (for the sake of my more delicate readers let's say BS stands for bullshit ). Yet some of my dreaded tasks are necessary, beneficial, and often very hazardous to put off. So to get these things done, I try to turn it into a habit.

The advantage of turning a dreaded task into a habit is that I eliminate the psychological hurdles involved in beginning and completing the task. It has become something that I just do. I don't have to think about it anymore. It doesn't matter if it sucks, it gets done anyway. In fact, if I miss the habit due to unusual circumstances I may even feel bad.

Turning something into a habit is easy. Do it today. Do it the next day. And the next until you are no longer forcing yourself to do it. You are just doing it. A habit.

Here's a list of some habits I've created or are in the process of creating. Yes, some are easy and obvious. Then again maybe they all should be.

Floss every night - used to be more sporadic. Now, every night.

Wash face in morning and before bed - still working on it.

Clean litterbox everyday - still working on it. The penalties are an incentive to do better!

Morning exercises - 5x/ week

Trash day once a week

Pay bills one day a month

Eat plain oatmeal - 5x / week

Wash all dishes before bedtime - almost all the time

Everyday creativity - still in process!