Do you make New Year's Resolutions?
Here are a few interesting findings based on this article:
38,5% of US adults set New Year’s resolutions every year
23% quit in the first week, and only 36% make it past the first month
9% successfully keep their New Year’s resolutions
I am not a US citizen but if I were, I would belong to that 9% group.
No matter what resolutions I make, I keep them, or I modify the resolutions 😉😉😉
I have started/developed a few good habits and I plan to keep them or modify them to better suit my needs.
Here is the summary of 2022 and my intended activities for 2023 (some daily and some weekly):
Daily 10,000 steps: I started that habit on Christmas day 2016. For the year 2022 (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31), my average daily steps = 17,231 (13.13 km) 👍👍👍
Daily French podcast: I added a few more to listen to based on recommendations from a Facebook group. Listening to InnerFrench has become my lullaby 😴😴😴
Weekly practice with someone for a language exchange: I did a few and I would like to make it a habit to improve my French
Swimming: once a week or more. I did 400 meters last time and I would like to keep that goal for each time if possible
Weekly badminton: starting soon. Yeah!
Blogging: I wrote my one-minute blog each day for more than two years straight. I modified the frequency and length of my writing from last July. for 2023, I will write at least one entry per week. When I do write, I don't limit it to one minute anymore.
Daily movies in the evening: I have been doing pretty well with movies at home. It is both an entertainment and learning activity because I either listen to French or read French subtitles. I also watched a few French movies in the cinema last year and I would like to do more this year 🍿🍿🍿
At one point, I will start learning how to play the keyboard/piano this year. It has been a dream for me since I was very young. 🎹🎹🎹
What I did on the first day of 2023:
Slept in, I got up after 10 am and I didn't even make it to midnight yesterday
Changed the water filter, watered the plants, and mopped the floor
Cleaned up my WeChat contacts. I need to spend less time on social media
Left a few Facebook groups
Sent out a "request for help" (waiting for approval) on Facebook asking for practicing French with native speakers
A candle-lid bubble bath water is running as I am writing this entry🛀🛀🛀
A French movie (comedy or drama) will come after
To the prosperous year of 2023, cheers!
Comentarios