New Orleans fireworks on the Mississippi River, 2009
It’s the first of the year, and a good day to begin things anew. Blogging is at the top of my list, along with some other things I’ve been considering. I’ve been exploding with ideas over the last few months. It seemed fitting to start now to put them in place.
It’s time to be about the business of doing what is important to me. And beginning this month, I will be investing more time in salvaging my blogs and making changes to my website.
Do Something
In my habit of gratitude for all that I have and all that I’m capable of doing, I always am returned to the words, do something. So in taking that to heart, my personal theme to push me through my lazy times is Do Something! We’ll see how far this takes me into 2009. Truthfully, I expect it will take me to 2010 and beyond!
It may seem like a nondescript resolution to plan to do something. But consider all that can fall under something. With the things listed, I would like to have 10 completed and continued by the end of the year. But rather than stating what I’m going to do, I’ve decided to do them and add them to the list as I go along. My reasoning is simple: I’m not trying to put any undue pressure on myself, only to guide myself.
Trying Trumps Failing Every Time
You see, I know from past experience that sometimes things happen to push my plans out of the way, off the table or postponed beyond my target date. So, I’ve come up with this process to carry me through the year:
- Select a goal
- Plot the course to reach the goal
- Set a target date
- Track my progress and tweak where needed
- Determine the success or failure at the end assess the flaws
- Add it to the appropriate list
- Replace it with a new goal
This is my way of getting around the tradition of failing at New Year’s resolutions: I treat the failures as learning events. And I try not to beat myself up too badly over any of it—I said I try.
How do you work yourself into keeping your resolutions?
