Oh dear, I was feeling fairly good about having gotten through 2012 in a functional state ... till I re-read these and saw how much more I'd hoped for from my year.
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1) Physical fitness resolutions: To run a 5k in 30 minutes or slightly less. To do three consecutive unassisted pullups. To attend yoga classes more frequently and to become good at vinyasa sequences, particularly those involving balance.
I got my 5K time down to about 33 minutes but stopped running after last winter, to spare my feet. I have worked on my upper body strength for the past year but haven't attempted an unassisted pullup, though I use the Gravitron every week. (I have to give this a shot -- doing even one will be major.) I stopped taking yoga classes because doing it in addition to my usual gym-going was taking up the remainder of my spare time.
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2) Diet resolutions. To continue to eat healthily. To eat fewer nuts as my protein source. To chew sugarfree gum less frequently. (I've been addicted.) To try at least seven new-to-me foods over the course of the year, which would be one just about every other month, so that should be doable.
I've eaten healthily all the way through 2012, even when I had no gas oven, even when I was staying in motels and traveling. I eat just as many nuts as ever. I go through periods of renouncing gum and then returning to it. I have tried just four new-to-me foods: chia seeds, farro, tomatillos and celeriac root.
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3) To demonstrate (and also to feel) greater patience regarding my apartment renovation.
I wasn't patient, but it still got renovated somehow, though it was past the initial scheduled date for completion in March. The place was finished in early July.
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4) To spend less time on eBay looking for lost things. To open up to new experiences and to spend less time online and more time in the world. To look for cultural activities even though I'm not in the city.
The eBay obsession continued for a while after I moved into the apartment, as I bought dish racks and plate hangers & furnishings, but has now abated, now that the apartment is pretty much done. I have not opened up much to new experiences. I think I was starting to open very tentatively, but then slammed tightly shut after Hurricane Sandy blew through. Recovery is going to be slower than I'd thought.
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5) To return to my exploration of a meditation practice.
This completely fell off my agenda, though I have tried for moments of stillness. What I mean is, when my head is spinning with a to-do list, I try to gather myself and think, "Just do what you are doing right now. Do that & think of nothing else. Just get through this moment." This has helped me focus. I am not yet able to quiet my mind any further than that.
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6) To work at communication with my mother & to work on my relationship with her, which is very up-and-down from our living together.
Our relationship is better since I moved out, but it's been remote, as if I've deliberately fallen out of contact for days & days at a time to re-establish distance.