What are you going to do differently in this new year? [2024]

[adsii1970]

It's that time when many of us engage in the annual tradition of making New Year's resolutions. I've noticed with mine that I often start making them with the best intentions and later abandon them. Last year, I had a lot of good intentions, but by April, many of them were no longer a part of the plan. As I started thinking about it, the one thing that makes the difference between the resolutions we keep and those we don't is accountability - who holds us accountable for what we do?

This year, I wanted to try something different with my resolutions and share them with the forum family. I also invite you to do the same. Sure, there is some anonymity here, as most of us do not know each other in real life. However, there can still be a level of accountability and encouragement among forum community friends. If you want to participate in this great forum experiment, great! All I ask is you share your resolutions you are willing to share, encourage one another periodically, and share your progress as the year goes on. This way, we can encourage one another to keep our resolutions and these life-changing goals.

I'll share the top four resolutions I've made for this year. I have others and may share them over the year (there are three more). So, with that in mind, here are the resolutions for 2024 that I will share:

• I want to be more careful about what I eat. I need to lose more weight. I've noticed the more weight I lose, the better I feel mentally and physically.
• I want to be more physically active this year.
• I want more time in my schedule for "me" activities.
• I want to spend less time worrying about work while I am at home.

[Geonovast]

I'm going to write "24" in the year spot on dates instead of "23".

[Nuke]

im going to stop celebrating holidays, they are killing me. 

16 minutes ago, Geonovast said:

I'm going to write "24" in the year spot on dates instead of "23".

it usually takes me 3 or 4 months to get that sorted out. 

[adsii1970]

3 hours ago, Nuke said:

im going to stop celebrating holidays, they are killing me. 

This is wheen I do most of my unhealthy binge eating. I am right there with you.

3 hours ago, Geonovast said:

I'm going to write "24" in the year spot on dates instead of "23".

Meh, I will still write '23 for the next week. The credit union, HR, and the Registrar's Office will love me until the second week of February.

[Vanamonde]

I avoid new things. New things suck.