I went to bed early, but still woke up feeling groggy and tired – not sure if it was the melatonin I took (I only take half the recommended dose) or I was just exceptionally tired or both, but the gym was not happening since I had a 7:30am meeting. I was psyched to go at lunch, until I remembered that I had lunch plans with my old team sooooo….now I dunno what I’m doing. Maybe try to leave work a little early? Maybe skip the gym & just do pony stuff?

Mentally I feel better. I think part of it was the pressure getting to me of not moving forward as fast as I wanted to. It also occurred to me earlier today that hey, I haven’t actually booked the trip to Spain yet (well I booked the flight, but not the actual experience) and I don’t HAVE to go in October, since my plane ticket has no change fees. So if I had to push the trip out to November I easily could. Of course I would prefer not to – it’s kind of frustrating that I haven’t made the progress I wanted to, but that’s the whole point of Agile – fail fast, adapt, try again, until you find what works. I find I have to be careful of not falling into the “It’s so UNFAIR, I’m working SO HARD, WOE IS ME” mindset – if progress isn’t being made, step back, look at what can be changed, then move on. Next sprint when I do the no weighing in until the kick off day, I hope that will help me focus on the actual activities vs. the scale.