New Year's resolutions blog | New Year's resolutions blog
Jan.07.2012
Most of my new year's resolutions have focused on re-ordering the week to make the best use of time. This is a flawed premise to begin with because we can't always make that judgment, only what we think is best. Every day is a tussle between the demands under our nose and the agenda we feel...
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Jan.03.2011
After spending the better half of a century (50+ years) making and breaking resolutions, I've finally made one that I know I can keep: Make good choices. Whether its eating, exercising, or spending money, I'm determined to make better choices in 2011. Think about this. Making better choices...
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Jan.03.2011
The journalist and author Eric Zorn wrote, "Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle."
The people behind the website Quirkology tracked more than 3,...
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Jan.03.2011
A very rare picture of me, just for the New Year
Yesterday, my friend Debs called by, just as I'd sat down to write my New Year goals. Unusually for me, the process wasn't going well; sure, I had a list of tasks to complete, targets to meet and places to visit - but somehow it wasn't hitting the...
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Jan.02.2011
I’m writing this on Jan. 2 and I’m already noticing the pressures involved in keeping my resolution. Of course, the difficulties are present and active, otherwise we wouldn’t need the resolve. This year I decided to meditate on my resolution, that is, to ask my inner voice for it's wisdom. I...
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Jan.02.2011
I resolve to set reasonable minimum expectations and meet them. This approach isn't new to me. I've used it for years, finding it motivating to say, "Well, at least I'll do five pushups" or "Writing one sentence shouldn't be too hard," and then blast past the ridiculously...
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Dec.31.2010
I'm no Dickens, but 2010 was the year of success and the year of just plain suck. On the bright side: two short stories published, one at Untreed Reads and the other in Blood Sacraments from Bold Strokes Books; my novel getting accepted for publication. Wonderful times with Mike and friends near...
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Dec.31.2010
From a ninety-three year-old author, Rhoda Curtis:
BEGONE! Anxiety; BEGONE: Regret; BEGONE: Guilt
WELCOME! Innovation; Regeneration; Courage; Ambition!
Happy New Year!
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Dec.31.2010
Shame. One word to sum up my life thus far and the one word that motivated every life decision whether it was choosing a boyfriend, food consumption or what trend suited my lifestyle, shame was the motivating factor in all my decisions. This shame was not present at birth but acquired through years...
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Dec.31.2010
One thing I learned a long time ago is to control only what can be controlled -- myself. Sometimes I cannot even control me, as evidenced by past new year's resolutions. I have learned to keep it simple. No resolutions.
I don't suppose you can call something a new year's resolution if you do it...
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