New Year's Resolutions May Be Overrated and Under-Practiced...

(orig. posted jan. 1 2007)

New Year's Resolutions May Be Overrated and Under-Practiced ...
Current mood: restless
Category: Life

...but if there is a good time to make some commitments to change, this time is as good as any, right?

so... my resolutions that I truly believe are attainable:

1) a-Learn yoga. b-Practice yoga (weekly).

2) Read all the books that I own (minus the Jehovah's Witness books in the basement; hopefully I won't own those forever/very much longer).

2b) Find the courage within myself to get rid of the Jehovah's Witness books in the basement.

3) Continue to learn how to think for myself - this is strange to those who have done this "forever" - I have grown up in an atmosphere that encouraged the exact opposite of this and actually actively discouraged "independent thinking," thus I find myself still struggling to actually think for myself, by myself.

4) Walk EVERY DAY - NO EXCEPTIONS.

5) Accept the fact that I take two hours to get ready to go anywhere. Yes, that's right - two hours! Why is this? Because I get easily distracted, find household chores that NEED to be done this instant and omigod why didn't I notice that and no it can't wait until I get home, suddenly realize that I had intended to read at least a couple chapters in my current book, run a bath when I know I can't take a fast bath, whatever. I'm a dawdler. Instead of constantly making unfair time commitments I can't really meet in hopes that I'll actually meet them if I make them and then making people wait for me (I HATE making people wait!), I can just accept this simple fact, that from the time I start to get ready to the time I get to where I need to be, two hours will have passed. Every time.

This is a good start, I think, so maybe I'll add some more later. But I do believe people get so excited about making their new year's resolutions that they make a million and a half, and then become overwhelmed and accomplish exactly none of them.

Happy New Year, Y'all. I hope 2007 is way cooler than 2006 was. It can be, and it's up to me.

P.S. It's now 7:08PM on the first day of 2007, and I have accomplished, for today, all of my resolutions. Well I didn't get rid of any JW books, but I read an anti-JW book, so that should count for something.

Currently reading : Crisis of Conscience By Raymond Franz Release date: By June, 2002