2018 & MY THOUGHT ON NEW YEARS REZZOLUTIONS.

And here we go again.  Another new year.  I'm still unable to ride, my legs hate my guts and it is what it is. And I have a definite diagnosis  Asthmatic Bronchitis.  Bleh.   I can't ride, but hell I can blog.  So I'll blog my way into the new year.  Feeling the burn in my fingers.   uhhhh the pain the agony.  Keep typing.  
Ok what is with the fatigued guy on the left?  

Why post a person who look refreshed and happy when you can post someone that just gave there all.

As for new year resolutions.   I say phhtttttttt.    404 not found.
You should not use the beginning of the new year as a standard to make goals.   I never have and never will.   But these are the most common ones.

What you want to do:
  Lose weight ya de ya de ya da and you make all these great plans and those plans are top with even more plans and top with a big heaping pile of more plans.   And your then you look at your plate and it's so full of plans that you get overwhelmed and give up.  

Here is some of my tips to reaching your goals what ever they may be.
1. Start out small and mundane.  Something that isn't to traumatic to think about and deal with.  This will help train and condition your brain into following a set routine.   Heck use your phone and have it beep at you when you need to do your so called activity.  Keep the tasks to about 7 days.   When your on track and you feel that your ready to move up.  Pick another mundane task, water flowers, play with dog, wash your bike I don't know, what ever works for you and keep that up for 2 weeks.   Keep taking small chunks and practicing on keeping a routine.   Now this may work for some and not for others, but it's up to you to find what work for you and stick with it.   Once you find that particular pattern that going to be your golden rope to success. 

2. SMALL BITES!   If you think your going to pile everything on to one plate and succeed, I have some bad new for you.   If your going to lose weight made small goals, 5 pounds.  Here is an example:  My Goals for the week 
1. Drink more water after and before meals. Check mark how many glasses you drank in a day.
2.  Make lunches at home or take lunch with me.   Healthy Choices, instead of fast food.
3. Every day is not a treat day and small treats add up.  Eat a apple or serving of nuts.  

Thing of making goals as the puzzles is already together in front of you, what you have to do is pull the piece of the puzzle that you don't want there anymore to alter your diet or habit.   So if the puzzle piece that there has a doughnut on it, you remove that doughnut and replace it with a apple.

Goal making is what works for you, not for someone else, what you got to do is fine tune it.   It does not come over night, nor does a magic fairy come out of the sky and wave her wand over you.  If you want  your goals to work for you, you have to put some skin in the game. 
If your going to ride 50 miles, you got to get your ass home and ride another 50 miles to get home.  No one get a free card. 

3. KEEP A JOURNAL!   Write down everything.  This way you can track what is working and what is not working.  Why keep doing something if it's not working?  If it's not working change your tacktic, and try something else.  Explore see what else there is.   You have to fine tune you, to get the best resultes.  

So that's my two cent's for the Jan 1 2018.