In One Year and Out the Other

This is how I, and about 70% of the population feel about New Year’s resolutions. They always seem like a good idea, especially when they are being made while you are filling your mouth with appetizers and washing them down with a glass of champagne. Honestly, most resolutions require a whole lot of discipline, and usually involve fighting someone for a treadmill or eating fat free cookies. None of this even hits the “tolerable” quotient in my life.

So this year, my resolutions are not going to be physical changes, but rather focused on behavior and thinking. Some of the ideas swirling in my head (I still have a few hours to perfect) are:

• To give as much attention to being Proactive as I do to being Reactive
• To accept the “unanticipated” and realize that the past 12 months of not knowing what lies ahead has taught me a lot and…I survived
• To remind myself regularly that I have choices, and one of them is going to be staying optimistic, even if not everyone agrees with me
• To ride in the Canoe, instead of the Row Boat; always looking forward rather than behind
• To follow the 80/20 rule of listening vs. talking
• And for my final resolution...I hope to get at least 10 written blogs in the hopper, so that I am not always writing at the eleventh hour

Here is wishing you a safe and Happy New Year!  I look forward to a "much better" 2009!