2011 New Year's Resolutions
 

Spill it!

I don't know yet, but I've almost completed my reverse resolution - ending on New Year's Eve - of giving up soda. I don't know if I'll go back to it or not.

I'd like to say stop biting my nails, but that will never happen.

It's a growing list:

--Be more Type A: making plans, sticking to them, organized. These things make me anxious and drive me crazy in other people, but I see how it benefits them.
--Read more: for leisure, anyway. My friends and I have started our book club again, so that should help.
--Manage my energy: this article I read for work was pretty smart abuot managing energy versus time. I hate waking earlier but I could get so much more done if I got to work an hour earlier, actually taking a lunch break away from my desk and actually excersizing (perhaps starting weekly yoga again?)

You'd be surprised I was taking a course and in it a test had been done where people who bite they're nails are more likely to smoke and from that day I stopped! I think smoking is a horrible habit and I've watched both my parents try to quit for years. I wasn't getting into that! lol Silly I know

My biggest goal is to get to bed earlier every night so that I can get up with plenty of time to work out before work. Currently, I get to bed between 11:00 and 11:30 and have a difficult time getting up at 5:30. I would like to cut that to between 10:30 and 11, and ultimately BY 10:30

Only one: to simplify and let go of all the *stuff* that is blocking my energy (literally and figuratively). Check back in a year and see how I did.

Losing a few pounds by working out on a regular basis. I don't need to lose weight, as my weight is healthy, but I feel better when just a few pounds lighter.

Finish graduate school and find a job.

Enjoy life more, relax to enjoy the moments that I'm doing nice things instead of being worried of what I should be doing.

1) I'm going to stop biting my nails too - its a horrible habit and one i've been ashamed of for a while.

2) I'm going to lose a few pounds (well more than a few) before my vacation in May.

3) I'm going to look into adoption (I found out a while ago that kids are not going to happen for DH & I - a little sad - but we know there is a kid out there for us)

Mine is to be able to consistently pass the coast guard rescue diving physical fitness test. I don't want to be a rescue diver, it's just a structured goal to get in good shape all around. It shouldn't be that hard, which is good because I don't have time to get in like life-changing shape lol. I think I want to be able to do that by July 1 and in April I'll start thinking about a goal to meet by the end of the year. Anyways it's this:


• Swim -- 500 yards, non-stop, using side or breast stroke -- 14 minutes
• Rest -- 10 minutes
• Push-ups -- 42 push-ups in 2 minutes
• Rest -- 2 minutes
• Sit-ups -- 50 sit-ups in 2 minutes
• Rest -- 2 minutes
• Pull-Ups -- 6 pull-ups, no time limit. Palms facing away from the body
• Rest -- 10 minutes
• Run -- 1.5 miles 12:45 time limit

I've decided that I'm going to read at least one book for personal enjoyment a month, hopefully 2 books every 6 weeks. I want to be able to enjoy literature again!

This just a particial list.

1) Get a job. (I quit my job mid december and my last day is Thursday) so come Jan 3rd, I'll be unemployed:eek:

2) study,register, and take the gre

3) apply to graduate school for library science

4) get accepted to said graduate program and enroll

5) get a handle on my debt

1) get back in shape (I had to give up my pilates & zumba classes in light of recent family deaths/surgeries and I gained back the inches I lost. I start back on Monday with three pilates classes per week, a weight workout class for women, yoga, & zumba)

2) declutter my house--over the next three-four months I hope to go room to room, closet to closet and get rid of unnecessary items and stuff that hasnt been used/worn in a year or more.

3) convince the hubby to declutter the garage

4) convince hubby it's a good idea to have a baby. I think I'll have better luck with the garage but I'm going to try anyway! :)

I've already started on one of my New Year's resolutions, and that's to cut back on the amount of alcohol that I drink. I am trying to move from moderate to light/social alcohol consumption. In the past few weeks, I have lost a bit of weight, my clothes fit better, and I have more energy.

Starting with the new year, I am planning on cooking more often, getting some daily exercise even if it's just a walk to the corner and back, and doing some more knitting and cross-stitch (I have so much yarn that there is a room in my house known as "the yarn room").

1) Stop being such a worrywart.

2) Start up yoga again.

2) De-clutter the house. Now that the girls are adults/in college, I really have to let go of some stuff.

3) Realize and appreciate that said daughters are adults.