New Week's Resolution - Week 10
nossmf
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Welcome to the first week of the rest of your life! Now seems like a perfect time to select a New Week's Resolution.
What is a New Week's Resolution? It's exactly the same as a New Year's Resolution, with two important distinctions: it only lasts for one week, and you can start one any time you want, rather than just once per year.
So what's wrong with New Year's Resolutions? According to some quick Google research, just one thing: they DON'T WORK!
What is a New Week's Resolution? It's exactly the same as a New Year's Resolution, with two important distinctions: it only lasts for one week, and you can start one any time you want, rather than just once per year.
So what's wrong with New Year's Resolutions? According to some quick Google research, just one thing: they DON'T WORK!
- 23% of people quit within the first week
- 43% quit by the end of January
- 80% quit by mid-February
- 92% fail to make it a full year
- Specific - "exercise more" is vague; "hit the gym twice this week" is specific
- Measurable - did I go twice? Yes or no?
- Achievable - "drink a gallon of water per day" may not be realistic; drink 8oz is
- Relevant - if it doesn't matter to YOU, why bother?
- Time-bound - keep your goal for this week something quick you can reach THIS week
- Hit the gym two times this week
- Cook a meal from scratch three times this week
- Go to bed no later than 10pm every night
- Limit myself to one alcoholic beverage this week
- Finish two pages of my family photo album
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Getting setup for this week. My plan is to continue what I started in previous weeks, and add one more focus item every week as I go. Eventually older items will drop off the list, not because I no longer want to do them, but because they will have become so ingrained a part of my daily routine that I no longer need to record them to make sure they get done.
Past focus items successfully transitioned to un-monitored habit:
Floss every night before bed
Clean litter box every night before bed
Kiss wife within one (1) minute of arriving home from work, gym, store, church, etc
Wearing my glasses every day, all day
Park in furthest spot available
Ongoing focus items:
Get at least six hours of sleep every night
Wash dinner dishes the same night they're used
Walk the dog x2
New focus item:
I do not intend to actually do any new focus for myself this week on account of the holidays (I will continue to work on current focus items), but I'm setting up the thread for the benefit of others who may find this series beneficial. Happy Holidays!1
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