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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
New Year’s Resolutions 2007
Choose wisely, grasshopper.
I found my 2006 New Year’s Resolutions and looked them over, trying to decide what my 2007 resolutions should be. I’ve read all the articles which advise you to be specific, be realistic, don’t list too many, and don’t beat yourself up if you don’t get as far as you wanted.
Looking over the list for 2006, I’d say the last piece of advice is really important, since it doesn’t look like I accomplished any of the 2006 goals.
I don’t mean to imply that 2006 was a total waste, it’s just that when I put “write novel” on the 2006 resolutions, maybe I should have put “think up a good title for a novel.”
Of course, if I’d put “do something you’ve never done before, like run for elective office” on the list, that I accomplished in spades. I not only did something I’ve never done before, it also forced my husband to do something he’s never done before. It could have been a two-fer, except it wasn’t on the list.
But enough of wallowing in the past! What should be my resolutions for this year? I want total success, after a year of total failure.
I therefore resolve in 2007
To not become a Scientologist.
To attend all the estate sales listed in the paper that sound good if I’m not busy or sick.
To eat donuts only if they are free, or if they’re on sale, or if they’re cream-filled, or have chocolate icing.
To not mix bleach and ammonia.
To keep an adequate supply of chocolate on hand at all times.
To raid the chocolate chips only if I run out of the other chocolate.
To change my underwear at least once a week.
Best wished for the New Year! May it be as successful for you as it will be for me.
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