Weekly Resolutions
[ 24 March 2008 ]
From last week... how did you go? I managed to get 3 out of 4 ticked off, so I’m happy!
This week, I’d like to impose a limitation, if I may, which will make your week much more productive. That limit is no more or less than 3 resolutions per week. I’ve noticed that a lot of us have been making huge lists which go on forever, & then when we review them in a week’s time, we feel like we’ve failed or let ourselves down because we didn’t manage to tick off 10 billion goals.
The idea of a weekly resolution is that it is a small thing — what SARK likes to call a “micro-movement“. (She is a fabulous woman.) New year’s resolutions are sometimes so huge & daunting that we are paralysed when we look at them. Hence, a weekly resolution is more about setting a general intention — pointing the ship in the direction you want to go.
So, 3 things! Yes, we are all busy, we all have a lot of things on our plates. 3 things. No more, no less. If you complete them all by Tuesday, you’re welcome to write yourself some more, but let’s set ourselves up for success, hmm? & if you have many, many things to do, learn to prioritise. Write down the 3 most important things you need to do.
With that in mind, here are some things I want to do this week!
Start implementing ideas from The 4-Hour Workweek
I just finished this book & I swear, I think it is going to revolutionise my life. I spent part of yesterday in bed reading it, & when I was done I was so excited that I raced around the house, desperate for someone to discuss it with. Simon was away over the weekend so at this very instant, he is lying in bed beside me reading it (at my insistence!). If you’re interested in improving your life & doing great things instead of hanging out in your office cubicle, you must read this book! (Real review coming soon.) Having said all this, Timothy has provided some excellent ideas & steps to upgrade your life, & I’m starting tomorrow.
Exercise at least 3 times
I exercised quite a bit last week. It’s funny, before I went raw I was always bored by the concept of exercise — no time, no energy, couldn’t be bothered, blah blah. But now I have much more vim, & where there’s a vim, there’s a way! (Bad pun maybe.) Taking glutamine half an hour before I go to the gym makes an absolute world of difference, too — I don’t feel so knackered1 after my cardio, & I often come home after cardio & weights & jump on my mini-trampoline. Normally I would just come home & lie down for a while. But I’m really enjoying it & it is totally worth keeping up.
Be so fabulous at Dr Sketchy’s on Wednesday night that they invite me to model in New York!
I’ve been in touch with Molly Crabapple of Dr Sketchy’s New York fame, & well, there have been murmurings about perhaps possibly maybe if the stars are aligned modelling for them in New York when I’m there in September! Eeeeeeeeeeee! So I am going to go & pose up a storm on Wednesday! If you want to come & see me shimmer & shake & flaunt & pout in Melbourne, by the way, the deets are here!
Okay — give me your 3 weekly resolutions & let’s make them stick! Remember to grab a badge, too!
[1.] Sorry for the Briticisms — I’ve been watching a lot of Skins!
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I think I did well this week, considering this is my first ever participation in Weekly Resolutions. I promised myself I would:
Write in my blog everyday, eat healthier food, try harder at work, be kinder to my family, organise my room, get my car fixed and be more social.
& I succeeded at most, though my car fails at being an operable piece of machinery so thats not my fault!=[
My resolutions for next week are-
*Have ONE day of raw foods. I’m not sure I’m up to a week yet.
*Bath/pamper the dog, she pretty much stinks.
*Apply for 10 jobs….MUST get out of Subway.
Skins is amaze isn’t it? Isn’t Mitch Hewer (Maxxie) just HEAVENN? What series are you watching?
lou x
Last week’s went pretty well, so for this week I hvae lined up
* Make phone calls to my close friends, I always forget during the vacation, mostly because I don’t do so much. And I love talking!
* Wear heels every day
* Do a minimum of 5 hours a day of GOOD revision. Today’s off well so far with a good 2 hours out.
Over and out!
My weekly resolutions:
-be perfectly groomed every day
-sell my old stuff on the internet
-gain 4 pounds
Ooh I love Skins – it’s great isn’t it? =D
Gonna have 1 serious, 1 silly/relaxed and 1 in preparation for my re-model of what I dislike about myself in the summer methinks..
So..
~Complete all of my homework on time and the day I get it – save all the rushing and detentions.
~Watch all of my Mighty Boosh DVDs (okay, I have all of them, even the live one, and have watched them about 50 billion times but they’re good!)
~Start listing stuff on eBay for my clothes fund :P
Good luck everyone :)
Skins is seriously amazing ! I’m addicted. I wish they played it in my country, I watch it on youtube.
My resolutions are as follows:
1. Finish reading Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh
2. Start yoga/pilates ! My mother and uncle got me classes for Easter and I’m super excited to start !
3. Break out of my artistic mold ! I always draw the same type of thing on the same small scale, and I had no choice but to buy a bigger moleskine this time around, so I plan on using that to my full advantage.
Ohhh! Dr Sketchy’s! How exciting!!! I can’t wait for it to start in Perth!!!!sqqquueee
Resolutions A-go-go.
- Finish costumes for the Burlesque Shakedown on Sunday. I still need to finish of 2 satin circle skirts, a Betty Boop dress and aprons for our saucy drunken 50’s housewives skit.
- Get exercising. I have the most wonderful beach to jog on 5 minutes away but I have been stuck inside sewing and watching Spongebob Squarepants. This must be corrected!
- Email/ Skype my boy more. He lives overseas and we are both so busy we can hardly make time for each other.
I did well last week: 3 out of 4!
Just three weekly resolutions?... I had a really hard time deciding which of my four or five to-do things were more important, and I’m still not perfectly satisfied. Anyway…
Kick ass at exams: I have law and marketing orals tomorrow, and literature on Friday.
Take better care of my body: all over moisturizing, good posture, drinking more water and less tea etc.
Research for my thesis: continuing from last week. I need to go and browse books at the library, organize my thoughts and bibliography, and spend a plan draft to my director by the end of the month.
Here we go:
1. Start taking yoga classes. I did it about a month ago and have been meaning to go back, but haven’t. Maybe I’ll just buy a dvd and do it at home. Anyways I have to start exercising.
2. Apply to as many jobs as possible. I graduate in less than two months and still haven’t been to an interview. I need to search, search, search for that wonderful job.
3. Clean out my closet.I have so much junk in there. it’s time for Spring cleaning baby!
I love Skins! But then, I have yet to find much British telly I dislike.
My three goals for the week:
1. Read 3 books.
2. Finish coding app for iPhone
3. Dye my hair.
this week:
1. practice using eft on my anxiety and insecurities (still a beginner and getting the hang of it)!
2. be more proactive at work, and feel productive and valuable again!
3. clean the house. no explanation needed :)
good call on making 3 the limit. last time i posted my resolutions (also my first time posting resolutions), i had so many that i completely lost track, and eventually forgot about them. good luck to all of us!
waah! where have you been gala darling, i got a bit down this morning when i couldn’t see the resolutions page in my bookmarks folder. heehee.
last weeks resolutions were ok.
now i have to:
{exercise 4 times this week}
{clean the house before i go to my mom on thursday}
{go to bed before the clock hits 12}
ohhhh wow, if you model in new york, I will most certainly come out and see! I’ve always wanted to go to a Dr. Sketchy’s but I keep on forgetting!
I know it’s early, but just a reccommendation- when you come to new york, you should definitely visit angelica kitchen. it’s a vegan restaurant with no processed sugar or white flour, and a lot of raw options. it’s probably my favorite restaurant in new york, (or really, anywhere.)
my resolutions this week are:
+ to practice my french horn! I was just asked to join a 10+piece balkan-esque radical marching band. we are playing the clash and italian wwII partisan songs and sea shanties. I am very intimidated but very excited!
+ eat more fruits and vegetables. I am sometimes of the ‘bread every meal’ persuasion of vegan. it is warm enough to begin walking to the farmer’s market, so I shall.
+ to finally get my etsy page up! all my little handicrafts arte gathering dust!
Cook at least three things – I’m keeping crazy hours for the next few weeks but I want to make sure I still cook something so I’m not resorting to takeout or random collection of scraps found in the cupboard.
Write everything out in my journal – I’m having some issues with my relationship at the moment, where I’m feeling a bit crowded. I want to sort all that out in my head and journalling is the best way for me to do that.
* Go to the doctors* – I had a blood test done 2 weeks ago and was meant to have gone back 3 days later to get the results. I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.
P.S I’ll be at Dr Sketchy’s this week! I haven’t done any life drawing in ages so I figured this was as good a time as any to start again. (I occasionally model but never find the time to go and draw)
Ohh last week I did OK, 3 of 5 ticked off.
This week:
+Buy my own domain – I’m getting this done as soon as my dad comes home with his credit card (they don’t trust me enough to have one)
+Finish my holiday homework – I’m almost done, I’m just being haunted by ANOTHER OS practice
+Finish writing to my pen pals – I’m just missing 5 more letters u_u. It’s hard because I don’t know what to write about. We write emails all the time but I think that letters are different than emails and I just want them to be very special.
Yep, that’s it for this week.
Oh I can’t wait to see how you did at Dr. Sketchy’s, I’m sure you’ll be awesome, as always.
Loads of kisses.
Great call on limiting the resolutions to 3. Last week I did pretty well, because I had a week off from everything. It was hard coming up with what I need to get done this week, but here is my list:
- Exercise every other day
- Memorize lines for Acting class project
- Make something awesome for my husband for our one year anniversary (Saturday). excited
I managed 4 out of 5 this week, but I like the idea of limiting it to 3…
Internships! -Last week’s only missed goal. I need to get on top of this stuff, or I’ll be stuck working retail full time this summer, which is not my idea of fun.
Focus on MY issues – I find that I’m spending far too much time worrying about my roommate, this friend, that friend, and not myself. So this week I need to find time to talk to someone about my issues, instead of just always being available for other people to talk to.
Workout – That is, on days that I don’t have Ultimate or am not going to Ultimate because of scheduling issues. Which would be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday this week. Doesn’t have to be anything too intensive, but at least a little cardio on those days would be good.
I had the same thought last week, too! But I like the idea of having fun goals, too – last week, I went back to my own journal and made a list of stuff like “write a list of good movies to marathon with friends” and “set times and dates to hang out with said friends next weekend”. It’s good :)
So this week, I’m going for what any other university student has on their list…
study every day. It is going into the second quarter of this semester! Eeek!!!
figure out a good financial savings & investment & spending plan. I’m going to be checking out “Rich by Thirty” by 25 year-old Leslie Scorgie (review found here: www.wisebread.com/book). I don’t have that much money, so it is important I take care of it properly, non?
set aside time to draw and write. Alone time + creativity time = a top priority for anyone.
My first week of resolutions!
Eat 3 servings of fruits & veggies a day. I know I should be eating more than that, but right now I average about 0 so I have to start somewhere.
Finish organizing my books and DVDs onto our new bookshelf so I can actually see what I own (and re-use the crates somewhere else)!
Register my dog with the city. This is our 4th city/apartment together and I’ve never registered her anywhere before! I don’t really know what the purpose of it is, besides to generate revenue for the city, but I’m gonna do it anyway.
There is a window-washer at eye-level as I type this so I must look productive!
Dr Sketchy’s sounds like a awesome night. I love life drawing but have only ever drawn old people (maybe its a uni thing) I like the discription that its a little bit Toulouse Lautrec. Pity Im too poor to go this week….maybe I can live off toast yet again this week?
maybe that can be mine. when I get paid I will buy food and not go out so I can eat something other than toast and cups of soup?
Skins is such an addictive show. I have a huge girl-crush on Cassie :D
1. Read at least two books to list on my BookMooch account.
2. Keep writing
3. Revise at least one essay/other piece of work
Hopefully it’s do-able :)
If you can, Gala, post pictures from your crazy posing session! :D
This week, I want to:
-Read my driver’s education book. My permit test is next week…! o,o;
-Have an internet detox. I know, that means being away from this great iCiNG community, but I think it’s something really important for me to do.
-Get excited about plans for my life.
Good luck everyone!
UNO. Finish reading at least one book. AT LEAST. Hopefully more.
DOS. Have an actual conversation with the boy I have a crush on (as in, actually say more than just hello)
TRES. Finsh redoing my bookshelves! Right now, I have a ton of books sitting in a laundry basket, while the new shelf is still in the other room, totally empty.
1. Work through my breakup. I give myself a week to bitch and mope and listen to our band’s album and smoke grass and eat cashews and call my best friend long distance and cry until he tells me I’m pretty. ONE WEEK. I give myself one week to be a total child. I’m horrible at being dumped. We had so much invested in one another and that sucks. I’m a little freer and a little sadder.
2. Try to exercise a few times, mostly because my Russian friend Hristo (who is cute) is a trainer there, but also because I want to feel better. I should go running today and I feel so shitty but I know if I run I feel better.
3. Start practicing my firebreathing act so I can really run away with the circus this summer, which I had an offer to do when I was on tour last week, which I am obviously taking.
1. Exercise at least twice this week.
2. Do at least one thing with friends.
3. Face my fears and set up a consultation about my wisdom teeth.
I used to be an adventurous soul, but it’s been crushed. I started reading The 4-Hour Work Week in the hopes of rediscovering my formerly adventurous self. The biggest hurdle for me at this point is health insurance. It’s frightfully expensive to buy your own coverage in the States.
There are a number of things I’d like to do this week — de-clutter, purge, clean, apply for a new job, start yoga, etc. However, I think I’ll narrow it down to make it manageable.
1) Finish reading 4-Hour Work Week.
2) Spending one hour each day de-cluttering/cleaning.
3) Do yoga or walk three times this week.
i can’t remember if i’ve ever done this before or not..ha. but anyway.
1. finally get my room and the bathroom spotless. it should have been done 2 weeks ago. but i get distracted easily…
2. set up the ps2 in the sun room and play some serious gh3. (it’s too cold to go outside…)
3. sort the things out that kept me up late last night. they’re making me confused and unhappy.
1. Try to find time to sort out my old magazines this week. The collections getting to be rather… large (Cosmo’s since 2005…). Also find some way of displaying them nicely.
2) Send my TV on his trip this week. (www.toyvoyagers.com for more information)
3) Work on my research project. I’m thinking about starting my own buisness but it’s kinda cause I’m not sure if New Zealand’s ready for the idea… that I’m a little bit nervous about it.
Stop eating to the point that I feel sick, get some records on Ebay, that are currently on my floor, save half of my money this week for my ‘Lauren and Hannah’s mission to Helmsley in the summer’ fund.
1. take a ‘daily outfit’ photo that i’m proud of!
2. write my history term paper- it’s due at the start of next week!
3. get through the level 1 in russian on rosetta stone.
I neglected to post mine last week, they went pretty good though. I set the bar low as work was really intense last week.
This week:
Dye! my hair. My roots is showing
Super-secret meeting This will be fun :)
Write! I have a deadline two weeks away now. Eep!
I also posted (with a badge) mine on my blog.
Aaargh Skins noooooo!!
1.) Buy a nice notebook and start brainstorming, sketching and generally planning my tattoos.
2.) Get up to date with uni work.
3.) Start to plan my own trip to NY, in September no less. Maybe I shall come see you model…...
Here goes…
1. Go to the gym every day – even if it’s only for 10 minutes!
2. Write 3 poems
3. Create a plan to sell my car, and set it in motion
Woo! Achievable, I think!
Since this week is spring break, I have allll the time in the world =]
1. Clean my room, completely and totally (a somewhat monumental task).
2. Complete all of my chem homework. Before the END of the week.
3. Get out of the house more, whether I’m riding my bike, walking, or just gardening if the weather allows.
1) To do every one of my Health Promotion class labs on time and to go to the classes, even though they are optional.
2) Write letters (thank you notes to my mom&aunt and a letter to my boyfriend, for something new&to be sweet).
3) Clean my room out & throw away at least one bag of junk&old papers, etc.
Last week:
~ eat 100% raw organic vegan for the whole week (starting today, ending Sunday)!!! :o
Almost! I ran a couple of WIP meetings during the week &, to keep the team’s energy up, bought a whole bunch of candy each time for everyone to share of which I had a few pieces. I also had a cocktail on Saturday night & an easter egg on Sunday. Other than that, I’m pretty proud with my efforts!
~ buy myself a kick ass blender to assist with aforementioned resolution.
No, but yes! My mamma lent me hers instead which is even better because it cost me nothing!
~ go & see the Whales exhibition at Te Papa
Yes! It was so interesting & educational.
~ try the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party cocktail (it comes in a dainty China tea pot with two tea cups!) at Alice bar
Yes! Although I was a wee bit disappointed with the experience. :(
~ go & get my monthly Balinese massage & facial at East Day Spa seen as I didn’t get to have them on my birthday the other week
Yes! I had my massage & facial first thing on Good Friday & it was the best start possible to the long Easter weekend!
~ really look at my new years resolutions in the front of my Moleskine. I kind of look at them all the time but we’re 1/4 of the way through 2008 now (canyoubelieveit?) & I think it’s about time I paid my little friends some attention again and set new goals if I’m not quite in the place I thought I would be.
Yes! I’ve changed goals & added new ones & I’m really really happy with & excited about my revised list.
This week:
~ finish the book I just started over Easter (The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris funnily enough!)
~ book my massage & facial for April
~ confirm the dates for my trip to New York in September (at the moment it’s 5-14 September ish) and start planning my trip (including my tattoo)!
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-Finish the Roman Laws book before Thursday, so I can began re-reading it and studying for the big exam on monday! and this implies study on the university’s library, cause I just realized that, even if I stay there for half an hour, I study more than in my house xD!
-Spend less money >_
Coming up with three goals for the week is hard.
a) Be Nicer to my friends, I’ve been a bit of a pain lately, and they’ve been very forgiving, that doesn’t mean I should continue to take advantage.
b) Excercise each day, at least 10 minutes, seems small but its SOMETHING.
c) there’s only 4 official working days this week (because of easter monday) so… Wear my hair Different each day to work, it can be a subtle difference, but just wake up early enough to think about my hair and make it something special.
This is my first try at this:
1. Get to the gym 5 times
2. Book in to start therapy
3. Super-clean the kitchen
Last week I didn’t really had any resolution because we’re on holiday…this week’s holiday too, but will be a little more calm.
1. Get my life back on track
2. Spring Cleaning
3. Start my gran portfolio
OK, this is my first week on the ‘weekly resolutions’ bandwagon. Mine will be:
1. Dedicate one night this week to a serious bedroom deep-clean. My room always reverts back to ‘disaster area’ status within 2 days of cleaning because nothing is ever organized. If I just dedicated one evening to it, I know I could make a real long-term difference.
2. At least make a hair appointment, if not actually getting the haircut squared away.
3. Have a fabulous birthday weekend!
+ work fast and effectively (no procrastination!)
+ run
+ fundraise
good luck everyone :)
♥ Have my story for Tori Amos’s Comic Book Tattoo inked and looking perfect.
♥ Get my files transferred from both old computers to my shiny new portable hard drive.
♥ Set up my desk so I can work at it, rather than working in bed all the time and giving myself back pain. Bad star!
permalink to the weekly resolutions post on my blog:
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my resolutions:
- cut down my chocolate/sweets intake (preferably none at all) and only eat when hungry
- stop talking without thinking
- exercise three times
Job Hunting I must apply to lots (10+) fabulous, creative jobs in the city this week!
Efficiency & Productivity keep using ZTD’s efficiency strategies to keep motivated, calm, happy and super productive this week!
Mother’s Day Classic Training my 8km run is in 8 weeks, I’m starting my training slowly (Easter did not help :) but this week I will do 20 minutes each day and fuel my bod with lots of fresh food and water!
izennah xoxo
- EXERCISE! I always say I’m too tired or too busy and I need to cut that out!! It will be a priority this week! – Find a job! Saturday is my last day at my current workplace, so the employment hunt begins! – Finish research paper. Yuck, but I have to.
Felicity — You’re going to be in New York for my birthday? SERIOUSLY? You are so invited to my party :D
irmak — I was out all day seeing my friends. A girl has to have a life, you know!
1) Play my guitar everyday for at least an hour.
2) Carry water with me EVERYWHERE
3) Get a new sketchbook and a sturdy water bottle do I don’t have to buy plastic bottles!
Gala – I am? I thought your birthday was like the 18th or something! Silly moi! You’re having a party in New York? MAYJAH! I am so there baby! I totally need to get myself organised like, now. I really want to get my tattoo done by Tim Kern while I’m in NYC (one of the reasons I’m even going!) but I fear I may not be able to get an appointment with the very sought after Mr Kern! I wonder if I book now, I’ll be early enough??? x
Felicity — Definitely book now. My tattoo in September was booked in… I don’t know… May or something. I think I will also be getting some work by him this year :D
Woo, after checking this website regularly for the past 6th months, this is my first comment! How exciting :)
My resolutions:
-Spend 10 minutes each day straightening my apartment and putting things back in their place. I’m not an organized person by nature, so it’s pretty easy to destroy my little studio in a day.
-Ride my bike to the farmer’s market and stock up on fresh veggies and possibly buy myself some flowers.
-Return my Netflix movies the day after I watch them! I have such a bad habit of just letting them sit around for weeks.
1) Drink more water. Get a proper bottle, if I remember, otherwise, top up my glass souvent.
2) Revise every smucking day. Even if it is boring.
3) Continue praying, being postive, and this general feeling of contentment and wellbeing.
They seem quite achievable to me.
Good luck, darlings!
Gala – Eeeeep! :o Thanks for letting me know! Just tried to find an e-mail address for Tribulation Tattoo but all I can find is a phone number for the manager, Joe. Guess I’ll give him a call soon! Fingers crossed! x
I did ok with my resolutions last week…more about that at my new blog (yay).
This week:
* Play bass once
* Read more about raw eating and try to make at least a few of my meals completely raw & drink some smoothies
* Start reading ‘The 4 hour work week’. I saw it in Borders the other day and was sure I had heard of it before!
ok 2 out of 5 from last week…the ones I havent been doing since this all started are still the same ones!! maybe I should change over the ones I obviously am avoiding like the plague?
But they do need to be done…maybe give myself a treat if I finally get a full score??
ok for this week:
make doctor’s appointment! tomorrow. during lunch. If I do this goal finally then I will buy myself a pair of the new socks from sportgirl.
print out inspiration photos – for my desk& decorate desk
*Book for a driving lesson & a pilates lesson!
good luck everyone. xxoo
I managed 2/4 from last week. Fifty percent isn’t bad!
New resolutions:
- Exercise! My goal is three times for thirty minutes each session.
- Sketch! I’m off to a good start, but I need to continue.
- Get up to campus. I need to change my address, change my major, and help my friend with applying for financial aid.
my three goals…
-eat healthy and exercise!
-empty & organize my room; donate stuff i don’t need any longer
-return everyones phone calls
This week my resolutions are:
1. Take at least 2 walks.
2. Wake up at 7:15 instead of 7:40(I try to squeeze as much extra sleep at I can in the morning and end up running around like a madwoman hehehe)
3. Drink 4-6 glasses of water each day.
This week:
- Complete my Uni Assignments with as minimal stress as possible!
- I was going to write eat well, but I have so much easter chocolate hanging around that I doubt that will happen. So I will make this resolution to NOT eat all that chocolate at once. Maybe give it to a homeless person or my brother lol.
- Look more into eating raw [If I have time with Uni] and see if I can figure out a few all-raw meals. I think I caught a flu-y tonsillitis type thing from my boyfriend, I need to fight it off!
I failed most of mine but I did manage to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday extremely well. He was very impressed with the picnic.
My 3 weekly resolutions are going to be simple this week:
1. Finish my two assignments due next week
2. Have fun at Relay for Life even if I get no sleep
3. Continue applying for graduate programs (this is an ongoing one but especially important this week!)
* remember that i am in control of my own happiness * finish my foreign exchange papers * book massages for mother’s day for my sister mom and i
I wholeheartedly approve of the 3-per-week limit.
This week:
Catch up on my washing overload (I’ve been away)
Communicate with whanau (I’ve been awaaay)
Finish reading the New Zealand Curriculum – it’s a page-turner. Not!
1. Finish my change of status request
2. Be lazy! I am on vacation, after all.
3. Although it is vacation, make sure I still do practice every day.
Oh, I didn’t participate last week! Shame on me. But my resolutions for this week are:
• Exercise! I haven’t been doing any exercise lately and it would definitely be a good idea to get back into this as a habit.
• Lose a pound or two! I am so majorly close to my ideal weight that it’s driving me crazy to get past those few more pounds standing in my way.
• Clean my room! Oh, this will definitely be the hardest, haha. But my room is in desperate need of cleaning and re-organizing, so maybe with all the free time I have this week I’ll get to it.
my first week!
1.) meditate every single day and get more rest. 6 and a half hours sleep each night isn’t enough—i am a schoolgirl-turned-zombie lately :(
2.) Write my penpal back. she always sends her letters promptly, but my last one to her was like 3 months late 0.0 I just received hers today and I have much news to tell, so I’m really excited to write this one!
3.) get a killer 6pack in one week..I believe I can do it!! and that’s all that matters, right? xoxo good luck[=
Haven’t ever done weekly resolutions before!
Bought a gorgeous little notebook to record weekly resolutions, and am very optimistic( despite breaking down in middle of central station an hour ago).
-Call Driving School for lessons. I only have a month left on my gift voucher, so it must be done soon!
-Complete assignments for school and hand them in.
-Remember to always sunscreen myself before leaving the house. Also increase water intake.
Good luck everyone!
Resolutions:
+ Clean my entire room (just of clutter)
+ Put up one designer garment/item for giveaway
+ Ohhh, the third! Why can’t I have more! I’ll steal one of yours, Gala… I want to exercise this week! Using weight training and dancing for cardio!
Good luck!
xoxo.
Spring break California vacation edition!
1. Continue to drink 3+ giant water bottles a day.
2. Never (within reason) say no when the kiddies Adam and Katie want to play.
3. Take a picture of a really sick shark and a bamf whale at sea world.
- No nail biting! When your grandmother is yelling at you repeatedly to stop biting your nails, you know you have a problem.
- Clean and organize my desk at home. On the surface my apartment looks consistently tidy and organized, but behind my desk doors are a bunch of papers and bills that I don’t know where to put, and are driving me cuh-razy!
- Raise more money for Compelled 2008. Compelled is a benefit concert that my church is putting on May 3 to raise money for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. I’m participating in a Bowl-A-Thon on April 4 as part of the fundraising, and in order to bowl (or in my case, roll a heavy ball awkwardly and embarrass myself in a room full of people) I need to raise at least $100. I’m already halfway there, but still have some more to go.
Have a great week everyone, and work hard at sticking to your resolutions!
I love this idea. I have way too many things that I feel I should be doing and it is easy to walk away from them when they seem so overwhelming. 3 a week is doable!
1. Exercise each day. Even if only a litte bit.
2. Encorporate more raw foods. (I can really feel the difference when I do.)
3. Pack early for my trip to Puerto Vallarta this weekend. (I usually wait til the last minute and throw everything in my bag tornado style.)
Thank you Gala – you are inspiring in more ways than one!!
1. Finish Photoshop images for website i promised my mum.
2. Walk my dog at least every 2nd day since she got spoilt easter weekend with bacon & eggs. And i got spoilt with easter eggs :)
3. Take photos of the things i want to sell on ebay that are in the spare room – to make room for my new winter projects.
ok. laste week resolution were … good! (it was my first time with them and as you’ve said … i’ve put more things than what i could do … but it’s all learning)
not only i have gone to take my things from the shoe repairer … i took them and also took more things to repair and already have them back!
i did LOTS of organization at home
i didn’t have an illustration a day but i DID illustrate more than in the last 3 months
didn’t finish the reading but i’ve read a lot.
didn’t repair the CD and DVD burner but the technician is on his way home next week
didn’t start swimming (at least until i recover from my skin rash)
TIME FOR THIS WEEK!
it will be a special one because we (the boy and me) are invited to a wedding (a four day wedding) miles away from the city and we are coming back next sunday
so. let’s focus
* do lots of things just for when on the plane on thursday feel really calm (all the things in my suitcase … a LOT, waxing, manicoure, keys of my house to the brother because of The Cat, buying stockings, etc) * being focus on having an absolutely amazing time with me * being focus on having an absolutely amazing time with the boy
Resolutions for the week:
1. Break into new packet of coloured pencil crayons! Don’t ya love em when they’re all perfect and new?
2. Sketch costume for the play I’m in.
3. Go into bank to set up a long-term savings account.
Hrmmm. I ticked off a couple last week. But they were the concrete, ‘to-do list’ things. This week:
** Not snacking. I’m a compulsive snacker :( ** Volunteer at the food-co-op at Uni. They’re really lovely. ** Finish Violet’s reroot (she’s a Blythe doll :D)
I did 4 out of my 5 resolutions last week. So I’m glad!
My 3 resolutions for this week:
1. go to the bnk
2. go to the dentist
3. read my new magazines
Woo. it’s so hard narrowing mine down!
-practice my guitar lotsss so my band doesn’t yell at me at the next practice!
-figure out what my friend should wear at his next show [he wants me to dress him to look like a rock star…isn’t that cute? any ideas?]
-practico la lengua de espanol constantamente preparar trabajer a little havana en miami el verano visitar mis parientes! [i hope that made sense] :]