{"id":80,"date":"2024-12-02T02:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T02:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-12-02T02:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T02:17:28","slug":"december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/december\/","title":{"rendered":"December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay, let&#8217;s face it, 2024 was a disaster. But instead of dwelling on the past, let&#8217;s look forward with a bit more optimism, shall we? (Maybe we&#8217;ll save the whole reflection thing for another post.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know how the whole New Year&#8217;s resolution thing usually goes. We start off strong, full of good intentions&#8230; and then by February, those resolutions are a distant memory. (Apparently, a whopping 75% of people give up before the end of January! Yikes.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But hey, there are actually some pretty smart strategies out there to help us break this cycle. Two ideas that caught my eye are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Setting a Measurable Goal:<\/strong> Instead of a vague resolution like &#8220;lose weight,&#8221; we can set a specific target, like &#8220;hit a weight of under 180 lbs by December 31st.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Giving It a Test Run:<\/strong> Why not try out our resolutions <em>before<\/em> the new year? This way, we can make adjustments and see what works before the pressure&#8217;s on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, given the ups and downs of this year (and let&#8217;s be real, the challenges ahead), I&#8217;m going to give these two approaches a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my game plan for the next few weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1: Brainstorm some New Year&#8217;s resolutions.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2: Put those resolutions to the test throughout December.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of my little trial period, I&#8217;ll check in and see how it&#8217;s going. Wish me luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, let&#8217;s face it, 2024 was a disaster. But instead of dwelling on the past, let&#8217;s look forward with a bit more optimism, shall we? (Maybe we&#8217;ll save the whole reflection thing for another post.) We all know how the whole New Year&#8217;s resolution thing usually goes. We start off strong, full of good intentions&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notblag.pixelatedalien.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}