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New year, new beginnings, right?

This month has been about cutting out things that don't benefit me, like sugar. I'm still struggling with my sweet tooth. It hasn't helped that I've been eating protein bars that are chocolate and vanilla flavored. I'm cutting down on those. Emergency only.

I'm trying to adopt the habit of being an email ninja. I check my email several times a day, but am usually too lazy to reply immediately. No more. Now, I delete, archive or respond as soon as I read a message. Having an empty email inbox is surprisingly satisfying.

Just now, only a few seconds ago, I deleted all the games from my computer. I have an unusually slow connection for unexplained reasons, so whenever I launch a browser or wait for a new page to load, I fire up Spider Solitaire and play a game. Usually the page loads before I'm very far into the game, but I play anyway. When I'm bored or at loose ends, I play a game. I waste so much time playing games on my computer. Now, they're all gone. I'll either have to become more productive or patient. I expect I'll find new ways to procrastinate.

I have several ongoing projects around the house that I want to finish. I'm sick of them. I've divided each project into workable chunks and set deadlines. If I can't make the deadline, I'll abandon the project. Simple as that.

I cut my hair last week. It wasn't doing me any good. I cut off the lazy no-good hairs and kept the ones that work for me. It's still about the same length, just layered and almost a recognizable style. Most of my resolutions this year will be monthly, but I have set a year-long resolution: to grow out my hair. I can trim the ends and add layers and such, but I can't cut a significant amount off of the length. Just for fun. Let's see what happens.

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