2011 is coming - any resolutions yet?

13 years ago

Every winter I normally do my 'winter tune-up'. Except last couple of years have been too much for me to focus and get through it all. Having gone through the gamut now with family issues, mental health, financial....I can finally focus again on my tune-up.

2011 tune-up will include:

Weight goals

Refocus on healthier meals, portions and associated habits

Mental health

Spiritual journey - not defined by religion but a spiritual self belief

Review and expand on course material from group therapy, re-do assignments to see where I am at today

This is enough for me. I could list a million things but the most important is my overall health. It's a constant effort to shake off negative thoughts that have plagued me for years, let go of family bitterness so we can just live and let live. My best friend tells me I'm getting better at this. It dawned on me yesterday that all of my anger the last few years with family was in line with a grieving process of letting go to live and let live. That hit me like a ton of bricks in a sense.

Resolutions to me are something from the heart. I can only make them happen if I truly want them to rather than just lip service according to the time of year.

Have you thought of anything for 2011 that is important to you?

Cheers,

Peggy

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ruthieg__tx
13 years ago
Mine too is Health. More exercise and I want to lose some pounds.....not going to decide how many but I am carrying too much weight around my middle. I appreciate all the steroids and appetite stimulants that the oncologist gave me to keep me eating and healthy as possible but I carried my food choices to the extreme and consequently have some excess weight that I want to get rid of as soon as possible. No crash diets just the good old weight watchers way.
cynic
13 years ago
My only resolution is to make no resolutions. I have a full ToDo list as it is!
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I have a few.

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2. I am tired of being pulled in 3 different directions at work. So my goal is to do 1 thing...do it well.and then move on.

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Ruthie_tx I still use WW during the winter months. I find it helps me to focus on enjoying my meals again in an unrushed manner.

Cynic no resolutions sounds best in your situation. I wish you luck with your to do list.

SamKaren your book sounds like it is rolling along. Doing 1 thing at a time can often become lost at work when priorities bounce all over the place. Sometimes your email has to wait, phone calls can go to messages. They say more time is lost at work because of email traffic. I've been there. Toning up again will also help you concentrate on one thing at a time too. Striking a balance again.

All great stuff!

Cheers,
Peggy
oldgardener_2009
13 years ago
Mine is to become a better housekeeper.

I've already started and hope to keep it up...but we'll see how it goes, LOL! I tend to put in my daily 8 hours of work and ignore taking care of the house when I'm done working for the day, but I'm trying to improve in that respect.
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13 years ago
Good thoughts and good health for my relatives and friends. To those who need jobs or want to change jobs, that will be provided. To those who want to retire to travel, be with friends and relatives or just kick back, good wishes.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
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work on my health, continue the weight loss even though it is slow going it is downward, continue to work on the diabetes this last A1C was down to 6.0 which is where I was aiming for now I am aiming for getting it even lower but I am very happy at 6 (so is my doc). And continue going through what ever it takes for the specialist to figure out what is happening to me and take steps to improve.
Eating healthy, moving more, and keeping positive.

for those wanting to improve housecleaning and housework have you visited flylady's site, it is definitely one to check out.
FlyLady's House!
cheri2008
13 years ago
Mine is just to try to be a happier person. I have decided that to do so is a choice, I cannot change most of the things that happen, the economy, health issues, other disappointments, but I will do my best to face each day with a positive attitude.
glenda_al
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Exercise and stay healthy
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Trying to live each day fully in the moment and see the good things in life.
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One is to continue to be strict about what I eat, which is more of a serious life decision than a New Year's resolution.

Another is to organize my time now that I'm not working, in order to accomplish what I need to. I want to write more, work on digitizing my dad's photography, and take on some home improvement projects.

And see more of my friends!
country_sunshine
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Well now that the holiday feasting is over and the temptations are not so great, I can concentrate on going back to eating healthy again... and getting back into my size 8/10 wardrobe... Taking care of myself is important, but making someone else happy is more important and if I can do that, then the rest will happen as matter of course. The things I will be involved in is mission work. There are so many people living alone and without reliable transportation out here in the hills... this is an area where I can help.

Basicly I just want to make myself available for my Creator to use me when and where He chooses... and unlike 2010, in 2011 I will stay away from negative people and situations that are so hate filled that they only serve to drag you down.
alisande
13 years ago
Taking care of myself is important, but making someone else happy is more important

Nice thought, but I always remember the analogy of the flight attendants' instructions on a plane, who tell parents that if the oxygen masks are released, they should put their own masks on before their children's . . . because you can't help someone else if you're not breathing.

First things first.
phyllis__mn
13 years ago
I think I'm following Cynic's plan.....I've broken so many resolutions in my lifetime that it is pointless to make more. Great good luck to those who are doing so, however.

Phyllis
janniel
13 years ago
Just going to try to keep on remembering all my "Blessings" and from whence they came. Take more time to listen when others need to talk. This is a great place for that. Also to make sure I sit on my back porch, whenever possible, and watch the sun come up and watch all of God's little creatures start their day.
ruthieg__tx
13 years ago
A lot of people don't believe in resolutions but I'm here to tell you that you should just keep on making them and one day you just might have the energy and will power to carry through. I smoked for so many years and I wanted to quit but "it was just easier" not to bother with the hard work and say I just can't do it.......One year I made the same resolution as always to quit smoking and one day led to the next and then the next became a week and the week a month and all of a sudden I said.....Holy Sheet....I think I've quit smoking.....and it was because once again.I made that same old resolution but this particular time.....I actually did it so don't be afraid....even if you break your resolution......just keep on keeping on.....
minnie_tx
13 years ago
found this on an aol board this morning
-What the new year brings us depends a great deal on what we bring to the new year.

-New Year's resolutions are like crying babies in the church--they need to be carried out.

-The worst thing about New Year's resolutions is that they come in one year and go out the other.

-You can reuse last year's list of resolutions--it's probably about as good as new.

-Serious trouble comes when the New Year's resolutions collide with the old year's habits.

-If you kept every resolution you made last year, you would probably be skinny, smart, healthy, rich--and bored.

-Let us not let the old year die without burying any old grudges.

-Don't face the new year or any day without facing Christ.
bulldinkie
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Yes
Please who ever listens I need a better 2011 than 2010...
The Year Of The Kidney..
Marilyn Sue McClintock
13 years ago
I never make any :)

Sue
kayjones
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Best wishes to everyone who has made N.Y. resolutions - I pray you can succeed with them.

I don't make N.Y. resolutions, either - I just try to live the best I can, one day at a time. I am so thankful for all GOD has blessed me with and daily I ask HIM to guide me to make the best choices - I do need to control my impatient nature in 2011, so will definently work on that!
mboston_gw
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Above all, every day be grateful for what I have been given.

Then continue with my diet and excerise regime that seems to be working.

Next is to improve my mental health by reading more and challenging myself more mentally.

Surround myself with positive-minded people. I think that makes alot of difference in one's attitude towards everyday challenges.

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minnie_tx
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Well, here are some from year's past:
2006: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.
2007: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.
2008: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight.
2009: I will work out 3 days a week.
2010: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.
wanda_va
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I want to lose weight and get in better shape. That will happen if I get back into my extreme housecleaning routine of my younger years.

I want to start getting rid of "stuff". Maybe I'll learn about ebay...or just stock the local Goodwill store.

Happy New Year, KT friends!
susan_on
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I would like to lose 19 pounds. I can't believe I let the weight creep up on me like that. This is what I'm going to work on.
Jodi_SoCal
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With hiking and trips to the gym, I have the healthy lifestyle fairly covered. Could definitely eat smarter.

But... what I really want to do in 2011 is read all the user guides and manuals for every electronic/high-tech device in the house so I know what it's capable of and the proper way to hook everything up so our two year old, very expensive master remote control works properly.

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