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New Year’s Resolutions 2021…
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I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Never have.
Great to see you sticking to that resolution this year Todd.
It takes a lot of resolve to keep it.
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I’m planning a New Year’s Revolution.
Who’s in?
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Somebody somewhere posted that a New Year’s resolution is just a “to do” list for the first week of January. True.
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I think just taking things as they come. Everything else is futile in these times. And concentrate on what matters, friends and family and what I do for volunteer work. I am going to try to shut out everything else as best as I can.
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Have you made any, Al?
Yes…
Do my best to avoid aimless channel surfing and mouse clicking.
Less social media like Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter and even here.I did more reading last year and will follow up on that.
I also paid off all my credit cards and loans last year, so I have to build up now.More meditating and planning ahead. Be more grounded and centered.
Have fun when it is all clear to go outside more.And… (drumroll)… continue to stay away from peas and grapefruit.
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Do my best to avoid aimless channel surfing and mouse clicking. Less social media like Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter and even here. I did more reading last year and will follow up on that. I also paid off all my credit cards and loans last year, so I have to build up now. More meditating and planning ahead. Be more grounded and centered.
That all sounds good, and a few of them ring true for me too. I’m trying to limit my online time outside work hours, and I’m also looking at trying some meditation techniques for mental relaxation (I see that Headspace have a new series on Netflix along those lines which might help.)
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Meditating is definitely a good thing. I have a 10 minute routine I use to start the day which I call centering, looking inward and being in touch with nature. I do it sitting on my balcony regardless of the weather, it’s even better if the weather is crap.
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With resolutions, every year people vow to make some overwhelming dramatic change, only to find that it is all too much.
It has been said that it is better to change a small habit, and then one at a time, change others. It is a slow process, so people give up on that too, especially in this short attention span society.Very few realize that you don’t need a change in the calendar or a Monday. What is needed is a new mindset and small steps at first with patience.
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I have basically been drinking 4-10 beers daily since the pandemic started; no noticeable negative impact on my health or anything, but over the past holiday week I noticed that I wasn’t really getting anything from the drinks; no buzz. So I should cut back if not have a full-on break. There is now not a single beer in the house for the first time since mid-March.
I’d also like to read. Apart from comics, I don’t read. I read zero books last year; I can’t recall when I last read a book (maybe the Steve Jobs biography) – many years ago. Wife is a keen reader, with 52 books read last year alone, so there are plenty lying around to choose from.
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What is needed is a new mindset and small steps at first with patience.
That’s a general truth that, unfortunately, most people don’t acknowledge. We want instant results and, when we don’t see them immediately, we quit. We set lofty goals for ourselves that are doomed to failure because we don’t set realistic time frames for success.
When Liz turned 50 we started walking for exercise — beginning with four laps (1 mile total) around the track at our local high school, then 2 miles, then 3 and 4. Somewhere along the way we would intersperse a run for one lap, then 2, etc., to the point where 5 years later we both ran and completed a half-marathon. When people tell me “Oh, I could never do that”, I tell them to just start walking and see where it leads.
I don’t do resolutions, but I have decided to refrain from alcohol for the month of January, just to see if I have the willpower to do it. So far, so good.
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When Liz turned 50 we started walking for exercise — beginning with four laps (1 mile total) around the track at our local high school, then 2 miles, then 3 and 4. Somewhere along the way we would intersperse a run for one lap, then 2, etc., to the point where 5 years later we both ran and completed a half-marathon. When people tell me “Oh, I could never do that”, I tell them to just start walking and see where it leads.
That’s a longer version really of the ‘couch to 5k’ programme.
I do agree with the philosophy of small gradual changes. In dieting I never see anyone stick with the big change stuff like keto or intermittent fasting but ones that make smaller changes of cutting out little bad habits seem to stick with them long term.
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