Thinking about your New Year's Resolutions?
Not me. I set goals for the coming year. My friends and I will get together sometime next week and recap 2012 and look at what we want to do in 2013. This is always a fun time.
I've had some successes: I now call my parents at least once a week. I was horrible about this prior to last year. They won't be around forever. A weekly telephone conversation really helps keep us connected.
A couple of years ago, I added "Monthly date with TV Stevie" and this, too, has been a success. We usually go to a movie or something, but knowing that we're doing something together, not as parents, but as a couple, has added a nice dimension to our lives. Baseball games and work-related functions do not count. (I admit that I stole this from Kris Fletcher. That's the great thing about setting goals with friends: they sometimes have ideas that make sense to you.)
This year's list includes the usual: lose weight; exercise more; writing-related things.
In 2013, I am going to reclaim my music, so one of my goals is to have my guitar re-strung and play for at least an hour a week.
If you're not into resolutions or goals, author Holly Jacobs has come up with a fabulous idea: Word of the Year. Author Samantha Hunter has also adopted this. Check out their blogs to see how this works.
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