It’s time for another report on how Casey’s resolutions are going. Recall that this year my resolutions are twofold:
- A meaningful but simple fitness and nutrition goal that lasts the entire year
- One additional rotating goal per month
This month I am happy to report that I actually met my fitness and nutrition goals. And, as if the universe was trying to double down on the message, my last workout of the month (on Thursday) was the first workout I’ve done since the beginning of the year that actually made me feel strong. It has been a true fucking slog, let me tell you.
My additional goal this month was a fun one: learn a new ASL sign every day.
The school I work at has a small population of deaf staff and deaf students and while I know I’ll never acquire enough ASL to have a full conversation with them, I want to do better. I’m actually pretty good at fingerspelling, already, so I kept my ears open and tried to come up with a list of frequently used words at school that might come in handy. The post before this one is the list of ASL I learned.
(Note: I already knew a number of useful school signs like “name” and “attendance” and “poop,” so this is a list of additional signs.)
As you can see, I only made it to 26 signs, not 28. As I pointed out to my youngest, that’s like 92% of my goal: an A-. I am okay with that.
This was a fun and useful resolution, but I’m happy it’s over. Now I get to use what I learned and also move forward with a new resolution next month.