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Tue | January 03, 2006

resolutions

I made some resolutions for 2006. I started thinking of things like, learn to dance. Or, learn to write right-handed. Because that would be cool. But then I thought, a lot of the things I was coming up with, were not central. I think this is why most people forget their resolutions in a few weeks. Anything you want to be doing, you are probably already working on it. If you have to think so hard to come up with it, then it's probably not that important.

Also, a resolution tends to be for some sort of behavioral change, like exercise more, or eat more vegetables-- to change yourself in some way. A goal, in contrast, is to use who you are already, to achieve some purpose. It is more tangible and defined; it has a beginning and ending. You can be done with goals but you are never done with resolutions. A resolution is more difficult than a goal.

So I kind of gave up on making resolutions. I made some, but they were more like goals, and they were kind of peripheral. I think on Thursday, I might try to make some goals. But then again, making a list of things I am going to do is overwhelming. I can’t do or think of that many things at once; I end up doing nothing. So maybe I won’t do that. Or I will make a list or a plan and then literally throw everything but the first thing or step away, so that I don’t start hyperventilating.

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