The “Body” category is one that is represented by the Fiery Red of leadership and action. It is the physical side of me, the action-taker, the pro-active, take charge, kick butt and take names me. Outside of a work environment, not a me you see very often.

In the past, some of my successes in this area have been kayaking, finding new doctors or dentists, going whale watching / hot air ballooning / climbing a mountain, travelling to Nova Scotia / Cape Breton / Quebec City / Sherbrooke / Bahamas / Amsterdam / Gaspe / St. John’s / Hawaii, doing a 5KM walk, learning to golf, and actively going for massages.

Last year,I had six priorities, and separate from some one-off contributions here and there,  I did nothing about any of them in any consistent fashion. All of them will roll forward onto this year’s list. One positive aspect was related to careers — I moved off of the one-off special projects that were EAP / SR / SORO / DRAP and back into my “day-job” elements of audits, performance measurement, and evaluations.

This year, there are several activities that mutually reinforce each other — stretching exercises, more proactive back care (stretch, massage, chiro), and losing weight. On the formalized health front, there are some boxes that I need to tick with my regular doctor and need to find a new dentist and hygienist. In addition to getting organized for giving blood, I also want to improve my management of “sleep” times (i.e. going to bed earlier). And, just cuz I want to increase my frustration perhaps, I want to go golfing more often this year. Once a year is just not enough for an activity I enjoy.

With those goals in mind, here’s my working to do list for the Heart category:

That wraps up the priority-setting in each of the areas. Now I just have to figure out how to pull it all together visually, and set up regular tracking! Oh joy, oh bliss, oh joyful bliss!