![]() Make yourself a reward jar and drop in a quarter for every good decision you make. Sitting at the doctor’s office flipping through a beat up copy of Glamour, I stumbled upon a great idea. Even though the “10” makes it semi-specific, it doesn’t outline the strategies to see it through.Ī better resolution would say, “In order to lose 10 pounds, I will stop eating junk from Ronna’s candy bowl at work, visit the gym at least 3 times per week for 45-60 minutes of cardio and weight training, pack healthy lunch four times per week instead of wasting money and eating the fattening crap they’re selling in the Loop, and stop ordering Pad Thai delivery because it’s HORRIBLE for you.”Ģ) Find ways to reward yourself for a job well done. Making a list of ambiguous plans like “lose weight” or even “lose 10 pounds” won’t cut it. So here are a couple strategies I’ve devised to make my list of goals for 2010 a bit more attainable.ġ) No vague goals. This year, I’m hoping to try things a little differently. As I said in September, every year this list looks just about the same. Here I am, on December 30th (at least I’m a day early, right?), thinking about what I can do differently in 2010. But today, I’m back to my original quest, and I suppose that quest is for self-improvement. Way back then, my plan was to find a meaningful way to give back to the community. Once upon a time, about three months ago, I wrote a post on this very blog about how silly it is to wait until December 31st to start making resolutions for the New Year. When I checked on 17 people want to try to take over the world! That’s just unrealistic. I had things on my resolution list like: learn the dance to Thriller (much too long), be on time (my mom calls me ‘Lindsey of love and lateness’ for a reason), and figure out my career (sigh). Other years I just set the bar way too high. 8 days later: check! And it turned out that 2006 was the best year of my life to date. 1 week later: check! And party as hard as I can for as long as I can. 2 days later: check! I also set the goal to learn how to dance the mashed potato. Example: in 2006 I set the goal to grocery shop more than once a month. That way, the remainder of my year is spent feeling totally accomplished. I like to have many New Year’s resolutions that I know I can accomplish in a few short weeks. The best way to ensure a wonderful year is by setting low achievable goals for yourself. Pretty much the only thing I like about New Year’s Eve is that you get to come up with your resolutions for the next year. After much contemplation, I will take my camera out with me again this year but will handcuff it to my chastity belt. I don’t know who you are, but if you read this, I like you. I would like to thank the person who turned my camera in to the bartender that night. Luckily I found the camera at Nick’s Beer Garden along with my credit card and driver’s license. ![]() Good way to start out the year? Not so sure. ![]() I must’ve typed that while I was lying in bed eating take-out during the second viewing of my Beauty and the Beast VHS. ![]() Have you seen it? It’s Kodak and has pictures of a naked guy playing guitar.” My first Facebook status of 2009 went as follows:
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