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🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱My word for 2022: CONSOLIDATE
🌱BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS🪴🌱
🪴🌱 🌟FEBRUARY 2022 🌟🌱🪴
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱
I am planning to work on consolidating the habits I have already developed.
In February I will extend my January Flexibility habit from 10 to 15 minutes.
In February, after I do my 1st workout of the day
…I will do > 15 minutes of flex exercises. (Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates etc)
Instant Reward: draw a star on my tracker.
Long term reward: 3 sheets of birthday peel-offs if I complete the month.
Extra reward: finding it easier to lace up my shoes/trainers 😂
(I love to see those squares fill up 😂)
🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️
Also working on previous habits
Solid Daily Habits: 4/28 days
I had a lovely afternoon at Parchment Craft. Working on a card for DH for Valentines Day
🦄 Terri
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I am a Functionally Strong Senior (63 yr old female) 🥊🥊
(Easy-win new habit - I wear my weighted gloves when I do my short resistance-training exercise routine before work)
I am a crafter 🧵
(Easy-win new habit - every day, I embroider one thread-length into my current project)The stitching project says "Stitch your Dreams" Working up to the idea of posting beginning-of-the-month photo of it along with package picture of what the finished item is supposed to look like ....
These are the lightly weighted glovesThis is what the picture on the stitching project packaging looks like
This is where I am (yesterday was first day working on it - did the "a" and "m" in Dreams - the 2 felt "S"s are not over-stitched in place yet.
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Jan 22-31💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖💖💖
Feb 💖💖💖💖
✅ ✅ shorten calls/online posting times (as needed)
My time is valuable.
Feb 4: I did it! ♥️ “Sorry, have to go now..off for my hike!” I also researched & set the group that was pinging me to not send notifications!!!
✅ ✅ be in touch with fun & enlivening friend/family member 5 times a week.
I am a caring friend/family member.
Feb 4: Called the person I wanted to speak to!
♥️ very relaxing to chat as I finished stitching her 65th birthday present!!!
✅ ✅ If I catch myself worrying, I will firmly tell myself “I am a person who doesn’t worry.” And take deep breath in & slowly blow out.
Feb 4: I did this a number of times today successfully. ♥️ My father, husband, and grown son don’t worry, so lots of good tile models.
My NOOM Coach mentioned “Worry is like a rocking chair; it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
✅ ✅Create/work on/develop my Art project at least 5minutes per day.
I am an artist & I always have been.
Feb 4: Stitching & worked in my
Project for several hours.
✅ ✅tracked to the gram
✅ ✅steps
✅ ✅sat fat
✅ ✅sodium
✅ ✅protein
✅ ✅freggies
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Hello Everyone! I am loving your “who am I?” responses and how you’ll deepen your identity perceptions this month. Like @jamcnewman, I wanted a little time to think about what I want to focus on this month.
Like many people in this group, I am a very growth oriented person. I think life is an adventure to be lived fully and actively and that’s the real benefit of having a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Being ready for anything! I like to push myself and challenge my perceptions of what I can and cannot do. It’s so exhilarating to accomplish something new, especially when I had put it squarely in the “I can’t do this” column.
Closely related to this, I want to always be open to new ideas and trying new things. Last month I tried an Oculus Quest virtual reality headset and checked out some fitness apps. I confess I thought that VR was just for teenagers who wanted shoot ‘em up games. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The fitness VR apps I now use daily are insanely fun! High intensity workouts that engage my arms and core in a way that my beloved treadmill never could. Choreographed boxing to the music of the 70s 80s, and 90s that I love is so much fun!
So this month I’m going to try another new fitness workout: rebounding. We’ve ordered a 48 inch rebounder and it should be here on Monday. My husband has been pushing for this for a while and I’m going to give it a try as well. It has a safety bar that I can hold onto so balance shouldn’t be an issue.
I’m Denise and I am always up for trying something new!5 -
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱My word for 2022: CONSOLIDATE
🌱BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS🪴🌱
🪴🌱 🌟FEBRUARY 2022 🌟🌱🪴
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱
I am planning to work on consolidating the habits I have already developed.
In February I will extend my January Flexibility habit from 10 to 15 minutes.
In February, after I do my 1st workout of the day
…I will do > 15 minutes of flex exercises. (Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates etc)
Instant Reward: draw a star on my tracker.
Long term reward: 3 sheets of birthday peel-offs if I complete the month.
Extra reward: finding it easier to lace up my shoes/trainers 😂
(I love to see those squares fill up 😂)
🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️
Also working on previous habits
Solid Daily Habits: 5/28 days
It’s great to see so many being so positive.
Self belief is a very potent characteristic.
🦄 Terri
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Jan 22-31💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖💖💖
Feb 💖💖💖💖💖
✅ ✅ ✅ shorten calls/online posting times (as needed)
My time is valuable.
Feb 4 & 5: I did it! ♥️ “Sorry, have to go now..off for my hike!” I also researched & set the group that was pinging me to not send notifications!!!
✅ ✅ ✅be in touch with fun & enlivening friend/family member 5 times a week.
I am a caring friend/family member.
Feb 4: Called the person I wanted to speak to! ♥️ very relaxing to chat as I finished stitching her 65th birthday present!!!
Feb 5: Zoom call with fellow artists/crafters
✅ ✅ ✅ If I catch myself worrying, I will firmly tell myself “I am a person who doesn’t worry.” And take deep breath in & slowly blow out.
Feb 4: I did this a number of times today successfully. ♥️ My father, husband, and grown son don’t worry, so lots of good tile models.
My NOOM Coach mentioned “Worry is like a rocking chair; it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
Feb 5: this is really working. I’ve shifted my focus from worrying to “Is there any action I need to take?” If the answer in No. I take the deep breath &’stop worrying. If it’s yes, I do the action & stop worrying.
✅ ✅ ✅ Create/work on/develop my Art project at least 5minutes per day.
I am an artist & I always have been.
Feb 4: Stitching & worked on my
Project for several hours.
Feb 5: worked on a bday present (almost done!)
✅ ✅ ✅tracked to the gram
✅ ✅ ✅steps
✅ ✅ ✅sat fat
✅ ✅ ✅sodium
✅ ✅ ✅protein
✅ ✅ ✅freggies
Scale dropped overnight back into the 150’s!! It might bounce around next few days, but this is great.
1000’ climb today on long, gorgeous mountainous hike with my husband. Thrilled I can do this with him💕
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@themedalist
I’d love to learn what I need to do the Virtual exercise you mention when you have some time!
Thanks again for a very important post this month!!
💖Maddie0 -
Report:
On track for all my habits so far in February except for 2 habits on Friday and Saturday night. I didn't track calories as grazed so I had to take 2 pass days. Disappointing so early on in Feb as my goal was to hve no pass days but I'm back on the horse today and good news is I didn't go too crazy with the grazing so I dnt imagine there was too much damage done. Xo3 -
@MadisonMolly2017, I’m happy to post more specifics about my experience with VR and how one might get started. I’ll do that soon.
I just saw this in James Clear’s newsletter and it seems so appropriate for our challenge this month! From the philosopher Epictetus:
“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer.
Put your principles into practice – now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren’t a child anymore. The sooner you set yourself to your spiritual program, the happier you will be. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better.
From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do – now."4 -
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱My word for 2022: CONSOLIDATE
🌱BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS🪴🌱
🪴🌱 🌟FEBRUARY 2022 🌟🌱🪴
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱
I am planning to work on consolidating the habits I have already developed.
In February I will extend my January Flexibility habit from 10 to 15 minutes.
In February, after I do my 1st workout of the day
…I will do > 15 minutes of flex exercises. (Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates etc)
Instant Reward: draw a star on my tracker.
Long term reward: 3 sheets of birthday peel-offs if I complete the month.
Extra reward: finding it easier to lace up my shoes/trainers 😂
(I love to see those squares fill up 😂)
🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️
Also working on previous habits
Solid Daily Habits: 6/28 days
It’s great to see so many being so positive.
Self belief is a very potent characteristic.
🦄 Terri
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My Word For the Year is Diversify
I am diversifying my style of activity from "nothing but cardio" to include Functional Strength (flexibility will come later in the year)
I am diversifying my style of non-active hobbies to more than tablet-based, and including "abandoned" handwork projects. The beginner crewel work picture is the first. It was SUPPOSED to be a present for a very needle-crafty BFF.
🙈 = didn't do
Feb 4.5.6
Functional strong senior (17+) aiming for 5 or 6 /wk - an [n] rest day doesn't count towards the 17+ but is NOT a 🙈 :
🥊🥊🥊🥊[n]🥊
Crafter (25+): (did last bit of diamond painting today ♊- start progress on beginner crewel work tomorrow 🧵)
♊🙈🧵🧵🧵🧵
Self Care / nose spray daily (25+) :
🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
Self Care / ear drops (daily till block clears, then weekly so 25+ to start):
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themedalist wrote: »@MadisonMolly2017, I’m happy to post more specifics about my experience with VR and how one might get started. I’ll do that soon.
I just saw this in James Clear’s newsletter and it seems so appropriate for our challenge this month! From the philosopher Epictetus:
“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer.
Put your principles into practice – now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren’t a child anymore. The sooner you set yourself to your spiritual program, the happier you will be. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better.
From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do – now."
@themedalist
I saw this, too!
Very powerful!! This is not new!
Thanks for VR info - no rush
Have a great week!
💕Maddie1 -
My word for the year is “DELIGHT”
It’s been awesome 💖4 -
Jan 22-31💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖💖💖
Feb 💖💖💖💖💖 💖
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ shorten calls/online posting times (as needed)
My time is valuable.
*Removed contact w/ friends:family as this is happening.
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ If I catch myself worrying, I will firmly tell myself “I am a person who doesn’t worry.” And take deep breath in & slowly blow out.
Feb 4: I did this a number of times today successfully. ♥️ My father, husband, and grown son don’t worry, so lots of good tile models.
My NOOM Coach mentioned “Worry is like a rocking chair; it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
Feb 5: this is really working. I’ve shifted my focus from worrying to “Is there any action I need to take?” If the answer in No. I take the deep breath &’stop worrying. If it’s yes, I do the action & stop worrying.
Feb 6: it’s working great
*Removed daily art, as it solid.
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅tracked to the gram
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅steps
*Removed Sat fat - solid habit
* Removed sodium - solid habit
*Removed protein- solid habit
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅freggies Made a stirfry for first time in a long time!!
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Jan 22-31💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖💖💖
Feb 💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ shorten calls/online posting times (as needed)
My time is valuable.
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ If I catch myself worrying, I will firmly tell myself “I am a person who doesn’t worry.” And take deep breath in & slowly blow out.
Feb 4: I did this a number of times today successfully. ♥️ My father, husband, and grown son don’t worry, so lots of good tile models.
My NOOM Coach mentioned “Worry is like a rocking chair; it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
Feb 5: this is really working. I’ve shifted my focus from worrying to “Is there any action I need to take?” If the answer in No. I take the deep breath &’stop worrying. If it’s yes, I do the action & stop worrying.
Feb 6: it’s working great
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅tracked to the gram
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅steps
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅freggies salad!!!
24.2
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🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱2022 WOTY: CONSOLIDATE
🌱BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS🪴🌱
🪴🌱 🌟FEBRUARY 2022 🌟🌱🪴
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱
🔹consolidate current habits
🔹extend January Flexibility habit from 10 to 15 minutes.
🔹 Solid Daily Habits: 7/28 days
In February, after I do my 1st workout of the day
…I will do > 15 minutes of flex exercises. (Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates etc)
Instant Reward: draw a star on my tracker.
Long term reward: 3 sheets of birthday peel-offs if I complete the month.
Extra reward: finding it easier to lace up my shoes/trainers 😂
(I love to see those squares fill up 😂)
🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️
@MadisonMolly2017
Looks like you and I are both streamlining this month.
🦄 Terri
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My Word For the Year is Diversify
I am diversifying my style of activity from "nothing but cardio" to include Functional Strength (flexibility will come later in the year)
I am diversifying my style of non-active hobbies to more than tablet-based, and including "abandoned" handwork projects. The beginner crewel work picture is the first. It was SUPPOSED to be a present for a very needle-crafty BFF.
🙈 = didn't do
Feb 7
Functional strong senior (17+) aiming for 5 or 6 /wk - an [n] rest day doesn't count towards the 17+ but is NOT a 🙈 :
🥊🥊🥊🥊[n]🥊🥊
Crafter (25+): (did last bit of diamond painting today ♊- start progress on beginner crewel work tomorrow 🧵)
♊🙈🧵🧵🧵🧵🙈 *need better scheduling - cue * doesn't help that I am between audiobooks and text-reading at the moment, so I can't listen&craft
Self Care / nose spray daily (25+) :
🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
Self Care / ear drops (daily till block clears, then weekly so 25+ to start):
👂👂👂🙈👂👂🙈 *need better scheduling - cue
walking 7000 or more steps is solid, as is the UAC Big Three keystone habits (20+ mins intentional exercise / log / under calorie goal )
Gotta go back and re-read the 30 Days to Setting Better Habits email set from the beginning again.3 -
Jan 22-31💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖💖💖
Feb 💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ shorten calls/online posting times (as needed)
My time is valuable.
Feb 8: I did it! “I’m gotta go! Time for my walk” she didn’t listen the first two times . “OK, nice chatting. Time for my walk. Bye!”
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ If I catch myself worrying, I will firmly tell myself “I am a person who doesn’t worry.” And take deep breath in & slowly blow out.
Feb 4: I did this a number of times today successfully. ♥️ My father, husband, and grown son don’t worry, so lots of good tile models.
My NOOM Coach mentioned “Worry is like a rocking chair; it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
Feb 5: this is really working. I’ve shifted my focus from worrying to “Is there any action I need to take?” If the answer in No. I take the deep breath &’stop worrying. If it’s yes, I do the action & stop worrying.
Feb 6: it’s working great
Feb 7: ditto
Feb 8: This really helped today. Was worried - because of summer weather - about more fires. Caught myself..reminded myself “take action or relax.” Thought about it, reminded myself we are prepared for bad air. Worried what if home repair (open to outside) happens at the same time. Realized we’d whole up in a couple of the non impacted rooms. RELAXED.
This is becoming a habit! I tell mysel,”I’m on the No Stress Plan” smile relax and go have fun.
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅tracked to the gram
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅steps
✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅freggies salad!!!
24.2TerriRichardson112 wrote: »🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱2022 WOTY: CONSOLIDATE
🌱BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS🪴🌱
🪴🌱 🌟FEBRUARY 2022 🌟🌱🪴
🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱🌟🌱🪴🌟🪴🌱
🔹consolidate current habits
🔹extend January Flexibility habit from 10 to 15 minutes.
🔹 Solid Daily Habits: 7/28 days
In February, after I do my 1st workout of the day
…I will do > 15 minutes of flex exercises. (Yoga/Tai Chi/Pilates etc)
Instant Reward: draw a star on my tracker.
Long term reward: 3 sheets of birthday peel-offs if I complete the month.
Extra reward: finding it easier to lace up my shoes/trainers 😂
(I love to see those squares fill up 😂)
🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️🧘🏼♀️
@MadisonMolly2017
Looks like you and I are both streamlining this month.
🦄 Terri
Yes! @TerriRichardson112
It’s an ebb & flow.
We master some…then decide on more to try, then winnow.
🌸
Maddie
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Feb 8
Functional strong senior (17+) aiming for 5 or 6 /wk - an [n] rest day doesn't count towards the 17+ but is NOT a 🙈 :
🥊🥊🥊🥊[n]🥊🥊🙈
Crafter (25+): (did last bit of diamond painting today ♊- start progress on beginner crewel work tomorrow 🧵)
♊🙈🧵🧵🧵🧵🙈🙈 *need better scheduling - cue * doesn't help that I am between audiobooks and text-reading at the moment, so I can't listen&craft
Self Care / nose spray daily (25+) :
🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
Self Care / ear drops (daily till block clears, then weekly so 25+ to start):
👂👂👂🙈👂👂🙈🙈 *need better scheduling - cue
The UAC Big Three keystone habits (20+ mins intentional exercise / log / under calorie goal ) are solid
walking 7000 or more steps per day is rock solid, thanks to a rolling set of fitbit Weekday and Weekend challenges .... the PROBLEM is the after-work or after supper exergame time (the majority of my stepping done here) plus now that the weather is warmer evening walk-to-do-errands instead of driving is cutting into what was "craft-stitching time" even though I only set myself a small daily target amount.
Gotta go back and re-read the 30 Days to Setting Better Habits email set from the beginning again.Geneveremfp wrote: »Yes x3
I always find that making something routine helps with the self discipline a lot.
Like logging. Just take a minute to log food as soon as its finished and get into the habit of doing that. Easier to maintain. Get into a routine of doing exercise either as soon as you wake up or as soon as the kids are in bed or whenever works for you. If you're in a routine then you only need the self discipline when the routine gets disrupted
We had a topic about self-discipline (or whatever one's preferred word might be) on UAC the other day (thank you @Jana_2020 ! Lots of wisdom shared over that!) and the highlighted bit above is me right now.
I didn't even fill in my tracker spreadsheet for two days. Things have been hectic trying to nail down details for a required trip leaving in 5 weeks and gone for just over 2 weeks.
Maybe I added too many things to my "start an evening routine" for starters. Maybe I gotta rethink time possibilities between end-work and suppertime ....
Gotta go back and re-read the 30 Days to Setting Better Habits email set from the beginning again.
It's the DIVERSIFYing bit that I am getting pushback on from IGM .... plenty of cardio (supposed to be including functional strength too) and too-easy-default back to faux-crossstitch on the tablet (supposed to be trying for less tablet-based leisure&craft activities ... after spending all of a work day on-screen)1 -
@themedalist
Your insights around identity are Really Working for me?
I’m creating a new identity for myself & Im a lot happier & energized!!
Thank you!
🌸Maddie1
