New Week's Resolution - Week 11

nossmf
nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
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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!
  • 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: 12,226 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

    Ongoing focus items:
    Get at least six hours of sleep every night
    Wash dinner dishes the same night they're used

    New focus item: Read 10 minutes daily. Rationale: I tried this before the Holiday season, which proved the wrong time considering how often I was out of the house at night. With the new year, let's try this again...
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,517 Member
    So this week I'm going to start working on ASL courses. 30 minutes every weekday!This is a totally new goal for me, but I'd like to eventually get a certification. It might take me 10 years!

    Continuing trying to keep leisurely scrolling through internet/ youtube under about an hour per day on workdays and posting at least one item on my Etsy shop per week.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Monday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...check!
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,926 Member
    Not the beginning of the week, but no time like the present.
    1. In bed by 12
    2. Up at 8
    3. Dressed, bed made (so i wont be tempted)by 8:30
    4. Eat at or under tdee
    5. Eat minimum of protein daily
    6. Exercise at least 3 hours a week (definitely the hardest one for me)
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Tuesday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...check!
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,109 Member
    Day 1 of year, check

    Eat to nourish, not comfort. Enough, not too much.
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,517 Member
    0.5 ✔️ this week
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Wednesday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...check! ... may have to set an alarm to avoid reading TOO much at bedtime and thus cut into sleep once work resumes next week
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Thursday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...check!
  • AdahPotatah2024
    AdahPotatah2024 Posts: 2,517 Member
    Did great on in progress goals, but planning to do better studying ASL next week!
  • Heidijjo
    Heidijjo Posts: 26 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Wednesday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...check! ... may have to set an alarm to avoid reading TOO much at bedtime and thus cut into sleep once work resumes next week

    I wish I had this problem. It usually puts me out.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Friday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...check!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Saturday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...check!
    Read...knew something was missing...
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 3,926 Member
    Corina1143 wrote: »
    Not the beginning of the week, but no time like the present.
    1. In bed by 12 4/4
    2. Up at 8 3/5
    3. Dressed, bed made (so i wont be tempted)by 8:30 3/5
    4. Eat at or under tdee 3/5
    5. Eat minimum of protein daily 4/5
    6. Exercise at least 3 hours a week (definitely the hardest one for me)0/5

    Wow! I guess I need to work on everything!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,226 Member
    Sunday:

    Sleep...check!
    Dishes...drat...early bedtime snuck up on me
    Read...check!

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