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Money: Get $1000 in the savings account designated 'emergency' ASAP. After that, save $20 per paycheck and pay off debts ASAP via snowballing in order of interest rate. The budget starts with the compensation for full-time work with no overtime and no unpaid time off; any money beyond that, such as overtime, sales, and gifts, goes 10% added to the spendy bucket, 90% to either savings or debt depending on whether the $1000 in savings has been passed. The first day of every month number divisible by 4, get a free credit report, rotating which credit-report agency it comes from, and check balances in 457(b) and Roth IRA accounts. The last day of every month, do the income summary in GnuCash and take a good look at all the expense numbers.
Nutrition: 2 cups fruit. 2.5 cups veggies, balancing over a week to 1.5 cups dark green leafy, 5.5 cups red and orange, 1.5 cups beans and peas, 5 cups starches, 4 cups whatever. 6 oz grains, at least half whole grains. 5.5 oz protein (beans and peas can count for either protein or veggie, and at any given meal some can be one and some the other, but not both at once). 3 cups dairy. Multivitamin. Three fish oil capsules. Extra sodium.
Exercise: Goal is an hour a day, divided equally between flexibility (yoga), cardio (walking), and strength (resistance training). Work up to that.
Sleep: In bed no later than four am every day and attempting to wake up no earlier than noon.
Hygiene: Wash face every time glasses get cleaned, because if glasses are dirty, face probably is too. Brush teeth twice daily, not once.
Charity: Starting the weekend of March 16, donate blood as often as the blood bank will let me.
Media: Watch at least one episode of scripted TV every weekday, at least two episodes or one movie on weekends, of which at least half should be something I own but have never seen. Watch Stewart and Colbert every applicable day. Read at least one never-read book, preferably something I own, every week.
Writing: At least a hundred words a day every day for a total of at least a hundred twenty thousand words in the year.
Social: At least one meatspace social activity every month, ideally at least one every week. Square dancing counts and so does UU services.
Meta: Regular locked DW post tracking all this shit.
Nutrition: 2 cups fruit. 2.5 cups veggies, balancing over a week to 1.5 cups dark green leafy, 5.5 cups red and orange, 1.5 cups beans and peas, 5 cups starches, 4 cups whatever. 6 oz grains, at least half whole grains. 5.5 oz protein (beans and peas can count for either protein or veggie, and at any given meal some can be one and some the other, but not both at once). 3 cups dairy. Multivitamin. Three fish oil capsules. Extra sodium.
Exercise: Goal is an hour a day, divided equally between flexibility (yoga), cardio (walking), and strength (resistance training). Work up to that.
Sleep: In bed no later than four am every day and attempting to wake up no earlier than noon.
Hygiene: Wash face every time glasses get cleaned, because if glasses are dirty, face probably is too. Brush teeth twice daily, not once.
Charity: Starting the weekend of March 16, donate blood as often as the blood bank will let me.
Media: Watch at least one episode of scripted TV every weekday, at least two episodes or one movie on weekends, of which at least half should be something I own but have never seen. Watch Stewart and Colbert every applicable day. Read at least one never-read book, preferably something I own, every week.
Writing: At least a hundred words a day every day for a total of at least a hundred twenty thousand words in the year.
Social: At least one meatspace social activity every month, ideally at least one every week. Square dancing counts and so does UU services.
Meta: Regular locked DW post tracking all this shit.