Resolutions!
Jan. 1st, 2020 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebLast year I had a couple of vague resolutions which I had actually totally forgotten about halfway through the year. Nevertheless, I did make progress on two of the secret specific ideas I had: I started jogging regularly and I started drinking enough water.
This year I am ready to be more specific.
* First, I resolve to post more blog entries. Maybe way more. Last year I posted only 17, so that should be easy. But I also want to spread them out a bit, so I'm aiming for at least one each month.
* I resolve to track my exercise. Not just the big stuff like jogs and exercise classes, but also the little stuff like lunges while brushing my teeth and counter-top push-ups while waiting for the microwave. I hope to take advantage of the gold-star-reward type of motivation. I won't technically have gold stars, but check marks work pretty well.
* I resolve to track my progress on several eating goals. I want to lose weight, but I don't want to do anything that I'm not willing to commit to indefinitely. So first I tried a bunch of easy stuff that didn't work. Now I think I have a good list of things I think I could be willing to do and that I think will help, like don't eat junk food when I'm hungry (eat real food first).
* Finally, I resolve to organize my books. Specifically, I should refrain from checking out a library book unless I have read or removed a book from my home library. I only want to keep books that I like so much that I want to re-read them and/or lend them out to people. But I can't remember how well I like some of my books (which seems like a bad sign, but how can I know for sure?) and I haven't even read some of my books (which again seems like a bad sign, but...). I also keep some books for reference. Last year I started carrying around a list of books I know I want to buy so that I can look for them when I'm in used book stores. This plan is working great. (Yes, I still really like owning paper books.)
This year I am ready to be more specific.
* First, I resolve to post more blog entries. Maybe way more. Last year I posted only 17, so that should be easy. But I also want to spread them out a bit, so I'm aiming for at least one each month.
* I resolve to track my exercise. Not just the big stuff like jogs and exercise classes, but also the little stuff like lunges while brushing my teeth and counter-top push-ups while waiting for the microwave. I hope to take advantage of the gold-star-reward type of motivation. I won't technically have gold stars, but check marks work pretty well.
* I resolve to track my progress on several eating goals. I want to lose weight, but I don't want to do anything that I'm not willing to commit to indefinitely. So first I tried a bunch of easy stuff that didn't work. Now I think I have a good list of things I think I could be willing to do and that I think will help, like don't eat junk food when I'm hungry (eat real food first).
* Finally, I resolve to organize my books. Specifically, I should refrain from checking out a library book unless I have read or removed a book from my home library. I only want to keep books that I like so much that I want to re-read them and/or lend them out to people. But I can't remember how well I like some of my books (which seems like a bad sign, but how can I know for sure?) and I haven't even read some of my books (which again seems like a bad sign, but...). I also keep some books for reference. Last year I started carrying around a list of books I know I want to buy so that I can look for them when I'm in used book stores. This plan is working great. (Yes, I still really like owning paper books.)
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on 2020-01-02 01:04 pm (UTC)Maybe you could use a roundup post style to post more? "Here are a bunch of thoughts on X" or "Here's everything that happened this week in bullet style."
Good luck in all things!
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on 2020-01-03 01:58 am (UTC)My blogging all started when a friend challenged me to post something every single day. Whichever of the two of us didn't had to buy the other person a treat (I think it was a donut). So I know I *can*. (Even if I had no clue at the beginning, I would just ramble and eventually an idea would come to me.) My resolution is on actually sharing here!
You definitely had some killer roundup posts these last few days! Sadly, I don't think I've read a single one of the books you read last year. Let me check. No, surely I've read some of those Dilbert comics and some of those Sharing Knives. And Ready Player One. All of which I enjoyed--I should check out more of your favorites! (Later, I'm backed up right now.)
And maybe I should add some descriptions to at least my favorite books from last year as well as actually write posts about future books this year.
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on 2020-01-03 04:12 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2020-01-05 03:08 am (UTC)