Yesterday was a travel day so I didn't do much, today I'm making up for it. Most of the work goes in my writing journal, that way I can get my words straight and understandable. My brain is fragmenting fairly regularly these days which makes quickly writing anything problematic.
So Goals fist, they are not resolutions as that indicates temporary plans, goals gives the result required with the steps for it to happen. Making them much more likely to be completed.
Goals:
1) Weight loss is still high priority to reduce my sugar levels, cholesterol levels and ease the wear and tear on my joints which have been steadily getting worse.
a) a daily walk through my building (this includes several sets of stairs), once I have timed it and checked the steps I will know how many times I'll have to do it in a day.
b) a concentration on low GI foods while eating around 1400 calories per day. - MOW provides around 500 calories per day so I will be continuing them but I'm going to have to add the other 900 calories which means I will be doing some cooking.
c) Once a week spend 2 hours outside. Taking pictures should make this fairly easy. To set it firmly I will make Wednesday my outside day, a start time of 11 am. If I schedule it I will do it
2) Homemaking is the second most important thing I need to focus on. It includes cleaning, organizing and cooking.
a) The Flylady approach with her concentration on surface clean vs deep clean still rings as the easiest thing for me to do. The link above will take you to the page where she lists all her routines rather than me waste space with them here. Her plan is the one I will follow again this year.
b) Organizing is a big issue for me first because I live in a bachelor, and second because I am happiest when I have plenty of floor room to move around on. There are several web sites I access for monthly plans on what to get rid of but my favourite is Declutter 365. It has some self-care things as well as other Declutter ideas. Decluttering in the only way I've found for me to organize things.
c) I've gotten out of the habit of cooking for myself and as mentioned in #1 I need to overhaul my diet somehow. Cooking for myself is one way to do this. If nothing else I'll be able to control the number of substances entering my body. I only have one recipe site I use and that is because as their name states they are all recipes and nothing but recipes, they have also sorted them into categories so if you know what meal, what the main ingredient is, etc you will find a category.
3) Education while not necessary keeps my mind engaged and challenges me to do more than just read all day. I have been challenging my mind because I fear Dementia and I will fight against it as much as possible. There are three areas that I am concentrating on right now, they are ChatGPS/AI, Creation within Adobe and writing.
a) ChatGPS/AI: This is the base I want to work with in both art creation and writing. It is only recently came into my view and I am enjoying playing with it but I want to get better. I want to get good enough that I can create original collages that look interesting. I am less sure how it can help with writing but if it helps me to get either Woulf or My Poetry completed this year I'm right there.
b) Creation within Adobe I want to be skilled on the Adobe platform. My aim is still to create an animation short and up until recently I've been taking the long way but this year I want to focus on Animate & their other animation tools within the other apps.
c) Between the AI generating images and words to fill in where my own skills don't, the Adobe Assets for Indesign and other publishing applications my goal this year is to finish the design of the poetry book and create a short story about Woulf. Probably a picture book perhaps a graphic novel but that depends on what I learn.
There are other categories that may be part of your goals list but these are my 3 main ones. I have been writing for a few hours it seems between here and my notebook so I'm taking a break.
