May Day (May 1st) resolutions are the new New Year resolutions. During the winter I am generally not motivated to do anything except sleep and watch movies, so I've decided to start making May Day resolutions every year. This will help me keep my resolutions during a time of year when I feel more energetic and motivated.
The difference between resolutions and goals according to Gretchen Rubin: "You
hit a goal, you
keep a resolution...[a goal] It's specific, it's easy to measure success, and once you've done it, you've done it...[a resolution] It's something that you have to resolve to do every day, forever." (
The Happiness Project 288)
1. Never leave dishes in the sink overnight. I hate washing dishes, worst chore ever. Now I’m going to have to re-think that…try to love washing dishes. Maybe I’ll keep my ipod near the sink.
2. Walk or go swimming at least 30 minutes a day.
3. Learn Korean. Goal for 2010: Finish the Beginning Korean 1 and 2 textbooks, and really KNOW the material.
4. Nurture my veggie plants.
5. Learn how to swim - real swimming not the doggy paddle or floating - so I can fulfill resolution no. 2.
Beautiful beach in Vieques, Puerto Rico
...one day I will return and and really be able to swim
6. Learn how to cook. Goal for 2010: Make every recipe in my Korean cookbook at least once. This will not be as huge of a project as
Julie and Julia because there are only 20-30 recipes in this book.
7. Write in my blog once a week or more.
8. Build Web Design portfolio. Goal for 2010: Create 3 websites including my personal site.
9. Cut down on the amount of stuff I own (most of it books). Freecycle and Paperback Swap fo sho.
10. Organize finances, pay off debt, and save money. Goal for 2010: Save up for a laptop. My current Mac desktop is awesome and still works lovely…however, its four years old which is ancient for technology and affects the software I can use.
