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I have not had a particularly good week this week, mostly (but not completely) because of physical ailments. On Saturday the 22nd, I still was having respiratory symptoms; just going outside for an hour to help look for an escaped cat left me winded and exhausted for the rest of the day. Sunday was even worse, and it was accompanied by fevers. I ended up not going into work on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday although I did attempt to work from home.

But by Thursday morning, I was feeling better enough to go in to the office for the day and I had a really productive one. It exhausted me, though, so I spent most of yesterday resting. I’m feeling better again today, though, which is a good sign, and I’m planning on taking the opportunity the weekend offers me to take it slow and easy. With luck, I’ll be able to return to my regular routine again this week — and that will return me to more serious work on the goals.

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The second week of 2022 has certainly had its ups and downs, and my goal work has reflected that. I did end up going back to work this week, but I was only able to manage two days in-person, although I was able to work the other three from home. My bout with COVID-19 is not quite over, despite the fact that I’ve been officially asymptomatic. It seems that my tendency toward extremely long recoveries from respiratory diseases is definitely still in place.

I also had a rather personally painful experience as a result of the online reactions to the very poorly reported comments by Pope Francis on January 5th. Fortunately, though, I was able to go to Adoration the day after it happened, and my experience there was much better than usual. It helped me work my way through it mentally and come to a resolution about my feelings and how I intend to react (or, more properly, not react).

There are also some significant wins in the goals work, too, even if they’re not as much as I’d hoped for. Today is a day I’m having to remind myself that sometimes, any win counts.

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Yesterday completed week #1 of the new year, and it was a bit of a strange one. At the beginning of the week, I was still very much feeling the lingering effects of my bout with COVID-19 that happened during the last week of 2021. By the end of the week, I was asymptomatic except for a very occasional cough and roughening of my voice.

In the meantime, though, I worked from home the entire week — I usually only do this one or two days in the week — and have otherwise completely isolated myself. I haven’t actually left the house since December 26th, unless you count going out to the mailbox or pulling the trash bin to the curb. This has left me with more than a little bit of cabin fever, and it certainly hasn’t helped the routine.

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Happy New Year! 2022 has already started out fairly decently in my world, in that both Will and I woke up this morning with clear indications that we’re getting toward the end of our respective bouts of COVID-19. Our vitals are mostly back to normal, and aside of still being quite tired we’re both starting to feel that way too. We’re taking the rest of the weekend to let our bodies finish their recoveries on their own times, instead of attempting to force schedules onto them.

In the meantime, though, it’s still New Year’s Day and that means it’s a time for goal setting. I actually wrote most of these out this past October and have been fine-tuning them since then. I’m going to be using this blog as a way of keeping myself accountable, because if I can meet these goals this year, then I’ll be well on my way toward finishing my larger overall plan of self-improvement between now and the time I reach the half-century mark. So, without further ado, here’s the list of goals I will be working on:

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