Jan 10 2003
Resolutions
Happy New Year!
I’m horrible at making and keeping New Year’s Resolutions. Primarily keeping.
I always start with the best of intentions (we all know where those lead), and usually make it through a few months of on-again, off-again work towards my goals. Then the downward spiral; I enter that final off-again slump that doesn’t end until early January of the following year, when the whole process begins once more. It’s not as though I select a ridiculous number of Resolutions to tackle, or that I choose the impossible to undertake; I think I just eventually slide back into the path of least resistance and lack the willpower to pull myself out and *stay* out.
Hopefully, this year will be different.
I’m (currently) only tracking a handful or two of items, most of which, on the surface, are sufficiently vague enough to allow multiple interpretations of success yet also allow for measurable results. The details under each resolution either break the goal into several mini-resolutions or describe how to measure progress and are, of course, subject to change (which is why I’m refusing to post those details here).
Resolutions for 2003
- Update amphigouri much more regularly.
- Exercise regularly. (ugh. though note the intentional vagueness of “regularly” - “hey, i exercised regularly - once every 3 months!”
) - Apply to grad school. (easy one, as I’m almost done already!)
- Continually strive for balance between work, school, & home. Keep Priorities in perspective.
(of course, this assumes acceptance into grad school. The difficulty with the balance part is to not let myself feel guilty for not working [and not wanting to work] 12+ hours a day) - Purchase, Install, Configure financial software to keep better track of our debt, retirement funds, etc.
- Work with Husband to make significant improvements to The House (the details on this one are going to be ever-changing, and span several rooms as well as sections of our yard. sigh.)
- Start planning for future move to Maine (5-10 years) (and by “planning” I mean something more solid than the idle wishing/dreaming out loud that we’ve done in the past)
- Cook more!
Actually, when I get going, I can think of several others (like, “Get Camera Fixed!”), but these are the primary ones with which I want to occupy my time over the course of the next 11.5 months. Wish me luck! Perhaps in coming weeks I’ll create categories here to track the progress of each Resolution so my readers (all three of you!) can start kicking my arse when I start slacking off. 
