2020 Personal and Blogging Resolutions

Personal Resolutions Are:

1. Spend Less Money on Personal “Stuff”

This is a more specific subset of the 2019 “Get my material life under control” resolution.  I started tracking our spending at a much more detailed level in 2019 and found out that I spend way more money than I should in random crap (mainly clothes).  It provides an initial excitement during the purchase but then I feel awful about it afterwards.  I am trying to get this under control. I would like to keep my monthly spending on random things for myself to $300 per month. I am also going to add things I want to buy online to my Amazon wishlist first and then go back in a week and make sure I still want them.  I am hoping this will help to curb online impulse purchases.

2. Get My Weight Down by 10 lbs

I am planning on taking a more aggressive approach to this this year.  I am going to continue lifting heavier weights, which I did last year.  I will continue with my morning stretches and would like to add a small workout component to my morning routine (squats, push-ups, sit-ups).  I am also going to go back onto a lower carb diet but in a more gradual way.  Last year I went keto from a pretty high carb diet and realized how dumb that was (I got pretty sick).  I am taking a more gradual approach to that this year.  As a stretch goal I would like to stop drinking alcohol as well.

Blogging Resolutions Are:

1.  Continue doing more bookish videos on YouTube on different topics

I started doing more Youtube videos and video editing last year and really enjoy it.  I would like to expand on this a bit, doing more videos on different bookish topics.

2. Read less books this year

I would again like to read even less books this year.  I really want to focus on my health, volunteering, family, and growing out my YouTube content.