Weekly Resolutions
[ 20 April 2008 ]
Last week I ticked everything off my list — woo woo! Very exciting. So I feel like I’m in an excellent space to plot some new ambitions!
Answer my email the day I get it
This was one of my first ever Weekly Resolutions & it made a huge difference to my stress levels! I find it really hard to get any writing done when I have an inbox full of stuff, & aieeee! You should see it at the moment! Not pretty! I’ve been totally slacking on the email front. So after I clear out what I have left over from last week, I’m going to go back to falling asleep every night with an empty inbox. Ahh, bliss.
Organise my life to make the iTC happen
There are lots of little things that need to be done for the iTC. I need to go to the market & buy some fresh produce; buy a notebook to chart my progress; get rid of all the food in the house that doesn’t support my mission (half-eaten packets of Doritos, for example!); make rough notes on the different types of exercise I’m going to do; take a “before” photo & measurements, & ensure I make time to exercise every day.
Make it through the first week of the iTC!
My chosen methods of transformation are daily exercise & 100% raw food. At the moment I feel good about it & I’m totally amped, but just in case the thrill wears off, I have a contingency plan. I’ll use EFT, talk to the other iTC’ers (that’s you!), & remind myself that it’s only for a month (well, worst case scenario anyway)! I’m probably going to dive back into Give It To Me Raw. I’ll also use gratitude as fuel to propel me forward — I’ll think about how good I’m feeling & looking, & be thankful for my self-control & discipline, imperfect though it may be!
How about you?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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My resolutions this week:
+ Ditto on getting through the first week of the iTC
+ Make time for some Uni work before term goes back
Just two, the iCiNG challenge is going to be work enough!
2/3 for me! I didn’t get a chance to go through my closet, but I’ll get it done.
* Actually go through my closet! There’s a rummage sale coming up so I need some more space!
* Pick out a birthday gift for a friend
* Keep my promises for the iTC!
Best of luck to everyone!
PS. Gossip Girl comes back tomorrow! (for those of us in the US it’s still Sunday!) They’re filming GG near my house tomorrow, exciting!
You know what, I’m going to add another:
+ Finish my resume and get it out to lots of neat places!! [My supermarket job is mindnumbingly boring.]
+ Remember to watch ANTM...is that resolution? Lol.
Good luck on the iTC Gala! My first goal is to get healthy I’m still getting over a flu kinda thing :( not such a great start.. I saw Spoil Me Ice Cream yesterday and thought of you… raw vegan ice-cream! Have you seen it yet?
**Don’t stress myself out over the iTC*- I’m resolving to stick to my schedule, but to make it so I don’t wind up hating my planner, I’m going to let my boyfriend hide little fun activities under sticky notes! So I can plan fun things as well as work.
**Plan a few Fabulous outfits*- I am going to the opening of the show my friends are doing, and I plan on sitting in the second row looking glamorous with my best friend and a bag of candies… as well as making a grand entrance at the after-party.
**Find some new music*- I’ve been listening to the same boring stuff over + over, and well… it’s old. So, I’ll strike out for open waters across the internet!
**Get creative every day*- Whether I feel inspired or not, I should whip out those paints/markers/pencils every day.
That’s quite enough I think… I hope everybody else has a fulfilling week!
Woo I did everything on my list too.
This week is all about being healthier:
Study one hour a day I have exams on Thursday and Friday and another one next Monday so I need the study time.
Work-out once a day I have different work outs planned, for the days I get home early I’ll do one hour work outs and on the days I arrive late I’ll do the 15 minute power work outs.
Use a watch I need to be aware of time if I want to finish all my projects early enough to have extra time for any problem that may arise.
I’m so stressed.
well, last week i did manage to save lots and lots of money! plus i worked a lot. the information diet was not so successful, but i blame the scintillating 2020 summit coverage on abc2! so inspiring!
this week, i plan to:
- stick to the itc! yeahhhh!
- have a wonderful birthday, and share my happiness with others!
- use to extra time working in the mornings gives me to be creative in the afternoon. i am defining creative as: writing, making zine, playing piano, composing, sewing.
My resolutions for the week commencing Monday 14 April were:
~ prepare for the iCiNG Transformation Challenge that starts next Monday! I need to beg, borrow or steal some (preferably electronic) scales & a measuring tape this week so I can take my starting weight & measurements on Sunday 20 April before the challenge starts. My transformation challenge isn’t just about losing weight but I’d like to be able to judge the success of my challenge in a measurable way as well as by how I feel. I also need to go grocery shopping at my local organics store, Commonsense Organics, on Sunday & stock up on lots of fresh, raw produce! Yum!
Yes! Scales? Check! Measuring tape? Check! Pantry full of delicous, fresh organic produce? Check!
~ I’m booking my trip to New York (flights, accommodation, tours) on 1 May so I need to find hotels to stay in! I need to find a hotel to stay in at Los Angeles airport (LAX) as we have a short sleep there on Saturday 6 September before flying out to New York early the following morning. We have seven nights in New York & four nights accommodation at the Beacon Hotel is included as part of the tour we’re booking, but we need to confirm where we’re gonna stay the other three nights we’re there. I wanted to stay at The Hotel Chelsea, but I’ve read some really really bad reviews that are kinda putting me off. :(
Yes! We’ve decided not to do the tour we were planning to as Contiki no longer uses the Beacon Hotel for tour accommodtion and the reviews I read about the new hotel they use were appalling. Bed bugs? No thanks! So, we’re just going to do our own thing & stay at the Hotel Belleclaire on West 77th Street for NINE nights! :D
~ start my new book (Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design) as soon as it arrives this week & try to finish it before the end of the week.
Yes! It was waiting for me when I got home on Monday night & I had finished it four hours later!
My resolutions for the week commencing Monday 21 April are:
~ successfully complete one week of the iCiNG Transformation Challenge that starts today and stick to all of my goals 100% this week.
~ define my own Style Statement using the fabulous book I read last week, Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design.
~ write & submit an application for something I’m really interested in doing (that’s all I can say about it at this stage!).
x
Happy Birthday Isa!
I did really well for once last week!
I contacted my mum and had a great chat. I sent my dad a nice letter with photos and a key ring.
I ordered and received my bike! I made a huge fruit salad last night and a huge healthy soup for work all week.
And I was nice to my boyfriend! Hehe
This week my resolutions are:
Get through week 1 of ITC without any bingles To do this I will not procrastinate! I will use EFT to get through any hard times!
Contact friends Last week was family. This week I will contact friends. Either call or write a nice letter.
Get my visa extended Very important! Must do this on Wednesday!
Good luck cupcakes!
The next episode of Gossip Girl is tonight!
ex oh ex oh
1. Practice for my chorus concert (also: plan concert outfit, hair and makeup :) )
2. Go to bed by 10pm every day
3. Keep up with the iTC
Ooh, it was an lax week last week, in the goals department! But hopefully, I have truly found the route of all evils in my life (the lack of social activities or activities in general), and with the new iTC, I’ll be able to boost myself to a whole new me! :D Or at least, improved.
So, this week…
-Get my volunteering done! For next Monday, I have to have done 20 hours of volunteering, and write a 20 page essay on it…! To say that I’m in deep, deep trouble is an understatement!
-Clear up all unfinished school projects. This means my memoir for Tuesday (I’m only in high-school. How much can I write?!), and various essays.
-Make new plans, unrelated to school. I realized that I’ve put so much time into school, that when I do have a break, I just lounge onthe computer (since I don’t have scheduled out of school activities). I’m going to find some classes around the city, and clubs, and go participate!
I can’t wait till the challenge starts tomorrow!
([Or for you “today”..haha half way around the world)
Pretty much my goals are being healthy, keeping the crap away and being more positive and believing more in myself.
=).
Bianca — No!! Oh my god, that sounds amazing! Where do you live?
ok so this is the iTC broken down a bit:
no processed sugar- i think to help this I will have to start bringing fresh fruit in to work everyday.
talk with my dad on saturday- this will be the beginning of creating a working budget.
walk home from one station early 3 times this week
Doing all these should help fulfill my iTC ooh and of course
REMAIN POSITIVE.
La~ xo
2/3 for me, too, for last week.
This week:
- Develop a study habit, finally. Use my time to get fundamental work done for academic projects, instead of finding increasingly creative ways to procrastinate.
- Make dinner for my loved ones over the course of the week.
- Start a couple of tiny, sweet art projects I have had on the back burner for a while.
It’s the school holidays, so I have a list as long as your arm for the next 2 weeks! Which 3 to put down here . . . ?
These 3 are the most time-sensitive:
Catch up on watching the 2 SYTYCDance Australia episodes from the other week that I recorded because I was away. I need quality focused me-time in order to fully soak up the goodness, so I need to Make It Happen!
My car needs a warrant by Thursday.
Sort out finances: meet with my book-keeper, wrestle with spreadsheets, pay bills.
- Buy a sports bra for iTC. I just realized I don’t have one :/ Bad…
- Begin to learn Japanese. Nothing crazy here. I really just want to get started.
- Sort through the crap that was in my closet that is now on my bedroom floor thanks to the plumber who needed to get to a pipe through my closet. Haha.
That’s it.
Holla everyone!! :)
So, last week was actually the first week I did the resolutions, and I think I did OK…
Accept a university Well, I got accepted into my first choice, finally!! So now I am waiting for the official package in the mail, and then my decision will be made. So I partially did this one ;P
Go for a run I did, with this amazing weather, I went out with the dogs.
Take some pictures. Check! I even got them developed already, and I can’t wait to start on the next film.
This week, I would like to…
Make dinner one night for the family Veggie primavera, yum!
Have a brilliant time at work! Sometimes I can get a bit bored, and wishing I was outside, especially with weather like this. But I am just going to be glad of the hours, and that at least my boring bits are waaaay better than most peoples!!
Finalize my iTC plans… I haven’t done that yet (blush)... so I am going to!! Tomorrow (Monday) is my one day off this week, so the note book is coming out, and I can get started.
Adios!
xoxo
◘ Survive the first week of iTC fabulously! I want to be extra sure to keep up with iTC the first week, as this week will likely be the hardest. And if I can do well this week then I know I’ll be able to make the week. :]
◘ Have a fun time at MTAC this weekend I’m totally scared of this weekend because I just know I’m going to be burning up and annoyed the whole time. I’m most likely going to have my monthly at that time, and I’ll most likely be spending a lot of time around a certain person who annoys me so much, so I just hope none of this ruins the convention for me…!
◘ Stay happy! I had a horrible bout of depression this last week. I had oodles of fun after school almost every day, but as soon as I was away from my friends, or at any calm moment with them, I was just hideously depressed. So hopefully this week will be fantastic to make up for that!
i am so handicapped right now.
i have no garlic or soy sauce and without it i can’t make my delicious basically fat free stirfry…
it makes me sad.
OK So I’m late in jumping on the bandwagon, but this is my first week taking part in weekly resolutions. I have been reading, but not participating. Well, I figured with the ITC I may as well.
I only have 2, but anyway, my weekly resolutions are:
1) Stick to the iCiNG transformation challenge
2) Take more photos – I need to start working on my big photography project so I need to start taking A LOT of photos so I have A LOT of options
- Buy fresh flowers for my home – Exercise every day – Don’t eat too much crap food – Start next art project
I too have been totally slack and haven’t yet sat down and given myself some resolutions. So here we goooo:
1. Sit down and really budget the next month properly. I just got my phone bill, internet bill, 2 credit card bills, my rego AND a fricking red light camera fine all due in the next month. Damn you, money! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?!?
2. Look after myself better all over. This includes: looking after my environment better, putting in an effort when cooking, making myself work out if i’m not in the mood, and getting uni work done.
3. Really put some effort into the iTC. I always have these huge elaborate plans to get fitter and achieve a million things but i never commit. So this time I really want to do it.
Hooray!
I like that someone said find new music, so I’ll do that this week in addition to the ITC. :)
Relax: I’ve been so stressed lately I haven’t been able to sleep and as a consequence, I think I’m starting to hallucinate…
Read more: I haven’t had time to read for leisure in a while, so I’m making time – Sophie’s World is first on the agenda, then probably Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy!
Study for Mandarin: I’ve been slack lately with my weekend Mandarin classes, and so I’m going to use the long weekend to catch up and make my flashcards for my characters.
to hell with last week’s resolutions,
here is nother fresh week!
detox for 3 days – i’m starting a bit later than you guys with my challenge. so in the coming 3 days i’m going to fast on water. let’s see how that goes.
apply for an exam – i want to go to school 2 years more so i have to take this exam.
visit my aunt – it was about time.
buy a blender
I just want to sort out all my work this week because my insomnia’s coming back.
ze list: – don’t buy any takeaway coffees (i’ve been wasting so much money on them, so i’ve just bought a thermos so i can take my own to uni!) – finish & hand in english essay – clean room up completely – donate old clothes to savers – rock the first week of the iTC!
Do homework. I’ve been putting in less than minimum effort for the past school year, and it’s really starting to catch up with me.
Keep in touch with friends and cousins better. They keep reaching out and I can’t expect them to do all the work.
I really want to do this, so I guess I’ll see how it goes.
Stop peoples comments about my new hair colour from getting me down – Went back to school today after the spring holidays and I’ve dyed my hair…I didn’t get one nice comment about it and I came home feeling really upset, but then I thought ‘this is my life, and if they don’t like it then tough’ and I started to feel a bit better about it.
To cheer up a bit and stop counting down days – I’m already counting down days until my summer holidays, I dread school that much. I really should stop because it can’t be healthy!
To tell my friend the ‘bad news’ – I’ve been putting this off for weeks…because I hate when people are mad at me.
I’m going simple this week- iTC & school work. That’s all.
Last week’s resolutions were a complete write-off! But I had a lot of bonding time with my lovely niece and nephews, which I’ll bump any plans and goals for. And there’s another babe on the way!! :)
This week I’ll clean out my closet and take stuff to self-help, I’ll kick ass on ITC (my man has agreed to eat less meat, a great victory), and take my friend out to talk shop about freelancing.
ps Katy I think your hair looks awesome.
I didn’t complete last week’s because of hanging out with some friends, so they’re my resolutions for this week too.
Last week I… um… failed. Pretty badly. I got my first goal, but failed at the others. In part it was because I had a hectic weekend. This week, I shall do better!
1. Keep to the iTC challenges I set!
2. Look up and try a recipe for almond milk. This should help me with goal number 1.
3. Set a time to write and draw. If I ever want to get published, I need to do this. Wish me luck!
HI Gala,
I just found your website and I am so happy about it. Then I read your iTc challenge and I think it is just the boost I need.
I am single mom and I say that I can never find any time for myself but with this challenge I am going to find some time. Plus it works because of the small increments of time it won’t sound as imtimidating as a yearly goal.
Here are my goals for the week.
1. Make a new dish. One new dish from a cook book and cook it with my girls (12 & 8).
2. Sit ups during commercials of whatever shows I’m watching.
3. Finish the book that I have been reading forever! (I only got one more chaper)
So, at the end of the week, we shall see how I’ve done.
Thanks again.
wow….the eyebrows look great and i think because they are dyed and not drawn on look very natural!
1. Commit to the first 7 days of ITC
2. Play my cello! I have to MEMORIZE the overture of 1812 by Tchaikovsky AH!
3. Organize Senior Ditch Day picnic/pool party!
(I am cheating but its important!
4. HAVE A FANTASTIC AND GLAMOROUS SENIOR PROM!
I live in Brisbane.. you can by it at Mrs Flannery’s healthfood store chain :)
I have been meaning to start doing Weekly Resolutions, but I keep forgetting. This week is my first (though I’m starting a day late…). Here are mine:
1) Since I know I can’t just cut out junk food altogether, I’m going to start by not eating the cafeteria’s hot meals (they’re disgusting anyway) and instead making myself a salad and a sandwich.
2) Talk to Peter (*girlish blush*) at least three times this week at play practice. We have hardly spoken since the last musical was over, and I want to change that.
3) Studay forty-five minutes every night this week for my history exam, which is on the 9th of May. I’m super-nervous, and the idea of sitting down with that book for hours on end makes me want to be sick. So, I’ll start smaller and build up.