This year, I asked my fellow FIFI bloggers what habits they are keeping, jettisoning and adding for 2025. Here’s what they had to say.
Elan:
Keep: Cycling. Friend gifted me an indoor trainer for my hybrid bike. Need to try it before committing to something that costs like Zwift. Unless it is precisely the investment that is motivating?
Jettison: Women’s rec soccer has given me so much since I started playing 10 years ago. However, other factors have prevented me from enjoying it for some time now. How have others managed their FOMO leaving a team sport?
Add: I’ve never gone in for any real fitness challenges. Maybe someone could recommend one they’ve enjoyed?
Savita:
Keep: swimming! Without injury, and keep it feeling good. Maybe even keep the once per month lake swims.
Jetttison: the 25 in 2025 list. Also perhaps the monthly contribution to the blog. Sorry.
Add: nothing. More subtracting and focusing on things that are doable and enjoyable.
Diane:
Keep: my cooking, reading and most of my camping/cottage related activities.
Jettison: my unrealistic cycling goal from last year, in favour of something more manageable.
Add: a specific swimming goal (200 km).
Tracy:
Keep: resistance training and yoga for strength.
Jettison: (1) stuff so I can make an easy transition to moving and combining two households and (2) negative self-talk.
Add: regular speed work to my running (even if it means the treadmill) and add a more consistent bed time routine.
Natalie:
Keep: biking to work and walking 10k steps.
Jettison: my fixed mindset
Add: daily yoga and writing.
Amanda:
Keep: working on balancing career and professional opportunity vs personal time
Jettison: monthly commitments and eventually part time teaching. And worrying about disappointing people.
Add: yoga (and return to aquafit), performing music
Samantha:
Keep: my habits that I blogged about here, and also that you can see in this handy-dandy tracker:
Jettison: for the first four months of 2025, my dean job– I’m on research leave!
Add: a daily mobility routine that incorporates some of the knee physio moves.
Catherine:
Keep: daily meditation, fun physical activities with friends, family, and their dogs, yoga.
Jettison: complicated (to me) expectations for a wide variety of weekly activities rather than focusing on basics (walk, yoga, gym, cycle). Even though I love novelty, staying simpler is better for now.
Add: going to the gym 1–2 times a week. I got started over the holidays and am excited about doing more strength training!
