sad music: a stark contrast to my happy mood

[liminal_space]

annonymous poll at the end of this entry!

+ i write this every year around this time as a reminder to myself that new year resolutions are designed to pressure people into failure. for the last two years, i've quietly started the path toward changes i want to make on the first of december, and surprisingly, it's helped tremendously!

this year, i'm doing the same and — like last year — the "changes" are actually about continuing to move forward toward my goals. ok, some of them actually are new, but still....

full on "these are as close to being resolutions as i care to make" list:

1. hit my goal weight as quickly as healthily possible


2. engage my core, strengthen my body, nourish my muscles every day


3. ride with more consistency and dedication to form


4. continue to bring peace into our home and into our hearts


5. frequent creativity explorations

these are my "i'd like to do more of this" items:

     1. read. read read read read. read.

     2. work on decorating and updating corners of the house

     3. garden WITH PURPOSE (vs. my usual chaos method)

     4. spend time making new friends

     5. spend more time with current friends :)

+ i've put in the request for mister to plan a day in the next few weeks for us to travel to the twin cities for some asian market shopping (there is going to be an hmart opening in the cities in 2026!!!!!!), ikea, and nordstrom. ;) 

i've already started shopping for kid and mister, but need to up my game this year since we're all (well, he and i....kid not so much) over STUFF just for STUFF's sake. 

+ on tap for today we have: making bread (with dough conditioner this time!), going through some of my clothes to make a bag or two for donation (i have yet to get rid of my fat clothes...i think it's partially because i'm afraid i'll gain all this weight back and have to walk around naked or something; whatever it is, i need to get over it, one bag of donations at a time), a workout of some type, and doing a bit of decorating.

after a week off from most responsibility, it feels weird to get back to normal busy. 

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Comments

[stardust1161.livejournal.com]

There’s a book by this name. 🙃

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

it's by ricky lee jones, right? :)

[stardust1161.livejournal.com]

No. I forget who wrote it. 🙃

[sweetmeow]

I felt the same resistance to getting rid of my "fat" clothes after I lost weight, but I finally did it. I didn't lose anywhere near what you did, but I went down at least two sizes, and not much was wearable except for a few tops that draped ok. But — there was (and still is) this fear that I'll gain it all back. I don't know if I'll ever relax about it, and maybe I shouldn't. I may not be at my optimum weight, but at least I've held my own.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

I like your not!resolutions. I don't make any, really.

I don't generally decorate my house for Christmas because A)work is decorated, and B)I spend Christmas eve at church and day at my friends'.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I don't make resolutions, but I have short-term (daily or weekly), medium-term (monthly or six-monthly) and long-term (yearly or possibly more!) goals that I have written down. They help keep me on track for stuff and are a hang over from when I was teaching and doing admin stuff.

[hazelwindows.livejournal.com]

I appreciate "continue to bring peace into our home and into our hearts" especially. The older I get, the more I feel like finding peace in spite of whatever else might be going on is a worthwhile goal.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Agreed about resolutions! I make a resolution post on the first of the new year but I tend to be more about goal type of things and stuff I will achieve rather than setting myself up to fail. I don't get everything done but I don't make myself feel bad about it. I just have aspirational things I'd like to do and I do my best.