Weekly Resolutions
[ 24 February 2008 ]
Bonjour! Good morning my darlings! Welcome to a new week!
The response to my first Weekly Resolutions post on Monday was so stupendous that I’ve decided it is definitely something we should carry on!
Tell me: how did you do on yours? What would your weekly resolutions report card say? Would you give yourself an A+ or a C-?
My resolutions last week were:
Raw power & big energy!
Competition entry
Trampoline
Wake up early
Deal with email daily
Well, I ate lots of good stuff last week, so I think I fulfilled the first one. I only ate a little bit of rubbish, & that was when I was stuck somewhere for four hours with nothing but a convenience store to feed me. But because I ate so well, I felt really awesome & my skin looks brilliant. I didn’t work on my competition entry (but as I was flat-out with other stuff, I think that’s okay). I didn’t jump on my trampoline once, haha, but I went on a lot of walks! I woke up early every day (yay!) without even the aid of an alarm clock! Superb! & I also dealt with every email I received the day it came in (except Friday, but I figured it was the weekend so it was okay to let it slide…).
Overall, I achieved the most important things on my list with a bit of room for improvement. But I am very happy with how well I did. I give myself an A-!
So, my resolutions for the coming week are…
Decoded:
I have lots of silly little administrative tasks to take care of on iCiNG this week (removing old tags, adding new ones, updating links page etc.). This week I resolve to get them done!
Lots of water! Fashion week is coming up & I want to look as radiant as possible, wink!
This is another fashion week related item. I really need to plot out what I’m going to wear. Otherwise it will be a very flustered week.
Again, this week, I am going to make an effort to eat as raw as possible. It just makes me feel really good, so it’s really worth putting in the work to make it happen.
I would like to do another podcast this week! Let me know if you have any suggestions for topics.
Also, I forgot to write this down, but I am going to keep dealing with my email on a daily basis. It is almost scary how good it makes me feel to be on top of my inbox!
What are your resolutions for the week?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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i would love love love a podcast on raw food! thanks for asking, whatever you decide to do i’m sure it will be super lovely!
xoxo
I remember reading in one of your bio posts that you travelled around the world before you came back to Australia and created iCiNG. I’d love for one of your podcasts to be filled with stories of your explorations of the globe.
And I second the notion for a podcast on raw food, and when fashion weeks over maybe you could make a jam packed filled podcast about that?
I’m with Valentina, a podcast about your experience going around the globe would be just magnificent.
Anyways for this week I want to:
*Finish OS practice on time *Walk more *Drink more water!!! (you can never drink enough water) *Wake up at 8 o’clock on Tuesday and Thursday *Study for Data Structure exam *Message Cherry Project *See how I can get myself an invitation for Fashion Week Mexico
Kisses.
I didn’t have any resolutions last week, but I figured I’d give it a go this week :D It’s a great idea, I think!
Keep up on homework. I have a tendency to just plum forget homework; it’s not even not wanting to do it! I just get to the class the next day and the teacher asks for something and I’m like, “OH POOP.” But I have a Moleskine I should be writing this stuff down in, so this is the week to do it!
Drink water, water, water! I love me some water :) And it makes me feel good, too!
Smile and be cheery! I’m taking a public speaking class and the teacher video taped us doing speeches. We analyzed ourselves and I was just so serious looking, so I need to make an effort to be smile-y and show that I am happy. I smile and laugh with my friends but my default face is a pout (I’ve been asked if I’m sad when I’m not since 1st grade!)
Stay healthy. I had the flu last week and I’d rather not go through that again anytime soon D: Also, I need to choose healthier foods and just be an all around healthy gal!
my resolutions are:
+ to attend every uni class this week (and the next), so that i don’t lag behind.
+ drink at least 3 litres of water a day.
+ i also have to find something to wear for fashion week. hmmmmm.
+ my last resolution is to wear two “unwearable” things in my wardrobe. especially with uni coming up. i’m going to be lost for outfits if i don’t make something new again.
i second the idea for stories of your explorations. i love travel stories.
I posted my resolutions on my blog:
www.brunchattiffanies.blogspot…
I linked back to you to give you credit for the idea.
Love Bec
Since I didn’t have internet I couldn’t post my weekly resolutions when you posted the first one; I put them yesterday! So clearly can’t put a note for them xD, though I achieved one; buy stuff for university
Well, anyways I’ll update what I put:
-Love and smooch my nephew as much as I can: Today at 7 am my nephew arrived to Chile. He was born in England and I had never meet him…imagine how FREAKING HAPPY I am!! He’s 8 months old and a real cutie, plus he’s very quiet, nice and happy. They are leaving in about a month, so I have to give him all the love I have before he goes away!! I don’t want him to forget me :( OMG Gala, I couldn’t be any happier, plus my sister named my his godmother…he’s so awesome, I love him.
-Write cute mails to my bf while he’s away: Well, he has wi-fi in his hotel so we can chat, but I guess I’ll send him stuff anyways :)
-Bike a little bit: I’ll do it when I return to the beach, cause my bike is there xD
-Eat less: This vacations have been horrible for my diet; to many cakes, bread, muffins and chocolates!! I won’t eat any bread or similar, cut out salt and drink lots of water.
-Call friends
Wee, can’t wait to see your outfits! :)
Congrads to everyone who tried and compeleted their weekly resolutions, or just tried! :D
(I’m trying to give positive reinforcement…:3)
Podcasts are great. I’ve fallen in love with them, and would love to do one too, if only it wasn’t for my tiny (apparently) “cute” lisp. I’m much too aware of it, so I guess I have to buck up and accept the fact that I will sometimes sounds like a baby garden snake. >,<
Weekly resolutions:
1) Find and buy some clip-in extensions (in lilac, pink, maybe light blue.) Not very useful, but still…
2) Plan my outfit for the huge all-night festival in my city. My friends and I are going to a masquerade ball (...!), swimming outside in a heated pool(at night) at a ritzy hotel for free, and seeing young designers showcase their new clothes. What EVER will I wear? (P.S. This makes me feel like I’m a character in Gossip Girls…!)
3) Do some personal spring cleaning. i.e, Wardrobe Taiming, and experiment with some looks.
4) Have fun, relax and get out of the house! It’s March break. :D
Have a great week everyone!
Mine are…
-Not fail my Maths test, gulp.
-Be more positive. The above resolution is probably evidence of my negativity lately, haha.
-Read the newspaper more because it helps with my Politics class.
-Eat a healthy breakfast each day.
- Survive first week back at art school, overcome concerns that I’ve been there too damn long.
- Do some preparatory reading for courses.
- Begin research for graduation work. ‘Research’ must include at least one gallery opening and subsequent tipsyness.
- Continue exercise! Every night!
- Find some more clothing that is not entirely hideous (i.e. I can proudly wear it outside), but can be splattered in paint.
My resolutions are very school-centric right now. Never mind :/
I did all my jobs last week – yay me! This week I have to go and visit my sister and her new baby again – haven’t been for nearly a month (bad auntie!). I need to fill out a dull-but-worthy council feedback form. I need to compose an email requesting a meeting with an intimidating person – I am less than inspired by this whole scenario, so I am going to do it within the next 10 minutes! I could do some price-comparison research on ipod speakers. And I have to do some choreography and music editing. PLUS look after myself with some chill-out-relax time . . .
This week I resolve that:
—If I do one whole day of study, I won’t don’t let it slide and do at least two hours the next day. Tut tut I should realy stop watching Sock puppet parodies of juno
—I will compose a whole song, and actually transcribe the notes instead of simply recording it
—-I will hand in my work on time
—I will show my friends how much I love them
My resolution for this week is to:
*Finish my registartion for ACT/SAT
*Write my “A Raisin in the Sun” Essay
*Finish my last personal statement and mail it in
*Eat healthier and drink more water[I’m trying to get into the raw food-ness]
*Exercise for at least 20 minutes a day
*Start my junior paper
*Finish at least one of my art competition pictures
*Take better care of my blood glucose levels
*Be more positive and confident [Been feeling a bit down in the dumps and stressed lately.]
I have alot of resolutions…I hope I can get them all done.
I plan to avoid getting stressed out for the first half of the week, by not worrying about how much sleep i’m losing from all the work i have and trying not to be so scared of my boss.
I also plan to plan out my outfits.
I plan to put up a youtube weblog thing
I plan to go sledding before all the snow melts…damn global warming! We’ve barely had any snow!
I plan to start my film festival entry for school.
yep thats pretty much my life this week.
-Okay mine is the following:
Keep on being organized I re started updating my planner recently and feel so much more relaxed now.
Get a new job closer to home: Okay this was a long term goal but it looks like it’s coming to a closer prospect. At the moment I’ve been travelling From Masterton/Wellington each day and that’s way to tiring for me. and I have on the job training on Wenesday.
Relax. Be happy and positive.
-go to the gym at least once (if not twice) because it makes me feel better!
-get rid of old clothes! (i have them bagged up and ready to go…)
-clean out my fridge.
-update my bento blog for my monday & wednesday lunches.
-try a round of EFT every day (last week i did a lot of research on it and i think i am ready to give it a shot now!)
-drink more water.
Why does it keep doing that?
- Celebrate my birthday (today) alllll week!
- Drink lots of water
- Sleep enough
- Wear a lot of glitter
- Relax :)
Best resolutions, ever.
Ok so I reckon I would get about a C in gala’s resolutions Class 101. cleaned my room but it could be better, am still transitioning to vegetarianism but eating fish, have started taking lunch to work but probably 2-3 out of 5 days and still havent signed up for a fun fit class. So could improve on all points..
So this week:
*continue chasing up doc appts& results
*Research and or sign up for swimming membership/hiphopdance or pilates
*continue taking (healthy)lunch to work
*create budget for next two weeks
*buy multivitamins& minerals so I don’t catch the flu thats going around!
*organise new job changeover stuff
goodluck on your resolutions lovelies! xxoo
i love the idea of creating goals for the week, but i found that my list was too long and kind of daunting so i didn’t end up doing most of the stuff on it. this week i resolve to have a shorter list!
-look for more scholarships to apply for, and work on the essay i already started
-finish a hat that i’m making for someone, and be more creative in general
-meditate daily
and one more thing:
happy birthday (week!) Lady Julianne le Fay!!!
i hope it is fabulous
+ do everything i failed to do last week (4/5 things)
+ skip the alcohol
+ dance
Writing mine down last week worked great! I got 6 out of 8 things done – and thought about why I didn’t get the other two done. And I’ve written myself a list for this week!
+ drink 64oz of water every day
+ show up for all my classes
+ get all my classwork done on time
+ sleep seven to eight hours every night
+ eat less sweets!
+ update the vegan food blog I never update
+ refill all my medications
+ buy bus tickets to Chicago
i only got 3/4 of my resolutions done. argh! i hate constantly feeling unproductive. i still don’t know whether my expectations are too high, or my productivity is too low.
anyway, will keep my three others for this week, and see how i go. it felt good even to cross off one thing so i’m going to focus on that good feeling and use it to motivate myself!
good luck with yours Gala.
Can I just say – I thought the podcast was brilliant (and Simon added to its brilliance).
x Go swimming once/twice
x Clean my apartment
x Organise my wardrobe and cupboards
x Keep saving money for the big trip!
x Book two hostels
x Stay positive
x Make an effort to meet more people this week =)
...I’m a first time poster! 8:)
This is a good idea – I’ve tacked these onto my computer screen, where I can see them!
+ Do my nails.
+ No more schoolwork after 9 PM! (I am too sleepy these days, and it just streeessses me out! )
+ Schedule haircut. I am in split ends city right now…NOT attractive.
+ Be more polite. I used to be the politest little kid – what happened?! I NEED to work on this. I’ve been so grouchy this past week.
+ Wear something I haven’t worn in a while ONE day this week.
Thought I’d mention that I loved the podcast, and am eagerly awaiting the next one, whenever that will be. :)
Hmm…
- Attend all of my classes this week (I’m having a bit of a problem with this…) & complete any assignments by their due date.
- Read the book I borrowed from my friend (Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins)! I hate keeping things I’ve borrowed from people for too long, so I hope to finish it by the end of the week.
- Wake up at the same time every day this week (6:30 is the goal).
- Go through my blog subscriptions & unsubscribe to the feeds I never read.
That’s it. Not much to do this week, wooo! I guess I should make one more resolution then:
- When free time is available, try to do something more productive and less time-sucking like just watching TV or surfing the internet.
I am going to buy a pedometer
Try a new fruit
And take a deep breath and forget about work
My resolutions for this week:
-Organise my sleep pattern.
-Drink lots of water.
-Look after my skin every day.
-Work on my poetry.
This is my first shot at this, I just hope I remember to keep it all up!
-Keep drinking lots of water.
-Do a little bit of exercise every day.
-Keep up my skincare regime.
-Don’t leave homework to the last minute.
-Play around with make up to try and find a new style.
ooooo first time posting!!having weekly goals is so much better than concentrating on overwhelming long term goals:)
-eat healthy!stop eating junk food out of habit…
-stick to a budget and stop buying stuff I don’t even need
-buy a good multivitamin(see thats something I DO really need!!)
-go through all my makeup and try out new looks
-concentrate on everything I do have in life instead of just thinking about what I don’t:)
yay! weekly resolutions!
last week i did well, so this week there are some repetitions to make them even better!
+ raw power!
+ sport routine (this one is to keep it up)
+ hydrate! (camelbak rescues my day)
+ concentrate on modelling (my purpose!)
+ scenario deadline – this weekend! (brr, this one is for school)
+ morning yoga in bed (the first thing to do before coming out of bed – but my peepee won’t let me :[ )
+ time management!
+ 30 min. break @ one o’clock (we have a home office & i tend to forget to take a break)
+ finish bathroom project (this one is for work)
thanks gala, weekly resolutions are fun!
irmak — How do you do yoga in bed?!
- To embody the general nature of this: improveverywhere.com/2002/02/0… every day.
- Read more books!
- Wake up early to exercise and for prettification, hee!
For last weeks resolutions i give myself a BIG FAT F! Because i didnt end up finishing anything on my list (i did start them and try pretty hard though).
this week, i only have one resolution and that’s to make new friends at uni, which i’m starting soon! Aaah, the pressure!
Oh, and congrats on your success with last week’s resolutions!
xx
my weekly resoultions include:
and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lady Julianne le Fay!!!!!! hope u have a wicked wicked week celebratingto read all of mother courage for drama classes
hand in a legal draft tomorrow sometime
read and analyse Gandhi’s life
Hand in my english draft to teacher tomorrow
Pay my money for the play i need/want to see
work harder in my maths classes… sigh :(
:) all mine are so academic based…
Others include:
To take 2 vitamens a day
Make my bed every morning
Not be grumpy about my 5 in the morning wake ups
make my hair appointment
start planning my autumn and winter wardrobe
plan my bonfire party :):):)
wear glitter on my eyelids to school… stuff the makeup rules u only live once!
This is a wicked feature Gala keep it going!
Re; Podcast – one about your travels would be awesome but also a subject that you have touched on occaisonally that would be cool to hear more of your thoughts on is; how you personally enjoy the present and live in the moment? I love my life and go to loads of amazing places and do lots of fun things but sometimes when I’m there and actually doing it I don’t feel like I’m enjoying it enough, I seem to enjoy it more when I look back on it?! How do you stop yourself obsessing about the future and reminiscing about the past? Or is it just me that does this ;) Xxxx
You should do a podcast about what kind of outfits to wear on Fashion week, because I’m going to TWO runway shows and I have no idea what to wear to either of them! I’ve never been to a fashion runway show, and I’m not sure what people wear to them!
Yay! I think I am going to just love these weekly resolutions!!
hmmm, I think I will give myself a B+ weekly resolutions-wise. I didn’t drink any more water than I usually do which is one I really wanted to knuckled down on, so I will be continuing it this week. I am very pleased with the amount of homework I did last week & i wanted that to be a focus so points for that one. I think I did my other resolutions too… but I lost the list. SO here is my one for this week.
Drink more water ;)
Eat healthy for goodness sake! I think 2 caramello koalas & a freddo frog every day at lunch is not so great… but I’ll start that tomorrow, considering I just finished my fourth tim tam (my day hasn’t been the greatest so i forgive myself).
Walk my doggy every day. Even if it’s just a short walk.
Update my Ipod. I haven’t put any new songs on there in yonks!
I wish everyone a very big: Good Luck! for your weekly resolutions!!
xoxo ayesha
- Go to the Gym Everyday
- Drink plenty of Water
- Hug people more
- Read an interesting book
- Return to roller derby.
- Go to a yoga class.
- Write at least 500 words of a short story every day. 500 is just an arbitrary number, but it will give me something concrete to aim for.
- Look for a new flat. This place is quaint and charming and everything, but it’s falling apart and one of my flatmates is a cheer-sucking psychic vampire with pet issues. Ick.
- Get my banking sorted.
- Meditate in the morning when I get up, before writing my morning pages.
- Make a mix-tape for my boyfriend.
- Happiness: try to be happy despite the things I can’t change, to appreciate the wonderful things in my life, and to smile even when I’m feeling blue.
(I tried to post these last night but I think my computer was conspiring against me…. Anyway some of them are consequently now done but I will post them anyway for the sense of achievment :))
- send the two Very Important emails
- study every day
- eat regular proper nutritious meals
- read everyday
- go to sleep when I am tired
- send an amazing Birthday package to my Gran, a surprise secret present to my friend and write a really long illustrated letter for my little sisters
:)
morning yoga, something like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp
being aware of the first time my feet meet with the floor & the ‘first step’ of the day is what i like most about it.
but yeah there is a problem about having to go to the bathroom.
My resolutions for this week:
*stick to my detoxprogram *get up at 6 to do my zenmeditation *go to bed early enough to be able to get up at 6 *define what’s important for me at this stage in my life *focus on what’s important and ignore everything else *check this site as often as possible (‘cause it’s important,therefore i should focus on it)
Gala Darling, i absolutely love your website!
Greets from Holland!
I bombed out last week, so to start afresh, my resolutions for this week are:
-set up a wireless network excompassing three computers (help!).
-play around for hours on end with my new macbook (when it arrives)...I don’t think this will be too hard!
-go to sleep early so I can wake up early…ironically I am writing this resolution at 2.30am. I loath insomnia right now.
-buy some flowers and put them in the kitchen. My mum is miserable and won’t tell us why, so I think I shall add some cheer to her main haunt.
-hydrate!
-plan my outfit for soundwave. I am always too hot/cold/underdressed/overdressed or just look plain silly at gigs/festivals, so I want to enjoy myself, be comfortable yet look reasonable this time.
-find a music industry work/volunteer position….anything! Please!
-wash the dog. She stinks.
And I have too many resolutions that I won’t keep! Oh well.
Good luck everyone!
Xo
I’ve done the weekly resolutions last week and found out yesterday I completed them all! I think that what works for me is that the the goals we set in our weekly resolutions are not as long-term and big, so it’s much easier to complete them.
so, my weekly resolutions for this week are:
+ to finish a paper and start working on another one
+ to study hard for an exam I have in a week
+ find a perfect recipe for lemon tart, bake it and give it to my boyfriend, along with a perfect gift (which I still have to find!) for his birthday
+ go running if the weather is nice
+ go to gym
+ see persepolis and read a good book
+ eat healthy (I haven’t started well today, but will improve) and drink enough water. I’ve seen the resolutions to drink a lot water in most of the comments, I think the key is to find out just how much water is enough for you. While 3 (or even more!) litres of water might be appropriate for someone playing tennis for the whole day in the summer, it is definetely too much for someone, who sits in the office most of their day. Drinking too much water can make it really hard for our kidneys to manage (especially if we don’t get enough minerals in our diet), increases our blood pressure. And besides, we also get a lot of fluid from fruit and soups, so sometimes a mere additional litre of water a day is enough! Gala, perhaps you should do some research and write an article about drinking water and just how much we really need it? I think it could be helpful to many of us!
Good luck with the resolutions to all of you! (I think I’ll need it in order to complete them all again :))
I’ve used daily resolutions for a long time but weekly resolutions are really handy, they seem to summarise all the bitty, insignificant to-do’s into larger goals that give me an extra spur. Thanks for the idea, Gala!
This week’s resolutions: – Finish the first draft of my essay on Roland Barthes. – Get some lovely teas for my mother for mother’s day. – Dance every day in preparation for my ballet exam. – Jot down the two poems in my head before they disappear altogether! – Start focusing on my psychology exams and getting secondary texts for my English ones. – E-mail my friend who moved to Nice to see how he’s getting on.
As regards the next podcast, something on surpassing writer’s block would be lovely! You must have vast amounts of creative energy in order to be able to write such inspiring things every day and I’m sure the aspirant writers who read your blog would love to know how you do it.
Inspired I woke up early this morning and wrote mine (on my awesome heart-shaped postits)
1. Go to bed early! Definitely not later than 11 (trying to fix my screwball sleep cycle)
2. Cut back on fizzy drinks. I drink maybe three glasses of soda style drinks a day and it’s just not good for me. I can have one with dinner.
3. Start history coursework
4. Plan for cutting down on red meat
- go monologue hunting and do some refresher work on the old ones. Even though we’re finishing up work on them in my theatre classes, it feels so much better to have everything fresh in my mind.
- take my BC on time every day. Forgetting is not worth the hassle of breakthrough bleeding.
- call my parents, my brothers, and my best friend, all of whom are much too far away.
- health stuff: go to bed earlier, drink more water, eat better
- have talks with three different people:
(1) The (Recent) Ex, just about how life is going, how we’re dealing, what we need from each other right now to be okay as friends.
(2) The Obnoxious Rebound Guy, about how I’m sorry if he got the wrong impression but I’m not interested in dating him and he needs to go away.
(3) The Nice Boy I went out with a couple of times, about how very much I cannot be in a relationship right now and how very unfortunate that is because of how very awesome he is. And, if he’s not too upset with me, about how very much I would like to hang out as friends.
Heh. I’ve got kind of an awkward week ahead of me, looks like.
I like the yoga in bed idea. I think I’ll add that to my list.
Here goes:
* Finish writing story for writer’s group Sunday * Finalize web design plan * work out -I’ve been a lazy kitten * Do the pile of laundry in my closet
+ Walk to and from work (25 minutes each way)
+ Continue to eat healthy
+ Exercise with my Pilates DVD at least once
+ Celebrate my 40th birthday by donning 1940s attire and attending a Bette Davis film!!!
i’m obviously a little late but my (read:awesome) new job doesn’t offer internet access except in the break room, which is always busy! so i’ve come to a net cafe for my fix & the keys are sticking
my resolutions this week were:
-be friendly & chirpy & kind
-organise a shared lunch for new workmates to get to know eachother (done!)
-ring my Opa/Grandfather for his birthday Saturday
-spend as much time as possible with friends, including $9 beer&burger night with Jenn (done!)
xxx miss you guys!
Awww, thanks natalie and BeKah! xx