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the_rckNew Year's resolutions? Love em? Or leave em? (for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I'm not usually prone to making New Year's resolutions. It's not out of any strong feelings one way or the other about them, though. It just generally doesn't occur to me.
Last year, I had a sort of New Year's resolution in that I intended to focus my writing time on Rheotaxis in a push to get it finished. That didn't work out particularly well as I'm blocked hard on the current chapter.
This year, I expect to have two intentions for the new year-- First, Rheotaxis again. This time, I'm just going to write fragments and see what I can shake loose. My second intention is to get back to exercising regularly. I fell off the wagon with my daily exercise during November and haven't managed to pick it up again. I keep wanting to bake or write during that time instead. I'd like to get back to Body Electric and Sit and Be Fit again. I'd also like to start walking on our treadmill again. I haven't done that in more than a year. I've got audiobooks on my iPod, waiting for me to start walking again. (Walking on the treadmill is more likely to happen than walking outside. I can walk longer and farther on the treadmill than outside even under the best of circumstances. I don't do so well with uneven surfaces or hills. Also, at this time of year, spending time outside is fraught-- I'm asthmatic to cold air and so have to be really careful about exerting myself when it's really cold.)
Of course, the reality of parenthood means that my 'resolutions' will start on the 5th of January when Cordelia goes back to school. I won't have time to myself before that. I'm hopeful that I can establish habits before school ends in June. Summer will be a hard time to keep everything going because time kind of flows differently then. Cordelia and I sleep later, and she often wants the TV in the afternoon when my exercise programs are on. Or she has friends over then, and I feel weird exercising when they're around.
Of course, her two most local friends are moving away at the end of May. They may or may not finish out the school year at her school (their parents have said they may end up moving outside of Ann Arbor because it will be cheaper). I don't know who she'll play with next summer. I can think of three kids within moderate walking distance (about six blocks), but one isn't a real friend, just someone she's been on many sports teams with and who used to be in her class. The other two may not be home during the days because their parents work. Then again, I think sixth grade is about the time that most options for kids for daytime in the summer evaporate.
rthstewart)I'm not usually prone to making New Year's resolutions. It's not out of any strong feelings one way or the other about them, though. It just generally doesn't occur to me.
Last year, I had a sort of New Year's resolution in that I intended to focus my writing time on Rheotaxis in a push to get it finished. That didn't work out particularly well as I'm blocked hard on the current chapter.
This year, I expect to have two intentions for the new year-- First, Rheotaxis again. This time, I'm just going to write fragments and see what I can shake loose. My second intention is to get back to exercising regularly. I fell off the wagon with my daily exercise during November and haven't managed to pick it up again. I keep wanting to bake or write during that time instead. I'd like to get back to Body Electric and Sit and Be Fit again. I'd also like to start walking on our treadmill again. I haven't done that in more than a year. I've got audiobooks on my iPod, waiting for me to start walking again. (Walking on the treadmill is more likely to happen than walking outside. I can walk longer and farther on the treadmill than outside even under the best of circumstances. I don't do so well with uneven surfaces or hills. Also, at this time of year, spending time outside is fraught-- I'm asthmatic to cold air and so have to be really careful about exerting myself when it's really cold.)
Of course, the reality of parenthood means that my 'resolutions' will start on the 5th of January when Cordelia goes back to school. I won't have time to myself before that. I'm hopeful that I can establish habits before school ends in June. Summer will be a hard time to keep everything going because time kind of flows differently then. Cordelia and I sleep later, and she often wants the TV in the afternoon when my exercise programs are on. Or she has friends over then, and I feel weird exercising when they're around.
Of course, her two most local friends are moving away at the end of May. They may or may not finish out the school year at her school (their parents have said they may end up moving outside of Ann Arbor because it will be cheaper). I don't know who she'll play with next summer. I can think of three kids within moderate walking distance (about six blocks), but one isn't a real friend, just someone she's been on many sports teams with and who used to be in her class. The other two may not be home during the days because their parents work. Then again, I think sixth grade is about the time that most options for kids for daytime in the summer evaporate.
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Date: 2014-12-15 03:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-15 04:23 pm (UTC)I'm going to encourage her to get phone numbers for the girls relatively nearby. They're too far away for her to simply wander over to see if they want to play, but they're near enough that she can walk or bike over there if she knows they're home and able to play. I don't know if their parents will let them come as far as our house. I'd be happy to host and even to provide lunch.