{"id":4034,"date":"2015-01-04T22:04:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T03:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2015-01-04T22:04:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T03:04:21","slug":"new-year-new-shmesomutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/new-year-new-shmesomutions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Shmesomutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

(I’m being all self-referential <\/a>and shit).<\/p>\n

I’m still not a fan of new year’s resolutions, but I am<\/em> still a fan of taking stock and making goals. I’ve also discovered that making a pact with myself to do something concrete (don’t eat junk food) is much more successful than some vague idea (lose weight). I also have the attention span of a coked up hummingbird, so I need to keep things simple and smallish.<\/p>\n

(You say setting the bar low,\u00a0I say realistic and achievable).<\/p>\n

So, this is what I’m hoping to accomplish in the New Year:<\/p>\n

Limit screen time after 9:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am breaking this one to write this very blog post. FAIL. But that’s why I went ahead and put that old hedge-word chestnut “limit.” WINNING?<\/p>\n

I have this horrible tendency to zone out in front of my laptop, or my iPad, or the TV when I know I’m tired but it’s just too early to go to bed. And then I go down a google hole or I get engrossed in something stupid. And, all of a sudden, Kristian is asking me why it’s 11pm and I haven’t gone to bed yet. Whoops.<\/p>\n

I put an app on my iPhone that reminds you to go to bed. I don’t need to go to sleep at 9:30pm, I just need to put the screens away (they can mess with your circadian rhythm and make it harder to fall asleep). Bonus points if I do something productive, like pack a lunch or lay out my clothes for the next day. Or floss. But, really, I’m totally fine with reading the New Yorker in bed.<\/p>\n

Reply to all of my blog comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel like an asshole, because I got stupid busy this year and basically stopped replying to people. I resurrected the WordPress app on my iPhone. Hopefully, that makes this one fairly easy to stick with.<\/p>\n

Run a sub-30 minute 5k<\/strong><\/p>\n

This one could be tough. I think my fastest 5k was 31 or 32 minutes? I’m kinda slow. And by “kinda,” I mean “very.” But I’m going to focus on running fast instead of far, at least for the beginning part of this year. I will also have more options after I start my new job for when I can go running.<\/p>\n

So, those are my goals for this year. Which means it’s my cue to put the laptop away and take a nice, hot shower and read the New Yorker.<\/p>\n

Do you have any goals or resolutions for this year?<\/strong><\/em> If you leave a comment and let me know what they are, I promise I will reply to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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