New Week's Resolution - Week 12

nossmf

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!

• 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

Why such high rates of failure? Probably because most resolutions fail to follow these simple steps from the SMART method:

• 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

With these thoughts in mind, what is ONE thing you want to do this week? Some examples may include:

• 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

...and so on. While this is very similar in nature to the famous "Just Give Me 10 Days" series, that challenge focuses primarily on weight loss and diet control, whereas this challenge is of a broader nature, including interpersonal relationships, home improvements, health and fitness and more. Just pick something specific you wish to focus upon, set a number goal you can reach (or not), and make status updates to document your progress. This will be a judgment-free zone: if you do not reach your goal, take the time to figure out why not (too big a goal, life happened, etc), and forgive yourself, because you can always try again next week.

nossmf

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
Read 10 minutes daily

New focus item: Shave daily. Rationale: When using a straight-razor to shave, I often only shaved twice a week, citing the time required to do a good job plus the skin irritation if done daily. For Christmas, my wife bought me an electric razor which can get the job done in under a minute and almost completely eliminates the irritation. She would like me to shave daily so she is not poked by stubble when we kiss.

AdahPotatah2024

Ongoing focus items:
Waste less than an hour on the youtube/internet on workdays (so I have time for my hobbies)
Post one item per wk in my Etsy shop
30 minutes learning ASL every weekday

This week:
Get back to my regular sleep patterns! Awake by 5am
✔️ for today!:)

Corina1143

Repeat of last week until I get it right.
1. In bed by 12
2. Up at 8
3. Dressed, bed made 30 minutes after awake
4. Eat at or less than tdee
5. Eat minimum protein
6. 3 hours exercise per week

Corina1143

1. In bed by 12 yes
2. Up at 8 no
3. Dressed, bed made 30 minutes after awake no
4. Eat at or less than tdee no
5. Eat minimum protein yes
6 3 hours exercise per week not yet