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Out With the Old, in With 2024
Jan. 2nd, 2024 02:35 amIt’s been ages. My last post was five years ago. Every year, posting here was one of my New Year’s resolutions. I wanted to post the first day of the year, but the longer I went without posting, the more I altered my goals to just posting at all. Last year, I didn’t even include it in my few resolutions.
I guess I’ve finally been pushed to do it because I really am trying to change things up. Last year was a fairly mundane year for me, but what sucked about it was how it felt like a carbon copy from the year before. It could be worse - never changing is better than things getting worse, but still, I would like to change some things up and hope things can get a little better.
The worst thing that happened last year was almost the same thing as one of the worst things that happened in 2022. I got into a car accident both years. The car accident from two years ago so far is slightly worse because it happened right after we had finished paying off the car insurance. We went from fully owning our car to it being totally undrivable - even though the accident didn’t seem that bad at first.
Last year’s accident was more embarrassing because it was completely my fault, given I hit a parked car. Right now, the car is at the mechanic’s to be fixed (though apparently, there’s some issue with our insurance company, and they haven’t started working on it yet.) We’re lucky and have an old car of our in-laws to use for now.
Our financial situation has gotten slightly worse. It seemed to start off okay, but lately, we’re basically living paycheck to paycheck. I’m thinking of either trying to find another job and leaving my old job or finding something that would be a second job. I’m hating my job more and more lately. But on the other hand, I make more than minimum wage at my current job. The problem is the lack of hours.
Two of my longest-standing resolutions are losing weight and managing my time. I still have to work on both - to varying degrees. My weight loss journey for the last couple of years has been interesting. I lost about 35 pounds in the last two years. I've gotten so many comments about it. Like, "Wow, you lost so much weight. You look great." I know people mean it in a positive way, but it makes me feel the same way it did the last time I lost a lot of weight and got the same comments. It makes me think, "How bad did I look before?"
When I looked at my body, I didn't really notice the change. I could tell in certain areas — like my boobs were affected. I got my first mammogram last year, and the tech asked if I lost a lot of weight. I was shocked that she could tell, but then she said when people lose a lot of weight, most lose it in that area, and you can see the difference. I've joked with my husband for a long time about getting a breast reduction (which he vehemently opposes) because I feel like one was bigger than the other, but I can't say I'm happy losing so much in that area.
But in most of my problem areas, I can't tell as much — especially my thighs. I can tell I've lost a lot of weight in my stomach area, but there's still a belly, which is the most important for me to lose because I've read about how that's the most dangerous area to have fat. However, recently I took some pictures, and when I looked at them, I could definitely see that I am so much tinier than I was. In fact, I actually started to wonder if I lost too much weight — which is something I never thought I'd think. But I don't think that's possible because I'm nowhere close to a small weight, like 100 lbs. So, I don't know.
When it comes to time management, I realized that as much as I hate having schedules and putting a timetable on things, having no structure at all wasn't good for me. For the last couple of years, I've tried to use my organizer and reminder apps to set goals — overall goals and day-to-day goals. It's been hit or miss — mostly miss. I'm fairly good at keeping up with household duties, especially cleaning the bathroom. And I've caught up on a TON of TV shows on my watch list. There are still a lot of things I've tried to make time for, but I'm still woefully behind.
I barely read anything — not even fanfic — last year. That's definitely something I want to rectify.
While I've been better at catching up on TV, there are still a lot of movies I haven't caught up on.
One of my biggest resolutions is to make more time for writing. Over the last few years, I started trying to write every day. While I hadn't missed too many days, I was getting frustrated that most of the writing I was doing was for like five minutes at the end of the day for like a few sentences — or just editing. I got to the point last year where I thought it was pointless, so I stopped for a few months. Then, I realized that even five minutes of writing was way better than nothing, so I've gone back to that. Still, I do want to accomplish more than just five minutes. It's something that's been on my schedule that I haven't made time for, but I'm going to try and do better with that.
Right now, that's all the resolutions I can think of. I'll try to do a mini-recap of the last few years. There haven't been too many major events, so it shouldn't be too long. It will probably be mostly pictures of our new animal menagerie at home.
Stacey
I guess I’ve finally been pushed to do it because I really am trying to change things up. Last year was a fairly mundane year for me, but what sucked about it was how it felt like a carbon copy from the year before. It could be worse - never changing is better than things getting worse, but still, I would like to change some things up and hope things can get a little better.
The worst thing that happened last year was almost the same thing as one of the worst things that happened in 2022. I got into a car accident both years. The car accident from two years ago so far is slightly worse because it happened right after we had finished paying off the car insurance. We went from fully owning our car to it being totally undrivable - even though the accident didn’t seem that bad at first.
Last year’s accident was more embarrassing because it was completely my fault, given I hit a parked car. Right now, the car is at the mechanic’s to be fixed (though apparently, there’s some issue with our insurance company, and they haven’t started working on it yet.) We’re lucky and have an old car of our in-laws to use for now.
Our financial situation has gotten slightly worse. It seemed to start off okay, but lately, we’re basically living paycheck to paycheck. I’m thinking of either trying to find another job and leaving my old job or finding something that would be a second job. I’m hating my job more and more lately. But on the other hand, I make more than minimum wage at my current job. The problem is the lack of hours.
Two of my longest-standing resolutions are losing weight and managing my time. I still have to work on both - to varying degrees. My weight loss journey for the last couple of years has been interesting. I lost about 35 pounds in the last two years. I've gotten so many comments about it. Like, "Wow, you lost so much weight. You look great." I know people mean it in a positive way, but it makes me feel the same way it did the last time I lost a lot of weight and got the same comments. It makes me think, "How bad did I look before?"
When I looked at my body, I didn't really notice the change. I could tell in certain areas — like my boobs were affected. I got my first mammogram last year, and the tech asked if I lost a lot of weight. I was shocked that she could tell, but then she said when people lose a lot of weight, most lose it in that area, and you can see the difference. I've joked with my husband for a long time about getting a breast reduction (which he vehemently opposes) because I feel like one was bigger than the other, but I can't say I'm happy losing so much in that area.
But in most of my problem areas, I can't tell as much — especially my thighs. I can tell I've lost a lot of weight in my stomach area, but there's still a belly, which is the most important for me to lose because I've read about how that's the most dangerous area to have fat. However, recently I took some pictures, and when I looked at them, I could definitely see that I am so much tinier than I was. In fact, I actually started to wonder if I lost too much weight — which is something I never thought I'd think. But I don't think that's possible because I'm nowhere close to a small weight, like 100 lbs. So, I don't know.
When it comes to time management, I realized that as much as I hate having schedules and putting a timetable on things, having no structure at all wasn't good for me. For the last couple of years, I've tried to use my organizer and reminder apps to set goals — overall goals and day-to-day goals. It's been hit or miss — mostly miss. I'm fairly good at keeping up with household duties, especially cleaning the bathroom. And I've caught up on a TON of TV shows on my watch list. There are still a lot of things I've tried to make time for, but I'm still woefully behind.
I barely read anything — not even fanfic — last year. That's definitely something I want to rectify.
While I've been better at catching up on TV, there are still a lot of movies I haven't caught up on.
One of my biggest resolutions is to make more time for writing. Over the last few years, I started trying to write every day. While I hadn't missed too many days, I was getting frustrated that most of the writing I was doing was for like five minutes at the end of the day for like a few sentences — or just editing. I got to the point last year where I thought it was pointless, so I stopped for a few months. Then, I realized that even five minutes of writing was way better than nothing, so I've gone back to that. Still, I do want to accomplish more than just five minutes. It's something that's been on my schedule that I haven't made time for, but I'm going to try and do better with that.
Right now, that's all the resolutions I can think of. I'll try to do a mini-recap of the last few years. There haven't been too many major events, so it shouldn't be too long. It will probably be mostly pictures of our new animal menagerie at home.
Stacey
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