Almost every year, I start the year off by making New Years Resolutions… this year was no different \u2014 I again made some very challenging resolutions. Usually at the end of the year I report on how I did, but since we’re about half way through the year, I thought I’d take a look and give myself a mid-term grade.
\nSo here’s were I stand….
\nThese are my resolutions for 2017, simply stated. If you’re at all interested, the rationale for making each one can be found in the original blog… just look in the December 2016 archives.<\/p>\n
\u2022I resolve to not send a text to someone sitting in the same room… or even the same house.
\nWell, I had the best of intentions, but I haven’t lived up to my resolve \u2014 I’ve only done it a couple of times and it was to share a picture that I’d received… but I’m still trying<\/p>\n
\u2022 I will take a selfie this year
\nI still have the best of intentions, but I haven’t been able to pull it off yet \u2014 but, there’s still a lot of time left, so I’m optimistic.<\/p>\n
\u2022 I will not save my fortune cookie message in my wallet
\nSo far I’ve accomplished this one bigly… maybe some of the reasons are that I no longer carry a wallet, only a credit card holder \u2014 and \u2014 I’m not sure we’ve been to a totally Chinese restaurant yet this year….<\/p>\n
\u2022 I will not come up with any new cool social media acronyms
\nI’ve lived up to this one “big league” \u2014 haven’t come up with a single one<\/p>\n
\u2022 I resolve to be accepting
\nWell… can we just say this one’s in work?<\/p>\n
\u2022 I will not buy bright colored sneakers or tennis shoes or golf shoes
\nHome run! I have been 100% successful \u2014 only got a pair of white sneakers. They are kind of bright, but I’m working on getting them dirty.<\/p>\n
\u2022 I resolve, every day, to (try) to be better than I was yesterday… and today I keep saying that a very low percentage of people that make resolutions actually keep them and every year I say something like, \u201cwhy bother?\u201d But every year I conclude that even if you\u2019re jut a little bit serious about wanting to make a change, the \u201cnew year\u201d can be used as a clean slate to do just that\u2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Almost every year, I start the year off by making New Years Resolutions… this year was no different \u2014 I again made some very challenging resolutions. Usually at the end of the year I report on how I did, but … Continue reading
\nWell, luckily I added the parenthetical expression to this one… I have honestly tried<\/em> \u2014 maybe I’ll try to quantify it by the end of the year.<\/p>\n
\nObviously most of my resolutions aren\u2019t world changing, but I usually try to list a couple that I really would like to live up to. This is the first time I\u2019ve stopped to take a mid-term review, so maybe I can<\/em> improve on some things. Stay tuned for the \u201cfinal\u201d in December\/January\u2026.
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n