Oh no! I’m sorry you’re sick and that it has been rough for you, @LisforLeslie. Sounds like you’re on the upswing now, and I hope you feel better and better each day.

I have yet to catch it (that I know of). I caught a nasty cold/flu right around Thanksgiving and went to the doctor a couple weeks later, when my most obnoxious symptom (muted hearing) had not improved much. Learned I had two ear infections! One of my ears is still kind of messed up even after antibiotics so I think I need to go back to the doctor. My cough is still lingering over a month out, too.

So glad you’re beginning to feel a little better, Leslie! Covid can be so scary for those who get very sick. I’m glad you’re on the mend.

Copa your 2024 ins and ours sound great. I’ve shifted my thinking of a new year beginning in September around my bday and Jewish new year, but I do have a couple new themes for 2024. I’m interested in cultivating my psychic abilities and manifestation powers and healing energy. To that end, I just signed up for a reiki training workshop later this month. I’m also going to take a transcendental meditation course, and next week I’m going to talk with a psychic medium and nytimes bestselling author about tapping into our psychic abilities.

Beyond that, I plan to keep walking tons, strength training, and spending less time on social media/ my phone.

My favorite part of goal setting going into the new year is that it gives me something to focus on in the depths of winter. I ride the struggle bus every January and February. March is typically when I start feeling hopeful again.

@Wendy Do you think you have psychic abilities? I think that’s cool if you do. I’ve wanted to go to a psychic for the past year or so, but haven’t prioritized it. There’s one not too far from me that actually gets a lot of good reviews.

TikTok actually feels like less of a cesspool to me than other forms of social media, but I think that’s because the algorithm is quite good. It knows to show me stuff like cooking videos and not teens doing awkward dances. It is my problem child app, though. I could scroll forever. I have a time limit set on it.

Hope you continue to recover LisforLeslie. My brother who is a pulmonologist got it in November for the first time.

I don’t usually make resolutions because I often don’t achieve them and then I feel bad. Gretchen Rubin author/podcaster does a 24 in 24 review which has its appeals. My husband and I did do a 2023 house goals and we surprisingly achieved a number of them (eg get the fence between us and our neighbour fixed). I know my husband wants to get the bathroom renovated. The bathroom is definitely fine but it could be updated.

I’ve tried charging my phone away from bed. I stopped that but it would be good to revive that one. I like to listen to sleeping podcasts if I wake up on the middle of the night so I wasn’t sure what to do with that but I took an old phone and deleted all the apps possible except Spotify so I’m going to give that a try. I can’t delete Safari though.

My biggest vice is Reddit. I do set a limit but I don’t really follow it.

My mom is into healing energy. It’s not quite like Reiki but a similar modality. I’ve tried it a little. It’s ok but at times it can be a little unnerving on what my mom says.

On the subject of colds, I caught a nasty one around Thanksgiving, which came with two ear infections. I’m going back to the doctor tonight after work because my right ear is still messed up.

@Rangerchic Stretching/mobility is a great goal! I always say I’m going to, never really do.

We’re trying to get better at meal planning and prepping, too. I was the queen of it when I lived by myself, but since moving in with the boyfriend, we never quite got into a good groove. I’d like to make our lives a little easier, save a little on groceries, and eat fewer ultra processed foods.

ETA: Oh! And I pulled the trigger on a few Typology products — concealer, tinted serum, and tinted lip oil — and will report back though nobody has asked. Haha.

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How are yo doing Lisforleslie? And Rangerchic? Kate, I hope you body fights it off and that your husband feels better soon.

I had that nasty cough thing before the holiday’s, where I was either choking on my own mucous or dry heaving for a few days straight. I still don’t really know what that was, but I know a few people who had it.

I usually meal prep on Sunday’s. If I don’t, we end up picking something up most nights. My meal prep is usually three to four hours, but that also includes making a big pot of soup or some other kind of lunches for the week and dinner for Sunday if we’re not eating the soup for dinner.