Well hello all! I'm going to catch up on everyone's blogs, but thought I'd get a post of my own up before I get distracted.
Not really much to report. Life is marching on pretty much the same as always. Unfortunately, with one less cat in our family - our 19 yo Baby finally couldn't keep going any longer, so he took his journey on the Rainbow Bridge on Dec 20. He is definitely missed.
I turned the big 45 on the 15th ... yikes. Time stops for no (wo)man.
DH and I are starting to have more serious discussions about his retirement timeline. He's wanting to look at the possibility of going part -time. I'm not convined that'll make sense ... but we're in discussion mode. (He's 54 - our thinking is he'll be retired by 60, unless our finances make sense to do it somewhat earlier. Maybe by doing part-time ...)
Okay, so goals for 2021. Most of these are what
I would call micro-goals to build habits. The main idea is to just START and then see what happens from there. Some days it may morph into MORE and some days it may just be the START and nothing more.
Like the guy who wrote Atomic habits. it's about changing your view of who you are. If you are a reader, then of course you're at least going to open up a book every day, right?
I'm a Healthy Person who is:
Completing 18 StepBets
Not eating sugar/dairy/oil at least 300 days
Completing 60 20+ minute non-treadmill workouts
I'm a person who enriches my life:
By opening a book (physical/Kindle/Audio) every day
By opening my journal to write in/a new blog post/a new forum post every day
By sitting at the piano every day
By opening a language app every day
By starting a Bible podcast or reading one verse every day
I'm someone who keeps her home clean:
By scooping 1 litter box a day
By picking up one item out of place
By spending five minutes on a cleaning task
By taking hangars with me to the dryer
By completing 12 2021 projects*
I'm a Financially Savvy person:
Adding $3500 to DHs Bridge fund
Who only spends an average of $30/week for groceries
Who posts 12 items for sale on sale sites
Who puts items on a 30 day waiting list (non-replacement/repair) before deciding to purchase
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2021 Projects
*Put up file organizer in office
*Create file system
*Clear out and organize bathroom cabinets
*Clear out and organize kitchen drawers
*Clear out/shred/organize office file drawer
*Clear out/shred/organize second office file drawer
*Create an If I'm Not Here file
*Clear out/ organize office closet
*Get rid of old non-working tv
*Hang mirror in bedroom
*Hang curtain rods / curtains in bedroom
*Choose photos for Nostalgia wall
*Find frames for Nostalgia wall
*Print photos for Nostalgia wall
*Hang photos for Nostalgia wall
*Research prices of waterproof flooring for bathroom
*Determine budget for bathroom flooring
*Hire someone to do the bathroom flooring
**Nostalgia wall is an idea I saw on a YNAB videocast talking about gift ideas
**Our bathroom is carpeted ...
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Wink , Late Start
I haven’t actually read Atomic Habits yet, but have watched a couple interviews with the author about it.
I really like the idea of focusing on a perception of who you are. It’s much easier to say what’s the point of making my bed, I’m a slob! Much harder to say, i am a neat person and so of course I’ll start my day with a made bed! (Even if a cat their way under the covers!)
I’m probably working on too many at once (based on other habit building books I’ve read) but it’s worth a try.
So far, so good.
January 3rd, 2021 at 09:39 pm 1609709962
A nice list of goals with the correlating habits.
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I hope you will be posting all your progress for 2021 :-)
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