2023 Goals - Second Time's the Charm?...
Jan. 4th, 2023 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arthur_p_dentAt the beginning of 2022, I decided to follow in so many others' footsteps, and I made a list of goals. Much of it was related to personal health, because I was unhappy with the condition I had allowed myself to fall into. And for a while I was doing very well - until the end of April when everything went to shit.
Work was the initial thing that got me off track, and after a few weeks, even though I had all the intentions in the world of starting things up again, I simply could not get motivated (once I began believing my own excuses, I knew I was sunk). Before I knew it, the rest of the year had slipped away.
And now, here we are at the start of 2023. After taking a critical look at my goals from last year, and taking some other things into consideration, I think I've got a good starting point for this coming year.
Weekly post on DW... Welcome to my weekly post! Like last year, it will be on Wednesdays. Unlike last year, it will be a more general format (not solely focused on giving goal updates), which I think will help me to stay interested in keeping it going.
Sleep... A decent amount of nightly sleep is still something that's eluding me, so this one will get a lot of attention. The goal is a minimum of 5 hours a night, and tracking will include explanations for every night the goal is missed.
Exercise... I've scaled this back a bit, from 5 days a week to 4. Looking back, almost every week last year had a missed day in it, which tells me that 5 wasn't a realistic goal at all.
Other Personal... Same as last year. These are things I'm keeping track of but not making public.
Reading... I currently have this as 1 book per month, but I think that will get revised at some point - probably to "__ hours per week/month". I'm not a particularly fast reader, and I really want this to be more of a leisure activity.
Crafting... This wasn't a goal last year, but I did end up doing a lot of it and I definitely want to stay with it. The goal is to spend time 2 days a week on some sort of craft project. Some more crochet will be in there, as well as new endeavors such as macrame and painting.
As I said, this is a starting point - I fully expect changes within these items, as well as new items to be added. But for me, I know I need to start out on a smaller scale or else risk getting overwhelmed and not even getting off the ground.
Wish me luck! =]
Work was the initial thing that got me off track, and after a few weeks, even though I had all the intentions in the world of starting things up again, I simply could not get motivated (once I began believing my own excuses, I knew I was sunk). Before I knew it, the rest of the year had slipped away.
And now, here we are at the start of 2023. After taking a critical look at my goals from last year, and taking some other things into consideration, I think I've got a good starting point for this coming year.
Weekly post on DW... Welcome to my weekly post! Like last year, it will be on Wednesdays. Unlike last year, it will be a more general format (not solely focused on giving goal updates), which I think will help me to stay interested in keeping it going.
Sleep... A decent amount of nightly sleep is still something that's eluding me, so this one will get a lot of attention. The goal is a minimum of 5 hours a night, and tracking will include explanations for every night the goal is missed.
Exercise... I've scaled this back a bit, from 5 days a week to 4. Looking back, almost every week last year had a missed day in it, which tells me that 5 wasn't a realistic goal at all.
Other Personal... Same as last year. These are things I'm keeping track of but not making public.
Reading... I currently have this as 1 book per month, but I think that will get revised at some point - probably to "__ hours per week/month". I'm not a particularly fast reader, and I really want this to be more of a leisure activity.
Crafting... This wasn't a goal last year, but I did end up doing a lot of it and I definitely want to stay with it. The goal is to spend time 2 days a week on some sort of craft project. Some more crochet will be in there, as well as new endeavors such as macrame and painting.
As I said, this is a starting point - I fully expect changes within these items, as well as new items to be added. But for me, I know I need to start out on a smaller scale or else risk getting overwhelmed and not even getting off the ground.
Wish me luck! =]
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Date: 2023-01-05 03:32 pm (UTC)Oooh, new crafts sound like fun.
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Date: 2023-01-05 10:58 pm (UTC)New crafts *do* sound like fun. I'm not sure how painting will go, but I'm definitely looking forward to trying my hand at macrame. And who knows what other things might strike my fancy along the way. =]
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-07 03:53 am (UTC)I do plan to continue sharing the various projects I take on. The posts may not be as in-depth as they were for my blanket projects, but we'll see how it goes.