Hello ‘09 January 1, 2009
And so it’s another year.
In spite of the futility of the exercise, I find myself making resolutions at the start of every year - I can’t resist it. I wasn’t going to formalise them this year, but the other day Mark asked me what I wanted to achieve and he wrote it all down. Here ’tis:
Get out of bed at 7am 5 days out of every 7.
Go for a half hour walk 6 days out of every 7.
Go to the gym 3 times a week.
Drink at least one litre of water every day (I know it’s still less that the recommended amount but, given that I currently drink none, it seems a good starting point).
Do 1 hour of housework 6 days out of every 7.
Include vegetables in our dinner at least 5 times a week.
While the pragmatic (some might say pessimistic) part of my mind tells me that these things are unlikely to happening, the optimistic part is certain it will all come to pass if I just give it a try. The optimistic part of my brain sounds a bit like all the self-help books I’ve ever read, plus the development courses Telstra sent me on all rolled into one annoying, chirpy voice. I want to believe it at the same time as I want to punch it in the face. Notwithstanding that, I am going to give it a try, but I need to avoid slipping into perfectionist hell where missing a day or slipping up once brings it all crashing down.
In an effort to avoid that I’m going to take that Emily Dickinson quote I posted a few weeks ago as my personal mantra for the year:
To undertake is to achieve. ~ Emily Dickinson
My goal is to see just making the effort as the achievement, without unreasonable expectations attached.
Fingers crossed …










