We are almost one month into 2023...how is it going out there? Welcome to January (my favorite January post!), or as I am referring to it, "my annual reset button". I don't necessarily make resolutions but occasionally I will assess the past year and where I am compared to where I was last year, or the year before, or maybe 5 years ago. But really...comparing to 5 years ago just reminds me how time is marching by! This year I have decided to make a few promises to myself, with the goal of self-improvement. Ugh! Self-improvement....so much work!
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| January 2022 My "sweet rides" before they were retired. |
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| January 2021 Avoiding humanity and Covid and cuddling with newborn Augie! |
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| 5 years ago...I won't be doing this anymore... |
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| It was good while it lasted! Obviously, January is a month for skiing! |
My first promise or pie-in-the-sky wish is to get healthier. A general goal which means eating healthier...or just less, drinking less, moving more and ultimately looking and feeling better. Not that I feel bad now but I ain't gettin' any younger...dammit. I need to keep the tires aired up, the engine tuned and take care of the interior and exterior, so I can outlive my warranty.
My other goal, which will probably be easier to accomplish, is to improve my golf game. My beloved golf game was cast aside and left on a ski slope to wither back in February. Life kind of got in the way of my golf game and it was seriously neglected in exchange for rehab, recovery, and travel. It became an afterthought instead of a priority. Poor golf game. Now that I have the time and the knees to golf again, I want to get back to where I was or even improve. A girl can hope!
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| Hoping to make this drive several times a week! |
It is almost the end of January, and I am happy to report that things are going well on all fronts. After a month or six of overindulgence in all things food and drink, I have cut back from my "no rules" consumption habits to some reasonable consumption practices. I was not ready to commit to dry January, so I am doing "damp" January (which I occasionally refer to as "grumpy humorless January"). But "damp" instead of "dry" has a better chance of becoming a practice that will be sustainable into the rest of the year. According to Atomic Habits (yes, I am also trying to improve my reading material), if I do 1% better every day or week, I will ultimately reach my potential. Stay tuned.
Improving my golf game is a much more fun (most days) endeavor! Spending 4 hours outside hitting a little white ball into a small hole, in the company of friends, is so much more fun than eating my vegetables and drinking water! I have already begun to see improvement...but it was not going to be hard to play better than I did last year! Low bar to hurdle there. I must say that I also enjoy playing in moderate to cool conditions a lot more than hot and humid ones, which makes January a great time to work on my game. This is a promise I should be able to keep for longer than a month! Just think, if I do 1% better every week where I could be. The math geeks out there are welcome to do the calculations on this one for me and let me know when I can expect to shoot in the 80's! I'll wait.
In other news, I am trying to figure out ways to perk up the blog, or maybe ways to wake up my writing. I realize just by writing this, that I really do enjoy writing and should do more of it just to exercise different parts of my brain. As with golf...and maybe healthy living, writing takes practice. I do have a few ideas but not quite the total vision yet. I guess now I have a project to work on when I am not golfing or deciding what healthy options I should make for dinner! Feel free to share recipes, blog topics or ways to make a 10-foot putt!
Happy 2023!
