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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

New Year's Resolutions

I make New Year's Resolutions every year, and like many people, I don't quite follow through - all the way. But that doesn't stop me from making my Resolutions the next year...and the next.. and you know what? I think that it's a good thing to do anyway.


Making New Year's Resolutions means that you consciously think of ways that you could improve your life (and we hope, others' also), and that is a positive act in itself. Then, even if you only succeed in doing 20% of what you resolved to accomplish, you're still 20% better off than you were last year.

The only thing I warn against is feeling as though you failed if you did not live up to your resolutions. If nothing else, realize the optimistic outlook it takes to make resolutions in the first place. It is an acknowledgement that life can be improved upon, that you can improve yourself, that progress is always possible.

And progress is what it's all about, right?