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New Week's Resolution - Week 20 (Mar 3 - Mar 9)

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
    Check parakeet water daily

    Tasks completed thanks to this weekly challenge:
    Complete digital cookbook
    Clean outdoor grill

    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: As I moved a pile of clean, unfolded clothes from my pillow into an empty laundry basket so I could get into bed, a new focus item appeared in my head out of nowhere: fold/hang clean clothes the same day they make it through the wash. This focus will not be enforced every day, since laundry is not run every day, so the days laundry is not done I shall mark "exempt" for my status for the day.
  • Ihatemyjobmotivation
    Ihatemyjobmotivation Posts: 14 Member
    This is a nice bite-size challenge!

    March 3 to 9 Goal: Sleep or stay in bed for 6.5 to 8 hrs or more each night

    March 3:
    March 4:
    March 5:
    March 6:
    March 7:
    March 8:
    March 9:
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 505 Member
    @nossmf thanks for the setup🙂

    Ongoing focus item:
    Complete Dr Jo full body stretch routine each day, preferably first thing in the morning.
    New focus item:
    Weather permitting spend 10-15 minutes picking up sticks, branches in the yard each day. Bad weather days spend the same amount of time gathering camping stuff in one place so we can prep for upcoming camping trips.
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,851 Member
    edited March 3
    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...
    - Cook only 3 good meals this week with enough leftovers for other 2 days (Restaurant on Thursday/pizza Sunday)
    - organizing books, clothes, and papers and donations after decluttering ..


    This week- spend a few minutes per day trying to find an AM pt job.
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 505 Member
    Monday
    Stretch…yep
    Pick up sticks…yep
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,153 Member
    Monday

    Shave...nope
    Receipts...check!
    Hands...check!
    Counter...check!
    Laundry...exempt
  • p8m6bwghh9
    p8m6bwghh9 Posts: 505 Member

    Tuesday

    Stretch…yep

    Pick up sticks …yep

  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,851 Member

    ✔️ so far!

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