I usually hate doing resolutions. As many people say, it's just a way for you to easily make yourself feel bad for being a failure. And as I have mentioned before here, I really hate failure to the point that I'm a wreck when dealing with it.
But I'm not above setting goals for myself, like a task that you set for yourself in an agenda, with a long view in mind that regardless if I reach the intended planned goal by year's end, I at least have something to aim towards and keep in mind. This is not stuff that I have to do or there are no real obligations to meet but these are things that I would like to do or have and will do my best to achieve with dignity.
I already listed what I'm hoping to get out of my net worth and also what I plan to do about some of my clutter problems, but there are a few more things I'd like to work on this year that isn't something that necessarily deserves its own post for various particular reasons.
1. DO MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - When it comes to my physical activity, life has been fairly stagnant in that there's nothing going on in it. And I've basically wasted away all the benefits I earned playing hockey for two years awhile back.
It's been something I've been strongly considering since August of last year, but put on the backburner when I signed up for G2 lessons and classes and was met with the unexpected costs of just how expensive it was to learn and then acquire a G2 in this province.
So now that that G2 saga is done, the task is back and niggling at me. Because I really need to find something like the hockey I participated in to start getting me back exercising at least semi-regularly. Except, I need something that isn't as bloody expensive as the hockey I participated in. Hockey's expensive, like $500-700 I don't have expensive. And that isn't to say I won't one day go back to playing hockey, because I plan to, but not while I'm paying down student loans is what I've realized.
There is one more problem that contributes to my inability to decide on a class to take part in, and it's the reality I live called rotating shifts. I mean, I do weekly allergy shots right now and even that is a bit of a hassle to handle with my allergist because of said schedule. So it needs to be something with some flexibility.
So why look for classes and not just schedule your own (free) physical activity time? Because I'm naturally lazy and those kind of plans almost always fall through for me. At least with a class, it's like my allergy appointments; a commitment was made and I need to know where my money is going.
I may just end up blending both options somehow, but I'm really set on finding a class to fulfill this goal. We'll see how it works out by July.
2. A BETTER NIGHT AND MORNING ROUTINE FOR MY BODY - This goes hand in hand with my decluttering quest, as it directly causes me to focus and use what products I have more. But the truth is, I really need to do a better job of how I prepare my body going to bed and then how I wake up in the morning. Seriously, my behaviour is a bit atrocious at it. I have a really bad habit of sleeping until I almost need to leave and then rushing everything to get out.
So, I really ought to work on taking at least 10 minutes to hash out the small stuff before bed and after bed. It'll probably lead to a much healthier life and healthier body overall.
3. LIMIT THE AMOUNT I EAT OUT - Most of last year, meals at work was usually whatever I was in the mood to eat at one of the fast food places around work or whatever I was willing to order in for.
This year, I want it to be different. While I don't want to kill eating out completely in the bud, because then what the heck, but I do want to limit how often I do it. That is to say, keep myself from eating out every day I go to work by planning meals and making them on days off and before work.
Maybe just limit it to once a week and see how it goes from there.
And it really ties into everything I'm trying to do physically and mentally for myself. Limiting the junk I eat will allow for better energy and is better for physical activity. And less bad food means better for my skin and my body every day.
Also I'd probably save a ton of money by eating out less.
As you can see, all of this is pretty well interconnected with each other and is a fair representation of what I'm hoping to do this year for me: better health and peace of mind. Which should all build a certain amount of happiness over the course of the year. Whether I succeed at it is up to me but I'm hoping everything is relatively attainable at least at some small level somewhere.
I may adjust the plan over the year, maybe even add other goals to the list as my priorities change throughout. I mean, in lieu of a hoped for travel date this year, I'm foregoing the usual plan for education this year, but may later change my mind.
Either way, this is not a bad place to start.
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