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purplerabbits ([personal profile] purplerabbits) wrote2021-01-01 11:54 am

First post of 2021

Sorry to those who still do Facebook and see this twice, I am trying the idea of repeating important posts from FB on here, with maybe a bit more detail, as many people now hate Facebook a lot. I too hate Facebook a lot, but many OTHER people are still there. So. Compromise...

I haven't done New Year resolutions for several years anyway, but this year (or I guess I should start by saying this winter) I am doing seasonal themes as described in this excellent video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE

My Theme for Winter (i.e. until end of February) is Routine. I want to have more things that I do at mostly regular times, and less time spent twiddling my thumbs because I don't know what to do next. The idea is also that I might be able to tell days and times of day apart from each other, which might otherwise be difficult.

So today I started by being up before noon, and also (just) before my mum phoned. The hope is to move that time back slowly to maybe 9-10am and have my call with mum at 11-12ish.

The next things in today will include New Year bath, emptying the dishwasher of New Year clean dishes, tidy up a bit and them have a Zoom with Sandy before Doctor Who, which I think should be enough routine for one day. Also if I run out of spoons for some of that it's OK, which is the good thing about themes over resolutions.

Happy New Year all!
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[personal profile] ludy 2021-01-01 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
All the best for your Routine-ness...

I do the picking a word for the year thing which seems similar to tge theme idea but make gave some subtle distinctions. My word this year is "connection"...
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[personal profile] barakta 2021-01-01 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I really liked your theme idea. At the Staying Inn when people discussed New Year's Resolutions I suggested your theme idea which some people liked and recognised as perhaps being less-self-critical and easier to manage for many people!

I hope things for differentiating your days and getting a little more diurnal works out well!
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[personal profile] sfred 2021-01-02 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Happy new year! It's good to see you here.