Progress?

So over the past three days I made an attempt to establish 2 new habits. These were a regularly scheduled exercise time, and doing one thing for my wife each day. My major thought after three days has been, 'hm that could have gone better'.

I suppose it should have been expected considering when people start anything new, results are usually a little poor in the beginning. I exercised 2 out of the 3 days, and skipped the middle day do to being stuffed. Looking back, I think I could have at least gone walking. I think I should have put forth more effort.

As for doing something for my wife each day, I sort of did it 2 out of 3 days. Day one ended up being a phone call, which, while it was a form of interaction, I can't say it was different then any other phone call. What am I trying to say here? I want to be different, to consistently do new things, I count the phone call, but wish it had been something more. I don't have a clue as to how I would make a phone conversation into something more, but I think that it might be something worth looking in to in the future.

Day two was a bust for my wife as well, nothing got accomplished. I suppose in my defense I did see a movie that day and go to a barbecue with my mother, brother and sister until late in the evening. It is going to happen but, I need to persist around days like that and make sure to establish my new habits firmly. As for the third day I actually did two separate things for my wife.

The first was to organize for flowers to be delivered to her in Japan. (I had the help of a good friend who is fluent in Japanese) The flowers are actually for our fourth wedding anniversary, but I can't say I really think they are a great gift. I am not sure if I am a little odd here, but to me a gift should be something that is more about time then money.

Time is something that is limited to each person, where as money often isn't. My point is that it took me all of 15 minutes to get those flowers sent to my wife. 15 minutes is not a lot of my time. Granted, the time it took me to earn that money should also be counted, sort of. What the flowers do say is that I remembered, and cared enough to let her know I remember that date. However that's about all I think that means.

My idea of a good gift that means something is usually something that you can use, or something that inspires emotion in you. I think that the amount and time and effort put forward into creating/acquiring said gift go along way towards inspiring emotion. The reason I don't like flowers is that they don't really take a lot of effort to accomplish.

The second thing I did was to create a series of cards I plan to send my wife. I think these actually are a decent gift. However this particular blog has gotten a little long, so I will end it here and continue my discussion about these cards later and how I think they will make her happy.