A New Years Resolution

a new year's resolution?

Created: 2026-01-01

Last Edited: 2026-01-01

I usually forget those a week into January anyways. This time could be different though. I don't want to make any resolutions about important things in my life I don't need the extra stress. So, if I have a resolution it can't be about things like exercise, diet, job related, etc. Something simple that I can accomplish every week or day without much effort but still feel accomplished by the end.

Winter has trapped me inside a lot. I tried going hiking and biking a lot when it was summer last year. I think I still need to replace my bike tires... I don't need to go a specific place, that's not what I'm saying. Just every day weather permitting. No phone checking unless I'm reading, or more likely listening to, one of my books.

If I can do one big social thing every month that would also be good. I've gotten better, having regressed only a little over the past year, at talking to people. Just short conversations. I could try going to the library, they potentially have an event I'm interested in. Or, maybe volunteering. I think the light social aspect scared me then, I couldn't handle all the people; also the general idea of fucking up somehow scared me. In my head I imagined I'd do something catastrophic, like I always do, and at a certain point I didn't want to go anymore. If I could at least push through that...

Volunteering isn't necessarily part of my resolution though, just trying to make it to any offline social event.

Books! Last year, I was trying to read 52 and I got a little under half way there. Not too bad! But this year, I think I want to concentrate more on just reading every day. Even if it's only a few pages. This is what I'm trying to distract my brain with when it gets bored and depressed.

Keeping it simple: A few pages a day + Getting outside every day even if I just stand in one place (and maybe actively perusing some social event as a bonus). Not going to track this or stress over it, just remind myself on occasion that I've been forgetting something and trying to move back on track. Let's see if I can make it to the end of January and still remember all of this...