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Last year's resolutions.
Dec. 31st, 2010 05:29 am On January 2nd last year, I said I would:
Lose 30 pounds or 6 inches off my waistline. My maximum healthy weight for my body type is about 180. Currently I weigh 205. The last time I was under that healthy weight, I wore a 32, and now I'm up at 38. I won't consider myself really physically fit until I'm back down to one of those two. Last year I cut pop out of my diet entirely; it's crept back in, and I need to change that. I need to watch my portion sizes and stop being such a pig, and I need to exercise. REally, this *should* be the easiest goal on my list...
Write 250 words of fiction per day. Blog 5 days a week. I tend to do well at these toward the beginning of the year and fall off as ir progresses. I need to find a way to steel my resolve and stick to it.
Any time someone asks me to write a letter, make a phone call, or sign a petition for a political cause I believe in, I'm going to do it. Working as a canvasser really stressed for me just how little effort and time that really takes, and showed me some pretty impressive statistics on what it can accomplish.
Did I do that? None of the above. I am still 205-ish pounds, with a 37 inch waist. No progress. But I have at least maintained and not gained, and generally been more conscious and deliberate. And since two months ago I was 10-15 pounds heavier, well, I am aware that it could be worse.
Fiction-wise, I wrote over 40,000 words -- more than 100 words a day, and better than any year before. But I didn't keep track exactly, I didn't achieve that goal by more than 10,000 words minimum, and I failed horribly and egregiously at regular blogging.
Finally, I have not been quite as active politically as I would like. I have worked again as a canvasser, and I have responded to every canvasser I met in person -- but I have also joined several online petition sites, in early-spring fervor, and proceeded throughout the year to ignore them every time my inbox was too full. I have been more active and conscientious in the last year than any year previous, but I have fallen short of my goals, and can easily see where I have room for improvement.
So, for next year? These are my resolutions, yet again. I'm not terribly upset at my falling short this year, but these aren't randomly chosen goals -- they're the areas in which I believe I can do the most to improve when it comes to being the person I would like to be. I suppose I could also make a resolution about my yearly income, but on the average I applied to more than one job every day this year (a little front-loaded in the year, admittedly), and I've successfully juggled all my bills yet again. And while it's a nice practical goal, on a personal level money is just not that important or interesting to me.
Maybe I should work on that?
Nah.
Lose 30 pounds or 6 inches off my waistline. My maximum healthy weight for my body type is about 180. Currently I weigh 205. The last time I was under that healthy weight, I wore a 32, and now I'm up at 38. I won't consider myself really physically fit until I'm back down to one of those two. Last year I cut pop out of my diet entirely; it's crept back in, and I need to change that. I need to watch my portion sizes and stop being such a pig, and I need to exercise. REally, this *should* be the easiest goal on my list...
Write 250 words of fiction per day. Blog 5 days a week. I tend to do well at these toward the beginning of the year and fall off as ir progresses. I need to find a way to steel my resolve and stick to it.
Any time someone asks me to write a letter, make a phone call, or sign a petition for a political cause I believe in, I'm going to do it. Working as a canvasser really stressed for me just how little effort and time that really takes, and showed me some pretty impressive statistics on what it can accomplish.
Did I do that? None of the above. I am still 205-ish pounds, with a 37 inch waist. No progress. But I have at least maintained and not gained, and generally been more conscious and deliberate. And since two months ago I was 10-15 pounds heavier, well, I am aware that it could be worse.
Fiction-wise, I wrote over 40,000 words -- more than 100 words a day, and better than any year before. But I didn't keep track exactly, I didn't achieve that goal by more than 10,000 words minimum, and I failed horribly and egregiously at regular blogging.
Finally, I have not been quite as active politically as I would like. I have worked again as a canvasser, and I have responded to every canvasser I met in person -- but I have also joined several online petition sites, in early-spring fervor, and proceeded throughout the year to ignore them every time my inbox was too full. I have been more active and conscientious in the last year than any year previous, but I have fallen short of my goals, and can easily see where I have room for improvement.
So, for next year? These are my resolutions, yet again. I'm not terribly upset at my falling short this year, but these aren't randomly chosen goals -- they're the areas in which I believe I can do the most to improve when it comes to being the person I would like to be. I suppose I could also make a resolution about my yearly income, but on the average I applied to more than one job every day this year (a little front-loaded in the year, admittedly), and I've successfully juggled all my bills yet again. And while it's a nice practical goal, on a personal level money is just not that important or interesting to me.
Maybe I should work on that?
Nah.
