LIFE AT HOME: new YEAR, new YOU

Posted: 1/23/2020 | January 23rd, 2020

If you’re like me, you understand exactly how difficult new Year’s resolutions are to keep. “New year, new you” starts with the very best intentions, however after a couple of months, it’s back to new year, old you.

Old routines die hard, however they can be damaged if they are replaced with great ones.

We’re at the begin of a new year (and decade), so — as somebody who likes a great cliché — I’m going to utilize this time around to develop the routines that produce a much better version of me.

After lots of years of trying (and composing copious as well as frustrating blog articles about it), last year I lastly slowed my travels as well as transferred to Austin. I have a furnished apartment, plants (only two have died so far!), as well as a just recently bought cars and truck (my very first ever!).

My days are full of routine. I wake up, make breakfast, head to WeWork, go to the gym, head home, read, cook dinner, checked out some more, as well as go to bed.

My life is the proverbial suburban 9-to-5 I tried to getaway from for so lots of years.

And, for the very first January in years, I’m not on the road.

I’ve been enjoying it so much I’ve even begun to dread heading to the flight terminal the exact same method kids dread the dentist.

I utilized to believe routine was a poor thing. It was the thing that killed spontaneity as well as adventure.

But I’ve come to discover that routine really produces the framework for enjoyment as well as adventure. By arranging my days as well as complying with a routine, I can make sure that I make time for what’s crucial as well as for all the things I want to do as well as goals I hope to accomplish.

So I composed a listing of things to do this year called “Stop Being Boring” with all the things I want to do while in Austin this year: get out more, volunteer, go to city council meetings (first one is next month!), join some social clubs to satisfy new people, hold a lot more meet-ups, as well as check out a lot more of the city. now that I have a car, I likewise plan to see a lot more of Texas as well as the American South.

Rather than try to checked out more, I’m going to be a reader.

Rather than try to go to the gym, I’m going to be the person that does.

While I’ve already made some great strides toward eating much better as well as going to the gym, the true test will be when I begin traveling in February. will I autumn back into old habits? Maybe. however I’m inspired to break them.

This year is likewise going to be all about focus for me.

I want to focus on work without getting sidetracked by phone phone calls or Facebook, so I can end my workday earlier.

The Web makes it simple to stretch it from four productive hours to ten unproductive ones, particularly when you work for yourself. now I’m already sitting, undistracted from my tasks, as well as getting them done quicker!

Next month, I’m going to Hawaii as well as Taiwan for three weeks before heading back to Paris as well as Berlin. In the summer, when the weather condition in Austin is as well unbearable, I’m believing about the Balkans, as well as perhaps a few of the ’Stans in the fall. as well as then in November, I’d like to lastly get to Peru.

And while I’ll travel less this year, what trips I do take will be made with a lot more focus. As they say, what’s old is new again, as well as this year, I’m going to travel without my computer again. Last year, all my travels were just a backdrop for work — as well as that’s not exactly how I want to see the world.

***Study after research study has shown that by imagining yourself as your preferred self, you unconsciously begin acting like that person.
I’m figured out to make “new year, new me” last the full year. as well as if I don’t, you’re complimentary to remind me of this publish as well as hold me accountable!

So that’s what I’ve been as much as these last few peaceful months.

What are your goals for the new year?
 

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