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I will strive to practice yoga three times per week. My goal is 130 yoga sessions in 2009--an average of 2.5 sessions per week. I had nine separate practices in April, some of which were short sessions, so seven practices total. If I'd practiced this past week, it would have been better, but what can ya do.
I am definitely NOT on target for my goal of 130 sessions this year--I should be doing around 11 practices per month, and I haven't hit that at all yet (though this month was the closest I've come). I was also taking a class this semester and adjusting to F moving in, so I understand it. The real goal was to increase my practice and be more serious about it, which I think is happening. Maybe when I hit the halfway point of the year I will revise this goal to be more attainable. Or maybe I will just start doing more yoga.
I will increase my charitable donations and will give at least $20 per month. This month I gave to the Elie Wiesel Foundation. They lost all their money to Madoff, and they do good work for, you know, humanity and justice and stuff, so they're worth donating to. (Elie Wiesel himself also lost all his money to Madoff, so I encourage everyone to go buy his latest book in hardcover!)
I will sweep the floor weekly. I suck at this resolution. I hate the floors. Thinking about the floors in my apartment makes me want to stab myself, which I don't do simply because then there'd be blood to clean off the floors along with everything else. I love the way hardwood floors look but I hate them so much. They are always, always dirty, especially now with two of us in the apartment. The state of the floors make me depressed and upset, which was the whole reason for this resolution, but I don't think it's helped because now I just get upset about the floors more publicly. I don't know what to do about this besides just do better. Great, now the floors make me feel like I am a bad person, because a better person would clean them more regularly. Can I have wall-to-wall carpeting?
I will spend more time outdoors. I love this resolution. F and I had such an excellent hike on Sunday, and we've been out and about in the neighborhood often lately. I want to go to the park every week. (The only problem with this resolution is that time outdoors leads to muddy shoes leads to continued floor cleaning angst.)
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I feel pretty solid about my metaphorical weight loss plan. I haven't lost as much metaphorical weight as I'd like, but I am in a shape that I'm not totally ashamed of. I also have a lot more muscle strength, which is nice. My arms are still a big concern, because they look fat even though they are not. The current level of tone in my upper arms just sort of highlights the fact that they're not as toned as they should be. I need to push more on weights in the next month if I want to wear spaghetti straps this summer (and I do). Overall, though, I've been pretty good about this, taking a walk or doing yoga or lifting weights almost every day. We're also trying hard to eat healthier (although I put so much salt on my green beans last night that I may have salted all the nutrition right out of them). We continue planning healthier meals, eating multiple vegetables per week, and eating healthier snacks. We've still indulged for special events--hot dogs at the Phillies game, cookies and fancy food while visiting friends in NYC, that sort of thing--but we're improving. And I've been trying hard not to eat after 9 pm, and doing better at it.
Also in the realm of things I want to do more of, now that my class is over, I'm going to get back into writing and sending out my work. This weekend, hopefully. F has suggested too that since we're used to me having class on Mondays, we should keep Mondays reserved as Writing Night. I like that idea.
I am definitely NOT on target for my goal of 130 sessions this year--I should be doing around 11 practices per month, and I haven't hit that at all yet (though this month was the closest I've come). I was also taking a class this semester and adjusting to F moving in, so I understand it. The real goal was to increase my practice and be more serious about it, which I think is happening. Maybe when I hit the halfway point of the year I will revise this goal to be more attainable. Or maybe I will just start doing more yoga.
I will increase my charitable donations and will give at least $20 per month. This month I gave to the Elie Wiesel Foundation. They lost all their money to Madoff, and they do good work for, you know, humanity and justice and stuff, so they're worth donating to. (Elie Wiesel himself also lost all his money to Madoff, so I encourage everyone to go buy his latest book in hardcover!)
I will sweep the floor weekly. I suck at this resolution. I hate the floors. Thinking about the floors in my apartment makes me want to stab myself, which I don't do simply because then there'd be blood to clean off the floors along with everything else. I love the way hardwood floors look but I hate them so much. They are always, always dirty, especially now with two of us in the apartment. The state of the floors make me depressed and upset, which was the whole reason for this resolution, but I don't think it's helped because now I just get upset about the floors more publicly. I don't know what to do about this besides just do better. Great, now the floors make me feel like I am a bad person, because a better person would clean them more regularly. Can I have wall-to-wall carpeting?
I will spend more time outdoors. I love this resolution. F and I had such an excellent hike on Sunday, and we've been out and about in the neighborhood often lately. I want to go to the park every week. (The only problem with this resolution is that time outdoors leads to muddy shoes leads to continued floor cleaning angst.)
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I feel pretty solid about my metaphorical weight loss plan. I haven't lost as much metaphorical weight as I'd like, but I am in a shape that I'm not totally ashamed of. I also have a lot more muscle strength, which is nice. My arms are still a big concern, because they look fat even though they are not. The current level of tone in my upper arms just sort of highlights the fact that they're not as toned as they should be. I need to push more on weights in the next month if I want to wear spaghetti straps this summer (and I do). Overall, though, I've been pretty good about this, taking a walk or doing yoga or lifting weights almost every day. We're also trying hard to eat healthier (although I put so much salt on my green beans last night that I may have salted all the nutrition right out of them). We continue planning healthier meals, eating multiple vegetables per week, and eating healthier snacks. We've still indulged for special events--hot dogs at the Phillies game, cookies and fancy food while visiting friends in NYC, that sort of thing--but we're improving. And I've been trying hard not to eat after 9 pm, and doing better at it.
Also in the realm of things I want to do more of, now that my class is over, I'm going to get back into writing and sending out my work. This weekend, hopefully. F has suggested too that since we're used to me having class on Mondays, we should keep Mondays reserved as Writing Night. I like that idea.
