It snowed about 4-6 inches early this morning, so I can't go to work today. Grrr. I hate having only rear-wheel drive. Anyway, I'm having to stay at home due to the weather, and I thought I'd update my blog roll on the side there. I took out some blogs that had become (quite) inactive, and added some new places I've been visiting. Let me know if there's anything I should add, or if you see I took your blog off, but you are actively posting (maybe somewhere else, under a different name).
Okay, so every year, I try not to make New Year's Resolutions, but just outline some general goals/plans. But if I'm honest with myself, I really do make resolutions, I just don't usually tell anyone. I keep them locked away in the back of my brain and only think about them on occasion, either to confirm that I'm actually working on them (somewhat), or to be glad that I kept them secret, since I'm failing so miserably, and hey, that's okay, because I didn't Make Them Official. Does that make sense?
So, my secret resolutions are pretty typical, and I secretly make them almost every year. They are as follows:
1. Get in shape/lose flab/eat healthier/work out more/get more sleep.
2. Work on improving my posture.
3. Floss regularly.
4. Stop procrastinating.
5. Get organized.
6. Get my finances in order/create a working budget/save more money.
Maybe I'm just influenced by the culture and that's why these secret resolutions are so typical, but I really do need to improve in all these areas. Some years, I might make one or two of them "official" so that I really try a bit harder. I guess the reason they are secret is because I tend to make so many of them, and if I made them ALL official, I think I'd get overwhelmed. I don't know if posting about them now counts as making them official, but it hardly matters. I don't think it improves my chances of keeping them, whether I make them official or not.
What about you? Do you secretly make any resolutions?
Monday, January 28, 2008
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I always start out the New Year with grand delusions of losing 20lbs and saving more money. This year's delusion of grandeur involves winning the lottery.
It's going to take some time to get things in order around here, but I want to post more pictures, a podcast or two, and some videos to my blog.
It's still all crazy around here.
First off, I sympathize about your snow day. Here in Oregon we got less snow but it rained, then snowed, then melted, then refroze. It took me an hour and a half to get to work which is only 23 miles away. The roads were a sheet of ice. Roads closed, people crashing. Even a couple fatalities. I have 4WD which didnt help much at all. I should have taken the day off but I made it safely. Thankfully today was much better.
As far as resolutions, mine is 1280x1024. LOL.
Actually I sort of do what you do. I make silent resolutions and its the same type of things you mentioned. I dont know about the flossing one but I think every other item on your list, I have silently resolved.
Could be influence, could be that we all think about the areas in our lives that are hardest to deal with. I think the whole resolution thing is influence or perhaps just a reminder.
The only two I added to mine were:
1) Try to improve relations between my wife and mother (sometimes thats like peace negotiations between hostile countries).
2) Try to get closer to God and grow spiritually (whatever that means now).
I've not made resolutions--outright or in secret--since I was 12. I just don't see the point.
I can help you with the teeth flossing one: you just lie when you go to the dentist. I always get a nice pat on the back for doing such a wonderful job of flossing. I floss twice a year--right before I go to the dentist. But I *tell* them I floss eight times a day, and then you add a few amusing anecdotes about how you freak out when you don't have your floss, etc. They totally buy it.
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