I’ve never been a big maker-of-New-Year-resolutions. So I’m not going to call anything that. But I am going to try and start some new daily habits.
The first is to write every day. I’ve been following blogger Seth Godin now for a decade or so, and I’ve always been amazed at his daily emails of blog postings. Some are long and some are short, but they almost all provide a little food for thought. My hope is to express my thoughts on some of the issues of the day, including plenty of those that I get the chance to consider as a member of the Encinitas City Council.
Secondly, I am going to do my best to log my food intake every day. I’ve been a wearer of various FitBit watches for years now, thanks in large part to the fact that my son James works for the company. There will also be an effort to get more steps and exercise, but my top goal is to get a better grip on my intake of calories. I have subscribed to the premium version of the Fitbit App, so it will be a good chance to use more of the tools included with that to live a little healthier. Granted, I should have started on these habits at 32 instead of 62, but here we are. One of my favorite “follows” on Twitter has been tracking his food intake every day for a long time:
As of today, I’ve tracked every meal or snack I’ve eaten for 1000 consecutive days on @MyFitnessPal. Wild.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) December 1, 2021
As the old saying goes, “better late than never.”