January: /checkmail
This has proven useful. We’re getting a bit less junk mail for the previous occupant by now, so it’s also a bit less overwhelming in general, but I think we can still use the ongoing reminder to sort incoming mail (it’ll help when I get back to doing Postcrossing more regularly, for example).
I’ll be continuing the goal for now.
February: /postcrossing
My first thought for February was some kind of goal to get me out of the house, because I’ve been keeping indoors a lot – partly because I’m really really tired this last week because of the physio but that’s just an excuse really, because the trend had definitely started before that. I also thought about maybe adding an indoor exercise goal for using the resistance bands I had to get for physio… but I think my physio is enough of that for now.
And then in typing this post I mentioned Postcrossing, and remembered that I’ve thought on and off about adding a Postcrossing goal for the last year or more… and that having a card to post is definitely something that pushes me to get out of the house, while being possible to work around if I’m really exhausted (i.e. just wait a day or two extra, or ask Lisa to post it).
So, February’s goal is ostensibly for Postcrossing participation, but I think it will also have the side effect of getting me out of the house more, and I’ll report on both outcomes when I come to post about it in March.
Rate is tricky to figure out. It probably can’t be daily, or even every week day, because I can only send 18 postcards at a time; technically I could get through most of February without hitting a problem (20 weekdays), and likely some cards would arrive in the meantime, but it probably wouldn’t be sustainable longterm if I decided to keep the goal.
I think I’ll go with about 3/week, so 3/7 per day, and see how that goes. I’ll start with a few days of flat spot because I’m not sure if I can make current postage with the stamps I have, and may need to order more.