New Week's Resolution - Week 13

nossmf · January 12

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 · January 13

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
Shave daily

New focus item: Complete final edits to digital cookbook. Nothing fancy, just all the recipes my family uses, gathered together from the various websites/cookbooks/emails/etc to a single location, complete with ingredient/spice lists, equipment used, cooking instructions, etc. Started putting it together for the benefit of my kids as they become adults and leave home, so they can fix their own copies of "Dad's cooking", now I want to finish it also for myself so I can print it out and have a binder in my kitchen, rather than trying to remember "where was that recipe again?" Everything should be present, but I want to make final edits, re-read everything so it makes sense to somebody who hasn't already made it dozens of times, make it look pretty, etc.

SafariGalNYC · January 13

@nossmf - love the idea of weekly resolutions. Hope yours are successful!

This week- I have a few resolutions to focus on:
- 1. No cell phone before bed.
- 2. do nightly skin care routine.
- 3. Stretch and meditation morning and night.
- 4. Ongoing - strategize workflow to be more productive.

Have a great week!

AdahPotatah2024 · January 14

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...😴

nossmf · January 14

Monday:

Sleep...check!
Dishes...check!
Read...check!
Shave...check!
Cookbook...not complete

nossmf · January 15

Tuesday:

Sleep...nope...only 5.5 hours
Dishes...check!
Read...check!
Shave...check!
Cookbook...not complete

Corina1143 · January 15

@nossmf
Yep, I was born a week late and I've been late ever since. No surprise I'm late finding this thread.

Yesterday
1. In bed by 12 - yes
2. Up by 8 - yes
3. Ready for the day 30 minutes after waking - yes
4. Ate under tdee - yes
5. Ate at least minimum protein - yes
6. Exercised at least 3 hours per week - went to gym for 1 hour class. 😃

Corina1143 · January 16

1. In bed by 12 - yes
2. Up by 8 - yes
3. Ready for the day 30 minutes after waking - yes
4. Ate under tdee - barely
5. Ate at least minimum protein - yes
6. Exercised at least 3 hours per week - not today

AdahPotatah2024 · January 16

✔️ for today!

nossmf · January 16

Wednesday:

Sleep...nope...only 5.5 hours...second night in a row...
Dishes...check!
Read...check!
Shave...check!
Cookbook...not complete

AdahPotatah2024 · January 17

❌️ for today... 😴

nossmf · January 17

Thursday:

Sleep...nope...only 5.5 hours...third night in a row...
Dishes...check!
Read...check!
Shave...check!
Cookbook...not complete

Getting adequate sleep was easy during my vacation, been missing it what with my early mornings to workout before work. Need to practice starting bedtime routine a little earlier...

Corina1143 · January 17

Yesterday

1. In bed by 12 - yes, the first time, no 3am the second time
2. Up by 8 - yes, actually 8:10. I'm calling that close enough.
3. Ready for the day 30 minutes after waking - yes
4. Ate under tdee - yes
5. Ate at least minimum protein - yes
6. Exercised at least 3 hours per week - one hour today.

Corina1143 · January 18

Good day.

1. In bed by 12 - yes
2. Up by 8 - no, making up for night before.
3. Ready for the day 30 minutes after waking - yes
4. Ate under tdee - yes
5. Ate at least minimum protein - yes
6. Exercised at least 3 hours per week - not today.

AdahPotatah2024 · January 18

So failed this week/ going to try to get my routine/sleep schedule back to normal next week!

nossmf · January 18

Friday:

Sleep...check!
Dishes...oops...
Read...check!
Shave...oops...
Cookbook...not complete

Corina1143 · January 19

1. In bed by 12 - no
2. Up by 8 - no
3. Ready for the day 30 minutes after waking - yes
4. Ate under tdee - yes
5. Ate at least minimum protein - yes
6. Exercised at least 3 hours per week - not today.

For the week--2 hours exercise, a good start.
In bed by 12 should be so easy. Gotta do better.
Eating under tdee is so much easier than aiming for a number. (Especially after years of training)

nossmf · January 19

Saturday:

Sleep...check!
Dishes...oops...
Read...check!
Shave...oops...
Cookbook...not complete

Corina1143 · January 20

1. In bed by 12 - yes
2. Up by 8 - yes
3. Ready for the day 30 minutes after waking - no
4. Ate under tdee - yes, barely
5. Ate at least minimum protein - yes
6. Exercised at least 3 hours per week - no.

nossmf · January 20

Sunday:

Sleep...check!
Dishes...check!
Read...check!
Shave...check!
Cookbook...COMPLETED!!!

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