New Year's Resolutions

[surgtech1956]

With still a few days till the first of the year, I started thinking about New Year's resolutions. First on my list is to lose weight - 40 lbs, to ride more and start earlier than last year, commute by bike, especially if I change jobs, eat healthier - give up junk food, limit eating out, brown bag my lunch to work, schedule my colonoscopy. I'm sure I'll think of a few more.

[shootingstar]

In all honesty, I don't seem to make NY resolutions. 'Cause if I did I would have remembered this past year's NY resolutions.

For past few decades, I just continue to bumble along in life with vague long-term goals that lie in my subsciousness and that drives me forward/at least reminds me, not to forget. Like no kiddin' my body reminds me if I suppress a major desire/need/go into denial..I fall asleep, etc.

So my vague goals regardless of whether or not it's 2007, 2008, 2009,.. that nudge me along whenever I fall on my face at times in life (and I do fall into potholes at times):

1. Keep on cycling and try to do stretching/core exercise more regularily. Daily or several times per week during warm / non-snowy weather. And at least 90% of rides, have at least 1 hill, even if it's a tiny hill. In better shape, a few more longer hills and with longer distances.

2. Explore my world on bike.

3. Control, control my eating habits. I'm snacking even healthy foods too much after 8:00 pm.

4. Have humility and drive to learn something new in my job and outside of work frequently.

5. Be attentive and alert to those who I love.

6. Be actively creative...ie. do more art. (THis latter has been hard at times with alot of other time conflicts.)

[roadie gal]

Of course, lose weight. lol I resolve that every year...

I'd like to make more time to bring Toby to the hospital to do his Pet Therapy thing.

I want to write. I have a few stories online, but I'd like to try to actually write something to be published.

[indysteel]

My New Year's Resolution is to be less of a worrier. I tend to stew, overanalyze, wring my hands, etc. about a whole host of things and it's largely unproductive. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to tackle this problem, but there it is. And because I worry and stew, I'm also not really enjoying the moment and/or being as nice to those around me as I should.

I'd also like to "get out there" a bit more. I have plenty of friends, but my romantic life is nonexistent. I'm finally over my ex BF I'm happy to say, but I haven't quite taken the next step of getting back on the horse. It's not that I think my life is incomplete without a man, but I am lonely. I tend to become complacent about dating (as in, I just don't). I'd like to be more open to the possibility.

Beyond that, I need to spend more time on my house. I'd rather ride any day, but my house is starting to look and feel neglected.

[IFjane]

Do you suppose if I post this I will stick with it?

1. Get out of the funk I have been wallowing in for the last year. Surgeries have taken their toll and every time I try to get into shape something happens to make me stumble...
2. Lose weight and keep it off!
3. Get into shape!
4. GET MARRIED (I know I'll keep that one!)

[Zen]

I'm giving those up for Lent.

[kelownagirl]

My New Year's Resolution is to be less of a worrier. I tend to stew, overanalyze, wring my hands, etc. about a whole host of things and it's largely unproductive. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to tackle this problem, but there it is. And because I worry and stew, I'm also not really enjoying the moment and/or being as nice to those around me as I should.

I'd also like to "get out there" a bit more. I have plenty of friends, but my romantic life is nonexistent. I'm finally over my ex BF I'm happy to say, but I haven't quite taken the next step of getting back on the horse. It's not that I think my life is incomplete without a man, but I am lonely. I tend to become complacent about dating (as in, I just don't). I'd like to be more open to the possibility.

Beyond that, I need to spend more time on my house. I'd rather ride any day, but my house is starting to look and feel neglected.

I'm a worrier too. I saw a counsellor about 10 years ago about related stuff and she recommended I write down everything I am worried about. Then I was to set a time every day that I actually sat down and "worried" about the things on the list but not allow myself to think about them the rest of the time. In addition, I had to analyze each item (big or little) and list the things I can control and those that I can't and then work on changing the things I can but letting go of the ones that are beyond my control. All of this stuff did help to some degree. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well...

[silver]

Ride more!!!!!

[indysteel]

I'm a worrier too. I saw a counsellor about 10 years ago about related stuff and she recommended I write down everything I am worried about. Then I was to set a time every day that I actually sat down and "worried" about the things on the list but not allow myself to think about them the rest of the time. In addition, I had to analyze each item (big or little) and list the things I can control and those that I can't and then work on changing the things I can but letting go of the ones that are beyond my control. All of this stuff did help to some degree. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this very well...

Thank you for those suggestions. I was thinking along those same lines myself--about only allowing myself a set amount of time to worry.

Some of the things I worry about are the details. I like things to be "just so." I'm not sure how to tackle that one. I feel this huge push/pull to the often practical necessity of being well prepared and exercising an undue amount of control over a situation or person. My friends laugh at me for being such a planner, but if they knew how much hand wringing that goes into it, I don't think they'd find it as amusing.

[RoadRaven]

I don't really do "New Years Resolutions" but I do want to spend more time riding with my family than on my own - but thats more of a goal than a resolution...

Likewise, losing weight, to continue steady weightloss is a goal not a resolution...

Though I suppose a NY Resolution might be to work less in 2008.
I am seriously thinking about dropping a day, and working only 4 days a week. Why should I spend so much time with people I feel "hoha" about (work colleagues), and too little time people I am passionate about (my partner)?

[GLC1968]

You know, I gave up New Year's resolutions in my early 30's when I realized that the first one was always the same (lose weight) and rarely ever met (still).

Then last year I decided to make one and here it is a year later and I am realizing that I didn't stick to it. But I still think I need to do it, so I'm making it my resolution for 2008. My hope is that I can make it stick this year:

Be kinder to myself.

I do have a few goals for myself this year as well:
1) change my job/career direction enough to inspire excitement again
2) be more 'green' in the way I live my life
3) eat less processed/fake/nutritionally-void foods
4) bike more and more often