I resolve to make no resolutions!
Jan. 1st, 2009 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sam_gamgeeAs I tell at least one family member every year (and usually the same one or two as the year before), I don't make resolutions because I think it's stupid to make resolutions just because it's the beginning of the year.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely agree with the idea behind making resolutions and I realize that January 1 is a good time to do it - it's a new day, (sometimes a new week,) a new month, and a new year all at once. As far as clean slates go, it doesn't get much better than that. But I think that you shouldn't feel like you have to wait until January 1st to do it. If you want to start at the beginning of October or April 19th - go for it!
That being said, I did start on a weight loss plan today. I'm one of those people who likes to have a plan, even if I throw it out the window as soon as I make it up or I go through it with more switchbacks than San Francisco's Lombard Street. This was confirmed by how well outlines have worked for me in completing the stories this past year. So, I'm making up a plan, using my outline template, for how I'm going to go about losing weight. This includes rewards for hitting various weight loss markers. I figure that if I have an actual plan, then I'll hopefully stick to it (or, at least start with it), and lose the weight.
This should be interesting. :-P
Don't get me wrong, I definitely agree with the idea behind making resolutions and I realize that January 1 is a good time to do it - it's a new day, (sometimes a new week,) a new month, and a new year all at once. As far as clean slates go, it doesn't get much better than that. But I think that you shouldn't feel like you have to wait until January 1st to do it. If you want to start at the beginning of October or April 19th - go for it!
That being said, I did start on a weight loss plan today. I'm one of those people who likes to have a plan, even if I throw it out the window as soon as I make it up or I go through it with more switchbacks than San Francisco's Lombard Street. This was confirmed by how well outlines have worked for me in completing the stories this past year. So, I'm making up a plan, using my outline template, for how I'm going to go about losing weight. This includes rewards for hitting various weight loss markers. I figure that if I have an actual plan, then I'll hopefully stick to it (or, at least start with it), and lose the weight.
This should be interesting. :-P
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Date: 2009-01-02 06:19 am (UTC)Happy New Year and good luck with your plan. =>}