New Year's Resolutions

5 years ago

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Made any? I'm going for more fitness and some weight loss. Hopefully I'll stick to them, I have heard it is good to set realistic goals for ones self if one wants to change.

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joyfulguy

5 years ago

Probably useful to not just set a realistic goal, but some simple, practical and, hopefully, fairly easy steps to get one started and keep the project going.

With some minor objectives along the route, to encourage one to work toward something to be achieved soon.

I have a couple of things that I plan to work on, but to get to work on them prior to the New Year.

When you're 90+ ... how many New Years can you more or less realistically count on?

Or at any age, for that matter: just refer to the Covid issue, that was on few of our radars, last year at this time.

If U.S. folks were to ask some of those who refuse to wear masks whether, in the light of one in five deaths worldwide from covid being in the U.S., which sure doesn't have one fifth of the world's population, could we perhaps consider that our demands that each should be free to choose one's lifestyle have anything to do with it?

When I was a kid, I was taught that the other side of the (supposed) nickel that says "Freedom" on one side ...

... must say "Responsibility" on the other side ...

... or people won't accept it as having any value.

We're sure finding out that what goes on in the (worldwide) community affects all of us, aren't we?

We had a drive-by activity at our United Church on Saturday, with a few dressed as Magi collecting bus tickets and goods for a chaplaincy at a low-income community in our neighbourhood.

I showed a letter just received showing a radio with a mask, sent from Farm Radio International, who have a newscaster on national radio as sponsor, who have supported radio programs from more than dozens of radio stations in Africa helping over a million farmers to improve their skills. Recently they've been providing a lot of info on coping with Covid, as well, apparently greatly appreciated in many small communities.

As a teen with a couple of younger brothers helping Dad operate a fairly large farm when our hired hands went to World War II in about 1940 ... I still have some roots fairly deep in the soil.

And having helped some refugees fron North Korea get back on their feet in South Korea in the mid 50s, with some churches' help following the Korean War, I have learned that limiting one's width of view to one or even a few countries can have disastrous consequences, often to people who had no part in putting the problem together.

End of rant - sorry for highjacking your thread, Lucille

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Marilyn Sue
5 years ago
I never make them.

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Uptown Gal
5 years ago
I never make them...they have a habit of running away so I can't remember them.
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Rusty
5 years ago
The only one I've ever made that I've kept was the one that said "I will not make any more New Year's resolutions". And for me, that one was realistic!

But maybe I should break that this year, and get back into the grind of eating like I'm supposed to. Low sodium, no red meat or shellfish, no nightshades, low sweets make for a very boring diet. I've been breaking all those rules the last few months, as I love everything I'm not supposed to eat. And I enjoy good food and trying new dishes.

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5 years ago
I've taken a hard look at myself, over the past 6 months....and....I need to be more thankful for what I have. It makes me happy. I need more blissful, everyday, event-free happiness in my life.
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Zalco/bring back Sophie!
5 years ago
For anyone wanting to make a change in their behavior, I recommend BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits. The Stanford prof's book helped me with a few needed changes. His approach is not at all the same old, same old, at least not for me.
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Elmer J Fudd
5 years ago
Canada's rate of new Covid cases doubled in the month of November so presumably there's no useful advice on that score you can offer from north of the border. Or is there?
lucillle
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5 years ago
sorry for highjacking your thread, Lucille

Seeing you in my thread is like seeing a rainbow in the sky, it always brings pleasure.
Kathsgrdn
5 years ago
Lose some weight, finish cleaning the backyard of invasive plants, paint my outbuilding, well, basically work on the house and yard to make it look better.
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bragu_DSM 5
5 years ago
kicking the corona virus back into the Chinese bat cave from which it emerged ...
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wildchild2x2
5 years ago
To continue to embrace the changes in my equestrian journey. To strive to meet challenges offered, ask for more when I need them and strive to be a better horseman. To accept that I cannot not change people or things that just are and do as a horse. Move my feet, move on and keep a positive outlook toward the future. Trust those who have my best interests at heart and walk away from those that don't.
amylou321
5 years ago
No. I try to improve myself year round. I dont keep the same steam up all the time, but I try. Its always in the front of my mind: how can I make myself better? What would make my life better? How can I be a better SO,sister,daughter etc?

Weight resolutions were never a good thing to try in January for me. My birthday is in January, and no one should be on a diet on their birthday. And my mothers birthday is the day after mine, and we used to share a cake,since it was so convenient.....
hallngarden
5 years ago
None for me. At my age, if I haven’t tried to make changes by now , guess it’s a little late. I will continue to love my family and friends, be there when someone needs a helping hand, get out of bed and start my legs to moving each day. Smile a lot, laugh a lot. Be thankful as my life has been richly blessed with big and little things ; what I notice most, little things.
Elizabeth
5 years ago
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I always make them and, for the most part, keep them. A few years ago I resolved to lose 5 pounds and to master the making of a truly gourmet cheesecake.

I soon learned that I could not recognize an oxymoron if it hit me in the face like 4 pounds of cream cheese.

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