- Distance myself from toxic people. This one may be a smidge harder than it sounds since by all accounts, I'm the most toxic person in my life, but I shall strive to limit the power that the negative folks have over me.
- When I resist change ask myself WWPFD? This is an acronym for What Would Pxx Fxxxxx Do? PF is a woman that I used to work with who was like a human Eeyore. Change was always bad. Everyone else's ideas were always bad. It was as if she couldn't find anything positive in an idea unless it was hers. I've found myself taking on this attitude lately and it was sobering. From now on it's WWPFD? and then Kim does the opposite.
- Read more intellectually stimulating material. As much as I enjoy reading NYMag or various gossipy sites and the Bravo blogs, I've simply got to refine my reading before I turn into one of those lameass people who can list all the current socialites or identify Top Chef dish creators by simply looking at a plate of food. When I'm more up-to-date on current pop culture and gossip than my senior English class, we have a problem.
- Resume some form of healthy movement. Walking to and from the fridge carrying a laptop isn't going to pull my ass up off my mid-thigh and far too many of my clothing items are becoming sausage casingesque.
- Interact more. I've become a virtual and literal hermit. My idea of the perfect evening is to climb in my bed with my laptop and remote control and just tune out for two or three hours before falling asleep. Needless to say this does nothing for my social life.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Grand Plan 2009
Resolutions are so '08, aren't they? And who the hell actually carries through with them anyway? I'm going to focus instead on creating a sort of roadmap for myself for 2009.
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6 comments:
All sound like great plans!
I especially like the turning away from the negative, way too easy to fall into that pit.
Hope your year is positive and on track, best wishes for an excellant ass in 2009!
Sounds like a good plan! 2008 was a huge learning year for me and quite exhausting. I have no hopes that 2009 will be any better. I have to execute in 2009 on the things I learned in 2008 (most of these being things that others knew years ago).
My goals:
1. Eliminate relationships from my life that bring me pain, heartache and disappointment.
2. Watch more closely what I put in my mouth! Sugar is the enemy of my mental state. Water is good for body and mind.
3. Do Power Yoga on a regular basis. (Nothing makes me sore like this!)
4. New Mantra (yes, I stole this out of Skirt magazine): Get a backbone instead of wishbone.
Best to you in 2009. I hope I see you this year. That would be a very positive thing.
Hey Kim!
That is, really, a very good list and four of them are similar to what I'm going through myself, so maybe I should piggyback on your list myself.
#2 is going to be tough as I don't know anyone who is particularly toxic over a lot of other people, but I'll just think of what I'd normally do and then try to do the opposite.
It's so easy to get sucked into a routine that doesn't do much for you physically or mentally, so it'll be good to shake things up.
No toxic people?
Crap. I knew you'd dump me eventually.
And on an unrelated note: yo, Bug.
Sounds like a plan Stan. I think you should add blogging more to your list. Because really, just between you and me...you have been slacking.
Happy 2009.
Now you must come back in a couple of weeks and let us know how you are succeeding with your grand plan! Scarlett
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