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Documentary reviews, body neutrality, parenting, Jupiter, piano, cats, European history, ghosts, rodents, the collapse of civilization, and if this goes on long enough I'll probably end up cataloguing my entire smushed penny collection.

2023 Resolutions

I’m not usually big on making resolutions at the new year, but this year I had three goals that kind of naturally bubbled to the surface of my brain.

With less than eight weeks left in 2023, now seems like a good time to do a progress report.

Goal #1 – Push harder on my workouts
I was really in a rut with my exercise and didn’t get started on this project until I joined the gym in early March. Having access to all this cardio equipment really reinvigorated my routine, and I am proud to report success on this goal.

I am also saddened to report that achievement of this goal is ongoing. It turns out I can’t just flip a switch in my body and have all my workouts be stellar. I have to force myself to push it every time and it sucks. I hate it. But I like I how feel when I do it.
Status: Accomplished/Ongoing

Goal #2 – Start a blog
Note I did not give myself any requirement for monetization or readership or posting a certain number of times, or even having it all coded and set up properly. I literally just had to start a blog and tell my friends about it.
Status: Accomplished

Goal #3 – Get a job
Note also that this goal has no standards attached, and yet this is the one I still can’t check off the list. I have been looking! If the goal had been “look at job listings at least once a week all year” I would have been able to mark it complete.

I find it easy (fun even!) to look at job listings and difficult to apply. Looking means I get to engage in a fantasy wherein I picture myself breezing out the door in stylish work clothes and appearing in an office where I solve everyone’s problems all the time and come home feeling accomplished and important.

Applying means thinking about the reality of a job. What do the kids do after school? How do I get there and how long does it take? When does grocery shopping and meal planning happen? Will I have to stop blogging and going to the gym? These obstacles can be overcome, and I know that. But without someone else kicking me in the butt to get a damn job it’s hard to nudge me out of my comfort zone of 8 AM grocery shopping on Monday morning.
Status: Not Accomplished