TipToeChick made a fantastic video on youtube about how she deals with new year's resolutions - rather than setting a goal for the year, she sets them for quarters. This appealed to me greatly, so I thought I'd take a few of her suggestions and give a try. :)
In order to make the winter resolutions work, it requires blogging updates on progress, connecting with other people doing the same thing, and joining TipToeChick on Stickam for a little update session. I can commit to all of these things, as long as the stickam thing happens at a time that I can realistically join in.
Without further ado, my winter resolutions!
3 Positive Affirmations: I already have a few affirmations that I do daily, but I'm determined to add 3 more to the list. These are typically done while meditating, or upon rising/going to bed each day.
- I am an intelligent person capable of in-depth and interesting conversation.
- I am a creative human being full of ideas and artistic achievements.
- i am an independent person that only needs to make herself happy.
Diet: There's lots of stuff I want to do with my diet; I've really slacked on eating healthy as of late. The biggest thing - especially budget-wise - is my current intake of caffeine. I have gone cold turkey before, and it's not fun, so I plan to reduce the amount of soda intake gradually over a 6 week period.
- Week 1: Cut down soda intake; no more than 3 cans/glasses per day.
- Week 2: Cut down soda intake: no more than 2 cans/glasses per day.
- Week 3: Cut down soda intake: no more than 1 can/glass per day.
- Week 4: Cut down soda intake: no more than 1 can/glass every other day.
- Week 5: Cut down soda intake; no more than 1 can/glass for the entire week.
- Week 6: No more soda!
Exercise: I recently bought a yoga video for weight loss, as it's my absolute favorite form of exercise, but after watching it through and trying it out, I discovered that I can only do a quarter of the video! Rather than making me feel accomplished like yoga normally does, it made me feel pretty bad about myself, so I thought I'd start building up leg strength (which is my #1 weakness) by using the treadmill. Why the treadmill and not just walks around the neighborhood? Well, it's cold and there's a solid sheet of ice outside the door, on the driveway, and along the roads (there's also no sidewalks), so I figure the safest bet would be the treadmill for now. Plus - it's freakin' cold! Anyway, my goal is to reach 20 minutes on the treadmill without getting out of breath. I plan on building up to the 20 minutes, adding in a week if I need to, etc. I don't want to become sore, but I do want to do this on a daily basis, which is why I'm starting small.
- Week 1 & 2: 10 minutes on the treadmill per day.
- Week 3 & 4: 15 minutes on the treadmill per day.
- Week 5 & 6: 20 minutes on the treadmill per day.
Writing: I love writing, but I want to get into a habit of doing it daily rather than just when the inspiration hits.
- Journal daily in my private journal.
- Blog daily on this blog.
- Record all Aha! moments. This can be in the blog or in my journal.
- Read a spirituality book for 1 hour per day, and write a short summary/opinions on it in my journal. When the book is complete, do a video on the book.
- No more than 1 hour per day for admin duties at the HAUTE Ton. I tend to get lost for hours doing admin stuff, and I really REALLY want to have more time to RP and have fun.
- 1 hour per day of posting at the HAUTE Ton. This will have me posting even when I don't have inspiration on any one topic. If there's nothing to reply to, try to come up with an open thread, with no more than 3 open threads open at one time.
Other Stuff: Following are some miscellaneous stuff that I want to work on during the winter quarter.
- Divination once a week for myself. I tried doing one for my sister, but she never got back to me. It's time for me to practice on myself. I use tarot cards more than anything, but pendulum work can be substituted as well.
- Clean something I don't like each day. Can be localized (1 thing for 1 room per day). These things must be stuff I usually procrastinate on - scrubbing sinks/tubs, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, etc.
- Drink more water. I tend to guzzle soda, tea, and anything but water, This really needs to be fixed!
Alright! That's my plan for winter quarter. I hope it's not too big... we'll see how it turns out. Wish me luck!
