The Sporadic One

49. dag – En tur til Oslo og hjem igjen

Michelle — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:55:32 +0000

Endelig hjemme! Har vært på en spennende tur til Oslo og lært en del nye ting om markedskommunikasjon. I løpet av turen har jeg også fått anledning til å lese videre favorittboken om dagen, så da var både inspirasjon og litt batterilading unnagjort.

Reisen begynte i går morges og flyturen gikk smurt, uten noen forsinkelser. Fikk også opplevd den nye tjenesten fra Norwegian, nemlig gratis wifi om bord på flyene. Skjønt at pc-er og andre maskiner må være skrudd ved take-off og landing. Har også oppdaget at jeg foretrekker å få sikkerhetsinformasjon via video i motsetning til live presentasjon. Føler at beskjeden kommer tydeligere fram og det blir mer ro på reisen ettersom videoen halverer tiden på presentasjonen. Supert!

Kom fram til Oslo S uten problemer, men å komme til Storo på egenhånd var noe annet… Heldigvis, så kom jeg frem til destinasjonen takket være T-banen før kl.10 . Ut på dagen har det vært praktisk trening på et online verktøy som har masse muligheter. Deretter hadde vi en hyggelig lunsj på Egon, vel det var brunsj for meg egentlig… Rundt halv to tiden har vi begynt med et salgskurs og der følte jeg meg hjemme!

Ettersom dagen begynte med en flytur så har jeg måttet stå opp tidlig og dermed kjente energinivået sige utover dagen. Dermed da det var på tide å komme til hotellet var jeg mer enn klar og villig til å stikke ut av døren. På Oslo S så hadde jeg en kveldsmat med en venninne som har nå startet et nytt kapittel i sitt liv i hovedbyen. Hun så bra ut og det var godt å se henne igjen. Ettersom jeg ikke var kjent i området spurte jeg om hun kunne følge meg til hotellet. Det visste seg at vi var begge nybegynnere på Oslos gater, men gjett om jeg var glad da vi gikk sammen… Da vi kom fram til hotellet var vi begge lettet og jeg var gira i å gire ned. Så jeg tok farvel med venninnen min, sjekket inn og gikk opp til mitt rom. Noe som jeg fant var i den ytterste hjørnet så jeg fikk ro og fred. Endelig, kunne jeg slappe av. Herlig.

Det eneste tanke som har svirret på hodet mitt hele gårsdagen var at det var valentinsdagen og jeg var ute på tur i Oslo uten forloveden min… Ja, forresten vi er forlovet! Så nå, i dag, nå som jeg er kommet hjem, jeg skal kose meg hjemme med min kjære. Farvel dårlig samvititighet. Hallo ekte kjærlighet!

God natt folkens!

Day 40 – Looking back…

Michelle — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:10 +0000

What would you do when the goal you’ve set seems out of reach?

When time is short and the temptations so sweet?

It’s been days since I’ve set the goal…

Thought the targets where clear and that my intentions were so

The start was great – then I traveled and my pace went disarray…

Now, I’m looking back to what I’ve done so far

On what’s been done and undone

I’ve come to a conclusion that there is some credit for some

and guilt for the undones

Day 23 – First Day in London

Michelle — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:27:47 +0000

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Day 20 – 25th Bday

Michelle — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:26:17 +0000

Reached the age of 25 years old…

It’s been a good day to celebrate my birthday. It’s also been a comfortable pace throughout the day. No stress. I had time to study, do some house chores and record a cover song. We had a small party with some good friends and I received a very nice gift from my boyfriend. All in all it was a good day. Thank you and Good Bye January 17, 2012!

Also thank you for all the birthday greetings and wishes, friends and families. You all made my day on my 25th birthday.

“Someone like you” Cover Song

Day 18 – A quite confusing start

Michelle — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:59:17 +0000

It’s the end of week 2 and I am trying to look back on how this week has been. And to be honest, I am not quite sure how it really went. At the start of this week, I felt that things were going according to plan. Monday – I went to the library and studied for an exam and went to the gym. It felt like it was a good start. The day after however was a complete different thing. It wasn’t bad but I wasn’t pleased about it either. In short it was quite chaotic day because of how I reacted on the events during that day. From that day, things didn’t get any better. I had planned to go to the gym on Wednesday and Friday but I postponed my training til Saturday & Sunday…

There were a lot of surprises this week. Things that we’re written on the agenda we’re not performed due to external factors and due to my lack of motivation as well. I’ve come to realize this week that planning weekly allows me to be flexible but it also gives me room to adjust to sudden changes in the plan. Although, I need to train more on how I react to sudden “surprises”.

Some of the good things that happened during this week are:

I went to the gym 3x this week.
Studying went according to the plan.
Managed to clean the house as well.
Started to learn more about cosmetics at work.
Did a product demo at a friend’s party.
Visited my parents.
Learned a couple of more things about myself and how I work…
Our orchid sprouted a flower.
Gotten used to the new eating habit – consuming more healthy food.
Managed to stick with my weekly budget.

This week has been quite a confusing experience as it has been the first week where all my activities in all my target areas intertwine. It’ll take some time to get used to and I hope that I’ll be able to show the patience and will needed to stick to the plan.

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Day 15 – Emotional Rollercoaster

Michelle — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:06:32 +0000

At morning I was moody. Mid-day I was melodramatic and in the afternoon wicked. This evening I choose to be hopeful.

Day 13 – Chaos!

Michelle — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:09:56 +0000

What a laugh! I wish I could say that, instead today I feel like crying… Almost…

I got up later than I planned today as I forgot to put on the sound on my phone as I use as an alarm in the mornings. So I rushed to school hoping that I didn’t miss out on the first day of this semester. Then to my surprise, the lecture has been cancelled due to a misunderstanding. To my confussion - I didn’t know whether I should feel reliefed as I didn’t miss something or disappointed because I rushed over to the classroom for nothing…

To make up for the lost time – I sat with some friends and classmates at the library and studied the first chapter for a subject in “Organizations & Management”.

Still have one class to attend to then I’ll be heading to work.

Daily grind -how boring you are at times…

Here’s my favorite inspirational video for “not giving up” -

Week 1 – Impossible is Nothing

Michelle — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:14:50 +0000

The first week of January has gone by and it’s time to check what I’ve done this week…

Health – I went to the gym 3x this week Also, the habit of eating light and often is becoming natural to my daily activities.

Career – I worked for 3 days this week. The muscle pains from working out did affect my performance at work though…

Education – Sorted out my documents and set my weekly schedule for studying this week.

Relationship – Booked a ticket to London. Going to visit my cousin on January 23, 2012! January 14 I’ll be visiting my folk’s in Egersund

11th day = Looooooooong day

Michelle — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:51:09 +0000

Another day has gone by and today seemed all so much more longer than the days before. I wonder why? Thankfully, I had a wonderful start today – a simple yet wonderful breakfast with a good friend and my boyfriend. Lovely! Then I went to work from 13:00-22:00. It was a rather calm day at the airport today. Thus, when it was time for me to go home I was very delighted.

All in all, it was a pretty good day. Albeit, a bit slow… At days like this a good movie and a good inspirational video quicks me up

Day 10 – reminiscing about the past

Michelle — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:03:26 +0000

Today is the 10th day towards my new lifestyle. It’s such a short time… It’s not even a full 2 weeks time. Yet lately I’m already starting to feel the effects of working the plan. Especially on my body I’m suffering from muscle pain after doing squats during a work-out session. My body is not used to the movement and the pain is excruciating and a constant reminder of how I let myself go for the past years. Recently I noticed that perhaps one of the reasons I didn’t succeed with my former personal goals is because I have rejected my health -and blindly went after what I found interesting. Also performing sports or any other form for physical activity brings more than good health as a positive effect. I remember when I was playing volleyball in Egersund I had a similar level of activities as I have today and perhaps I was even more ambitious back then. Yet in those days I had no qualms of doing what was necessary because I my parents, the teacher and my coach to tell me what to do. Also I had an innate commitment to myself – of what I wanted to do and get – even when I didn’t write the target or the plan. How odd… How come when I was trying to learn exactly how to set a goal, write a plan and work the plan – I recall the times when I was 14 years old til I was 17…

Although, there are some differences back then and now. When I was 14-17 years old I lived together with my parents and I didn’t have to worry about preparing food, laundry, dish-washing and other house chores. Mom was very specific about keeping the house clean and sometimes I would help her out, though almost always unwillingly… After moving out at the age of 17, I discovered that I’m not very good at studying if my surroundings are untidy and/or noisy. A nother thing was, in 2007 I started living with my boyfriend and it was a period of adjustment for the both of us. I was accustomed to having someone doing the basic housecleaning for me or reminding me to do something. So, there I was young, naive and a rookie to the adult life – trying to learn how to live on my own, understand my needs and abilities to cover them, all the time while I was learning how to live with someone I love. And man, was it hard… Then distractions became a big temptation. Games, movies, comic books, etc. There was always something to put my hands into however whatever I did, didn’t feel like it was giving me anything. Welcome to the path of chaos…

I started questioning about “life”. What is the point in life? What is my purpose? How can I discover this? Where should I start? All these questions and no definite answer to be found. Only hints and advises from relatives, friends and books. I was living in the western world where freedom is an absolute and it was all up to me to discover and decide what I wanted to do with my life. The only problem was – I wasn’t sure I knew what I wanted…

To relate my stories of the past back to the time when I was doing sports, I’d like to mention just one word – Focus. I lost focus when I moved out from my parents home. At my parent’s place I was living under someone else’s rules and way of life. Then I moved out. I needed to find my own way of living, my self.

So I traveled – I went to see the world. I explored my thoughts, my abilities, listened to other people’s stories and experiences. There have been moments of inspiration, love, pain, suffering, joy, surrender, bliss and excitement. Time flew by. It is now 2012 and what I have accomplished today is concoction of hints, tips and tricks, advises, experiences and ideas on how I should live my life. It’s time to put things in order and act out on my conviction and put the things that I’ve learned to the test. Do I have what it takes to do what I’ve set out for this year?

It’s the 10th day and I am 390 days from my target. I have muscle pains and a schedule to act out. I am scared to fail but eager to succeed. Therefore til January 2013, I’d just have to endure and have fun on this journey. No matter what I’ll see to it that I give my best til day400 arrives.