Goals and Resolution: Checkin 1

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Goals and Resolutions 2012

No, you haven’t lost your mind. Our family is down to one computer, and I was hoping to have mine fixed by now. Unfortunately, laptops are not too fond of mac & beef, so repair has been agonizingly slow. And when I only have a few minutes in an uncomfy chair right before bedtime, expounding upon the subject at hand is easily delayed/dismissed. I’m backdating the entries for the days they *should* have been published. Thanks for joining my time-travel team <3

So how am I doing, two weeks after I set myself up?

Resolution: Get Healthy. Goals: Diet and exercise

I’m still fighting the urge to eat potato chips and cottage cheese for breakfast, but not all that often. These days I’m fighting the urge for crunchy food with a small handful of mixed nuts. And I’ve pinpointed “eating more veggies” as a designated target while my body adjusts.

I’m not working out every day, but I’m making a conscious effort to move more than I was. The scale has moved a bit, but it’s too early to tell if it was water weight.

Resolution: Budget. Goals: Develop side business, track spending

I’ve already totally blown the “keep track of money” part. I’ll try to pick it up again at the next payday.

My work on the side business has dealt mostly with focus. Am I going to design? host? code? troubleshoot? (Most likely? Troubleshoot.) How much do I charge?(believe it or not, that *has* been a problem in the past)

30 day challenge resolution: Uncluttering

Not going according to schedule. At all. After pondering on my “moderate failure” post from Friday, I had a realization.

I’m ready to let go of these things, but I’m not necessarily ready for what (if anything) is going to replace them. And to be completely honest, I’ll probably need some time and help processing that little tidbit.

And that’s all the news that’s fit to print right now about my resolutions.

A Small Request

Dear Utz,

I love your products with a white-hot fiery passion. I am salt sensitive – so much so that regular potato chips can leave salt burns on my tongue. When I discovered your “lower salt than anyone else” regular chips, and your no-salt line I was in potato chip heaven.

To be honest, I can eat an entire bag of no-salt chips in a day (usually with cottage cheese).

(oink)

Only one thing mars this absolute adoration – the chips are too thin to dip adequately. They do get dipped, never fear, but at the end of my snack/meal/entire bag, the bottom of my dipping bowl is an interesting combination of cheese curds and chip bits. I’m in desperate need of a change of clothing as well – sometimes I successfully execute a dip only to have the chip fall apart on the way to my mouth.

So please, I beg you – save me from certain deep-frying DIY disaster and deliver a thicker no-salt chip that I can dip.

My soul will thank you forever. (My hips? Probably not so much. But you knew that already.)