Any Non Writing Resolutions?

[lovecraft68]

We usually have a writing goals for the upcoming year threads, but what about outside of writing? Anything you're looking to change, work on, or strive to accomplish?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hmmm.... Not to die is one. Others I would have to think about a little more.

 

[LoquiSordidaAdMe]

I started a new fitness routine last year. It barely qualifies as a workout, but it's something. My resolution is to stick with it this year and not quit because it gets boring.

 

[lovecraft68]

I started a new fitness routine last year. It barely qualifies as a workout, but it's something. My resolution is to stick with it this year and not quit because it gets boring.

I've been involved in martial arts since my early teens and that led into being a gym rat/exercise junky my entire life.

They key word is "routine" because they do get boring, so mix it up. Pick a different day for a different activity. I jog two mornings a week, the gym two mornings and each Gym day is different machines. Mixing it up, helps keep it less monotonous.

 

[MrPixel]

Hmmm.... Not to die is one. Others I would have to think about a little more.

Turns out I have the same resolution... given a "widowmaker" heart attack this past Thanksgiving weekend. Caught it in time (obviously), but I was reminded that "not dying" is a very worthy objective.

Good luck to us both.

 

[SimonDoom]

Lose some more weight and run a good race again. I used to be a pretty good runner for my age group and ran in a lot of races, but injuries and weight gain took their toll over the years. So I want to lose the rest of the weight by March and train to run a good solid 5K before the end of the year.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I've been involved in martial arts since my early teens and that led into being a gym rat/exercise junky my entire life.

They key word is "routine" because they do get boring, so mix it up. Pick a different day for a different activity. I jog two mornings a week, the gym two mornings and each Gym day is different machines. Mixing it up, helps keep it less monotonous.

I don't mind physical exertion but I get bored very easily and that got in the way of getting regular exercise. Eventually figured out that the trick was to set up so that I'm exercising while I'm gaming/arguing with people on the internet/working. That way the legs can walk for hours each day while the mind is keeping busy with other stuff.

 

[JayJams78]

I don't mind physical exertion but I get bored very easily and that got in the way of getting regular exercise. Eventually figured out that the trick was to set up so that I'm exercising while I'm gaming/arguing with people on the internet/working. That way the legs can walk for hours each day while the mind is keeping busy with other stuff.

One word: CrossFit

 

[ToPleaseHim]

1. Cancel any free trials I sign up for without paying the ADHD tax
2. Run a 5K race each season (on my own if COVID continues as it is in my area, but official 5Ks as soon as possible)
3. Read at least 3 books/month

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Get back into Yoga.

Have you tried Yoga with Adrienne? She’s incredible and has so much available on YouTube.

 

[LAHomedog]

I am hoping to avoid my 5th spinal surgery. And want to get back into our RV a start traveling again.

 

[Bramblethorn]

One word: CrossFit

Two words: no thanks

 

[SimonDoom]

I don't mind physical exertion but I get bored very easily and that got in the way of getting regular exercise. Eventually figured out that the trick was to set up so that I'm exercising while I'm gaming/arguing with people on the internet/working. That way the legs can walk for hours each day while the mind is keeping busy with other stuff.

Something I figured out, after years and years, is the best exercise/diet plan is the one that you actually follow. It matters much less what it is, than that you do it. Whatever works for you.

Many people hate running. For some people it's punishment. It's torture. And I can understand that. But I love it, and I always have. I can't explain it or make sense of it. It's the dumbest and most repetitive form of exercise there is, and yet I really, really enjoy it. The discomfort of running is part of the pleasure. If that makes any sense. When one has trained well, and one is 15 miles into a marathon, and both one's feet are off the ground, it's like the closest one can get to flying. It's sublime. And all that pain is worth it. But not for everybody.

One way I have found of tapping into the enjoyment of exercise is embracing the pain of it. The endorphin rush. It's like eating extremely hot, spicy food, another thing I enjoy.

 

[JayJams78]

Two words: no thanks

Three words: Don't be chicken

 

[TxRad]

Four words: Don't be an asshat.

 

[XerXesXu]

And all that pain is worth it. But not for everybody.

One way I have found of tapping into the enjoyment of exercise is embracing the pain of it. The endorphin rush. It's like eating extremely hot, spicy food, another thing I enjoy.

Go easy on the pain and spicy food.

We evolved to run, in the heat of mid-day, near the equator. We sweat, our prey doesn’t; the one that can run farther eats the one that can run faster but not as far.

I’ve never experienced pain (unless injured), if I match my breathing to my pace I run on auto-pilot freeing my mind to plan and problem solve. The time I spend running is the most productive and creative part of my day.

In an hour it’ll be about 30*C, well, it is mid-winter. I’m already changed, a 15-minute warm-up and I’ll be away, a quick 8K then home, with runners' high, for lunch. It doesn’t hurt, and I’d encourage anyone who feels unfit, or depressed, or mentally blocked to give it a try. You’ll soon learn that you were born to run.

 

[gordo12]

I've been involved in martial arts since my early teens and that led into being a gym rat/exercise junky my entire life.

They key word is "routine" because they do get boring, so mix it up. Pick a different day for a different activity. I jog two mornings a week, the gym two mornings and each Gym day is different machines. Mixing it up, helps keep it less monotonous.

God, I loved martial arts. Used to do 2-3 classes a day and twice a week at the gym. I don't know what it was about fighting, sparring, practising throws and other fun moves but I thrived on it. Until the knee surgeon said no more

Hmmm.... Not to die is one. Others I would have to think about a little more.

Your avatar looks like you're in the peak of health!

 

[Thefireflies]

I tell myself this every year and generally don’t achieve it as much as i'd like, but one of my non-writing resolutions is reading more for pleasure, both books and stories here on Lit.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Non writing resolution

Keep in touch with my parents more consistently. They live a few hundred miles away, and I usually only see them twice a year. In 2020, not at all. My dad's health is declining; they're both showing their age, and, well, I just don't want to wish I'd done something different if anything more happens with them.

For myself, just some basic self care things that stress and burnout disrupted.

 

[Emirus]

One thing I’d like to do is at least live until 2023 and hope my wife does as well.

We both like to travel/holiday and for the last two years that’s been curtailed. We’ve booked to take all the holidays we’ve missed for this year assuming Covid and the authorities don’t put the kibosh on everything. We’ve both had our vaccinations, three for me and four for her, and although we’d like to die of natural causes we don’t want to depart wishing we’d said to “to hell with it” and not enjoyed ourselves. We have, between the two of us, enough medical conditions for several people and one of the many appropriate sayings is “there are no pockets in a shroud.”

Naturally, if our children and grandchildren took the same attitude we would tell them they were stupid.

But I would like to stay as fit, and as healthy as can be, and get back on my exercise bike which I haven’t been on for a month. I ride it whilst watching a film on my laptop but it’s in the garage and the weather recently hasn’t been conducive to my usual exercise regime. Too bloody cold.

I’d also like to come across less arseholes than one usually does in a year. I try to be tolerant of them but I’m now of an age I don’t care if I offend people I hardly know. After all, they don’t care if they offend me. Although with a lot of them I think they are so ignorant they don’t realise how annoying they are because other people are too well mannered to say anything.

I’d like to find it easier to bite my tongue and not respond when family, and close friends, annoy the hell out of me.

I’d also like to win the lottery.

 

[lovecraft68]

Four words: Don't be an asshat.

You won't make a week

 

[litfan10]

2021 medically sucked big time for me, so my primary goal is to be able to walk again and get some stamina back.

I also want to learn how to play mah jongg.

 

[Brutal_One]

More spiritalism

The Taoist in me always strives to look at being more spiritual. If you accept the fact that everything is connected it life can start to have more sense, more meaning. But yes although simple it is far from easy. Ego of course is the chief enemy but of course we all have it. But yes at least at the start of the year starting to think about this. Two things. Nothingness and the Oneness.

Your writing and works are personal to you - they are of you. An expression of your ego and your individuality.

But on another level all stories are one story - all part and parcel of that. Maybe at least take time to think about it when creating your next story. Can you feel those first few lines tapping into the tapestry of your own work but something that goes beyond that, the genre, the plot, the characters all part of a much wider picture.

Brutal One

 

[SimonDoom]

Go easy on the pain and spicy food.

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There's good pain and there's bad pain.

Running through an Achilles injury is bad pain, because the pain keeps getting worse and eventually you can't run at all. I know that sort of pain, and now I try to avoid it.

But the pain one gets by running hard across a finish line is a good pain. Eating hot peppers is like that for me, too.

I hope I'm at the age where I can finally tell the one sort of pain from the other. And maybe that's my best plan for 2022.

 

[Blind_Justice]

I've stopped making resolutions twenty years ago. Most of my illnesses are here to stay and finding a shrink to help with my depression will be more than enough to keep me busy for months.