Resolutions and workloads

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Instead of trying to do resolutions (because I never make it past the first week of deciding something after the new year) I make Goals For the New Year instead. This year mine are:

1. To make more things

2. I want to make myself a t-shirt (or crop top)

3. Make a drawstring pouch

4. Make myself a kaftan

5. Finish the embroidery project I have

6. Do that project authentically (using wool)

7. Embroider that t-shirt (or crop top)

8. Apply for a PhD

9. Pass my MA

10. Keep this blog going for the next year

11. Improve my self care this year

12. Remember to take care of my hair between the dyes

13. Journal at least once a week

14. Continue with the BuJo

15. Go out for walks

These things are all easily manageable with the workload I have now and if that workload were to increase a little which is why I’ve limited it to having those as set goals for the year. I know I’ll finish that piece of embroidery since I’m already quite a bit of the way through it and that’s what I’m doing to relax. These goals are challenging but not too challenging that I couldn’t be doing them anyway without making them my resolutions.

Here’s a tip: Don’t set your resolutions too high. Don’t expect to go for runs every morning suddenly if you’ve struggled getting up early. Make your goal something like “by the end of the year I want to be getting up most mornings by 7.30” and a separate goal of “by the end of the year I want to run X distance”

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