New Week's Resolution - Week 14 (Jan 20 - 26)
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
Read 10 minutes daily
Complete digital cookbook
Ongoing focus items:
Get at least six hours of sleep every night
Wash dinner dishes the same night they're used
Shave daily
New focus item: Not a new item, rather a re-focus upon getting enough sleep at night. My first week back to work after the holidays I passed the 6-hr mark all but one night; this past week I was only successful on two of the five work nights. Need to do better.1 -
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
Get back to my regular sleep patterns! Awake by 5am!
❌️for today...😴 again!
This week:
Try to drive as minimal as possible. Plan errands more efficiently!1 -
Monday
Sleep...check!
Dishes...check!
Shave...oops...1 -
This week:
Try to drive as minimal as possible. Plan errands more efficiently!
✔️
I picked the right week for this challenge as the roads are too icy to drive for a few days!0 -
Monday
Sleep...nope
Dishes...nope
Shave...nope
Had to take wife to ER last night. She's fine, but didn't get home until late, so the entire evening was thrown out the window.1 -
Last couple of days 0/6
Last night in bed on time. Today ate under tdee, plenty of protein. Up at 4 the first time, 11 the second time. Really woke up around 2pm.
Nossmf, I think you are forgiven for emergencies. Hope your wife is okay.1 -
Agreed!:) Hope all is well.
✔️ for not driving at all. our roads still icy... might drive this afternoon for a coffee date and get groceries on the way back, though...1 -
Wednesday
Sleep...check!
Dishes...check!
Shave...check!
Yes, my wife is fine now, thanks for the concern.1 -
In bed by 12 - yes
Up by 8 - yes
Ready to go within 30 minutes - yes
Under tdee - yes
Over protein - yes
Exercise - yes today. First day it was warm enough to get out.
5 pounds up. Hopefully some water weight. In control now. (For a while)2 -
❌️ for today, but close. Woke up at 5:30am, a significant improvement:)1
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Thursday
Sleep...nope
Dishes...check!
Shave...nope
Normally I work from home on Fridays, so Thursday night I have lots of time after church choir to get stuff done. But this week and next I have to be in the office, so early-to-bed creates a race to get stuff done after I get home. Not as successful as it could have been...0 -
January 24
In bed by 12 - yes
Up by 8 - yes
Ready to go within 30 minutes - yes
Under tdee - yes
Over protein - yes
Exercise - none, but lots of running around.
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Friday
Sleep...check!
Dishes...check!
Shave...nope1 -
January 25
In bed by 12 - yes
Up by 8 - yes
Ready to go within 30 minutes - yes
Under tdee - yes, by 14 calories, lol
Over protein - yes
Exercise - none
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Saturday
Sleep...check!
Dishes...check!
Shave...check!1 -
January 26
In bed by 12 - yes
Up by 8 - yes
Ready to go within 30 minutes - yes
Under tdee - yes, just barely again. I think it's the cold weather. More coffee (with milk and maybe a snack)
Over protein - yes
Exercise - none
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