2025.. What are your goals for this year?

[ebinmaine 68,663]

Nothing super complicated for me. Mostly just keep on keepin' on.... for the most part. 

 

My biggest desire for this year is to get a better hold on my health. I need to lose at least 40 pounds or more. Become more flexible. Regain control of my breathing to whatever extent I can.

 

Health. That's my biggest goal.

 

[WHX?? 49,328]

Score more tractors ... 

[SylvanLakeWH 26,054]

Just read a great book: Slow Down to the Speed of Joy. Mathew Kelly.

 

Focus on what matters. Family. Health. Well being of others. Faith.

 

 Less is more.

 

Also reading a lot by Arthur Brooks' work... I'm resolving to not have a "bucket list", but to concentrate on reducing the denominator in this equation:

 

Satisfaction (Joy) = what you have ÷ what you want

 

Happy New Year!

[WHX?? 49,328]

Hog wash Sylvia ...Be easier to just go see the Dolly Llama get enlightened ...

 

Edited December 31, 2024 by WHX??

[ebinmaine 68,663]

33 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Score more tractors ... 

Yerr gonna needta add another  "?" to your screen name....

 

 

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

Focus on what matters. Family. Health. Well being of others.

 

 Less is more.

 

You'll notice I left one word off of the quote back there because my version of faith is very different from the majority.

My life's trials and tribulations have taught me that:

Self strength and self-reliance are not just okay, but a requirement to being content and whole.

 

 

27 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Less is more.

 

Also reading a lot by Arthur Brooks' work... I'm resolving to not have a "bucket list", but to concentrate on reducing the denominator in this equation:

 

Satisfaction (Joy) = what you have ÷ what you want

 

 

 

I really wish more people would figure this out a lot earlier in life. I've been so much happier the last several years.

 

[Ed Kennell 38,936]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Mostly just keep on keepin' on.... for the most part. 

 

Yep, my goal is to wake up each morning on the green side with no dirt on my face.

[MainelyWheelhorse 591]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Nothing super complicated for me. Mostly just keep on keepin' on.... for the most part. 

 

My biggest desire for this year is to get a better hold on my health. I need to lose at least 40 pounds or more. Become more flexible. Regain control of my breathing to whatever extent I can.

 

Health. That's my biggest goal.

 

@ebinmaine Same here, although my job requirements help in the health department. 

[pfrederi 17,933]

Downsizing the herd and maybe getting rid of a big tractor...  Ain't getting any younger and the big parts are getting heavier and harder to deal with...

[ebinmaine 68,663]

41 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

Downsizing the herd  ...   

 

 

I've been grappling with this concept myself for a bit now.

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,936]

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

Downsizing the herd

Did that when I passed 80.

[Handy Don 12,561]

Avoid acquiring projects that I’ll never finish.

[WHX?? 49,328]

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

Downsizing the herd

 

32 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

grappling with this concept

 

I'll be part of your support group ... 

[Bill D 1,985]

Down sizing my herd.  Sorting thru parts. Finish some house renovations.  Loose weight, and get healthier.  Spend some time with family and friends.  Read my Bible more.  Not necessarily in that order.  

Edited Wednesday at 07:57 AM by Bill D

[Handy Don 12,561]

3 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

 

1 hour ago, pfrederi said:

Downsizing the herd

 

38 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

grappling with this concept

 

I'll be part of your support group ... 

 

Symmetry or enabling?

Edited December 31, 2024 by Handy Don

[Mickwhitt 4,771]

Happy new year everyone for when the Internet goes crazy later.

 

Been talking about booking a river cruise through Germany,  see all the things we tried to blow up in WW2 lol.

 

Carry on with the Landy build.

 

Stay well and keep smiling.

 

Mick and Sandra xxxxx

 

 

[tunahead72 2,447]

Take the local motorcycle safety class again, get my bike running and moving again, and get back to riding, while I still can.

 

To that end, get more exercise, improve my diet, and my health generally, all in the interest of gaining strength for motorcycling.

 

And more concerts. 

 

[8ntruck 7,147]

We've got a couple of big projects that were derailed by Covid.  Hoping to make major progress on them this year.

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,336]

Happy new year everyone. Lots of goals for us going into 2025.
 

Same as most of you trying to get healthier, eating better, quitting smoking, cutting back on my coffee consumption (not sure anyone wants to be around for that one)

 

Also have a lot of projects that I’d like to get finished up. Cleaning and organizing the shop to make a more usable space out of it. Finish the engine rebuild on the Farmall C before summer mowing season is upon us again, and finishing up the Cub LoBoy we started on at the beginning of this summer, but got sidelined with other more pressing repairs. Also need to put some time in getting a better set of pens built and a better setup for working calves than the makeshift setup we have now, it has worked for many many years the way it is but has lots of room for improvement. 
 

We would also like to dedicate more time to getting our YouTube channel up off the ground and going, and after many years of threatening to do it I think 2025 may be the year that I say goodbye to the shop and go out on my own welding and turning wrenches. 

[ebinmaine 68,663]

13 minutes ago, ClassicTractorProfessor said:

quitting smoking,

 

I know this is going to sound kinda odd to some people but quitting "smoking" is actually pretty easy....

Two to three full days. In 48 to 72 hours you are chemically no longer a smoker.

 

Quitting the DESIRE to smoke, on the other hand.

 

That's more challenging. A LOT more.  

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, ClassicTractorProfessor said:

cutting back on my coffee

 

How much do you drink now?

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,336]

7 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I know this is going to sound kinda odd to some people but quitting "smoking" is actually pretty easy....

Two to three full days. In 48 to 72 hours you are chemically no longer a smoker.

 

Quitting the DESIRE to smoke, on the other hand.

 

That's more challenging. A LOT more.  

 

 

 

 

How much do you drink now?

I think the quitting smoking I can handle pretty easily, kinda goes hand in hand with saying goodbye to the shop and going out on my own. I have noticed most days when I’m not working and out at the farm I don’t even hardly have the desire to light one up, but when I’m at work we have this one kid working here that just looking at him makes me light one up to keep my sanity and not just reach over and slap him.

 

As far as coffee goes we don’t want to go there.  They don’t call me the one armed mechanic around the shop for nothing, can only work with my right arm because the coffee cup rarely leaves my left hand. We usually make two pots at the shop every morning, most of that is drank by me and I also make a pot at the house before I leave. That pot fills my thermos I bring to work plus one cup before I walk out the door. Once the coffee in the office is gone I’ll go to the pickup and break out the thermos and nurse on it the rest of the day. 

 

 

[rmaynard 15,675]

First goal is to get more active, lose some weight, and hopefully feel better.

Next is to clean out my side of the garage. Things are getting too close to Mrs M's new car. Things that I haven't seen nor used in two or more years have to go. 

Then comes the Wheel Horses. I have an 18 x 20 pole shed that is bulging at the seams. Eight Wheel Horses, and a John Deere mower with my Cyclone Rake. Time to let a couple go. I love working on them, but the body won't let me (please refer to the first goal). 

So if I can only do one of the above, I will consider myself successful.

[Bar Nuthin 667]

2025 - put up a storage shed(s). I have a couple different pads already poured. I always hit a roadblock when I price lumber! 

[ebinmaine 68,663]

1 hour ago, Bar Nuthin said:

2025 - put up a storage shed(s). I have a couple different pads already poured. I always hit a roadblock when I price lumber! 

 

Perhaps make a "trade" ... labor & time vs dollar amount? 

Use recycled upcycled reused rehomed materials?

 

 

[squonk 41,567]

Goal # 1. See the Vikings lose in the playoffs 

 

Goal # 2 Catch Eric in post count! 

 

Goal # 3  Retire again 

[Bar Nuthin 667]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Perhaps make a "trade" ... labor & time vs dollar amount? 

Use recycled upcycled reused rehomed materials?

 

Well, my son-in-law is a general contractor, and I just finished revamping his website. I'll see what kind of material/scraps I can barter for!