I don't think I've made a NY resolution for years! I never stick to them so I don't bother! A word you say? I shall think of one before I finish this comment. Little did we know this time last year we would still be in the grips of this disease! 2021 flew by but then at my age, they get quicker every year! Hope is my word I think, I hope this year will improve for everyone, wherever they are, whoever they are and this sad, pathetic attitude that a lot of people have attained regarding our present predicament (I'm sure they think our country is the only one going through this!) a couple of my family members are numbered amongst them disappointingly!!) well, I just hope common sense prevails for once and everyone does the right thing and we can get back to some sort of normality (does anyone remember that?!) Can't help feeling that this is life from now on! Anyway Shanna, look after yourself, stay optimistic and this time next year we might, just might make resolutions again and not stick to them again!! Take care, sending positive thoughts to you, Andrew, his brother & the rest of his family! xxx
My past is a New Year's Resolutions graveyard. But I made a few resolutions this year that I feel good about, though I called them goals, not resolutions. They are simple and easy to execute. For example, one of them is to do 5,000 pushups this year. That may sound insane, but it's actually extremely achievable for me. I can already do 10 pushups without a problem, and 5,000 in a year averages out to only about 14 pushups a day. So I just need to actually DO the pushups that I'm already capable of, and add less than a handful more each day. And if I miss a day or two, I can fairly easily make up that number elsewhere.
While I know that doing 5,000 pushups in a year won't revolutionize my life, I also know that if I achieve that, I will have built a substantially stronger upper body, and I will feel better about myself, especially as I reach a certain milestone birthday this year. (This goal also ties in nicely with Shanna's word of the year, consistency!) And I suspect those positive impacts will reach into other areas of my life.
I just finished reading a book called How to Change by Katy Milkman, and if anyone's looking for a science-based book on the art of change or self-improvement, I feel pretty confident this is the one.
One other book that I've found truly worthwhile is Everyday Vitality by Dr. Samantha Boardman.
Perseverance! ;)
I don't think I've made a NY resolution for years! I never stick to them so I don't bother! A word you say? I shall think of one before I finish this comment. Little did we know this time last year we would still be in the grips of this disease! 2021 flew by but then at my age, they get quicker every year! Hope is my word I think, I hope this year will improve for everyone, wherever they are, whoever they are and this sad, pathetic attitude that a lot of people have attained regarding our present predicament (I'm sure they think our country is the only one going through this!) a couple of my family members are numbered amongst them disappointingly!!) well, I just hope common sense prevails for once and everyone does the right thing and we can get back to some sort of normality (does anyone remember that?!) Can't help feeling that this is life from now on! Anyway Shanna, look after yourself, stay optimistic and this time next year we might, just might make resolutions again and not stick to them again!! Take care, sending positive thoughts to you, Andrew, his brother & the rest of his family! xxx
My past is a New Year's Resolutions graveyard. But I made a few resolutions this year that I feel good about, though I called them goals, not resolutions. They are simple and easy to execute. For example, one of them is to do 5,000 pushups this year. That may sound insane, but it's actually extremely achievable for me. I can already do 10 pushups without a problem, and 5,000 in a year averages out to only about 14 pushups a day. So I just need to actually DO the pushups that I'm already capable of, and add less than a handful more each day. And if I miss a day or two, I can fairly easily make up that number elsewhere.
While I know that doing 5,000 pushups in a year won't revolutionize my life, I also know that if I achieve that, I will have built a substantially stronger upper body, and I will feel better about myself, especially as I reach a certain milestone birthday this year. (This goal also ties in nicely with Shanna's word of the year, consistency!) And I suspect those positive impacts will reach into other areas of my life.
I just finished reading a book called How to Change by Katy Milkman, and if anyone's looking for a science-based book on the art of change or self-improvement, I feel pretty confident this is the one.
One other book that I've found truly worthwhile is Everyday Vitality by Dr. Samantha Boardman.
Happy New Year!