{"id":4772,"date":"2015-01-07T15:47:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=4772"},"modified":"2016-04-12T18:58:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:58:38","slug":"bite-size-january-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/07\/bite-size-january-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite Size January Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, last year, I drove myself positively bananas trying to ACCOMPLISH ALL THE THINGS and pretty much after May, if it wasn’t work or training related, I shied away from anything productive or goal-tracking-oriented.\u00a0 I’m not proud of it, but it’s what I needed.<\/p>\n

After some hibernation – I mean literally, I did not leave the house, except for on foot, for 4 days at one point, it was glorious – I’m ready to embark again with some accountability and goal setting.\u00a0 However, I want to make sure I do this in a manner that is productive and not exhausting.\u00a0 Also, I intend to list WHY each thing is important to me so when I want to procrastinate, I know what each thing means to me.<\/p>\n

No racing goals<\/strong> this month.\u00a0 If I do jump into a race at the last minute, which I’m considering on two accounts, because supported long runs are nice, it will be assessing progress for the marathon.<\/p>\n

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Training goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. At least 4 runs longer than a half marathon.\u00a0 I’ve built up a nice base over December, but my longest run was just over 12 miles so it’s time to go long and strong.\u00a0 This is important for being ready for my marathon Feb 28th for obvious reasons.\u00a0 I’ll have a stepback here at some point but I want to keep the long run at least 14-15 miles minimum.<\/p>\n

2. Run at least a mile a day as per the run streak.\u00a0 Maintain decent (40+ miles) the weeks of 1\/5, 1\/12, and 1\/26, with a stepback week on 1\/19 (30-ish miles).\u00a0 Reintroduce the garmin gently on speed days and maybe long runs.\u00a0 I think streaking will help me maintain a higher mileage base without breaking down, and will be an invaluable asset during triathlon season to help me maintain a decent amount of run miles without dedicating a lot of time to it.\u00a0 One mile per day is 7 per week, which was half my run miles on some tri training weeks.<\/p>\n

3. At least one swim per week.\u00a0 I feel so much less broken by lots of running if I can also get in the water, even if it’s for only 10 mins.\u00a0 I love long swims, but I’m finding a lot of merit in the 15-20 minute 750-1100m swim during times where I’m not focused specifically on triathlon training.\u00a0 Also, I can fit those in on a lunch break or right after another session at the gym easily.<\/p>\n

4. Stretching\/strength.\u00a0 Fit this in.\u00a0 If not actual sessions at the gym, pick a night and do the dozen split up between a few episodes.\u00a0 Get up 10 mins earlier and do yoga if nothing else.\u00a0 Twice per week.\u00a0 Even though I feel ok now, I am going to break down eventually if I do not prioritize this and since I can do it in my living room I have no fucking excuse besides the fact that I want to be injured.<\/p>\n

5. Cycling as I can, but not at the cost of anything above. For example, Monday, I hopped off the bike early to eat dinner, stretch, and do the dozen.\u00a0 I believe this was time well spent for me.<\/p>\n

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Food\/Eating\/Scale:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The return of tracking.\u00a0 I plan on tracking my food intake this month to get a baseline.\u00a0 Tracking the weight at least a few times a week.\u00a0 No judgies on either account.\u00a0 I am where I am, and I’m finally back to the point where this doesn’t seem like torture, so whatever slacking it took to get me here is fine.\u00a0 I also don’t plan on trying to stick to x calories (yet), if I’m hungry, I’ll eat more healthy food.\u00a0 However, it’s time to get a status report this month.<\/p>\n

2. No booze January.\u00a0 I can’t think of a time since I’ve been 17<\/del> 21 that I haven’t had some drinks at least once every week or two.\u00a0 It seems like a skill a responsible adult should have in her arsenal.\u00a0 Zliten is on board.\u00a0 Instead of drinks, we’re going to do something else fun and eat something that may not be strictly on the plan.\u00a0 First up – Saturday night gaming session, taco feast for dinner, and homemade key lime ice cream for dessert.<\/p>\n

3. Besides that 1-2 times a week, stick to meat, veggies, fruit, nuts, cheese, olives, butter coffee, with a sprinkling of corn and potatoes and beans (1-2 times per day). Aka – normal (since August) eating.<\/p>\n

Work:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Things are still up in the air, so let’s just go with “roll with the punches and not punch things”.\u00a0 Keeping my sanity is most important of all.\u00a0 We make video games, not launch rockets or perform open heart surgery.\u00a0 Sometimes that’s hard to keep in perspective but it’s important.<\/p>\n

2. Get some levels!\u00a0 It’s embarrassing too me to not be current on what I’m working on.\u00a0 No excuses.<\/p>\n

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Life stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Focus on establishing good habits with my purging efforts.\u00a0 This month I want to focus my attention on:<\/p>\n

a. the kitchen.\u00a0 I’d love to have less things on the counters and everything fit in a cupboard.<\/p>\n

b. my car.\u00a0 That shit is embarrassing, I look like I live in it.<\/p>\n

c. my closet\/drawers. I have more clothes than hangers and that violates my rule of not doing that.\u00a0 I need to donate some things, cycle some things into storage, and consider the use of my empty guest room closet for special occasion items (that I validly use, but not often) that are cluttering up my main closet.<\/p>\n

2. Play a game or read at least once a week for a few hours at home per week.\u00a0 Establish a habit of not always retreating just to the internet and episodes.\u00a0 Finish the book you’re reading.\u00a0 Make progress in the games I’ve started over break.\u00a0 It may seem stupid to have to set this as a goal, but I have a bad bad bad habit of zoning out and refreshing my social media feeds and then not feeling relaxed or escaped from reality because I’ve been firmly ensconced in it.\u00a0 As I put it to Zliten often when I catch myself mindlessly surfing social media in bed when I should be preparing to sleep – “putting my phone down – the little people on my screen are not that interesting”.<\/p>\n

3. Spend as little money as possible.\u00a0 We had a really expensive home repair on Jan 2, so the goal is to relax at home as much as we can.<\/p>\n

This is my first go at it in a while, so this may be overwhelming, but I’ll give it a try!\u00a0 January is usually a great month to establish habits for me, though not a huge “progress” one, so it’s mostly about setting myself on the right track and maybe getting my wheels turning a little.\u00a0 We’ll save the whistle and the full steam ahead for February, ok?<\/p>\n

Question of the week:<\/strong> What’s on tap for you for this first month of 2015?<\/p>\n

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