But I recently read about the idea of ramping up to the new year by gradually introducing changes in December and that made sense to me.
I confess that I also like the sleep example and the daily cut-offs for caffeine, food, and screens. The times even sound right to me.
For 2025, I am going to try phasing in resolutions early, one week of December at a time. Week 1: Improve sleep. Starts Monday!No caffine: 2pm. No alcohol: 6pm. No chow: 8pm. In bed with no screens: 10pm. Socializing can occasionally take precedent. Out of bed: 7am.
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I don’t normally think of myself as living a dissolute life. Yet when I read that list of “stop doing X or Y” hours it makes me feel like a wild child. To contemplate.
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No, no and no. December is the shortest, busiest and most fun month. I don’t need to be adding anything to my list that I should do. Even if it’s something like go to bed earlier it just feels like another thing that I much accomplish. When it’s dark and January stretches endlessly ahead of me is time enough to think about any kind of resolution.
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I don’t normally think of myself as living a dissolute life. Yet when I read that list of “stop doing X or Y” hours it makes me feel like a wild child. To contemplate.
No, no and no. December is the shortest, busiest and most fun month. I don’t need to be adding anything to my list that I should do. Even if it’s something like go to bed earlier it just feels like another thing that I much accomplish. When it’s dark and January stretches endlessly ahead of me is time enough to think about any kind of resolution.