- Continue employing "Wise Mind" awareness. I will not ignore the signs if I find myself starting to slip, I will catch myself and work on climbing back up without placing any blame on myself.
Did really well with this. There are always little slip ups but I'm taking them a lot better and not really blaming anyone- getting much better at realizing stressful situations vs. someone's "fault". - Decrease negative statements about myself and stop feeling guilty when people offer to help me with things.
Negative statements need work still- I fall back a lot on self deprecating humor. Accepting help has been easier- just trying to remain grateful and express that gratitude. The wedding helped a LOT. If you can do that stuff alone, you are superhuman.- Start using Dave Ramsey's money management method. Don't get angry if it doesn't work right away.
Started it a little bit! I wanted to jump right into the debt snowball and skip the $1K of savings. Turns out, my circumstances had other plans. I'm working my way up, right now I'm at about $850. Last year, my personal savings account averaged about $8. - Throw out 50 things.
I did this! I also bought about 50 more.....- Try not to put off doing things you don't want to do- it will only make them worse.
I've gotten a LOT better about this. Emailing myself reminders has really helped.- Perform more random acts of kindness.
I've done a few, but not nearly enough.- Make more art.
I made a crap ton of stuff for the wedding and that totally counts. I also painted a little more this year I did pretty well this past year on 2013's resolutions but it almost seems as though I've un-done my 2012s. I slipped up on my meds, accumulated more stuff than I've gotten rid of and lost about 20 pounds but then gained it all back. Ugh. I was really starting to feel better too, and now I'm feeling very blah. I don't necessarily want to make a weight loss resolution but most of my resolutions this year are about treating my body better and appreciating it for what it
can do instead of what it can't. And I think that alone might lead to some weight loss. If it does? Great. If it doesn't? I will not beat myself up over it.
-Drink more water. I've talked about this before here, I hate the taste of water. I can deal with some bottled water but dislike the idea of all the waste it creates. I drink a lot of coffee and tea and started drinking Mio and Tang. Much better than before, but I just have GOT to get over this water thing.
-Eat more fruits and veggies. Eat less crap. Less processed foods, less fat, less sodium, less
junk. There is no way I'll even consider cutting it all out completely because let's face it- food that is bad for you tastes damn good. But food that is good for you tastes just as good, if not better.
-Do some yoga. I'm contemplating 29 classes by the time I'm 29. I think it's do-able! I need to find something to do with my FSA because I opted in for too much (we had 50% responsibility for our high deductible- now the company pays the first $3K). I just need an Rx for it, which I think I can get out of my GP. I found a local studio that offers a 30 class card for $270!
-Do more cardio. I've been a regular at the gym this year (with the exception of sick time) but I want to do more high intensity stuff. Weights are great, but they don't really burn a lot of calories...
-Work on the med thing. EVERY DAY. I've got a bizarro teenage rebellion thing happening with medication. Or "I'll take it later" and later turns into 2 weeks.
They help me, there is no reason to behave like this.
-Seriously start the 52 week organizing challenge. I've enforced a "project time"- 4 hours of productivity every Saturday. Have been at it for maybe 4-6 weeks? I just need to focus it a little bit more.
-Save more money. I've cut back a lot on frivolous expenses but my spending can be reined in a little more. I'd really love to do seriously bare bones grocery shopping- only buying shelf stable things at stock up prices and spending about $20 a week on meats/veggies.
-Read more books. Another possible 29 by 29.