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january resolution update
By heather | February 2, 2010
In keeping with the notion that it’s suddenly passe to make resolutions, this year I’m going month by month and making To-Do Resolutions. It included some things that are resolution-ish, but others are things I’ve been meaning to do for a while that I never got around to doing. That way I get the list-like satisfaction of crossing things off, as well as improving my stick-to-it-iveness but not in an overwhelming kind of way.
My January items revisited:
Hot yoga twice a week: Surprisingly, I actually did this one, in addition to my regular classes. I decided my weeks would run Sunday to Saturday, and was greatly aided by the 8pm classes at my studio that I can attend guilt-free after the kids are in bed. I almost made excuses, but I think Brett is also enjoying some evening quiet because there was one day when he literally (gently) shoved me out the door (which I was grateful for after the fact). I’ve found that I am really enjoying being taught, and attending classes as an anonymous student. I’ve had a few people comment that I’ve lost weight, and this most certainly cannot be attributed to any other physical activity, because my cardio workouts have been sloth-like or non-existent (mostly the latter).
I would like to note that I attended one class where more than FIFTY people were packed into the room, including one guy right in front of me who was twitchy the whole time. This is notable because fifty people doing hot yoga together is not only super hot, but also panic-attack inducing with how close everyone was to me – literally inches. But I stayed, and tried very hard not to freak out, and then forced myself to stay in savasana until almost everyone had left.
Pack up the baby swing: Done! There is now a big empty space where the baby swing has sat for 3 and a half years. My womb feels not a twinge.
Organize the photos: Almost done, and only sort of done well. I started this project all gung-ho to organize and label places and people so my grandchildren would be able to reconstruct every detail of my fabulous life. I ran out of labeling steam around the time I got to photos from my sophomore year in college (it should be noted that I opted to ignore high school and earlier and started sorting the college years, so this is really an unimpressive stat). I did learn some important things about myself though, namely that my hair size grew in proportion to the grade I was in and that I have a tendency to become VERY fat if left unchecked.
Regular blogging: I did better. Not as often as I would have liked, but in my defense it took me half the month to figure out the iPhoto (and everything else) on my new laptop.
On to February!
I have no motivation to list new things for February. I resolve to take a day to think about it.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Nice going!
We need to get rid of our baby swing. I seem to have an irrational unwillingness to part with baby gear. There is a part of me that irrationally unwilling to part with the idea of future babies.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 1:10 pm
I am thinking of Monica, from Friends. Remember the photo tagging episode?
Did you sign up for the One to One classes? I tout them, but I’ve only taken one myself, and that was to learn more about iPhoto. Now I need to take one to learn more about iMovie and about six other things.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I didn’t get the 1 to 1 support. I figured it would do me good in the long run to do it the hard way. And it did because now I understand more about how to do things. It was painful though!
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:51 pm
heyyyyy…. not bad…
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