# New Month's Resolutions **URL:** \ **Category:** Akrasia\ **Created:** [December 28, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/new-months-resolutions/11321 "2023-12-28T16:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![aliceofbattenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/aliceofbattenberg/32/4001_2.png) [@aliceofbattenberg](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/aliceofbattenberg)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/new-months-resolutions/11321/38 "2024-03-03T15:08:03Z")
# January Goal: practice the piano more often [/keys](https://www.beeminder.com/aliceofbattenberg/keys) I’ve mostly been able to keep up on this, besides a trip for which I forgot to calendial… then the 7 days of buffer let me slack way more than I’d like! Or just the right amount, who knows – it was an emotional, hectic week. # February Goal: eat pastries less often [/pastries](https://www.beeminder.com/aliceofbattenberg/pastries) This has been very helpful in resetting my pastry habits. I’m still getting to enjoy them on occassion, but I find myself choosing to save up buffer more often in situations when I previously would have gotten a pastry “just because.” I’m savoring my pastry-less coffee drinks and appreciating them more. I’m going to keep this up, and I think the rate is about right. # March Goal: meal prep more! [/homecooked](https://www.beeminder.com/aliceofbattenberg/homecooked) Doing more home cooking and meal prep would be very good for my health and for my budget. I had a bit of a think about how to structure this goal, including reading this very helpful thread! ([How to cook more?](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/how-to-cook-more/11015)) I don’t think I want to do a “meal prep for the whole week on Sunday” with a weekly goal, but I want to encourage planning ahead. I will still make a plan for the week ahead on Sunday, but I don’t want to attach my success too closely to a single day, where if I derail it feels like the whole week is ruined. I’m thinking about setting it up so that I get a +1 for each day I eat 2+ out of 3 planned, home-prepared meals, with a rate of 5/7 days to start. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/new-months-resolutions/11321)._