Rutherford Weekly

Thursday, December 30-January 5, 2022 www.rutherfordweekly.com 828-248-1408 Rutherford Weekly - Page 3 Fast Way Oil Kids Corner...............15 Community Calendar.....................15 Business & Services Directory.......11 Obituaries................................18-19 Local Churches............................20 Outdoor Truths................................9 Classified Ads.........................22-23 Rutherford County Weather...........16 Fast Wa Oil Kids Corner 15 I n s i d e T h i s W e e k I n s i d e T h i s W e e k MOVING SALE 190 DOG WOOD LANE RUTHERFORDTON, NC 3 DAY SALE FROM 9-4 DAILY THURSDAY DEC. 30, FRIDAY DEC. 31, AND NEW YEARS DAY. Only 10 people will be allowed inside the house at a time so the fi rst 10 in line will be fi rst in. Door will not open until 9 AM each day. Entire house of items in this sale. Vintage, Mid-Century, and Modern. 356 E Main St., Lawndale 704-538-0508 MOWERS FULL SERVICE DEALER ©Community First Media Community First Media Mon-Fri. 7:30am-5:30pm; Sat. 8am-3:30pm Locally Owned & Operated HAND HELD LEAF BLOWER only only $ 149. 99 NEW TITAN 48 INCH CUT only only $ 4,799. 00 YEAR-END CLOSEOUT 1 Week Only! BACKPACK BLOWER only only $ 509. 00 EBZ 7500 from your friends at from your friends at Rutherford Housing Partnership (RHP) will host a group of young people from AmeriCorps NCCC in January for six weeks. The group will help staff and other volunteers to do roofi ng projects and make other urgent housing repairs. AmeriCorps will be housed in Spindale in a home under renovation by RHP staff and volunteers. "We currently have a home for them to live in but we desperately need furnishings and household goods," said Mel Ailiff, RHP's executive director. There is a need for donations of bunk beds (no mattresses), dining table and chairs; cookware (pots and pans, bakeware); silverware, plates, cups, bowls, etc. Other household goods are also needed as AmeriCorps will be in Spindale for six weeks. Please call the offi ce at 828-248-3431 for more information on donations. Leave a message if there is no answer. AmeriCorps is a full-time service program that encourages young adults to make a difference in the United States through acts of service. AmeriCorps will assist with RHP projects in January Article & Photo Provided By: Jean Gordon Justin Humphries, repair manager for Rutherford Housing Partnership, working on renovations to the home where AmeriCorps will be housed in January while working with the Rutherford Housing Programs Self-improvement is at the heart of the majority of New Year's resolutions. Individuals resolving to read more or live a more active lifestyle or travel are all attempting better themselves. Resolutions can be hard to keep, as the hectic pace of daily life can make it hard to fi nd time for new activities. Individuals who want to see their resolutions through to the end can try utilizing various self- improvement strategies to help them achieve their goals. • Share your goals with others whom you respect. Resolutions may involve intensely personal goals, but sharing those goals with people you respect can have a profound effect on your ability to achieve them. A recent study from researchers at The Ohio State University examined the effects of sharing target goals with others. In the study, which was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, 171 undergraduates were asked to move a slider on a computer to the number 50 as many times as they could within a given time frame. After doing this, they were asked to do it again but this time they were asked to set a specifi c goal regarding how many times they could do it within the allotted time. Someone identifi ed as a "lab assistant" then went to check on their goals, but the assistants were presented differently to different groups, and one group was not checked on at all. One assistant was well-dressed and introduced as a doctoral student, while the other was casually dressed and identifi ed as a community college student. Researchers found that those who shared their goals with the doctoral level assistant reported feeling more committed to their goal and in fact performed better than participants in the other groups. Researchers concluded that individuals who share their goals with people they respect are more likely to commit to those goals than people who keep their goals to themselves. • Start small, but don't stay small. Setting small goals may not make individuals feel like they're en route to the dramatic changes they feel they need. However, research indicates that incremental goals can provide the early motivation people need to achieve larger goals. However, researchers at Peking University in China discovered that, while incremental goals helped people make more early progress, that progress waned if they did not eventually transition to their larger goals. Individuals can use their early successes to instill the confi dence that makes them believe they can achieve their larger goals. • Change your perception of setbacks. Many a New Year's resolution has fallen by the wayside due to setbacks. For example, someone who aspires to lose 20 lbs. may be trying to lose one pound per week for 20 weeks running. If an individual fails to lose that pound in a given week or even gains weight, that setback may compel that person to abandon the larger goal. But instead of seeing and even accepting that setback as a sign of failure, individuals should see it was a learning experience that can ultimately help them achieve their larger goal. In the weight loss scenario, individuals who fail to lose a pound in a given week can examine their habits over the previous seven days. Identifying why an incremental goal was not achieved can reassure individuals that they will know how to avoid those same pitfalls in the future. Self-improvement strategies to make resolutions a reality Self-improvement strategies can help individuals making New Year's resolutions see those resolutions through to their successful conclusion.

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