This will be the 17th year at attempting creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve realized a long time ago that at the end-of-the-year holidays, I am not mentally or physically capable of sticking with resolutions for the upcoming new year. I need a break so I take the whole month of January off to reflect and plan. Hence, the start of a new Groundhog Day Resolutions.
Today 2/2, Groundhog Day, is the day for a fresh start and a new year. (Chinese Lunar New Year started as well)
The first goal is to check-in here and review my progress. Every month until December 12th 2025.
The first check-in is on March 3 (3/3). After that will be 4/4, 5/5 and so on.
Here we go:
Nutrition
- I like the idea of going back on to the Keto diet for quick weight loss, but have you seen the price of meat and eggs lately? The Mediterranean diet was clean and helpful too. Plus, I read that it reduces inflammation. Perhaps a hybrid of both plans could be advantageous. I am back working in the field and the convenience of fast food options on the go is strong. I need to be stronger.
- Quit smoking. Yeah, I grabbed a cigarillo every now and then before the holidays.
- No alcohol. I need to be encouraging and supportive for those around me that have an issue with alcohol so no need to bring it out. This will be easy.
Fitness
The previously mentioned job has me walking and lifting outdoors every work day so this is a start. Time to supplement this with extracurricular physical activities such as:
- Yoga and stretching, because I can feel my body tense and become less flexible.
- Meditation will help with calm my mind, increase oxygen levels and lower blood pressure.
- Cycling is something I enjoy but haven’t done in a month. Time to get back on the saddle.
- Strength Training at home. The Apple Fitness app has improved while I wasn’t looking and I’d like to make use of that subscription again. Kickboxing anyone?
- Strength Training at the gym. We have a membership but haven’t used it due to a lot of changes around here. Eager to get back into it again.
- Geocaching. Let’s take this outside and explore more while getting some walking in.
Create
- Photography- The endgame is in site for a completely organized workflow and asset management. It’s seen decades of neglect and it’s only been a few years trying to reign it all in. This is difficult because of my other photography goals: adding more, better images that I am taking lately.
- Writing- The same can be said for decades of writing and that is almost organized as well. As long as I am on the topic of writing, the book(s) have taken a backseat like everything else in the past two months. Progress needs to be made so I can get it all out of my head and free up space for other projects that I get myself into.
Consume
I am on pace with my 25 books read in 2025 goal. I am still trying to sort a workflow into DenbowOS to capture all of my notes and highlights from other sources besides books.
Technology
No new tech in 2025. I almost broke this one right off the bat but I returned the new Kindle in favor of the existing one.
I have a desire to finish making the Mini machine into a proper photo and file server. Not just for me, but to grant anyone else I want to have remote access to it too.
These all sound familiar, right? Like I said in the first sentence way up there, these are attempts. Many attempts in the past seventeen years I have been doing this. Maybe I should consider them as constant maintenance and I need frequent accountability. Hence, this initiative!
See you back here on 3/3 for the first review.