Honestly, who among us has never crafted a resolution, whether it’s on paper or in your head, whether it's a laundry list of to-do’s or a generic wish for something new? The New Year is like a new dealer. No one cares how you played your previous hands. The bad decisions, the wasted time , the careless purchases are all things of the past. For me, January 1 offers not only a new calendar, but a clean slate . And, can’t we all benefit from a clean slate ? Remember the good ole days when our resolutions were all about ME, contemplated with renewed energy? You know, the ones that kicked us in the butt , that revitalized our existence , that exorcised our demons ( at least for the first week of the New Year) . When I look back on my BC (before children) resolutions, I want to slap myself silly. Those resolutions were baby food compared to the steak and potato /em> ones I intend to invoke in 2011. Sure, I can renew the consistent >top 10 ones, like lose weight , whic...
Everyone goes through "stages" or "chapters' in their lives, whether its wanting to move out of the city and buy a farm, or learn to roller blade and lose those unwanted pounds, or join a book club or bridge club and become more "rounded", or sign up for that design class you were always sorry you didn't pursue. Sometimes these stages present themselves without effort and we consider it "meant to be". And yet sometimes it just HAS to be...