Things I want to improve for 2006

[cjsmith]

1. foot health

First actions: make appointment with Dr. Kempeny, make appointment with that acupuncturist. Figure out where the time for all this is going to come from. It can't come from work.

2. cardio health

First actions: check out prices and times at the Y and at the local high school that has a pool. Already did the huge first step, the haircut.

3. better use of time

This means LESS TIME ON LJ. Seriously. WAY less. Need a plan for this. Block my access during certain chunks of time (a Greasemonkey script will do that)? Make a small read-every-day filter and a larger catch-up-on-people filter and then the extra for communities and feeds? Something. Advice welcome.

4. decluttering

First step: cancel several magazine subscriptions.

5. better diet

I ate broccoli yesterday. This shows how committed I am. Broccoli is poisonous. Broccoli is the spawn of the devil. Broccoli tastes like somebody didn't clean the kitchen drain strainer for two weeks and then served the results up on a plate.

6. writing

N words per day, no excuses? Or a goal of the form "write and submit this many short stories and edit that 2003 novel for submission"? Deciding soon would be good.

7. stretching

If I don't do my spine twists the pulling in my ribs wakes me up. No clue what that is, but I know stretching gets rid of it, so I'm a fool not to stretch.

8. finances

Time to look up whether I qualify to invest in a Roth IRA even if my company has a 401(k) plan, time to look over the past year's Quicken data to see where I can trim the excess, see whether my investments are right, etc etc.

9. flying

Finish the WVFC Piper Warrior checkout, get a Citabria checkout, start in on some acro, then move over to Attitude's Extra or Pitts.

OK, this list is too long now. Grump. Better pick which ones I care about most.

Comments

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

You will not get to a better diet by eating things you hate. You will be able to keep it up for a month maybe & then rebel twice as hard in the other direction. Find things that are good for you that you like. There are three million & 1 kinds of food out there, there will be things that you find both healthy & tasty.

Also, how things are prepared makes a great difference. Do you hate cooked broccoli as much as raw broccoli? What about if it's just lightly steamed? What about with cheese sauce on top? What about with peanut sauce on top? What about with just a little lemon, garlic, & olive oil? What about eating cauliflower or brussels sprouts (or kale, or bok choy, or spinach, or cabbage, or chard, or Swiss chard) instead?

[firecat]

I like broccoli stems OK, but not the tops, because of the texture.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

You can have all my stems, and I'll take all your tops. Between us we're a broccoli-eating machine :-)

Lightly steamed, please, with some shreded chese on top. Or sauted with garlic and olive oil.

[jcgbigler.livejournal.com]

Heh.
That's exactly the arrangement my wife & I have.

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

And what about broccoli with a side of ice cream? Preferably chocolate. Or ice cream with a side of broccoli? Eventually, you can train yourself to like chocolate ice cream and then you won't need that broccoli as a crutch.

Wait ... What was the question?

[thatwesguy.livejournal.com]

(okay, that was pure genius.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the question either, but I like the answer.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wasn't eating broccoli because I wanted broccoli to be a mainstay of my diet. No fear! I was eating it because there were two frozen Weight Watchers meals in the company fridge, one with broccoli and one sugar-laden somethingorother in cherry sauce, so I ate the one with broccoli because overall it was a healthier choice.

I like broccoli that's prepared by me trading it to someone else in return for asparagus, spinach, or any of a number of other green things. :-)