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New Week's Resolution - Week 18 (Feb 17 - Feb 23)

nossmf
nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
in Challenges
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.

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  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    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
    Wash dinner dishes the same night they're used
    Get at least six hours of sleep every night

    Tasks completed thanks to this weekly challenge:
    Complete digital cookbook

    Ongoing focus items:
    Shave daily
    Record receipts same day spent
    Wash hands before preparing ALL meals.
    Spray down counter/oven after every meal.

    New focus item: Check parakeet water daily. We have three parakeets chirping away in a cage, and they are very frugal drinking water, to the point where I only need to add more every few days to a week, and that's probably more due to evaporation than consumption. However, the other day I passed their cage, noticed the water dish was bone dry, and could not remember the last time I added water, or even checked for that matter. Who knows how long these little guys had to go without water? So starting this week, I will make it a point to check the water status every day, regardless if I have to do something about it that day, I at least need to check. Sorry, little fellas.
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,853 Member
    edited February 17
    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 5:30AM
    -Try to drive as minimal as possible. Plan errands more efficiently!
    - attempt at using all the groceries I have w/ zero waste...


    This week- Cook only 3 good meals this week with enough leftovers for other 2 days (Restaurant on Thursday/pizza Sunday)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Monday

    Shave...nope
    Receipts...nope
    Hands...check!
    Spray...check!
    Birds...check!
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,853 Member
    ✔️ so far!:)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Tuesday

    Shave...check!
    Receipts...nope
    Hands...check!
    Spray...check!
    Birds...check!
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,853 Member
    ✔️ for eating leftovers this week, but big fail for almost everything else!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Wednesday

    Shave...check!
    Receipts...nope
    Hands...check!
    Spray...check!
    Birds...check!

    Thursday

    Shave...nope
    Receipts...nope
    Hands...check!
    Spray...check!
    Birds...check!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Friday

    Shave...nope
    Receipts...check!
    Hands...check!
    Spray...nope
    Birds...check!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Saturday

    Shave...nope
    Receipts...check!
    Hands...check!
    Spray...check!
    Birds...check!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    edited February 23
    **Wrong thread**
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Sunday

    Shave...check!
    Receipts...check!
    Hands...check!
    Spray...check!
    Birds...check!

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