So, a new year has started. People traditionally look back at what has changed over the last year, and what they'd like to accomplish in the next year. And they do this, from what I can see, at a time when they've over-indulged, in eating, in consuming sugar (Christmas cookies and candies), in spending money and probably in drinking alcohol to celebrate the arrival of that new year.
Is that a good time to be doing this re-evaluation and planning, when you're hungover and depressed?
You've put on a couple pounds, so you rashly decide you must lose 100 pounds this year, meaning working out 3 hours a day… You charged a couple hundred dollars on your credit card, so you resolve to live on ramen noodles for a year and get that credit card completely paid off… Yeah, those kind of plans are going to work.
Me, I've been making my plans for a couple weeks now, even as I decided whether or not to have that 12th cookie, or what gift to buy for my sister's daughter-in-law's best friend. But that's the way I am; I tend to make plans. It gives me something to think about, things to look forward to, lets me figure out how to deal if something goes awry.
I'd love to lose 100 pounds this coming year, but first I'm going to diligently do my physical therapy to strengthen my muscles so I can get to doing some sort of regular exercise.
I won't be eating ramen noodles all year, but I will be careful with my grocery budget, and I will work at reducing my credit card debt.
I've also got some traveling planned, just as soon as the weather lets Midwest roads thaw a bit. Told ya, it gives me something to look forward to.
So, my advice is to make some reasonable plans, with milestones you can actually attain. And every once in a while, let yourself have some fun.
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