Happy New Year
Well, it is getting to that time of the year again. The malls are packed, waistlines are expanding, snow is falling, traffic is not moving, and Christmas shopping stress will be replaced by the stress of Christmas returns and bills. Then some of us will be thinking of New Year's Resolutions only to, soon after, fail miserably at them. Actually, I am sure that many of us did just what I did years back and resolved to never make another resolution again... That particular resolution certainly made it easy to keep... I am afraid, however, I am going to fail on even that simple resolution.
In fact, I feel it is a good idea to go back to a process I used to practice years ago. I used to, rather than resolve to not do things, set 12 goals for the year. These goals were meant to help me focus on things relevant to where I should be in life. They were not meant to be public and shared but I have been known to behave a bit differently than most. (Truth be told, I have rarely been known to behave and have seldom been referred to as "a bit different". The descriptions are usually far less friendly.) They were, however, meant to be written out and progress toward them tracked. So why not post them for everyone to see?
Why now should I all of the sudden decide to do "resolutions" after so many years of swearing not to? I am itching to make all kinds of improvements in my life. It seems that every 8-10 years or so I seem to go on an "achievement binge"... The bug is here again. I am tired of the way the things are, I want things different and like an itch behind my ear, I am going to solve it by scratching it. I believe the best way to achieve desires is to write them out and make a plan for them.
