I resolved earlier this year to blog about my progress with my public resolutions. So, a brief note and self grading on where I stand with those resolutions.
1.) Exercise - C. While I'm certainly exercising more than before, I'm not up to my resolved 4 times a week, let alone my ultimate goal of 6. Some of that has been due to illness, but mostly it has been laziness, procrastination and lack of motivation on my part. So I'm renewing my resolve - 4-6 exercise sessions a week. I do plan to broaden my definition of exercise however, to not just include dedicated routine workouts, but also to include things like yard work or hiking in the woods.
2.) Diet - B+. I tracked my carb intake for about two weeks after making my resolution. My results showed that my carb intake was usually well below the budget I allotted, even with soda and crackers. I have cut back a bit on those two - fewer days with soda, and swapping celery for the crackers sometimes. I'm not giving myself an A simply because I stopped tracking, but I'm dropping this goal going forward since it seems to be a non-issue at the moment.
3.) Knitter's Almanac - A. I've finished the projects for July and August, plus a side project, and am well into September's project. Since I have two months to complete each month's project, I think I'm on course to achieve this goal, though I do note that both the October and December projects are sweaters, so I'm not 100% sure.
4.) Transparency - A-. You're reading this post, so I'm 1/4 of the way toward completing this goal. I do note that it's a week late, hence the slight reduction in grade. Part of me wants to add a more frequent blogging clause to this resolution, but past experience shows that I'm not very good at keeping up with that, so for now I'm going to keep it as is.
So there you have it, an update on my self improvement progress so far. I'd like to replace #2 with something else, but although I have some ideas for areas that can be improved, I haven't thought through action plans for those things, so for now I'm leaving it at three public resolutions, with perhaps an addition in the next quarter.
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