New Year’s Resolutions because 2022 is going to be our year!

[PDM]

A resolution is just a goal that starts at the same time we all arbitrarily agreed to start measuring the planet’s new lap around the sun.

[PDM]

An early win in the appreciating simple non fancy things. Old me would have needed waffle cone and some kind of macadamia with salted caramel ice cream.

[Pancakes]

My goal is to be a better consumer, especially when it comes to people being treated like people.

[anon51297825]

This year I’m going to try to go fully vegetarian.

I will miss turkey bacon and pepperoni on crackers though.

[Candygirl]

Took some time to think about this. After reviewing it should be a bingo card. A few are for developing better habits, the rest is a laundry list of things to do this year.

Work: stop caring as much (we are not saving lives); set better boundaries; work less; attempt to be more supportive and understanding of our vendors

Fitness: continue to do classes; add weight routine in to complement classes; add more walking (use my treadmill when it’s cold out- I really have no excuse); maybe do a golf league again this year.

Home: continue painting main floor (which includes the kitchen cupboard project); stairwell to basement; purchase new living room furniture; plan and prep for bathroom renovation end of 2022/early 2023; continue to update yard with new planters, some extra plants; finish relevelling stone work (which has been waiting for 3 years to complete)

Personal- try to stop swearing so much; be kinder to myself; hopefully get eye surgery if the world doesn’t shut down

Vacation- take all of it and more when I can (ties in with not being so dedicated to work); plan for at least 3 more trips this year

Visit my mother 4-6 times to help her around her house.

[PDM]

@PDM

I’m over here like “maybe I’ll be a bit less of a dickhead in 2022”

Resolution failed. Maybe 2023?

[LadyDuck]

You did learn to appreciate shit more, by moving house to less garden//more bay?

[PDM]

Good point. I guess on the biggest life changing decisions level yes? Moved house to maximise lifestyle and time spent walking near water?

[LadyDuck]

Holy heck I did actually post on here! And promptly forgot. Results:

@LadyDuck

My goodness. I love you all. Still true

My overall goal for 2022 is to ask for help. I have a lot of shame that I tell myself isn’t shame, but it is. I lie to myself about being “independent” and I’d like to let go of that, because it isn’t useful to me. Maybe I’ll find some new bits of identity. LOL this one was a ride. Asking for help showed me where help was not forthcoming and I quit my PhD, leaned into Art and started a small business/ became a sole trader sort of thing.

Also list:

• Stay in my PhD course, pass candidature LOL
• Explore my university until I feel comfortable finding everywhere
• Clear all my email inboxes
• Get back to Tai Chi
• Find another way of moving my body that I enjoy regularly i go for a walk every evening
• Learn some guitar songs by heart
• Watch some TV and play games and try restaurants with Ponder
• Weekly online games with my siblings but we did a few!
• spend time with the kids on mini adventures
• Get my compost system running and tweak until we can keep using it when sick or well this one was a big win
• Try cloth nappies on Pumpkin tried once. Can’t manage it, and she has chunky thighs
• more perennials in garden
• Grow leafy greens March - November
• Chop up and play with my irrigation. Make mistakes with it!

Making mistakes ON PURPOSE is part of sorting out the feelings and learning to ask for help in a useful way and such.

I did half of it! Wow thats awesome.

[LadyDuck]

Big changes matter just as much as small ones. You dropped a point of stress from your life. Nice work.

Unsure if you are less of a dickhead

[LadyDuck]

I noticed the things I got done were stuff I could do with smol children underfoot.

[PDM]

@LadyDuck

did half of it! Wow thats awesome.

You are awesome. Plus you sorted that PHD out and made some great decisions for you and your family and started a business.

[Smacky]

@Smacky

Um.
I dunno. I’m already perfect.

Nailed it.

[Smacky]

@Smacky

My resolution for 2022 is that the pandemic ends.

Damn.
Oops. Sorry guys.

[LadyDuck]

@Smacky

@Smacky

My resolution for 2022 is that the pandemic ends.

Damn.
Oops. Sorry guys.

Siiiiigh

[Smacky]

I tried!

[PDM]

@Smacky

@Smacky

Um.
I dunno. I’m already perfect.

Nailed it.

I recommend a being less a dickhead based goal for you in 2023.

[Smacky]

But I’m perfect. As has been established.

[ElleP]

@Elle

Digital detox and not become retoxed
Yoga uptox. A 3, 10 and 30 day challenge
Finish my unleash your magnificence workbook
Finish my NLP ecourse with David key coach
Not buy any more self improvement/manifesting projects until I finish some
Buy more crystals and witchy decorations per my loose interpretation of my reiki person’s suggestions
Write 6 books
Develop 30k/year in passive income
Buy a rental property
Maybe another cat
Right, second baby first toddler
Stop pissing myself every time I cough

Yes, no
Yes,yes, no
Yes
No
No
No
The year is still young
Yes
Not every time, so that is something

[daffodil2001]

@daffodil2001

My resolution is to use the treadmill I just bought. I will measure use by achievements in Pokémon Go (it has weekly rewards based on distance walked/run; I will aim to hit the 25km level for at least 40 weeks of the year).

Distance can be achieved by walking, running, or training the cats to run on the treadmill and attaching my phone to them.

I did start out the year making some progress toward this goal, but Life happened and I forgot that I was going to track this. I did just use the treadmill tonight, so that’s something?

I didn’t train the cats to run on the treadmill, but they did discover that the belt is warm when I get done using it, and they like to lounge on it. I should’ve just picked making the cats happy as my resolution.