New Year's Resolutions Check In

[ysabetwordsmith]

We made it through the first work week of January. This is enough to get an early glimpse of progress with New Year's resolutions. It's also malleable enough to make changes. For more ideas on New Year's resolutions in this community, see:

2025 New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

New Year's Resolutions for 2025

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How are your resolutions going?

Are you struggling with year-long goals? Consider adding some one-day resolutions to boost your sense of accomplishment. You can also break yearly goals into smaller subgoals, like weekly or monthly ones. Alternatively, try making a set of 4-8 seasonal resolutions, where each goal will only be active for about three months.

Do you feel more crushed by obligations than inspired by opportunities? You might benefit from exploring alternatives to conventional resolutions. You could simplify things, or add some fun New Year's resolutions and self-care goals so you don't burn out.

Are you bored with the same old resolutions? Try something unique! Sometimes it's fun to tackle a challenge that few if any other people will be doing.

How are you doing with tracking your progress? Some folks like a hardcopy journal, others electronic, or even a mix of both. If you need a visual representation, check out these bullet journal pages.

Are you still going strong? Reward yourself!


You can share a summary of your progress in a comment below, or link to a progress report in your blog.

Comments

[luckyzukky]

so far, doing good on the 'take care of self' part, let's hope i can keep it up lol

also i am indeed reading books! just continuing one i started in decembter (cory doctorow's the internet con), but i'm enjoying it a lot and there's more books i have up next that i'm actually looking forward to

i haven't done a lot in the way of the exact coding languages i've wanted to practice, but i've been doing stuff here and there. i can't decide if i want to focus on 1-2 languages (ruby and golang) only or dabble in everything on the list. this makes it sound like it's a big list when the other languages are python and perl lol but i wanna add to that list already... typescript for atproto/bluesky dev calls out to me... i will think about it!

i'm tracking my progress with both <a href="https://obsidian.md/obsidian notes</a> and my usual media tracking sites, plus my scrapbook post. i think i'm doing ok right now, because even if the progress isn't much, it's still me doing something at all. and when i've struggled so hard with getting literally anything done in the past (depression, inability to focus, etc), it feels important to me that i encourage myself in comments like these even over the small stuff.

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> so far, doing good on the 'take care of self' part, let's hope i can keep it up lol <<

Every bit you do is good progress, regardless of how far you get with it. I wish you luck with this.

>> also i am indeed reading books! <<

\o/

>> i can't decide if i want to focus on 1-2 languages (ruby and golang) only or dabble in everything on the list. <<

It would probably be easier to focus on one at a time, but if you have specific things you need to accomplish in several, then working by project might make sense. Consider skill trees -- would learning one language make it easier to learn another?

>> it feels important to me that i encourage myself in comments like these even over the small stuff.<<

Absolutely. It helps just to list what you got done so you can see it all together.

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

See my goals for 2025 here.

Completed: 4
So far these are just my one-day goals, mostly year-beginning stuff.

Begun: 14
Most of these cannot be completed quickly.

View my detailed progress report with a list of individual goals completed or begun.

We've also done extra shopping, and I've done extra yardwork, preparing for an expected snowstorm to dump copious amounts starting late Sunday night or early Monday morning.

[augustcore]

I was doing pretty good the first 2 days, and then I got a stupid head cold. Which isn't really that big of a deal, but it is annoying me. I have managed to sit down and read every day though, so I'm still on track there while the other ones are temporarily on hold.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Reading is good!

You might consider a set of self-care goals, especially for swapping in as needed. Sometimes it helps when you can just switch tracks.

Re: Thoughts

[augustcore]

Yeah, swapping in some self care goals is probably a good idea. I certainly like that better than sitting around feeling sorry for myself, heh.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

There's a list of ideas here. You could make a list of options and switch to it when you don't feel well or are exhausted.

Re: Thoughts

[augustcore]

Ah,thank you. That will be very helpful.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service. There are many self-care options, so I wanted to include a few in the Alternatives. Even though this community is about goals, there are many kinds of goals, and it's important to choose what will serve you at the present time. Sometimes you need ambitious projects, other times relaxation.