{"id":7758,"date":"2015-01-06T22:28:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T03:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=7758"},"modified":"2015-01-06T22:28:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T03:28:21","slug":"a-new-approach-to-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/?p=7758","title":{"rendered":"A New Approach to Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year\u2019s Resolutions 2014
\nDone:
\n1. Frequent more local eateries.
\n2. Finish the quilting project I\u2019ve been working on by April 15.
\nIt was more like December 15 and I had to outsource it, but more on that later.<\/em>
\n3. Don\u2019t be jealous, but I also spent New Year\u2019s Eve cleaning off my desk while enjoying a mimosa. That\u2019s how I roll. Start 2014 with a (mostly) clean desk.
\nWhy yes, I do stack my resolutions in my favor. Why do you ask?<\/em>
\n6. Take more time to smell the knitting (or roses).
\n9. Do NOT buy any more items for wrapping gifts. My gift-wrapping supply inventory still makes my yarn stash seem sane.
\nThe intent was actually not to buy any new Christmas paper…<\/em>
\n
Half Done:
\n4. Continue to enjoy driving my all electric Nissan Leaf! 37k + gas free miles and counting! (Stop spending the money I\u2019m saving on yarn. The stash is getting out of control.)
\nWho am I kidding; there were yarny purchases.<\/em>
\n5. Eat more fresh fruits and veggies and frequent the farmer\u2019s market.
\n8. Finish 14 pairs of socks.
\nCaffeine Socks (they’re in this lovely pile)
\nSydney’s Nose Colored Socks (they’re in the pile too)<\/a>
\n

\"Socks<\/a>

Socks formerly known as Glass Slippers<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Swoopy<\/a>

Swoopy Thing on the Foot Socks<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Blue<\/a>

Blue Striped Socks for my smallest knitting fan.<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Sty<\/a>

Sty Head Tarn Socks<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Popped<\/a>

Popped Socks<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Slant<\/a>

Slant Socks<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Fiber

Fiber Addiction Addicted Sock in Freak like Me colorway<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Christmas<\/a>

Christmas Red Socks<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Rainbow<\/a>

Rainbow Socks for my Smallest knitting fan<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Danima

Danima banksiae sock<\/p><\/div>

\"Hucus<\/a>

Hucus Fucus Socks<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Leyburn

Leyburn Sock (Madelinetosh Sock in Spectrum colorway)<\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Phalanges<\/a>

Phalanges (aka Burnt Orange Baby Socks)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

\nNot Done:
\n8. Try 1 new healthy recipe per month.
\n7. Increase my machine sewing comfort level (from you know, almost none).<\/p>\n

It looks like I didn’t make a bloggy resolution in 2014. Which works out well because I discovered Instagram 47 weeks ago and I LOVE IT! If you like these pics, there are more to be seen there (@katiemetzroth).
\n
I read an idea for resolutions whilst researching decluttering that suggested one resolution a month. I love that idea, so here’s January:
\n
Declutter and do not buy things that do not spark JOY.
\n
I’m reading “The Life-Changing Art of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” and am loving it. I’ve already donated one truckload and two carloads of stuff and I still have a ways to go. Luckily, it’s only January 6th.
\n
This also means that I’d like to buy as little yarn as possible because I already have PLENTY that I adore. I calculated that at the rate I knit, it would take me approximately 8.43 years to knit through my stash. approximately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Year\u2019s Resolutions 2014 Done: 1. Frequent more local eateries. 2. Finish the quilting project I\u2019ve been working on by April 15. It was more like December 15 and I had to outsource it, but more on that later. 3. Don\u2019t be jealous, but I also spent New Year\u2019s Eve cleaning off my desk while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knitting"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7758"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7818,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7758\/revisions\/7818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metzroth.com\/katie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}