January 7, 2008 • Print This Post
Nah. I think it was John Dryden who said that the road to hell was paved with good intentions. So this year I decided not to make any. That doesn’t mean I plan to sit back and rest on my laurels. What are laurels anyway?
I just decided that instead of making plans, making good intentions, I would act.
Haven’t stopped since I woke up at 6:00 on New Years Day. I know. I didn’t see the New Year come in. The party I was invited to was canceled at the last minute so I went to a girl friend’s house. We drank some excellent champagne, ate shrimp and pate and brie and I was home by 10:30.
It’s that getting up early to write thing. It just gets implanted and it’s hard to buck.
So I started the New Year doing just one more edit to a proposal that I sent to my agent the next day.
I just finished a marathon day of tax prep to send off to my CPA. That wasn’t a resolution either, but my daughter is going to college in the fall and I have to get that fafsa form completed.
Now, I’m done and I’m going to read a book for pleasure. Good thing I didn’t make a resolution to read more. I might have broken it.
Anybody else planning to wing it this year? Or do you have better success at sticking to your resolutions?
Posted by Gemma Bruce @ 6:07 am • Filed under: Gemma Bruce
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I really never make any. Just hoping to strive to be the best person I can be and try to watch my diet (eating habits).
I’m with you, Gemma. I’m not doing resolutions this year. In the past, I was gung ho about them, but never stuck with them beyond a month or two.
By winging it this year, whatever I accomplish I’ll be happy with. On the diet front, I do intend to pay more attention to my portion sizes. Am I the only one who would like to meet the person who decided 1/2 cup of macaroni and cheese (and I don’t mean the boxed stuff) and potato salad is enough of a serving?
Liz
I don’t make resolutions—they would just fall by the wayside.
I don’t make resolutions because that way I don’t feel I I have failed when they don’t get kept.
I’ve given up on new years resolutions too. I do better if I just try to improve things on my own and not announce it to the world lol.
You go girls. I always thought it was weird that everybody made these new promises on the same day. I’m doing good so far. I’m going to try not to analyze it, just keep at it.
And I’m with you Liz, how do you even fit mac n cheese into half a cup?
No resolutions here. I’m going to “wing it”. *g* I am just going to go about doing things that I started last year and try and improve upon them.
Usually I don’t make resolutions, but this year I have, and I’m actually having fun with it. I posted it at my blog:
http://www.trelainastarblazer.blogspot.com