I didn’t get to make raw corn tortilla chips last night.  I didn’t have enough corn in the freezer .  And I’d gone to the store on my way home from work! I’d forgotten my list and shopped from my head.  Figures that I’d forget the one most important thing.  I blame exhaustion from getting only 3 hours of sleep the night before. I definitely felt it at the end of the work day.

The trick is to keep on keeping on.  I did start sprouting my buckwheat.  And, I’ll stop by the store again this evening and get the requisite corn.   How can I avoid this type of forgetfulness in the future?  By sticking to my regular organizational habits.   I’m a big fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (a.k.a. GTD).  I use a GTD plug-in and Outlook to manage my schedule.  Everything is synchronized with my Blackberry.  Usually I write my shopping lists as an Outlook task.  If I want it on paper, I can print it out before I go to the store.  I tend to read my list right on my Blackberry though.  No need to waste the paper.

I haven’t been able to synchronize my Blackberry with my desktop computer as often as I’d like.  I’m a Mac user, but run Windows in a virtual machine (VM) on my workplace Mac.   I’ve been having many, many, many problems with the VM.  Blackberry software doesn’t play well with it.  So, I’ve not been using my GTD as much as I should.  I’m not offering this as an excuse, but as an explanation.  If I know how an obstacle presents itself, I can avoid those obstacles.  In this case, I can make sure to use the tools I’ve already got.

Of course, my computer has been crashing a lot today.  Just because the solution is simple, doesn’t mean it’s easy.  It will resolve itself soon however.  I’m getting a bona fide PC from my tech people at the office.  Once that’s installed it should be a bit easier to stick to the GTD habit.

Meanwhile, I’m planning another juice fast for tomorrow.  And, this is really exciting, M. has agreed to do the fast with me!  And she’s agreed to help me with the juicing and clean-up.  How rad is that?  I think this is M.’s first juice fast.  My goal, as usual, is to make it the entire day on beautiful green and fruity juice.  I’ve broken my past two mini-fasts at the dinner hour.  It’s difficult for me to resist the food M. and Z. are eating for dinner.  It will definitely help to have M. doing the fast with me.  Once I make it through one 24 hour cycle, my next goal will be to make 48 hours, then 72 hours, and so on.  I’d like to build up to one full week.   The idea of that is kind of scary right now.  I’m going to focus on just one day.  It’s just one day! And I know I can do three days – I’ve done that much in the past.  And I know I find it easy to do 3/4 of the day.  It’s only the evening that trips me up.  The key to success will be (a) keeping full on nutritious delicious juice and (b) finding things to do in the evening so that I won’t focus on food.   Perhaps a yoga class.  More likely that I’m going to be making  raw granola – the buckwheat sprouts I’ve started should be ready by tomorrow evening.   Good thing I don’t find the pre-dehydrated mixture very appealing as a snack.  I won’t be tempted to eat it while I’m fasting.  Oh! I can also post all the recipes and photos from all the things I’ve been making this week.  I should have enough to do to keep myself busy and fasting tomorrow evening.

I’ve had a few set-backs this week so far.  I know I can turn it around by thinking positively and by remembering that I have all the time in the world to nurture myself.  I don’t hurt anything by shifting my schedule up a day or so. Flexibility is key.  I always tell myself, “start the good work today.  Tomorrow never comes!” Which is true.  But it’s also true that I can’t stress out over timing.  I need to trust myself that things will happen.  The universe unfolds as it ought to … as long as you’re prepared, you can take advantage.  I will be prepared.