I am setting some goals, mostly lifestyle-related, for 2010:
Exercise More and Regularly:
I walk home from the train station daily (except Tuesdays, when I have Ninjutsu, so I think I can skip the walking home on Tuesdays, as well as the Fridays where I take the bus out to Valleyfield to go visit my parents), that’s about 20 to 25 minutes’ walk at least three times a week. I also need to start doing sit ups and push ups regularly. I’m thinking of making myself a program, actually, and maybe even getting up early so that I can do even more walking in the morning. Possibly a gradual walk to run progression, even.
Progress to a Vegetarian Diet:
Starting this week, I will not eat meat from dinnertime on Sundays until lunch on Fridays, inclusively. I plan on being lacto-ovo vegetarian full-time by my next birthday. My parents are forewarned that starting in June, I will start avoiding meat on weekends, but by removing meat meals gradually. I might also avoid meat at breakfast at all times starting now. Bacon, how I’ll miss you!
Daily Spiritual Practice:
Both of the above have been goals for the past couple of years, but this one, I’ve kept on failing at for years and years now. I really want to start a daily practice, and it needs to start NOW. I have my First Degree, and I should have no excuse for not practicing daily. If I ever want to start teaching and gain my Second, I have to mature and I can only mature spiritually by practicing. There is no way around that.
Take Better Care of Myself and My Home:
I am a poor housekeeper. The fact that I live alone and am usually the one who is invited over to friends’ homes for dinner is not helping. I’d love to have friends over and cook tasty and healthy dishes for them, even though my TV is tiny, I only have one computer (so no massive, 4 people in the same room, WOW gaming at my place, but other things CAN be done!!!), and no sound system. Board games can be brought along to play, same with card games, and, though my TV is tiny, one can still enjoy movies or TV on it! So I need to start keeping my home in top shape. Also, I shower daily, but I don’t give myself pedicures, lotion my skin (my legs are dreadful at the moment, skin all scaly and dry), wear much makeup or anything of the sort regularly. I need to start pampering myself. I can surf the web while waiting for a hair treatment to have its effect, or watch True Blood episodes while soaking my cuticles before pushing them back.
These are my goals for this year. Not resolutions, goals. And the rewards for reaching those goals are going to be better health, a deeper spirituality, and more quality time with my friends. All good, fun stuff. I have nothing to lose and everything to gain.