https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/ dianec42 - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:54:06 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dianec42 personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/11010758/2788727 https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/ 98 82 https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/697940.html Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:54:06 GMT https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/697940.html After seeing numerous recommendations, I finally got the book Atomic Habits from the library. As is my way, I have made extensive notes and am trying to apply it to everything in sight. <br /><br />I have also been giving some thought to changing habits in retirement. Some existing habits bear revisiting: for example, did you know, Mr Diane & I have been getting up at staggered times... which is a remnant of when we only had 1 bathroom, over 20 years ago. Some new habits are also available now, such as doing grocery shopping on a weekday or ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT DAMN QUILT.<br /><br />One habit I've successfully tweaked: I had been lifting weights twice a week (doing basically the same 2 at-home routines I came up with during lockdown) but recently started struggling to get it done. I decided to simplify and make it totally boring/mindless: I stole a short list of exercises from an NPR article in January, took out a couple that I hate, added in some more upper body and should PT exercises, and have been successfully doing this routine THREE times a week since the beginning of February.<br /><br />It'll be interesting to see what else I come up with. March is utter chaos, so I'm keeping my expectations low. Maybe the chaos will shake some things loose in my brain and open up new possibilities.<br /><br />Needless to say this is the year I officially <s>gave up on</s> took a break from bullet journaling, and now I actually understand how habit tracking is SUPPOSED to work so I may need to start again.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dianec42&ditemid=697940" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/697940.html exercise bullet journal habits books retirement public 5 https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/694400.html Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:06:36 GMT https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/694400.html Went out snowshoeing today instead of doing chores. The laundry will still be there tomorrow.<br /><br />Beautiful day for it. This time I wore Enough Layers. We managed to do the full loop around the reservoir at Woodford in about 3 hours, with lots of stops for snacks, photos, and random fun facts. Not bad, especially considering that the first time we tried snowshoeing a couple years ago we made it about 30 minutes before we got tired and had to turn back.<br /><br />Now home chilling in random layers and Hello Kitty pajama pants. G** I love being retired.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dianec42&ditemid=694400" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://dianec42.dreamwidth.org/694400.html vermont outdoors exercise retirement pleased public 2